CONFIRMATION

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Exhibit 10.11

CONFIRMATION

 

Date:   July 1, 2008
To:   Smithfield Foods, Inc. (“Issuer”)
Telefax No.:   (757) 365-3070
Attention:   Carey Dubois
From:   Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Bank”)
Telefax No.:   212 ###-###-####

 

Transaction Reference Number:   SDB1627576184

The purpose of this communication (this “Confirmation”) is to set forth the terms and conditions of the above-referenced Transaction entered into on the Trade Date specified below between you and us. This Confirmation supplements, forms a part of, and is subject to the Master Terms and Conditions for Warrants Issued by Smithfield Foods, Inc., between Bank and Issuer, dated as of July 1, 2008 and as amended from time to time (the “Master Confirmation”).

1. The definitions and provisions contained in the Definitions (as such term is defined in the Master Confirmation) and in the Master Confirmation are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between those definitions and provisions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will govern.

2. The particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall have the following terms:

 

Trade Date:    July 1, 2008
Effective Date:    July 8, 2008
Strike Price:    USD30.5375
Premium:    USD10,697,232.00 (USD2.08 per Warrant)
Premium Payment Date:    The Effective Date
Final Disruption Date:    January 8, 2014
Maximum Delivery Amount:    8,877,600 shares

 

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For each Component of the Transaction, the Number of Warrants and Expiration Date are as set forth below.

 

Component Number

   Number of Warrants    Expiration Date
1.    85,715    10/01/2013
2.    85,715    10/02/2013
3.    85,715    10/03/2013
4.    85,715    10/04/2013
5.    85,715    10/07/2013
6.    85,715    10/08/2013
7.    85,715    10/09/2013
8.    85,715    10/10/2013
9.    85,715    10/11/2013
10.    85,715    10/14/2013
11.    85,715    10/15/2013
12.    85,715    10/16/2013
13.    85,715    10/17/2013
14.    85,715    10/18/2013
15.    85,715    10/21/2013
16.    85,715    10/22/2013
17.    85,715    10/23/2013
18.    85,715    10/24/2013
19.    85,715    10/25/2013
20.    85,715    10/28/2013
21.    85,715    10/29/2013
22.    85,715    10/30/2013
23.    85,715    10/31/2013
24.    85,715    11/01/2013
25.    85,715    11/04/2013
26.    85,715    11/05/2013
27.    85,715    11/06/2013
28.    85,715    11/07/2013
29.    85,715    11/08/2013
30.    85,715    11/11/2013
31.    85,715    11/12/2013
32.    85,715    11/13/2013
33.    85,715    11/14/2013
34.    85,715    11/15/2013
35.    85,715    11/18/2013
36.    85,715    11/19/2013
37.    85,715    11/20/2013
38.    85,715    11/21/2013
39.    85,715    11/22/2013
40.    85,715    11/25/2013
41.    85,715    11/26/2013
42.    85,715    11/27/2013
43.    85,715    11/29/2013
44.    85,715    12/02/2013
45.    85,715    12/03/2013
46.    85,715    12/04/2013
47.    85,715    12/05/2013
48.    85,715    12/06/2013
49.    85,715    12/09/2013
50.    85,715    12/10/2013

 

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Component Number

   Number of Warrants    Expiration Date
51.    85,715    12/11/2013
52.    85,715    12/12/2013
53.    85,715    12/13/2013
54.    85,715    12/16/2013
55.    85,715    12/17/2013
56.    85,715    12/18/2013
57.    85,715    12/19/2013
58.    85,715    12/20/2013
59.    85,715    12/23/2013
60.    85,715    12/24/2013

3. This Confirmation may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

4. Issuer hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation promptly upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between us with respect to the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates, by manually signing this Confirmation and providing any other information requested herein or in the Master Confirmation and immediately returning an executed copy to Goldman, Sachs & Co. Equity Derivatives Documentation Department via (212)  ###-###-####/83. Hard copies should be returned to Goldman, Sachs & Co., One New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, Attention: Equity Derivatives Documentation Department.

 

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Yours sincerely,

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

By:

 

/s/ Claudia Downing

Name:   Claudia Downing
Title:   Vice President

 

Confirmed as of the

date first above written:

SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Carey J. Dubois

Name:

  Carey J. Dubois

Title:

  Vice President-Finance

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