UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
Date of
report (Date of earliest event reported): October 22,
2009
PILGRIM’S
PRIDE CORPORATION
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware
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1-9273
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75-1285071
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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4845
US Highway 271 N.
Pittsburg,
Texas 75686-0093
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (903) 434-1000
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Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
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provisions:
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
As previously announced, on December 1,
2008, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and
certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the "Debtors") filed voluntary
petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of
Texas, Fort Worth Division ("Bankruptcy Court") seeking reorganization
relief under the provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code
(the "Bankruptcy Code"). The Company has filed an amended joint plan of
reorganization pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Proposed
Plan") with the Bankruptcy Court and the proposed disclosure statement thereto
(the "Disclosure Statement"). On October 22, 2009, the Bankruptcy
Court entered an order approving the Disclosure Statement and the procedures to
solicit acceptances of the Proposed Plan. The Bankruptcy Court
scheduled the hearing to consider the confirmation of the Proposed Plan for
December 8, 2009.
The Proposed Plan and the Disclosure
Statement are posted on the Company's website www.pilgrimspride.com under the
"Investors-Reorganization" caption. This Form 8-K is not a
solicitation to accept or reject the Proposed Plan or an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of the Debtors. Any solicitation
or offer to sell will be made pursuant to and in accordance with the Disclosure
Statement and applicable law. In accordance with General Instruction
B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed
“filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall
such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such a filing.
Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
PILGRIM’S
PRIDE CORPORATION
Date: October
27,
2009 By: /s/ Richard A.
Cogdill
Richard A.
Cogdill
Chief Financial
Officer, Secretary and Treasurer