SMITHFIELD FOODS INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Jul 10, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC (SFD)
CIK: 0000091388
Period of Report: 2012-07-06

Reporting Person: GODWIN JERRY H (President of Murphy-Brown, LLC)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-07-06	common stock, par value $.50	F	5943	$20.08	Disposed	37802	Direct

Footnotes

F1: On July 6, 2009, the reporting person was granted 42,000 performance share units (PSUs) under the Company's 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan. Each PSU represented a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. As previously reported on June 16, 2011, the pre-established performance goal for this award was met and 33% of the PSU's vested immediately, and another 33% vested on July 6, 2011. The remainder vested on July 6, 2012. This filing is being made to report the shares of common stock surrendered back to the Company to to satisfy tax withholding obligations relating to the shares that vested on July 6, 2012.