Smithfield Foods does not plan to close more U.S. pork processing plants, Chief Executive Shane Smith said on Tuesday, as the company returned to a U.S. exchange after more than a decade in a spinoff by Hong Kong-based WH Group.

Smithfield Foods Inc. shares rose about 2% in the pork producer’s return to being a public company, after the stock priced below the range offered in its IPO.Most Read from BloombergTexas HOA Charged

Smithfield Foods and its Chinese parent raised around $522 million from the U.S. pork giant's initial public offering after pricing shares below their marketed range.