Exhibit
10.49
Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation
First
Amendment to Limited Duration Waiver Agreement
This First Amendment to Limited Duration Waiver
Agreement (herein, the “Amendment” ) is made as
November 25, 2008, by and among Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company” ), To-Ricos, Ltd., a Bermuda company (
“To-Ricos” ), To-Ricos Distribution, Ltd., a
Bermuda company ( “To-Ricos Distribution” ; and
together with To-Ricos, the “Foreign Borrowers”
; the Company and the Foreign Borrowers collectively, the
“Borrowers” and individually, a
“Borrower” ), the Banks party
hereto, and Bank of Montreal, a Canadian chartered bank acting
through its Chicago branch, as administrative agent for the Banks
(the “Agent” ).
Recitals:
A.The
Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent are parties to that certain
Limited Duration Waiver Agreement dated as of October 26, 2008
(the “Waiver Agreement”
).
B.Pursuant to the Waiver Agreement the Required Banks agree, among
other things, to waive the Subject Default during the period ending
November 26, 2008.
C.The
Borrowers has requested that the Required Banks amend the Waiver
Agreement to extend the Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date and to
amend certain other provisions thereof, and the Required Banks are
willing to do so subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
Accordingly, subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth below, the Borrowers and the
Required Banks agree as follows:
Now, Therefore, for good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.
Incorporation of Recitals; Defined Terms. The
Borrowers acknowledge that the Recitals set forth above are true
and correct in all material respects. The defined terms
in the Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated into this
Amendment by reference. All other capitalized terms used
herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein as
such terms have in the Waiver Agreement.
2. Amounts
Owing . The Borrowers acknowledge and agree that the
principal amount of Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and L/Cs as of
November 25, 2008, is $310,795,372 ($0 in Bid Loans,
$199,526,529 in Revolving Credit Loans, $0 in Swing Loans, $0 in
Bond Reimbursement Obligations, $25,239,727 in the Bond L/C, $0 in
Reimbursement Obligations, and $86,029,116 in issued and currently
undrawn L/Cs), and such amount (together with interest and fees
thereon) is justly and truly owing by the Borrowers without
defense, offset or counterclaim.
3. Amendment of Section 3 of the Waiver Agreement
. Section 3 of the Waiver Agreement shall be
amended to read as follows:
3. Limited Duration
Waiver . Subject to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, the Required Banks waive the Subject
Default but only for the period (the “Waiver
Period” ) beginning October 28, 2008, and ending at
12:00 Noon, Chicago time, on December 1, 2008 (the
“Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date”
). The foregoing waiver shall become null and void on
the Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date and from and after the
Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date the Agent and the Banks shall have
all rights and remedies available to them as a result of the
occurrence of the Subject Default as though this waiver had never
been granted.
4. Amendment of the Waiver Agreement . The
definition of "Subject Default" in the Waiver Agreement shall be
amended to include the Indenture Payment Event (as defined
below).
5. Acknowledgement of Liens . The Company hereby
acknowledges and agrees that all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Borrowers, or any of them, owing to the Agent
and the Banks arising out of or in any manner relating to the Loan
Documents, as well as all Hedging Liability and Funds Transfer and
Deposit Account Liability, shall continue to be secured by liens
and security interests on all of the Collateral pursuant to the
Loan Documents heretofore or hereafter executed and delivered by
the Company, and nothing herein contained shall in
any manner affect or impair the priority of the liens and security
interests created and provided for thereby as to the indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities which would be secured thereby prior
to giving effect to this Amendment.
6. Representations and
Warranties . The Borrowers represent and warrant to
the Agent and the Banks that:
(a)each Borrower has full
right and authority to enter into this Amendment and to perform all
of its obligations under the Waiver Agreement as amended
hereby;
(b)this Amendment and the
performance or observance by the Borrowers of any of the matters
and things herein provided for do not (i) contravene or
constitute a default under any provision of law or any judgment,
injunction, order or decree binding upon any Borrower or any
provision of the organizational documents ( e.g.,
certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws) of any
Borrower, or (ii) contravene or constitute a default under any
covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting any Borrower or
any of its Property;
(c)the obligations
of each Borrower and the Guarantor under the Waiver Agreement as amended hereby
are legal, valid, enforceable (except as
enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws
relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally) and
subsisting and not subject to set-off, defense (other than payment)
or counterclaim;
(d)
no Potential Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, other than the Subject
Default ;
(e)the
Company’s indebtedness, obligations and liabilities to the
Agent and the Banks under the Loan Documents constitute
“Designated Senior Indebtedness” as defined in the
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 24, 2007, between
the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee,
relating to the Company’s 8 - 3/8% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2017; and
(f)the Company has decided
that during the Waiver Period as extended by this Amendment it will
not pay any interest on its 8 -
3/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017
or its 7-5/8% Senior Notes due May-1, 2015 (the " Indenture Payment Event ")
.
7. Release. For value received, including
without limitation, the agreements of the Banks in this Amendment,
each Borrower hereby releases the Agent and each Bank, its current
and former shareholders, directors, officers, agents, employees,
attorneys, consultants, and professional advisors (collectively,
the “R