Exhibit 10.50
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
of November 25, 2008, by and among PILGRIM’S PRIDE
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “
Servicer ” ), PILGRIM’S PRIDE FUNDING
CORPORATION, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ Seller ” and, together with the
Servicer, the “ Seller Parties ”), the
PURCHASERS AND PURCHASER AGENTS ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
(collectively, the “ Purchasers ”) and BMO
CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as administrator (in such capacity, together
with its successors and assigns, the “ Administrator
” and, collectively with the Purchasers, the “
Waiving Parties ”).
Recitals:
A.The
Seller, the Servicer, the Purchasers and the Administrator 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 Waiving Parties agreed,
among other things, to waive the Subject Default during the period
ending November 26, 2008.
C.The
Seller Parties have requested that the Waiving Parties amend the
Waiver Agreement to extend the Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date and
to amend certain other provisions thereof, and the Waiving Parties
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 Seller Parties and the Waiving Parties 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
Seller Parties 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 Seller Parties acknowledge and agree
that there are amounts outstanding, including Investment and
Discount in respect of the Participation and other amounts, that
are payable by the Originator, the Seller or the Servicer, as
applicable, to the Purchasers and the Administrator (and any other
Indemnified Party and Affected Person under the Transaction
Documents, as applicable), and such amounts (together with interest
and fees thereon) are justly and truly owing by the Seller without
defense, offset or counterclaim.
3.
Amendments to the Waiver Agreement .
(a)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 Waiving Parties 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 Administrator and
the Purchasers 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.
(b)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 Seller Parties
hereby acknowledge and agree that all indebtedness, obligations and
liabilities of the Seller owing to the Administrator and the
Purchasers arising out of or in any manner relating to the
Transaction Documents shall continue to be secured by liens and
security interests on all of the Receivables, Contracts and Related
Security and all other collateral pursuant to the Transaction
Documents heretofore or hereafter executed and delivered by the
Seller or the Servicer, 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 . Each of the
Seller Parties represents and warrants to the Administrator and the
Purchasers that:
(a)each Seller Party 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 Seller Parties 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 Seller Party or any
provision of the organizational documents ( e.g.,
certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws) of any Seller
Party, or (ii) contravene or constitute a default under any
covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting any Seller Party
or any of its Property;
(c)the obligations
of each Seller Party 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 Unmatured Termination Event or
Termination Event (other than the Subject Default)