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      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>Smithfield Foods, Inc.</issuerName>
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          <com:stateOrCountry>VA</com:stateOrCountry>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>200 Commerce Street, Smithfield, Virginia 23430</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>WH Group Limited</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>RM 7602B-7604A, International Commerce Centre, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon, Hong Kong</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>Cayman Islands</citizenship>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>364,497,521 shares of Common Stock. This number reflects 364,497,521 shares of Common Stock, no par value ("Common Stock"), held directly by SFDS UK Holdings Limited, of which WH Group Limited (the "Reporting Person") is the indirect sole shareholder.</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
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      <reportingPersonName>WH Group Limited</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>/s/ Long Wan</signature>
        <title>Long Wan, Executive Director and Chairman</title>
        <date>05/15/2025</date>
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