SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2007/08 TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from C. Larry Pope, CLOSE-UPS President and CEO 2 Smithfield-Luter Foundation Letter from Dennis H. Treacy, Expands Scholarship Reach 18 VP, Environmental & Corporate Affairs 4 Armour-Eckrich Plant Captures Key Data Summary 6 Heat To Lower Energy Use 26 C ORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2007/08 Murphy-Brown Helps Improve Smithfield Key Commitments 8 Local Waterways and Habitats 34 About Smithfield Foods 10 Smithfield Lends Support to Governance and Management 14 ISU Science Bound Expansion 42 Environment 22 Food Safety Tops the Agenda Animal Welfare 44 Across Groupe Smithfield 50 Food Safety 49 Smithfield and Paula Deen Unite SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. Helping Communities 55 To Help Hungry Homes 58 200 Commerce Street, Smithfield, VA 23430 Employees 60 Carando Foods Leads the Way 757 365 3000 Consolidated Condensed Statements 70 In Smithfield Safety Program 66 www.smithfieldfoods.com Our Family of Companies 71 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS Management Board, Smithfield Foods Global Operations Flap Corporate Officers, Directors 94 CSR Across Our Business 13 Corporate Information 95 Capturing Energy from Wastewater 41 GRI Index 96 Family of Companies Organizational Structure 82 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Fiscal years ended (in millions, except per share data) April 30, 2008 April 29, 2007 April 30, 2006 Sales $ 11,351.2 $ 9,359.3 $ 8,828.1 Income from continuing operations 139.2 211.9 206.2 Net income 128.9 166.8 172.7 Income from continuing operations per diluted share 1.04 1.89 1.84 Net income per diluted share 0.96 1.49 1.54 Weighted average diluted shares outstanding 134.2 111.9 112.0 Additional Information Capital expenditures $ 460.2 $ 460.5 $ 362.3 Depreciation expense 258.0 261.0 181.3 Working capital 2,174.0 1,795.3 1,597.2 Total debt1 3,883.4 3,092.9 2,558.3 Shareholders’ equity 3,048.2 2,240.8 2,028.2 Total debt to total capitalization2 56.0% 58.0% 55.8% 1 Total debt is equal to notes payable and long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current portion. 2 Computed using total debt divided by total debt and shareholders’ equity. CONTACT US SMITHFIELD FOODS GLOBAL OPERATIONS The feedback we have received on our performance and communications efforts has proven very valuable to our company. We hope that you will continue to communicate with us as we proceed along our performance-improvement journey. DENNIS H. TREACY WILLIAM D. GILL Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs Environmental Affairs NORTH AMERICA Smithfield Foods, Inc. Smithfield Foods, Inc. 200 Commerce Street 111 N. Church Street UNITED STATES EUROPE Smithfield, VA 23430 Smithfield, VA 23430 - Arizona Tel: 757 365 3000 Tel: 757 356 6700 - Arkansas BELGIUM Fax: 757 365 3023 Fax: 757 356 6718 - California FRANCE E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] - Colorado GERMANY - Florida ITALY For investor and media inquiries: - Georgia POLAND - Idaho PORTUGAL - Illinois ROMANIA JERRY HOSTETTER - Indiana SPAIN Vice President, Investor Relations - Iowa THE NETHERLANDS and Corporate Communications - Kansas UNITED KINGDOM - Kentucky Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Maryland 499 Park Avenue, Suite 600 - Massachusetts New York, NY 10022 - Michigan Tel: 212 758 2100 - Minnesota Fax: 212 758 8421 E-mail: [email protected] - Missouri - Nebraska - New Jersey - North Carolina ASIA - Ohio CHINA This report was checked by the Global Reporting Initiative to Application Level B. - Oklahoma REPORT APPLICATION LEVELS - Pennsylvania - South Carolina - South Dakota The printer of this report produces - Texas its own electricity and is a verified totally enclosed facility that pro- - Utah duces virtually no volatile organic compound emissions. - Virginia The cover and text sections of - Wisconsin this report, with the exception of Created and produced by RKC! (Robinson Kurtin Communications! Inc) the vellum overlays, are printed Text: BuzzWord and RKC! on paper certified by the FSC. MEXICO Smithfield Foods participates in joint ventures that include Butterball, LLC, in the United States, Norson in Mexico, and Feature Photography: Burk Uzzle, Ben Rice (pp. 50–51) Cover Photography: Steven Vote Maverick Food Co. in China. The Groupe Smithfield joint venture operates in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Executive Photography: Lee Poe and The Netherlands. In Spain, Smithfield Foods owns a 24 percent stake in Campofrío. Infographics (pp. 13, 41, 82–83): Nigel Holmes Printing: Anderson Lithograph CONTACT US SMITHFIELD FOODS GLOBAL OPERATIONS The feedback we have received on our performance and communications efforts has proven very valuable to our company. We hope that you will continue to communicate with us as we proceed along our performance-improvement journey. DENNIS H. TREACY WILLIAM D. GILL Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Environmental and Corporate Affairs Environmental Affairs NORTH AMERICA Smithfield Foods, Inc. Smithfield Foods, Inc. 200 Commerce Street 111 N. Church Street UNITED STATES EUROPE Smithfield, VA 23430 Smithfield, VA 23430 - Arizona Tel: 757 365 3000 Tel: 757 356 6700 - Arkansas BELGIUM Fax: 757 365 3023 Fax: 757 356 6718 - California FRANCE E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] - Colorado GERMANY - Florida ITALY For investor and media inquiries: - Georgia POLAND - Idaho PORTUGAL - Illinois ROMANIA JERRY HOSTETTER - Indiana SPAIN Vice President, Investor Relations - Iowa THE NETHERLANDS and Corporate Communications - Kansas UNITED KINGDOM - Kentucky Smithfield Foods, Inc. - Maryland 499 Park Avenue, Suite 600 - Massachusetts New York, NY 10022 - Michigan Tel: 212 758 2100 - Minnesota Fax: 212 758 8421 E-mail: [email protected] - Missouri - Nebraska - New Jersey - North Carolina ASIA - Ohio CHINA This report was checked by the Global Reporting Initiative to Application Level B. - Oklahoma REPORT APPLICATION LEVELS - Pennsylvania - South Carolina - South Dakota The printer of this report produces - Texas its own electricity and is a verified totally enclosed facility that pro- - Utah duces virtually no volatile organic compound emissions. - Virginia The cover and text sections of - Wisconsin this report, with the exception of Created and produced by RKC! (Robinson Kurtin Communications! Inc) the vellum overlays, are printed Text: BuzzWord and RKC! on paper certified by the FSC. MEXICO Smithfield Foods participates in joint ventures that include Butterball, LLC, in the United States, Norson in Mexico, and Feature Photography: Burk Uzzle, Ben Rice (pp. 50–51) Cover Photography: Steven Vote Maverick Food Co. in China. The Groupe Smithfield joint venture operates in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Executive Photography: Lee Poe and The Netherlands. In Spain, Smithfield Foods owns a 24 percent stake in Campofrío. Infographics (pp. 13, 41, 82–83): Nigel Holmes Printing: Anderson Lithograph SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2007/08 TABLE OF CONTENTS Letter from C. Larry Pope, CLOSE-UPS President and CEO 2 Smithfield-Luter Foundation Letter from Dennis H. Treacy, Expands Scholarship Reach 18 VP, Environmental & Corporate Affairs 4 Armour-Eckrich Plant Captures Key Data Summary 6 Heat to Lower Energy Use 26 C ORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2007/08 Murphy-Brown Helps Improve Smithfield Key Commitments 8 Local Waterways and Habitats 34 About Smithfield Foods 10 Smithfield Lends Support to Governance and Management 14 ISU Science Bound Expansion 42 Environment 22 Food Safety Tops the Agenda Animal Welfare 44 Across Groupe Smithfield 50 Food Safety 49 Smithfield and Paula Deen Unite SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. Helping Communities 55 To Help Hungry Homes 58 200 Commerce Street, Smithfield, VA 23430 Employees 60 Carando Foods Leads the Way 757 365 3000 Consolidated Condensed Statements 70 In Smithfield Safety Program 66 www.smithfieldfoods.com Our Family of Companies 71 MAPS AND DIAGRAMS Management Board, Smithfield Foods Global Operations Flap Corporate Officers, Directors 94 CSR Across Our Business 13 Corporate Information 95 Capturing Energy from Wastewater 41 GRI Index 96 Family of Companies Organizational Structure 82 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS Fiscal years ended (in millions, except per share data) April 30, 2008 April 29, 2007 April 30, 2006 Sales $ 11,351.2 $ 9,359.3 $ 8,828.1 Income from continuing operations 139.2 211.9 206.2 Net income 128.9 166.8 172.7 Income from continuing operations per diluted share 1.04 1.89 1.84 Net income per diluted share 0.96 1.49 1.54 Weighted average diluted shares outstanding 134.2 111.9 112.0 Additional Information Capital expenditures $ 460.2 $ 460.5 $ 362.3 Depreciation expense 258.0 261.0 181.3 Working capital 2,174.0 1,795.3 1,597.2 Total debt1 3,883.4 3,092.9 2,558.3 Shareholders’ equity 3,048.2 2,240.8 2,028.2 Total debt to total capitalization2 56.0% 58.0% 55.8% 1 Total debt is equal to notes payable and long-term debt and capital lease obligations including current portion. 2 Computed using total debt divided by total debt and shareholders’ equity. >> ABOUT THIS REPORT Welcome to Smithfield Foods’ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. This is our third CSR report and builds on our experience publishing annual environmental reports from 2001 to 2004. This report discusses our performance in environmental stewardship, animal welfare, food safety, community engagement, and employee well-being—the CSR areas we consider important to our company