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  Officer
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  Smithfield
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  NYSE
  Common
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  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  49
  02/01/2024
  Compensation
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  02/05/2024
  /s/ Andrew Glade, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Catherine M. Carraway