Independent Director · SMITHFIELD FOODS INC (SFD)

John A. Quelch director compensation at Smithfield (FY2025): $325K

Fiscal year 2025 director compensation for John A. Quelch at SMITHFIELD FOODS INC. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

Director compensation as of the proxy filed April 20, 2026 (DEF 14A). Open the filing on EDGAR.

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What they were paid

SMITHFIELD FOODS Director Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as SMITHFIELD FOODS reports it. Most recent year first. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2025$120,000$180,000—$25,000$325,000

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: SMITHFIELD FOODS INC DEF 14A filed April 20, 2026, accession 0000091388-26-000022, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the SMITHFIELD FOODS INC filed document, accession 0000091388-26-000022. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 20, 2026.

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$325,000 John A. Quelch, FY2025 total director compensation

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Data as of April 20, 2026 · Source: Velarion Executive Compensation Database, deposited on Zenodo (doi:10.5281/zenodo.22283855).

How this board is paid

company policy · FY2025

SMITHFIELD FOODS pays directors a $110,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in RSUs.

Committees

FY2025 · as the proxy prints them

Audit

The rest of the SMITHFIELD FOODS board

FY2025 · as the company reported each
DirectorRoleFY2025 total
C. Shane SmithDirector—
Hank Shenghua HeDirector—
Long WanChair of the Board—
Marie T. GallagherIndependent Director$341,500
Raymond A. StarlingIndependent Director$325,000

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