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. 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.

Committee. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (“Compensation Committee”) shall appoint a Management Pension Investment and Oversight Committee (the “Committee”), which shall serve at the pleasure of the Compensation Committee.

Committee. The Compensation Committee of the Board (or subcommittee thereof) or such other committee (or subcommittee thereof) as shall be appointed by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to [Section 3]. The Committee shall consist solely of two (2) or more directors who are # “non-employee directors” (within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act) for purposes of exercising administrative authority with respect to Options granted to Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act; # to the extent required by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange or any national stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted, “independent” within the meaning of such rules; and # at such times as an Option granted under the Plan by the Company is subject to Section 162(m) of the Code (to the extent relief from the limitation of Section 162(m) of the Code is sought with respect to Options and administration of the Options by a committee of “outside directors” is required to receive such relief) “outside directors” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

Committee. “Committee” means the Compensation and Management Development Committee of the Board, or a sub-committee of that Committee.

Committee. The Human Capital Management Committee of the Board or any duly appointed sub-committee or successor committee performing similar duties.

Committee. The applicable administrator of the Plan as provided for in [Article III].

​ 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. ​ 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.

You will no longer be listed as an executive officer of the Company.

Executive Participants. Executive Participants shall receive Severance Pay in accordance with the formula specified in [Schedule A].