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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Among PILGRIM’S PRIDE CORPORATION, PPC ACQUISITION CORP. and WLR FOODS, INC. Dated September 27, 2000 DEFINED TERMS

Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 28th, 2000 • WLR Foods Inc • Poultry slaughtering and processing • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  September 28th, 2000
• Company
  WLR Foods Inc
• Industry
  Poultry slaughtering and processing
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of September 27, 2000 (this “Agreement”), by and among Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Acquiror”), PPC Acquisition Corp., a Virginia corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Acquiror Sub”), and WLR Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the “Company”).