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:

The performance of the Company’s birds relative to its peers’ and competitors’ birds as measured by bottom line profit per head as reported by AgriStats will be used to evaluate and determine bonuses paid to those employees whose bonuses are determined in part by such performance. The appropriate measuring tool as set forth in this Bonus Award Program as reported by Agri Stats for the twelve (12) month period ending on October 31 each year will be used to determine if a bonus has been earned by such employees.