Zhi Tong Cai Jing·2025-09-03 15:09Core Viewpoint - WH Group Limited, through its indirect non-wholly owned subsidiary Smithfield Foods, announced a secondary offering of 16 million shares of Smithfield common stock, which will be sold by its major shareholder SFDS UK Holdings Limited [1] Group 1 - The secondary offering will allow SFDS UK to sell 16 million shares of Smithfield common stock [1] - SFDS UK plans to grant underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.4 million shares at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions [1] - Smithfield Foods will not sell any shares in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by SFDS UK [1] Group 2 - Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities, and Barclays are acting as joint book-running managers for the proposed offering [1] - The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus, with a preliminary prospectus available for free on the SEC's EDGAR website when it becomes available [1]