Executive may not assign, transfer or subcontract any of Executive’s rights or obligations under this Agreement to any party without the prior written consent of the Company. Executive’s obligations under this Agreement will be binding on Executive’s successors and permitted assigns. Any assignment, transfer or subcontracting in violation of this provision will be null and void.

Assignment by the Executive. The Executive may not assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the Company; provided, however, that nothing herein shall preclude the Executive from designating one or more beneficiaries to receive any amount that may be payable following occurrence of the Executive’s legal incompetency or Death and shall not preclude the legal representative of the Executive’s estate from assigning any right hereunder to the person or persons entitled thereto under the Executive’s will or, in the case of intestacy, to the person or persons entitled thereto under the laws of intestacy applicable to the Executive’s estate. The term “beneficiaries,” as used in this Agreement, shall mean a beneficiary or beneficiaries so designated to receive any such amount or, if no beneficiary has been so designated, the legal representative of the Executive (in the event of the Executive’s incompetency) or the Executive’s estate.

No Assignment by the Executive. This Agreement is personal to the Executive and will not be assignable by the Executive.

Executive. The parties hereto agree that Executive is obligated under this Agreement to render personal services of a special, unique, unusual, extraordinary and intellectual character, thereby giving this Agreement special value. Executive’s rights and obligations under this Agreement shall not be transferable by Executive by assignment or otherwise, and any purported assignment, transfer or delegation thereof shall be void; provided, however, that if Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s estate.

In exchange for the payments and benefits promised to Executive in this Agreement, Executive agrees as follows:

[[Organization A:Organization]] hereby employs Executive as a Managerial Employee. Executive’s employment is at will. As an at-will Employee, the Executive has the right to voluntarily terminate his/her employment at any time, and with or without advance notice, subject to the terms and conditions herein in this Agreement. [[Organization A:Organization]] also has the option to involuntarily terminate the Executive’s employment at any time, with or without cause, and with or without advance notice, subject to the terms and conditions herein in this Agreement.

Executive Role. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Company shall employ Executive as its SVP, Corporate Development and Head of Emerging Areas reporting to Company’s President and [[Organization A:Organization]]. Executive accepts such employment upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, and agrees to perform to the best of Executive’s ability the duties normally associated with such position and as determined by Company in its sole discretion. During Executive’s employment, Executive shall devote all of Executive’s business time and energies to the business and affairs of Company, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent or limit Executive’s right to manage Executive’s personal investments on Executive’s own personal time, including, without limitation the right to make passive investments in the securities of: # any entity which Executive does not control, directly or indirectly, and which does not compete with Company or the Parent Company, or # any publicly held entity so long as Executive’s aggregate direct and indirect interest does not exceed two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding securities of any class of securities of such publicly held entity. Nothing contained herein shall prevent any family member of Executive from contracting with, being employed by or obtaining an ownership interest in any entity, whether or not such entity competes with the Company or the Parent Company; provided, however, that such contract, employment, or ownership interest does not extend to or involve Executive. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall require Executive to transfer, sell or otherwise divest himself of any investments Executive or Executive’s family members hold as of the date hereof. During Executive’s employment, Executive shall not engage in any other non-Company related business activities of any nature whatsoever (including board memberships) without the Company’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In addition, and so long as such activities do not interfere with Executive’s performance of Executive’s duties hereunder (including Executive’s full devotion of business time and energies to the business and affairs of Company, as described above), Executive also may participate in civic, charitable and professional activities, but shall not serve in any official capacity, including as a member of a board, without the prior written consent of the Company.

Eligible Executive. “Eligible Executive” means an employee of a Participating Company who is appointed by the Board of Directors as an executive officer and whose annual Compensation is in excess of the limitation in effect under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code, but only if the employee is also considered to be a part of a select group of management or highly compensated employees.

Bonus awards under this Bonus Award Program for members of the Executive Committee will be granted based on a combination of earnings per share performance and performance of the Company’s birds as measured against the Company’s peers’ and competitors’ birds as reported by Agri Stats. For purposes of calculating bonuses awarded and paid to individuals in these positions based on operating performance, the corporate Agri Stats measure will be “bottom line analysis, per head” as compared to the same measure for all other head reported for the industry during the fiscal year, net of bonus. Awards made to these individuals based on the operating performance factor will be as follows:

Executive Acknowledgement. Executive confirms and represents to the Company that he has had the opportunity to obtain the advice of legal counsel, financial and tax advisers, and such other professionals as he deems necessary for entering into this Agreement, and he has not relied upon the advice of the Company or the Company’s officers, directors, or employees.