PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Mar 2, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP (PPC)
CIK: 0000802481
Period of Report: 2012-02-29

Reporting Person: Jackson Don (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-29	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	X	576083	$4.50	Acquired	3356402	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-02-29	Subscription Rights (right to buy)	$4.50	X	2780319	Disposed	2012-02-29	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (576083)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person exercised in full their basic subscription rights (each subscription right entitling them to purchase 0.2072 shares of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation ("PPC") common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a subscription price equal to $4.50 per share), issued pro rata to holders of PPC common stock on the January 17, 2012 record date for the rights offering, under the basic subscription privilege in the rights offering. The reporting person will acquire these shares of common stock when issued by PPC at the closing of the rights offering.