EXHIBIT 10.6(b)
 
AMENDMENT TO
 
SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.
1998 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
 
This Amendment to the Smithfield Foods, Inc. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan is made
effective August 29, 2000.
 

 
1.
 
Section 4 of the Plan is amended by deleting the phrase “one million five
hundred thousand (1,500,000)” and replacing it with “six million (6,000,000)”.

 

 
2.
 
Section 4 of the Plan is amended by deleting the phrase “three hundred thousand
(300,000)” and replacing it with “two million (2,000,000)”.

 

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(1)
 
The number of shares has been increased to reflect the effect of a two for one
stock split effective in September 2001.