date:Apr 03, 2013
Officials at Smithfield Foods, Inc. made a case against splitting the company in an April 1 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing, a series of slides Smithfield executives will show at meetings with investors, detailed the company's reasons against splitting the company into three independent companies.
Splitting the company would create supply issues and dependencies in key regions; reduce vertical control over its value chain to drive quality; and conflict with demand