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): August 7, 2002
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 1-9273 75-1285071
(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
110 SOUTH TEXAS STREET
PITTSBURG, TEXAS 75686-0093
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (903) 855-1000
ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
Attached hereto as Exhibit's 99.1 and 99.2 are Statements Under Oath
made by David Van Hoose, Principal Executive Officer, and Richard A.
Cogdill, Principal Financial Officer, of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation. Such
statements were submitted on August 7, 2002 pursuant to Securities and
Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
99.1 Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer, dated
August 7, 2002.
99.2 Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer, dated
August 7, 2002.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
/s/ Richard A. Cogdill
Date: August 8, 2002 By:
Richard A. Cogdill
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer
EXHIBIT 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings
I, David Van Hoose, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
* no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
* no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
Company's audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
* the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation for
the period ended September 29, 2001 filed with the Commission;
* all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation filed
with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
* any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ David Van Hoose
___________________________
David Van Hoose
August 7, 2002
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
7th day of August, 2002.
/S/ NONA R BRANCH
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 4/30/03
EXHIBIT 99.2
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS
I, Richard A. Cogdill, state and attest that:
(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered
reports of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:
* no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case
of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the
date on which it was filed); and
* no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to
make the statements in the covered report, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the
end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a
report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date
on which it was filed).
(2) I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the
Company's audit committee.
(3) In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or
before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":
* the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation for
the period ended September 29, 2001 filed with the Commission;
* all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all
definitive proxy materials of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation filed
with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and
* any amendments to any of the foregoing.
/s/ Richard A, Cogdill
___________________________
Richard A. Cogdill
August 7, 2002
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
7th day of August, 2002.
/S/ NONA R. BRANCH
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 4/30/03