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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): July 23, 2003

PILGRIM’S PRIDE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  1-9273
(Commission
File Number)
  75-1285071
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
     
110 South Texas Street
Pittsburg, Texas
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  75686-0093
(ZIP Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (903) 855-1000

 


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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.
Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
Signatures
Exhibit Index
EX-99.1 Transcript of Conference Call


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Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

     (c)  Exhibits. The exhibit below, which is referred to in Item 12 of this Form 8-K, is furnished solely pursuant to Item 12 of this Form 8-K and shall not be (i) subject to Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or deemed incorporated by reference into a registration statement, proxy statement or report or other document we may file with the SEC, regardless of any general incorporation language in such a filing (except as shall otherwise be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing), or (ii) subject to Item 10 of Regulation S-K except as specifically required under the instructions to Item 12 of Form 8-K.

     The following exhibit is filed with this report on Form 8-K:

     
Exhibit
Number
  Description

 
99.1   Transcript of Conference Call conducted by Registrant on July 23, 2003

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     The information in this Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

     On July 23, 2003, Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation held an earnings conference call to discuss its results of operations for the third quarter of fiscal 2003. A transcript of the contents of the conference call is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

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
         
Date: July 29, 2003   By:   /s/ Richard A. Cogdill
       
        Richard A. Cogdill
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Secretary and Treasurer

Exhibit Index

     
Exhibit
Number
  Description

 
99.1   Transcript of Conference Call conducted by Registrant on July 23, 2003