<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000100493-17-000112.txt : 20170818
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000100493-17-000112
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170818
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170818
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170818

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TYSON FOODS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000100493
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015]
		IRS NUMBER:				710225165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0929

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14704
		FILM NUMBER:		171041483

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 DON TYSON PARKWAY
		CITY:			SPRINGDALE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72762-6999
		BUSINESS PHONE:		479-290-4000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 2020
		STREET 2:		P O BOX 2020
		CITY:			SPRINGDALE
		STATE:			AR
		ZIP:			72765-2020
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<div><a name="sFE8491A5AB28F4C2233BF5E8A08D51CE"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:7pt;"><font style="font-family:Arial;font-size:7pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:16px;text-align:center;font-size:16pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:16pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM 8-K</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 18, 2017</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:24pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:24pt;font-weight:bold;">Tyson Foods, Inc.</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(State of incorporation or organization)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-top:10px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">001-14704</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font 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290-4000</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of <br>Registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Not applicable</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if applicable)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">___________________________________</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;padding-bottom:6px;padding-top:6px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">see</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;General Instruction A.2. below): </font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 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style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:130%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  </font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">&#168;</font></div><div style="line-height:144%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On August 18, 2017, Tyson Foods, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) and Bank of America, N.A. entered into a second amendment of an April 7, 2015 term loan agreement (the &#8220;Term Loan Agreement&#8221;) under which the Company borrowed a principal amount of $500 million. Among other things, this amendment extends the maturity date of the borrowing from April 7, 2019 to August 18, 2020.  Additionally, interest on borrowings under the Term Loan Agreement, as amended by the second amendment, will accrue, at the Company&#8217;s option, at an annual rate equal to (a) the Eurocurrency rate plus the applicable spread or (b) the alternate base rate plus the applicable spread, each as described below. 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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;text-indent:48px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Form 8-K is hereby incorporated into this Item 2.03.</font></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:10px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:173%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" 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<div><a name="s4FFFEF7220631114E8A7F5F04433C112"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Execution Version</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO TERM LOAN AGREEMENT</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), dated as of August 18, 2017 is made by and between TYSON FOODS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Borrower</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">&#32;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Lender</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;).  Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement as defined below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">W I T N E S S E T H:&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Lender have entered into that certain Term Loan Agreement dated as of April 7, 2015 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of May 5, 2016 and as hereby amended and as from time to time hereafter further amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or amended and restated, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Loan Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), pursuant to which the Lender has made available to the Borrower a term loan;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">WHEREAS, the Borrower has advised the Lender that it desires to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement, and the Lender is willing to effect such amendments on the terms and conditions contained in this Amendment;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;padding-right:45px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments to Loan Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  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font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9.18 of the Loan Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The following new </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9.18</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;is added after </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9.17</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;Section 9.18.  </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising </font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:</font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:240px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:192px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:240px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:192px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(ii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent company, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:240px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:192px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(iii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:240px;text-indent:-48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(d)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Schedule I of the Loan Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">:  Schedule I is amended by deleting it in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Exhibit A</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;hereto.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:6px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">2.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:60px;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;text-indent:-60px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Conditions Precedent</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The effectiveness of this Amendment and the amendments to the Loan Agreement herein provided are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (the first date on which such conditions have been satisfied, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendment Effective Date</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;):</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Lender shall have received each of the following documents or instruments in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Lender:</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(i)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">one or more counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by the Borrower and the Lender; </font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">3&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(ii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">a certificate of the Borrower, dated the Amendment Effective Date and executed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary, which shall (A) certify the resolutions of its board of directors or other body authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, (B) identify by name and title and bear the signatures of the officers of the Borrower authorized to sign this Amendment, (C) contain appropriate attachments, including the certificate or articles of incorporation or organization of the Borrower certified by the relevant authority of the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower and a true and correct copy of its by-laws, or certify that the organizational or governing documents of the Borrower have not changed since April 7, 2015 (the date of the last delivery of such documents to the Lender), and (D) attach a short form good standing certificate for the Borrower from its jurisdiction of organization; </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(iii)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">a favorable legal opinion (addressed to the Lender) of R. Read Hudson, Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary of the Borrower, covering such customary matters relating to the Borrower and this Amendment, as the Lender shall reasonably request and in form reasonably acceptable to the Lender; and </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:144px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:96px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(iv)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">such other documents, instruments, opinions, certifications, undertakings, further assurances and other matters as the Lender shall reasonably require; and</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">the Lender shall have received all fees required to be paid and due on the Amendment Effective Date and all expenses for which invoices have been presented at least two Business Days prior the Amendment Effective Date (including the fees and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of McGuireWoods LLP, counsel to the Lender), on or prior to the Amendment Effective Date; </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">provided</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;that the foregoing does not preclude the presentation of an invoice after the Amendment Effective Date that covers the balance of fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Lender.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">3.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Representations and Warranties</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  In order to induce the Lender to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">(i) The representations and warranties contained in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Article III</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except that the representations and warranties contained in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 3.04</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent consolidated balance sheet and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows furnished pursuant to </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">subsections (a)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">(b)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">, respectively, of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 5.01</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement, and (ii) no Default exists.</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Since October 1, 2016, there has been no change in the operations, business, properties, assets or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as shown on or reflected in such consolidated balance sheet or the consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, other than changes that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:96px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:48px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(c)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, except as may be limited by general principles of equity or by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors&#8217; rights generally.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">4.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Entire Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Amendment constitutes a Loan Document and, together with all other Loan Documents (collectively, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Relevant Documents</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221;), sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter.  No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to any other party in relation to the subject matter hereof or thereof.  None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9.02</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">5.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Full Force and Effect of Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Except as hereby specifically amended, modified or supplemented, the Loan Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms. </font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">6.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Counterparts</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g., &#8220;pdf&#8221; or &#8220;tif&#8221;) will be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.</font></div></td></tr></table><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">5&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">7.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Governing Law</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Amendment shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within such State and shall be further subject to the provisions of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Sections 9.09</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">9.10</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">8.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Enforceability</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Should any one or more of the provisions of this Amendment be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and binding on the parties hereto.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">9.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">References</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  All references in any of the Loan Documents to the &#8220;Agreement&#8221; or &#8220;Loan Agreement&#8221; shall mean the Loan Agreement, as amended previously and hereby.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">10.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Successors and Assigns</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Lender, and their respective successors, legal representatives, and assignees to the extent such assignees are permitted assignees as provided in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 9.04</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;of the Loan Agreement.</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">11.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">FATCA</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  Solely for purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower and the Lender shall treat the Loan Agreement as not qualifying as a &#8220;grandfathered obligation&#8221; within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).</font></div></td></tr></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="padding-bottom:16px;font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;"></td><td></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:12pt;padding-left:0px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">12.</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">No Waiver</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">.  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lender under any of the Loan Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Loan Documents.</font></div></td></tr></table><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#32;[Signature pages follow.]</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:left;text-indent:312px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">6&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s57AAEB2F657027B8C2D6F5F04464140F"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to Loan Agreement to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">TYSON FOODS, INC., as the Borrower</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">By:</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;/s/ Shawn C. 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style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:right;text-indent:14px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Schedule I</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Pricing Schedule</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:8px;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">Applicable Rate</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#8221; means for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurocurrency Loan, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption &#8220;ABR Spread&#8221; or &#8220;Eurocurrency Spread&#8221;, as the case may be, based upon the Facility Ratings, if available from each of S&amp;P, Moody&#8217;s and Fitch, and, 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style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:3px double #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Eurocurrency Spread</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:3px double #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;padding-top:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rating Level 1: </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8805;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">&#160;BBB+/Baa1/BBB+</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">0 bps</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:3px double #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">75.0 bps</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:3px double #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rating Level 2: BBB/Baa2/BBB</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">0 bps</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:3px double #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">80.0 bps</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:3px double #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rating Level 3: BBB-/Baa3/BBB-</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">12.5 bps</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:1px solid #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:3px double #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">112.5 bps</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:3px double #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:3px double #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">Rating Level 4: &#8804; BB+/Ba1/BB+ or unrated</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:3px double #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:1px solid #00000a;border-top:1px solid #00000a;"><div style="padding-bottom:2px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;">37.5 bps</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;border-bottom:3px double #00000a;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-left:1px solid #00000a;border-right:3px double #00000a;border-top:1px solid 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If the rating system of Moody&#8217;s, S&amp;P or Fitch shall change, or if any such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of issuing credit facility ratings and corporate credit ratings (so that neither a Facility Rating nor a Corporate Rating is available from such rating agency), the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the non&#8209;availability of such ratings from such rating agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the rating of such rating agency shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect from such rating agency prior to such change or cessation.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:24px;text-align:justify;padding-left:288px;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:100%;text-align:center;font-size:9pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:9pt;">Exhibit A-1</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;"><br></font></div></div>	</body>
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