EXHIBIT 10.3
EXECUTION COPY
Pilgrim’s Pride
Corporation
Limited
Duration Waiver Agreement
This Limited Duration Waiver Agreement (herein,
the “ Agreement ” ) is made as of
September 26, 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
”).
Recitals:
A.Fairway and
each other purchaser from time to time party to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (collectively, the “
Purchasers ” and, together with the Administrator, the
“ Waiving Parties ”) currently purchase and make
reinvestments of undivided percentage ownership interests with
regard to the Participation from the Seller on the terms and
conditions set forth in that certain Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 26, 2008, by
and among the Servicer, the Seller, the Purchasers and the
Administrator (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Receivables
Purchase Agreement ” ).
B.The Servicer
has informed the Waiving Parties that the Servicer expects that it
will not be in compliance with clause (v) of Exhibit IV to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement (Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) as of
September 27, 2008 (such instance of noncompliance being
hereinafter referred to as the “ Subject Default
”).
C.The Seller
Parties have requested that the Waiving Parties waive the Subject
Default during the period ending October 28, 2008, and the
Waiving Parties are willing to do so subject to the terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement.
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 Agreement by reference. All other capitalized terms
used herein without definition shall have the same meanings herein
as such terms have in the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
2. Amounts
Owing . The Seller Parties acknowledge and agree
that the Investment and Discount in respect of the Participation
and all other amounts outstanding and payable by the Originator,
the Seller or the Servicer to the Purchasers, the Administrator or
any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person under the
Transaction Documents as of September 25, 2008 is $237,009,564.55
($236,334,002.53 in Investment, $483,311.77 in Discount,
$192,250.25 in other amounts), and such amount (together with
interest and fees thereon) is justly and truly owing by the Seller
without defense, offset or counterclaim.
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 September 26, 2008, and ending
on October 28, 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.
4.
Additional Agreements. The Seller Parties
further agree that:
(a)The
Administrator (or its counsel) shall have the right to engage on
behalf of the Purchasers a financial advisor, selected by the
Administrator and acceptable to the Purchasers, to review, evaluate
and advise the Administrator and the Purchasers as to the reports,
analyses and cash flow forecasts and other materials prepared by
the Seller’s and the Servicer’s financial consultants
relating to the financial condition, operating performance, and
business prospects of the Seller and the Servicer and their
Subsidiaries and to perform such other information gathering or
evaluation acts as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrator, and the reasonable costs and expenses of such
financial advisor shall be borne by the Seller and constitute part
of the Seller’s obligations outstanding under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement. Each of the Seller and the Servicer
shall take reasonable steps to make available to such financial
advisor and its representatives such information respecting the
financial condition, operating performance, and business prospects
of the Seller and the Servicer and their Subsidiaries as may be
reasonably requested and shall make the Seller’s and the
Servicer’s financial consultants, officers, employees, and
independent public accountants available with reasonable prior
notice to discuss such information with such financial advisor and
its representatives.
(b)The Seller
(or the Servicer on its behalf) shall provide to the Administrator
and the Purchasers a 13-week cash flow forecast (the “
Forecast ”) showing projected cash receipts and cash
disbursements of the Seller and the Servicer and their Subsidiaries
over the following 13-week period, together with a reconciliation
of actual cash receipts and cash disbursements of the Seller and
the Servicer and their Subsidiaries from the prior week against the
cash flow forecast previously furnished to the Administrator and
the Purchasers and showing any deviations on a cumulative basis),
prepared by the Servicer and in form and substance, and with such
detail, as the Administrator may request. The first
Forecast after the date hereof shall be provided to the
Administrator and the Purchasers no later than 5:00 p.m., Central
time, on Monday, October 6, 2008. Thereafter, each
Forecast shall be provided to the Administrator and the Purchasers
no later than 5:00 p.m. Central time, on Wednesday of each week
(beginning October 15, 2008).
(c)During the
Waiver Period, unless approved by the required banks and the
requisite number of lenders under the CoBank Credit Agreement, the
Servicer shall have at all times undrawn commitments under the
Credit Agreement and the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of September 21, 2006, among the Servicer, CoBank, ACB, as
Administrative, Documentation and Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the present and future Syndication Parties and as a Syndication
Party, Lead Arranger and Book Manager thereunder (“
Co-Bank ”), Farm Credit Services of America, FLCA, as
Co-Arranger and as a Syndication Party, and the other Syndication
Parties party thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated and
otherwise modified from time to time (as so amended, supplemented,
restated and otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ CoBank Credit Agreement ” ) in
an aggregate amount not less than $100,000,000.
(d)No later
than October 24, 2008, the Seller’s and the
Servicer’s senior management and their financial advisors
shall meet with the Administrator and the Purchasers and their
financial advisors to discuss the Seller’s and the
Servicer’s business and financial affairs and such matters as
the Purchasers or the Administrator may request.
(e)(i) No later
than October 15, 2008, the Seller shall enter into Lock-Box
Agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrator and covering the Lock-Box Accounts listed on
Schedule I hereto with all of the Lock-Box Banks, and
deliver original counterparts thereof to the Administrator or (ii)
no later than October 28, 2008, the Seller shall (A) cause to be
opened new Lock-Box Accounts at new lock-box banks reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrator, (B) enter into lock-box
agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrator with respect to each such lock-box account and
deliver original counterparts thereof to the Administrator and (C)
instruct each Obligor to make payments of all Receivables to such
lock-box accounts; for the avoidance of doubt, the terms
“Lock-Box Account” and “lock-box account”
include, without limitation, the Collection Account and the
Liquidation Account. A breach of this clause (e) shall
constitute a Termination Event under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement.
5. Waiver
Termination . As used in this Agreement,
“Waiver Termination” shall mean the occurrence
of the Scheduled Waiver Expiration Date, or, if earlier, the
occurrence of any one or more of the following events: (a) any
Unmatured Termination Event or Termination Event, in each case
other than the Subject Default; (b)
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