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Debt
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt Disclosure DEBT 
Long-term debt consists of the following:
December 29,
2024		December 31,
2023
(in millions)
4.25% senior unsecured notes, due February 2027, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts totaling $1 million and $2 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
$599 $598 
5.20% senior unsecured notes, due April 2029, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts totaling $3 million and $3 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
397 397 
3.00% senior unsecured notes, due October 2030, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts totaling $7 million and $8 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
493 492 
2.625% senior unsecured notes, due September 2031, net of unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts totaling $7 million and $8 million as of December 29, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively
493 492 
Bank borrowings— 12 
Total debt1,983 1,991 
Current portion— (5)
Total long-term debt$1,983 $1,986 
Scheduled principal payments on debt for the next five years are as follows: 
Year(in millions)
2025$— 
2026— 
2027600 
2028— 
2029400 
Credit Facilities
December 29, 2024
FacilityCapacityBorrowing Base AdjustmentOutstanding BorrowingsCommercial Paper BorrowingsOutstanding Letters of CreditAmount Available
(in millions)
Senior unsecured revolving credit facility$2,100 $— $— $— $— $2,100 
Accounts receivable securitization facility225 — — — (22)203 
Total credit facilities$2,325 $— $— $— $(22)$2,303 
Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
In February 2025, we refinanced our $2,100 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (“Senior Revolving Credit Facility”) extending the maturity date from May 21, 2027 to February 12, 2030, with the option to extend the maturity date for up to two one-year periods, subject to obtaining the lenders’ consent and satisfaction of certain other conditions. The Senior Revolving Credit Facility capacity remains at $2,100 million. As part of the new agreement, there are no longer any Subsidiary Guarantors under the Senior Revolving Credit Facility which also released the Subsidiary Guarantors from our Senior Unsecured Notes. The Senior Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a margin ranging from 0.875% to 1.50% per annum, or, at our election, at a base rate plus a margin ranging from 0.00% to 0.50% per annum, in each case depending on our senior unsecured debt ratings. The Senior Revolving Credit Facility also contains financial maintenance covenants requiring us to maintain a maximum total consolidated leverage ratio (ratio of consolidated funded debt to consolidated capitalization, each as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit Facility) of 0.50 to 1.00 (which we may elect to increase to 0.55 to 1.00 with respect to any fiscal quarter in which a material acquisition is consummated and the immediately following three consecutive fiscal quarters, subject to certain restrictions) and a minimum interest coverage ratio (ratio of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to consolidated interest expense, each as defined in the Senior Revolving Credit Facility) of 3.50 to 1.00.
Our Senior Revolving Credit Facility contains customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on our ability and that of our subsidiaries to merge and consolidate with other companies, incur indebtedness, grant liens or security interests on assets subject to their security interest, make acquisitions, loans, advances or investments, pay dividends, sell or otherwise transfer assets, optionally prepay or modify terms of any junior indebtedness or enter into transactions with affiliates, each subject to certain exceptions as set forth therein. We are currently in compliance with the covenants under our Senior Revolving Credit Facility.
We have a commercial paper program, which is supported by the Senior Revolving Credit Facility, that provides access to a low-cost source of borrowing to fund general corporate purposes, including working capital. The maximum issuance capacity under our commercial paper program is $1,750 million. The maturity of commercial paper issued under the program varies but does not exceed 397 days from the date of issuance. Our ability to access the commercial paper market in the future is dependent on maintaining investment grade credit ratings and market conditions.
Accounts Receivable Securitization Facility
In November 2024, we refinanced our accounts receivable securitization facility (“Securitization Facility”), which extended the maturity date to November 22, 2027, and reduced the borrowing capacity to $225 million. As part of the Securitization Facility, certain accounts receivable of our major domestic meat processing subsidiaries are sold to a wholly owned “bankruptcy remote” special purpose vehicle (“SPV”). The SPV pledges all such accounts receivable not otherwise sold pursuant to the Monetization Facility (as defined below) as security for loans made, and letters of credit issued, by participating lenders under the Securitization Facility. The SPV is included in our consolidated financial statements and therefore the accounts receivable owned by it are included in our consolidated balance sheets. However, the accounts receivable owned by the SPV are separate and distinct from our other assets and are not available to our other creditors should we become insolvent. As of December 29, 2024, the SPV held $374 million of accounts receivable. We must maintain certain ratios related to the collection of our receivables as a condition of the Securitization Facility agreement. As of December 29, 2024, we had $22 million in letters of credit issued under the Securitization Facility. None of the letters of credit were drawn upon.
Under the Securitization Facility, we and the SPV, as applicable, are subject to certain customary covenants, including, but not limited to, restrictions on our ability to sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any collateral or assign any right to receive income with respect thereto, use proceeds for any purpose other than those set forth in the Securitization Facility, make certain payments on junior indebtedness, incur debt or merge or consolidate, subject to certain exceptions set forth therein. The SPV is also prohibited from issuing any LCR Security (as defined in the Securitization Facility agreement). We are currently in compliance with the covenants under the Securitization Facility.
Monetization Facility
In addition to the Securitization Facility, we maintain an uncommitted $250 million accounts receivable monetization facility (“Monetization Facility”). At Smithfield’s election and subject to the purchasing banks’ approval, certain accounts receivable may be sold by the SPV to purchasing banks, so long as the uncollected outstanding amount of accounts receivable sold pursuant to the Monetization Facility does not exceed $250 million in the aggregate at any time, among other limitations. In the event of a sale, the purchasing banks assume all credit risk related to the receivables while we maintain risk associated with customer disputes. We account for the sale of receivables to a purchasing bank by derecognizing the receivables from our consolidated balance sheet upon transfer of control to the purchasing bank, and recognizing a discount on the sale in SG&A in the consolidated statement of income. The proceeds from the sale of receivables are included in net cash flows from operating activities in the consolidated statement of cash flows. On behalf of the purchasing banks, we continue to service all receivables sold under the Monetization Facility. As of December 29, 2024, the uncollected balance of receivables that had been sold to purchasing banks was $230 million. We had no servicing asset or liability outstanding as of December 29, 2024.
In the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, we sold $227 million of accounts receivable at a discount and received proceeds totaling $225 million. Subsequently, we reinvested $4,094 million and $3,431 million of cash collections from customers in the revolving sale of accounts receivable to purchasing banks in fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively. We recognized charges totaling $15 million and $12 million in fiscal years 2024 and 2023, respectively, attributable to the discount on the sale of accounts receivable in SG&A in the consolidated statement of income.