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Exhibit 10.9

SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF

INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION

Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2004

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SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF
INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION

SECTION 1.
DECLARATION

        1.1   The Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan of International
Multifoods Corporation was established as of April 1, 1997, as a means of
providing deferred compensation benefits to a select group of executives of
International Multifoods Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries whose
pre-tax contributions are otherwise limited under the VISA Plan.

        1.2   This January 1, 2004 restatement shall apply to Participants with
Accounts in the Plan on or after that date.

        1.3   This Plan has been established and will be maintained as a
non-qualified form of executive deferred compensation, in accordance with
Section 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended.

SECTION 2.
DEFINITIONS

        2.1   The terms defined in this Section 2 shall, for all purposes of
this Plan, have the meanings herein specified, unless the context expressly or
by necessary implication otherwise requires:

        2.1.1    "Account" means the account established for a Participant under
this Plan to reflect his or her credits under this Plan. The Account shall
include a subaccount to reflect deferred compensation credits under Section 4.1,
and a subaccount to reflect matching credits under Section 4.2. Interest credits
under Section 4.3 of this Plan shall be reflected in each such subaccount.

        2.1.2    "Affected Participant" means:

        (a)   any Participant who is an Employee on the Date of a Change in
Control of the Company except any Participant who has delivered to the Company,
prior to the Date of Change in Control of the Company, a signed letter stating
that such Participant has elected not to receive the lump sum payment
contemplated and provided for in Section 5.4 hereof in the event of a Change in
Control of the Company; provided, however, that any such Participant shall have
the right to withdraw such election by delivering a signed letter to that effect
to the Company at any time prior to the Date of a Change in Control of the
Company; and

        (b)   any Participant who: (i) on the Date of a Change in Control of the
Company is a retired Employee, or a former Employee who at the time of
termination of employment was vested in his or her Account, or the beneficiary
of any such retired Employee or former vested Employee ("Retired Employee"), and
(ii) has delivered to the Company, prior to the Date of a Change in Control of
the Company, a signed letter electing to receive, upon the occurrence of a
Change in Control of the Company, in the form of a lump sum, the benefits
payable to such Participant as of the Date of a Change in Control of the
Company; provided, however, that any such Participant shall have the right to
withdraw such election by delivering a signed letter to that effect to the
Company, at any time prior to the Date of a Change in Control of the Company.

        2.1.3    "Change in Control of the Company" means any one of the
following:

        (a)   the acquisition by any individual, entity or group (within the
meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended (the "Exchange Act")) (a "Person") of beneficial ownership (within
the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 20% or more of
either (i) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the
"Outstanding Common Stock") or (ii) the

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combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Voting
Securities"); provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (a), the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control of the Company:
(i) any acquisition directly from the Company, (ii) any acquisition by the
Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust)
sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation controlled by the
Company or (iv) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction
which complies with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of subsection (c) of this
Section 2.1.3; or

        (b)   individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of
Directors of the Company (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to
constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the
date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's
shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors
then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such
individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this
purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election
or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board of Directors of the
Company; or

        (c)   consummation of a reorganization, merger or consolidation or sale
or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (a
"Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following such Business
Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities who
were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the Outstanding Common Stock and
Outstanding Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination
beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of, respectively, the
then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of
directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business
Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of
such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's
assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business
Combination of the Outstanding Common Stock and Outstanding Voting Securities,
as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any employee benefit plan (or
related trust) of the Company or such corporation resulting from such Business
Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of,
respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation
resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the
then outstanding voting securities of such corporation except to the extent that
such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination and (iii) at least a
majority of the members of the board of directors of the corporation resulting
from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time
of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board of
Directors of the Company, providing for such Business Combination; or

        (d)   approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

        2.1.4    "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.

        2.1.5    "Committee" means the Compensation and Human Resources
Committee of the Board of Directors of International Multifoods Corporation, or
its successor group.

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        2.1.6    "Company" or "Multifoods" means International Multifoods
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

        2.1.7    "Effective Date" means January 1, 1997.

        2.1.8    "Employee" means any person including any officer, employed on
a regular, full-time, salaried basis by the Employer.

        2.1.9    "Employer" means the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

        2.1.10    "Excess Covered Pay" means the Participant's "Covered Pay" (as
defined in the VISA Plan) in excess of the limit imposed under Code
section 401(a)(17), plus the amounts deferred at the election of the Participant
under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan or arrangement approved by the
Committee, and amounts waived by the Participant under any waiver arrangement
approved by the Committee, to the extent that such amount are not included in
Covered Pay under the VISA Plan.

        2.1.11    "Participant" means an Employee who has been designated by the
Board of Directors of Multifoods, or the Committee, to participate in this Plan
in accordance with the provision of Section 3 of this Plan.

        2.1.12    "Plan" means this Supplemental Deferred Compensation Plan of
International Multifoods Corporation, as originally adopted or, if amended or
supplemented or restated, as so amended or supplemented or restated.

        2.1.13    "VISA Plan" means the Employees' Voluntary Investment and
Savings Plan of International Multifoods Corporation, as originally adopted or,
if amended or supplemented or restated, as so amended or supplemented or
restated.

SECTION 3.
ELIGIBILITY AND VESTING

        3.1    ELIGIBILITY

        3.1.1    Any executive of the Employer shall be eligible for
consideration as a Participant in this Plan.

        3.1.2    It shall be the prerogative of the Board of Directors of
Multifoods, or the Committee, to designate an Employee as a Participant under
this Plan. The Board of Directors of Multifoods, or the Committee, in
designating Participants shall give full consideration to recommendations
submitted by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Multifoods.

        3.1.3    An Employee designated as a Participant under this Plan will
commence participation as soon as administratively practicable after he or she
is notified of such designation by the Company (or, if later, as of the date the
Employee first becomes eligible to participate in the VISA Plan).

        3.1.4    An Employee designated as a Participant under this Plan will
continue as a Participant under this Plan until death, termination of
employment, or until removed from participation by the Board of Directors of
Multifoods, or by the Committee. However, the Plan is intended to cover only
those Employees who are in a select group of management or highly compensated
employees within the meaning of Section 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and, accordingly,
if any interpretation is issued by the Department of Labor that would exclude
any Employee from satisfying that requirement, such Employee immediately will
cease to be a Participant.

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        3.2    VESTING

        A Participant shall at all times have a fully vested and nonforfeitable
interest in his or her Account under the Plan.

SECTION 4.
ACCOUNT CREDITS AND CHARGES

        4.1    DEFERRED COMPENSATION CREDITS

        4.1.1    A Participant may elect either or both of the following:

        (a)   A Participant may elect that, if his or her "Before-Tax
Contributions" under the VISA Plan for a calendar year are limited under Code
section 402(g) (or, if the Participant is eligible for "Catch-Up Before-Tax
Contributions" under the VISA Plan, if his or her Before-Tax Contributions are
limited by the combined limit under Code sections 402(g) and 414(v)), such
additional amounts as would have been contributed as Before-Tax Contributions
under the VISA Plan if such limit did not apply (based upon the actual deferral
elections made by the Participant under the VISA Plan) shall instead be deferred
under this Plan.

        In the case of a Participant who becomes a Participant in the year in
which he or she is first hired as an Employee, the Board of Directors of
Multifoods or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, waive for the year in
which he or she becomes a Participant the requirement that he or she have
reached the applicable limit specified above under the VISA Plan before he or
she is allowed to defer under this Plan, provided that the Participant certifies
that he or she has reached the applicable limit under a qualified plan
maintained by his or her prior employer during such year.

        (b)   A Participant may elect to defer a percentage of his or her Excess
Covered Pay under this Plan. The amount of the deferral may equal any whole
percentage, but not less than 2% or more than 10% of his or her Excess Covered
Pay.

        The Account of each Participant shall be credited as of the last day of
each calendar quarter during the year with the amount deferred by the
Participant for such calendar quarter.

        A Participant who wishes to defer amounts hereunder for a calendar year
must execute a salary reduction agreement and file the same with Multifoods
prior to the first day of the calendar year (or, in the case of an employee who
commences participation during the calendar year, prior to date on which he or
she commences participation). Such salary reduction agreement shall be
irrevocable for the calendar year. An election made by a Participant for a
calendar year shall continue in effect for the next and subsequent calendar
years until revoked or modified by the Participant prior to the first day of a
calendar year.

        4.2    MATCHING CREDITS

        4.2.1    The Account of each Participant shall be credited as of the
last day of each calendar quarter during the year with a matching credit equal
to the additional amount (if any) that would have been contributed for payroll
periods ending within such quarter as a "Matching Contribution" under the VISA
Plan (other than a "true-up" Matching Contribution) if the deferred compensation
credits under this Plan for such calendar quarter had been made as "Before-Tax
Contributions" under the VISA Plan and if the Excess Covered Pay of such
Participant were recognized for purposes of applying the matching formula under
the VISA Plan. However, notwithstanding the prior sentence, additional credits
shall not be added under this Plan prior to the calendar quarter after the
calendar quarter in which the Participant's aggregate Covered Pay (as defined in
the VISA Plan) and Excess Covered Pay for the year equals the compensation limit
in effect for the calendar year under Code section 401(a)(17).

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        4.2.2    A "true-up" matching credit will be added to the Account of a
Participant as of the last day of the calendar year if such Participant is an
Employee on the last day of the calendar year and a true-up Matching
Contribution is added to his or her account under the VISA Plan. The amount of
the true-up matching credit under this Plan will equal the additional amount (if
any) that would have been contributed for the Plan Year as a true-up Matching
Contribution under the VISA Plan if the deferred compensation credits under this
Plan for the Plan Year had been made as "Before-Tax Contributions" under the
VISA Plan and if the Excess Covered Pay of such Participant were recognized for
purposes of applying the true-up matching formula under the VISA Plan.

        4.3    INTEREST CREDITS

        The Account of each Participant (and each subaccount thereunder) shall
be credited as of the last day of each calendar quarter during the year with
interest at a rate equal to one quarter of the annual rate reported for such
date (or the next preceding business day) in the Federal Reserve Statistical
Release as the yield on U.S. Treasury bills with a constant maturity of
10 years. Such interest shall be credited based on the balance of the Account
(or subaccount) as of the first day of the calendar quarter, reduced by any
withdrawals or distributions made from the Account (or subaccount) during the
calendar quarter (but not increased for deferred compensation or matching
credits made for the calendar quarter).

        4.4    DISTRIBUTION/WITHDRAWAL CHARGE

        The Account of each Participant shall be charged with any distribution
or withdrawal as of the date of the distribution or withdrawal.

SECTION 5.
BENEFITS

        5.1    BENEFIT PAYABLE TO PARTICIPANT

        5.1.1    The balance of a Participant's Account shall be paid (or start
to be paid) to the Participant as soon as administratively practicable following
the termination of employment of the Participant.

        5.1.2    The balance of a Participant's Account shall be paid in either
of the following forms as elected by the Participant:

        (a)   A single lump-sum payment.

        (b)   A series of substantially equal annual installments over a period
not exceeding the lesser of 10 years or the life expectancy of the Participant.

The election of an alternative payment form must be made contemporaneously with
the first salary reduction agreement entered into by the Participant for this
Plan.

        5.1.3    Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in
this Plan, if the balance of the Participant's Account is $10,000 or less as of
his or her termination of employment, such balance shall be paid in the form of
a single lump-sum payment as soon as administratively practicable following
termination of employment.

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        5.2    BENEFIT PAYABLE UPON DEATH

        If a Participant dies before full payment of the balance of his or her
Account under this Plan, the remaining balance shall be paid to his or her
beneficiary as soon as administratively practicable after the Participant's
death. Such balance shall be paid in a single lump-sum payment.

        A Participant's "beneficiary" for this purpose means any person
(including a trust) designated in writing by the Participant to receive the
death benefit payable under this Plan. If no such designation is made by the
Participant, or if such designation fails, in whole or in part, by reason of the
prior death of such person or for any other cause, then the Participant's
"beneficiary" shall mean the surviving spouse of the Participant, if one shall
then survive; or, if not, then the surviving issue of the Participant per
stirpes and not per capita; or, if no issue survive the Participant, then the
executor, administrator or personal representative of the estate of the deceased
Participant.

        5.3    HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS

        If a Participant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Committee that
he or she is facing a financial hardship (as defined below), he or she may
withdraw in a single lump-sum all or any portion of his or her Account.

        A "financial hardship" for this purpose means a need that is determined
by the Committee to be an immediate and heavy financial need that arises from an
unforseen emergency affecting the Participant and that cannot be satisfied
through other resources that are reasonably available to the Participant.

        5.4    CHANGE IN CONTROL OF THE COMPANY

        Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in this Plan,
upon the occurrence of a Change in Control of the Company, the fact and the date
("Date") of which is to be determined finally and conclusively by the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company or by the Vice-President—Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company, to be evidenced by a letter signed by such
officer, addressed and delivered to the Committee, the Company shall pay, or
cause to be paid, to each Affected Participant under this Plan in lieu of any
benefits (excluding benefits paid to any Affected Participant prior to the Date
of a Change in Control of the Company) payable pursuant to Sections 5.1 through
5.3 hereof, automatically and simultaneously, without any further action,
determination or notice of any kind, a lump sum in an amount equal to the
balance (or the remaining balance) of his or her Account under this Plan.

        If a Change in Control of the Company occurs and both the Chief
Executive Officer of the Company and the Vice President-Finance and Chief
Financial Officer of the Company fail, for any reason whatsoever, to sign,
address and deliver to the Committee the letter described above in this
Section 5.4, such failure shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the
Company or the full right, title and interest of each Affected Participant under
this Plan to receive from the Company the full amount of the lump sum payment
determined and calculated in accordance with the forgoing provisions of this
Section 5.4, subject to adjustment pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.5
hereof; and the entitlement of each Affected Participant to receive such sum
from the Company shall be valid and enforceable by each Affected Participant in
any state or federal court having jurisdiction thereof.

        5.5    PARACHUTE PAYMENTS

        In the event it shall be determined that any payment by the Company to
or for the benefit of the Participant hereunder determined without regard to any
additional payments required under this Section 5.5 (a "Payment") would be
subject to the excise tax imposed by Code section 4999 or any interest or
penalties are incurred by the Affected Participant with respect to such excise
tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Excise Tax"), then the Affected
Participant shall be entitled to receive an additional payment (a "Gross-Up

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Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the Affected Participant of
all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to such
taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any interest and
penalties imposed with respect thereto) and Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up
Payment, the Affected Participant retains an amount of the Gross-Up Payment
equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payment.

        For purposes of these calculations, all applicable amounts shall be
determined by the Company's independent auditors.

SECTION 6.
LIABILITY OF COMPANY

        6.1    The benefits of this Plan shall be paid by Multifoods or any of
its consolidated subsidiaries or by a trust established by the Company for this
purpose. The amounts of all benefits under the Plan, shall be provided for in
such manner and form as shall be approved, from time to time, by the Board of
Directors or the Committee, to assure that funds will be available to pay all
such amounts when due, to Participants under the Plan.

        6.2    A Participant who has a benefit under this Plan shall be an
unsecured general creditor of the Company as to the payment of any benefit under
the Plan.

SECTION 7.
ADMINISTRATION

        7.1    Except for the functions reserved to the Company, the Board of
Directors of the Company, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company
or a trustee, if any, appointed by the Company, the administration of the Plan
shall be the responsibility of the Committee.

        7.2    The Committee shall have the power and the duty to take all
actions necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Plan. The
determinations of the Committee shall be final and binding, unless the Board of
Directors of Multifoods modifies or reverses the determination made by the
Committee.

        7.3    In administering the Plan, the Committee shall:

(a)designate Participants and furnish them, upon request, with copies of the
Plan;

(b)instruct the Company (or trustee, if any) as to payments to be made under
this Plan;

(c)make and enforce such rules and regulations as it shall deem proper from time
to time for the administration of this Plan;

(d)interpret the Plan (in its discretion) to resolve ambiguities,
inconsistencies and omissions, which interpretations shall be final and binding
unless the Board of Directors of Multifoods modifies or reverses the
interpretation made by the Committee;

(e)determine the amount of credits in accordance with Section 4 of this Plan and
the amount of benefits payable in accordance with Section 5 of this Plan; and

(f)take whatever action is necessary in fulfilling the purposes and intent of
this Plan.

        7.4    The Committee may appoint a person or persons to act in the
day-to-day administration of the Plan, which person or persons may or may not be
a Participant or a member of the Committee.

        7.5    Except in circumstances involving bad faith, no member of the
Committee, the Board of Directors of the Company or the Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Company, or any person assisting in the Plan administration,
shall be liable, in respect to this Plan, for any act whether of commission or
omission taken by any other member of the Committee, officer, agent or employee
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the Company or any of its consolidated subsidiaries, or for anything done or
omitted to be done by any member of the Committee, officer, agent or employee of
the Company. Any person claiming under this Plan shall look solely to the
Company for redress.

SECTION 8.
AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

        8.l    The Board of Directors of the Company shall have the power to
suspend or terminate this Plan in whole or in part at any time, and from time to
time to extend, modify, amend or revise this Plan in such respects as the Board
of Directors of Multifoods by resolution may deem advisable; provided that no
such extension, modification, amendment or revision shall deprive a Participant
or any beneficiary designated by a Participant, of any portion of his or her
Account under this Plan determined as of the date of such action.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment of Section 4.3 regarding the rate
used for interest credits may apply to all interest credits after the date the
amendment is adopted, including credits with respect to existing Account
balances. The fact that a director is, has been, or will be a Participant in
this Plan shall not disqualify such Participant from voting as a director for or
against an extension, discontinuance, modification, amendment or revision of
this Plan or any part thereof.

        8.2    The Company intends to continue this Plan indefinitely, but
nevertheless assumes no contractual obligation, other than as specifically
provided herein, beyond the guarantee of the benefits payable under this Plan.

        8.3    If this Plan is terminated by the Board of Directors of
Multifoods under and pursuant to the provisions of this Section 8, the balance
of the Participant's Account determined as of the date of termination shall be
paid in the form of a single lump-sum payment as soon as administratively
practicable following the termination of the Plan. Payment of a lump-sum shall
be in full satisfaction of all benefits otherwise payable under this Plan.

SECTION 9.
MISCELLANEOUS

        9.l    This Plan is not a contract between the Employer and any
Participant or beneficiary, and nothing herein shall affect the right of the
Employer to discharge an Employee.

        9.2    Except to the extent required by law, no benefit hereunder shall
be subject to anticipation, alienation, garnishment, sale, pledge, transfer,
encumbrance, judgment or damage. Any attempt at such may cause the Committee to
cancel the benefit, or pay it otherwise for the use of the Participant or
beneficiary.

        9.3    If the Committee determines that a person entitled to benefits
hereunder is incompetent, it may cause benefits to be paid to another person for
the use of the Participant or beneficiary, in total discharge of the Plan's
obligations.

        9.4    The provisions of the Plan shall be construed and governed under
the laws of the State of Minnesota, unless and except as preempted by federal
law; provided, however, that the provisions of any trust agreement relating to a
trust established for the purpose of accumulating assets to assist the Company
in fulfilling the obligations of the Company under this Plan shall be construed
and under the laws of the jurisdiction stated in such trust agreement.

        9.5    In determining entitlement to benefits and in calculating the
amount of any credits to Participants and benefits payable to Participants under
this Plan which are based or predicated upon the VISA Plan, the terms and
conditions (including, without limitations, any provisions governing payment
options available to Participants) of the VISA Plan shall govern and control,
except as specifically provided otherwise in this Plan.

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SUPPLEMENTAL DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN OF INTERNATIONAL MULTIFOODS CORPORATION
SECTION 1. DECLARATION
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
SECTION 3. ELIGIBILITY AND VESTING
SECTION 4. ACCOUNT CREDITS AND CHARGES
SECTION 5. BENEFITS
SECTION 6. LIABILITY OF COMPANY
SECTION 7. ADMINISTRATION
SECTION 8. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
SECTION 9. MISCELLANEOUS