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Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Exhibit 4_3F

  
 EXHIBIT 4.3(f) 
  
 JOINDER AGREEMENT 
  
 April 29, 2002 

 
 To each of the Noteholders (as defined  
 in the Joint and Several
Guaranty 
 hereinafter referred to) 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen:

  
 Reference is made to the Joint and Several Guaranty, dated as of October 27, 1999 (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), by each of the Guarantors (individually, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) a party
thereto, in favor of each of the holders, from time to time, of certain Senior Secured Notes of Smithfield Foods, Inc., as more particularly described on Annex 1 attached hereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have
the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Guaranty Agreement. 
  
 Each of the undersigned subsidiaries of Smithfield
Foods, Inc. (each a “New Guarantor”, and, collectively, the “New Guarantors”), agrees with you as follows: 
  
  1.    Guaranty.    Each New Guarantor hereby unconditionally and expressly agrees to become, by execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement
does become, and assumes each and every one of the obligations of, a “Guarantor” under and as defined in the Guaranty Agreement. In addition, each New Guarantor makes, as of the date hereof, each and every representation and warranty of a
Guarantor set forth or incorporated in the Guaranty Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing or of anything in the Guaranty Agreement, by such execution and delivery hereof each New Guarantor does become fully liable, as a Guarantor, for the
payment of the Guarantied Obligations as further provided in Section 2 of the Guaranty Agreement. The Guaranty Agreement is hereby amended, without any further action, to add each New Guarantor as a Guarantor thereunder as if each New Guarantor had
been an original party to the Guaranty Agreement. 
  
  2.    Further
Assurances.    Each New Guarantor agrees to cooperate with the Noteholders and execute such further instruments and documents as the Required Holders shall reasonably request to effect, to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Required Holders, the purposes of this Joinder Agreement. 
 

  
 3.    Binding
Effect.    This Agreement shall be binding upon each New Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Noteholders and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 4. Governing Law.    THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, INTERNAL VIRGINIA LAW,
EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH JURISDICTION. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the New Guarantors has caused this Joinder
Agreement to be executed on its behalf by one of its duly authorized officers. 
  
 BROWN’S REALTY
PARTNERSHIP, 
 a North Carolina general partnership 
  
 By: Brown’s Farms, LLC, 
 a Delaware limited liability company, 
 its partner 
  
 
	 By:
 	  	 Brown’s of Carolina LLC,

 a Delaware limited liability company, its
sole member and manager
 

 
  
 By: Murphy-Brown LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its
sole member and manager 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole        
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
  
 By: Smithfield Purchase 
 Corporation, a North Carolina 
 corporation, its partner

  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
 

 SMITHFIELD PACKING REALTY PARTNERSHIP, 
 a North Carolina general partnership 
  
 By: Smithfield Packing Real Estate,  LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, its partner 
  
 By: The Smithfield Packing Company, Incorporated, a
Virginia corporation, its sole member and manager 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
  
 By: Smithfield Purchase Corporation,  a North Carolina
corporation,  its partner 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
 

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 ANNEX 1 
  
 A.    $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its seven and eighty-nine one-hundredths percent (7.89%) Series I Senior Secured Notes due October
1, 2009 (the “Series I Notes”); 
  
 B.    $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
its Variable Rate Series J Senior Secured Notes due October 1, 2009 (the “Series J Notes”); 
  
 C.    $50,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its eight and forty-four one-hundredths percent (8.44%) Series K Senior Secured Notes due October 1, 2009 (the “Series K Notes”); and 

 
 D.    $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its LIBOR Rate Series L Senior Secured Notes due October
1, 2009 (the “Series L Notes”).Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Exhibit 4.4E

  
 EXHIBIT 4.4(e) 
  
 JOINDER AGREEMENT 
  
 April 29, 2002 

 
 To each of the Noteholders (as defined 
 in the Joint and Several Guaranty

 hereinafter referred to) 
  
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 

 
 Reference is made to the Joint and Several Guaranty, dated as of June 2, 2000 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time, the “Guaranty Agreement”), by each of the Guarantors (individually, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”) a party thereto, in
favor of each of the holders, from time to time, of certain Senior Secured Notes of Smithfield Foods, Inc., as more particularly described on Annex 1 attached hereto. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed
to such terms in the Guaranty Agreement. 
  
 Each of the undersigned subsidiaries of Smithfield Foods, Inc. (each a
“New Guarantor”, and, collectively, the “New Guarantors”), agrees with you as follows: 
  
  1.    Guaranty.    Each New Guarantor hereby unconditionally and expressly agrees to become, by execution and delivery of this Joinder Agreement
does become, and assumes each and every one of the obligations of, a “Guarantor” under and as defined in the Guaranty Agreement. In addition, each New Guarantor makes, as of the date hereof, each and every representation and warranty of a
Guarantor set forth or incorporated in the Guaranty Agreement. Without limitation of the foregoing or of anything in the Guaranty Agreement, by such execution and delivery hereof each New Guarantor does become fully liable, as a Guarantor, for the
payment of the Guarantied Obligations as further provided in Section 2 of the Guaranty Agreement. The Guaranty Agreement is hereby amended, without any further action, to add each New Guarantor as a Guarantor thereunder as if each New Guarantor had
been an original party to the Guaranty Agreement. 
  
 2.    Further
Assurances.    Each New Guarantor agrees to cooperate with the Noteholders and execute such further instruments and documents as the Required Holders shall reasonably request to effect, to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Required Holders, the purposes of this Joinder Agreement. 
 

  
 3.    Binding
Effect.    This Agreement shall be binding upon each New Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Noteholders and their respective successors and assigns. 
  
 4.    Governing Law.    THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, INTERNAL
VIRGINIA LAW, EXCLUDING CHOICE-OF-LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN SUCH JURISDICTION. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the New Guarantors has caused this Joinder
Agreement to be executed on its behalf by one of its duly authorized officers. 
  
 BROWN’S REALTY
PARTNERSHIP, 
 a North Carolina general partnership 
  
 By: Brown’s Farms, LLC, 
 a Delaware limited liability company, 
 its partner 
  
 
	 By:
 	  	 Brown’s of Carolina LLC,
 a Delaware limited liability company, its
sole member and manager
 

 
  
 By: Murphy-Brown LLC, 
 a Delaware limited liability company, its sole member and manager 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
  
 By: Smithfield Purchase Corporation,  

a North Carolina corporation, 
 its partner 

 
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
 

 SMITHFIELD PACKING REALTY PARTNERSHIP, 
 a North Carolina general partnership 
  
 By: Smithfield Packing Real Estate, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, its partner 
  
 By: The Smithfield Packing Company, Incorporated, a
Virginia corporation, its sole member and manager 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
  
 By: Smithfield Purchase Corporation, a North Carolina
corporation, its partner 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    Michael H. Cole
 

	 Name:
 	 	 Michael H. Cole
 
	 Title:
 	 	 Secretary
 

 
 

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 ANNEX 1 
  
 A.    $75,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its eight and twenty-five one-hundredths percent (8.25%) Series M Senior Secured Notes due March 2,
2006 (the “Series M Notes”); and 
  
 B.    $25,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
its LIBOR Rate Series N Senior Secured Notes due March 2, 2002 (the “Series N Notes”).Prepared by R.R. Donnelley Financial -- Exhibit 4.7B

  
 EXHIBIT 4.7(b) 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 
  
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated
as of June 6, 2002 among SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Virginia (the “Borrower”); each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified under the caption
“SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS” on the signature pages hereto (individually, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors” and, together with the Borrower, the “Obligors”); each
of the lenders signatory hereto (each individually, a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”); and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its
successors in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”). 
  
 The Borrower, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Multi-Year Credit Agreement dated as of December 6, 2001 (as heretofore modified and supplemented and in effect on the date hereof, the “Credit Agreement”),
providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit to be made by said Lenders to the Borrower in an aggregate principal or face amount not exceeding $750,000,000. 
  

The Borrower wishes to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects. Accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 
  
 Section 1.  Definitions.    Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 1, terms defined in the
Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein. 
  
 Section
2.  Amendments.    Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, but effective as of the date hereof the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows: 

 
 2.01.    References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement
as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

  
 2.02.    Letters of Credit. Clause (i) of the last sentence of Section 2.05
(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows: 
  
 “(i)  the Dollar LC Exposure shall not exceed $100,000,000 and the total Revolving Dollar Credit Exposures shall not exceed the Total Dollar Sub-Commitment,” 
  

Section 3.  Representations and Warranties.    The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that the representations and
warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof and as if each reference in said Article III to “this Agreement” included reference to this
Amendment No. 1. 

  
 Section 4.  Condition Precedent.    The
amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon the execution and delivery of counterparts of this Amendment No. 1 by the Obligors and the Required Lenders. 
  
 Section 5.  Miscellaneous.    Except as provided herein, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same amendatory instrument and any of the parties hereto may
execute this Amendment No. 1 by signing any such counterpart. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. 
 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 1 has been duly executed as of the date
first written above. 
  
 
	 SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    DANIEL G.
STEVENS        
 

	  	 	 Daniel G. Stevens
 Vice
President
 

 
  
 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS 
  
 
	 CODDLE ROASTED MEATS, INC.
 GWALTNEY OF SMITHFIELD, LTD.
 HANCOCK’S OLD FASHIONED
COUNTRY HAM,
INC.
 IOWA QUALITY MEATS, LTD.
 JOHN MORRELL & CO.
 LYKES MEAT GROUP, INC.
 MOYER PACKING COMPANY
 MURCO FOODS, INC.
 NORTH SIDE FOODS CORP.
 PACKERLAND
PROCESSING
COMPANY, INC.
 PACKERLAND HOLDINGS, INC.
 PATRICK CUDAHY INCORPORATED
 PREMIUM PORK, INC.
 QUIK-TO-FIX FOODS, INC.
 STADLER’S
COUNTRY HAMS, INC.
 SUN LAND BEEF COMPANY
 SUNNYLAND, INC.
 THE SMITHFIELD COMPANIES, INC.
 THE SMITHFIELD PACKING
COMPANY, INCORPORATED
 	 	 BROWN’S OF CAROLINA LLC
 CARROLL’S FOODS LLC
 CARROLL’S FOODS OF
 VIRGINIA LLC
 CENTRAL PLAINS FARMS LLC
 CIRCLE FOUR LLC
 MURPHY FARMS
LLC
 QUARTER M FARMS LLC,
 each a Delaware
limited liability company
 
	 	 By:
 

 	 	 MURPHY-BROWN LLC,
 a Delaware limited liability company,
 as a
sole member of each
  
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 JOHN MORRELL & CO.,
 a Delaware corporation,
 as its sole
member
 
	 	  	 	  	 	 /s/    DANIEL G.
STEVENS          
 
Daniel G.
Stevens
 Vice President
 

 
  
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    DANIEL G.
STEVENS        
 

	  	 	 Daniel G. Stevens
 Vice
President
 

 
 

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	 MURPHY-BROWN LLC,
     a Delaware limited liability company
 	 	  	 	 GREAT LAKES CATTLE CREDIT
COMPANY, LLC,
     a Delaware limited liability company,
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 JOHN MORRELL & CO.,
     a Delaware corporation,
     as its sole member
 	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 PACKERLAND HOLDINGS, INC.,
     a Delaware corporation,
     as its sole member
 
	 
	  	 	 /s/    DANIEL G.
STEVENS        
 
	 	  	 	  	 	 /s/    DANIEL G.
STEVENS        
 

	  	 	 Daniel G. Stevens
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Daniel G. Stevens
 Vice
President
 

 
 

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 LENDERS 
  
 
	 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
     individually and as Administrative Agent
 	 	  	 	 ABN AMRO BANK N.V.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    GARY L. SPEVACK
        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    HEIDI-ANNE SANDQUIST
        
 

	  	 	 Gary L. Spevack
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Heidi-Anne Sandquist
 Vice
President
 
	 
	  	 	  	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    RICHARD SCHRAGE       
 

	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	 Richard Schrage
 Vice
President
 
	 
	 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
 	 	  	 	 BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI TRUST
COMPANY
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    WILLIAM F. SWEENEY
        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    SPENCER
HUGHES        
 

	  	 	 William F. Sweeney
 Managing
Director
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Spencer Hughes
 Vice
President
 

 
 
	 
	 BNP PARIBAS
 	 	  	 	 CAPE FEAR FARM CREDIT, ACA
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    TIMOTHY J.
DEVANE        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    RANDY T.
POPE        
 

	  	 	 Timothy J. Devane
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Randy T. Pope
 Assistant Vice
President
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    PETER LABRIE        

	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	 Peter Labrie
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	  

 
 

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	 CIBC INC. 
 	 	  	 	 COOPERATIEVE CENTRALE
RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK
 B.A. “RABOBANK
INTERNATIONAL”,
 NEW YORK BRANCH
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    DOMINIC SORRESSO       
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    ROBERT M. MANDULA
        
 

	  	 	 Dominic Sorresso
 Executive
Director
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Robert M. Mandula
 Executive
Director
 
	 
	  	 	  	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    W. PLETAR C. KODDE
        
 

	  	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	 W. Pletar C. Kodde
 Managing
Director
 

 
 
	 
	 CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ 
 	 	  	 	 THE DAI-ICHI KANGYO BANK,
LTD.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 

	 Name:
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Name:
 	 	  
	 Title:
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Title:
 	 	  
	 
	 By:
 	 	 
	 	  	 	  	 	  
	 Name:
 	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	 Title:
 	 	  	 	  	 	  	 	  
	 
	 DRESDNER BANK LATEINAMERIKA AG, MIAMI
AGENCY 
 	 	  	 	 FARM CREDIT BANK OF
WICHITA
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    SERGIO GABUBEFF
        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    TRAVIS W. BELL
        
 

	  	 	 Sergio Gabubeff
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Travis W. Bell
 Vice
President
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    MARIA FERNANDEZ DECASTRO
      
 
	 	  	 	  	 	  
	  	 	 Maria Fernandez deCastro
 OTF
Office
 	 	  	 	  	 	  

 
 

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	 FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA,
PCA
 	 	  	 	 FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF
MID-AMERICA, PCA
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    TIMOTHY
HEALY        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    GREGORY A.
BEACHY        
 

	  	 	 Timothy Healy
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Gregory A. Beachy
 Vice
President-Risk Management
 
	 
	 AGSTAR FINANCIAL SERVICES PCA
 d/b/a FCS Commercial
Finance Group
 	 	  	 	 WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. successor to
 FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    JAMES M.
GRAFING        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    SARAH T.
WARREN        
 

	  	 	 James M. Grafing
 Senior Vice
President-Syndicated Finance
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Sarah T. Warren
 Vice
President
 
	 
	 GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

 	 	  	 	 HARRIS TRUST & SAVINGS BANK

	 
	 By
 	 	 /s/                                     
               
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    JOHN R.
CARLEY        
 

	  	 	 Name:
 Title:
 	 	  	 	  	 	 John R. Carley
 Vice
President
 
	 
	 ING (U.S.) CAPITAL LLC 
 	 	  	 	 SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION

 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    WILLIAM B.
REDMOND        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    ROBERT H. RILEY, III
        
 

	  	 	 William B. Redmond
 Director
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Robert H. Riley, III
 Senior
Vice President
 

 
 

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	 SUNTRUST BANK 
 	 	  	 	 U.S. BANCORP AG CREDIT, INC.
 
	 
	 By:
 	 	 /s/    JAMES V.
KENWOOD        
 
	 	  	 	 By:
 	 	 /s/    KATHI HATCH        

	  	 	 James V. Kenwood
 Vice
President
 	 	  	 	  	 	 Kathi Hatch
 Assistant Vice
President
 

 
 

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