Exhibit 10.6

CONFORMED COPY

GUARANTEE

THIS GUARANTEE dated as of March 8, 2011, by each of the signatories listed on
the signature pages hereto and each of the other entities that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to Section 19 (the “Guarantors” and individually, a “Guarantor
”), in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”)
among Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Blue
Acquisition Group, Inc. (“Holdings”), other Borrowers from time to time party
thereto the Lender Parties from time to time party thereto and Bank of America,
N.A, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, pursuant to which, among
other things, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrowers
and the Letter of Credit Issuer has agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the
account of the Borrowers and the Restricted Subsidiaries (collectively, the
“Extensions of Credit”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein and one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to
time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements
with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries;

WHEREAS, the Company is a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings and each
Guarantor is a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company;

WHEREAS, the Extensions of Credit will be used in part to enable valuable
transfers to the Guarantors in connection with the operation of their respective
businesses;

WHEREAS, each Guarantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and
indirect benefit from the making of the Extensions of Credit; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders and the
Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the
Company and the Other Borrowers under the Credit Agreement that the Guarantors
shall have executed and delivered this Guarantee to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and Letter of Credit
Issuer to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the
Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the
Company and the Other Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, to induce one or
more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management
Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements with the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries, the Guarantors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

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1. Defined Terms.

(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and
used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import
when used in this Guarantee shall refer to this Guarantee as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Guarantee, and Section references are to
Sections of this Guarantee unless otherwise specified. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without
limitation”.

(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to
both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

2. Guarantee.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2(b), each of the Guarantors hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees, as primary
obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Secured Parties, the prompt and complete payment and performance when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the
Obligations of anyone other than such Guarantor (including amounts that would
become due for operation of the automatic stay under 362(a) of the Bankruptcy
Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)).

(b) Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary
notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount that can be
guaranteed by such Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable laws
relating to fraudulent conveyances, fraudulent transfers or the insolvency of
debtors.

(c) Each Guarantor further agrees to pay any and all expenses (including all
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that may be paid or incurred by
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party in
enforcing, or obtaining advice of counsel in respect of, any rights with respect
to, or collecting, any or all of the Obligations and/or enforcing any rights
with respect to, or collecting against, such Guarantor under this Guarantee.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that the Obligations may at any time and from time to
time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without
impairing this Guarantee or affecting the rights and remedies of the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party hereunder.

(e) No payment or payments made by any Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any
other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Collateral
Agent , the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party from any Borrower,
any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any
action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time
or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Obligations shall be
deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any

 

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Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment or payments,
other than payments made by such Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or
payments received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the
Obligations, remain liable for the Obligations up to the maximum liability of
such Guarantor hereunder until the Obligations under the Credit Documents are
paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be
outstanding or the Letters of Credit Outstanding have been Cash Collateralized.

(f) Each Guarantor agrees that whenever, at any time, or from time to time, it
shall make any payment to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party on
account of its liability hereunder, it will notify the Collateral Agent in
writing that such payment is made under this Guarantee for such purpose.

3. Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a
Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made
hereunder (including by way of set-off rights being exercised against it), such
Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against
any other Guarantor hereunder who has not paid its proportionate share of such
payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms
and conditions of Section 5 hereof. The provisions of this Section 3 shall in no
respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to
the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties up to the maximum liability
of such Guarantor hereunder.

4. Right of Set-off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Secured
Parties provided by law, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably authorizes each
Secured Party at any time and from time to time following the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, without notice to such Guarantor
or any other Guarantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each
Guarantor, upon any amount becoming due and payable by such Guarantor hereunder
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set-off and
appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other
credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or
owing by such Secured Party to or for the credit or the account of such
Guarantor. Each Secured Party shall notify such Guarantor promptly of any such
set-off and the appropriation and application made by such Secured Party,
provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of
such set-off and application.

5. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by any of the
Guarantors hereunder or any set-off or appropriation and application of funds of
any of the Guarantors by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, no
Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights (or if
subrogated by operation of law, such Guarantor hereby waives such rights to the
extent permitted by applicable law) of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party against any Borrower or any Guarantor or any collateral security or
guarantee or right of offset held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured
Party for the payment of any of the Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or
be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from any Borrower or any
Guarantor or other guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor
hereunder, in each case, until all amounts owing to the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties on account of the Obligations under the Credit Documents
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in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be
outstanding or the Letters of Credit Outstanding have been Cash Collateralized.
If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation
rights at any time when all the Obligations shall not have been paid in full,
such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Collateral Agent
and the other Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor,
and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the
Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by
such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent, if required), to be applied against the
Obligations, whether due or to become due, in such order as the Collateral Agent
may determine.

6. Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Obligations; Waiver of Rights. Each
Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further
assent by any Guarantor, (a) any demand for payment of any of the Obligations
made by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may be rescinded by such
party and any of the Obligations continued, (b) the Obligations, or the
liability of any other party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral
security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may,
from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified,
accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Collateral
Agent or any other Secured Party, (c) the Credit Agreement, the other Credit
Documents, the Letters of Credit and any other documents executed and delivered
in connection therewith and the Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured
Hedge Agreements and any other documents executed and delivered in connection
therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in
part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be,
or, in the case of any Secured Cash Management Agreement or Secured Hedge
Agreement, the Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank party thereto) may deem
advisable from time to time, and (d) any collateral security, guarantee or right
of offset at any time held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
for the payment of any of the Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived,
surrendered or released. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured
Party shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien
at any time held by it as security for the Obligations or for this Guarantee or
any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder against any
Guarantor, the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party may, but shall be
under no obligation to, make a similar demand on any Borrower or any Guarantor
or any other person, and any failure by the Collateral Agent or any other
Secured Party to make any such demand or to collect any payments from any
Borrower or any Guarantor or any other person or any release of any Borrower or
any Guarantor or any other person shall not relieve any Guarantor in respect of
which a demand or collection is not made or any Guarantor not so released of its
several obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter of law, of the
Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party against any Guarantor. For the
purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any
legal proceedings.

7. Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional.

(a) Each Guarantor waives any and all notice of the creation, contraction,
incurrence, renewal, extension, amendment, waiver or accrual of any of the
Obligations, and notice of or proof of reliance by the Collateral Agent or any
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Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee. All Obligations shall conclusively be
deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended,
amended, waived or accrued, in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings
between any Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the
Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise
shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon
this Guarantee. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each
Guarantor waives diligence, promptness, presentment, protest and notice of
protest, demand for payment or performance, notice of default or nonpayment,
notice of acceptance and any other notice in respect of the Obligations or any
part of them, and any defense arising by reason of any disability or other
defense of any Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the
Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that this Guarantee shall be
construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment
without regard to (a) the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Credit
Agreement, any other Credit Document, any Letter of Credit, any Secured Cash
Management Agreement or Secured Hedge Agreement, any of the Obligations or any
collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect
thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Collateral Agent or any
other Secured Party, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a
defense of payment or performance) that may at any time be available to or be
asserted by any Borrower against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge
of any Borrower or such Guarantor ) that constitutes, or might be construed to
constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrowers for the
Obligations, or of such Guarantor under this Guarantee, in bankruptcy or in any
other instance. When pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any
Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and any other Secured Party may, but shall be
under no obligation to, pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against
any Borrower or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee
for the Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure
by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to pursue such other rights
or remedies or to collect any payments from a Borrower or any such other Person
or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any
such right of offset, or any release of the Borrowers or any such other Person
or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve
such Guarantor of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law,
of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor.

(b) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in
accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon each Guarantor and the
successors and assigns thereof and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees,
transferees and assigns until all Obligations (other than any contingent
indemnity obligations not then due) shall have been satisfied by payment in
full, the Commitments thereunder shall be terminated and no Letters of Credit
thereunder shall be outstanding (except to the extent that the Letters of Credit
have been Cash Collateralized), notwithstanding that from time to time during
the term of the Credit Agreement and any Secured Cash Management Agreement or
Secured Hedge Agreement the Credit Parties may be free from any Obligations.

 

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(c) A Guarantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder
and the Guarantee of such Guarantor shall be automatically released under the
circumstances described in Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement.

8. Reinstatement. This Guarantee shall continue to be effective, or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of
any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party upon the insolvency, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Borrower or any Guarantor, or
upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator
of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Borrower or any Guarantor or any
substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had
not been made.

9. Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be
paid to the Collateral Agent without set-off or counterclaim in U.S. Dollars
(based on the Dollar Equivalent amount of such Obligations on the date of
payment) at the Collateral Agent’s office. Each Guarantor agrees that the
provisions of Sections 5.4 and 13.19 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to such
Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee.

10. Representations and Warranties; Covenants.

(a) Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 8 of the Credit Agreement as they relate to such
Guarantor and in the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party,
each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference, are true and correct
in all material respects as of the Closing Date (except where such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which
case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date), and the Collateral Agent and each other
Secured Party shall be entitled to rely on each of them as if they were fully
set forth herein.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees with the Collateral Agent and
each other Secured Party that, from and after the date of this Guarantee until
the Obligations are paid in full, the Commitments are terminated and no Letter
of Credit remains outstanding or the Letters of Credit Outstanding have been
Cash Collateralized, such Guarantor shall take, or shall refrain from taking, as
the case may be, all actions that are necessary to be taken or not taken so that
no violation of any provision, covenant or agreement contained in Section 9 or
Section 10 of the Credit Agreement and so that no Default or Event of Default,
is caused by any act or failure to act of such Guarantor or any of its
Subsidiaries.

11. Authority of the Collateral Agent.

(a) The Collateral Agent enters into this Guarantee in its capacity as agent for
the Secured Parties from time to time. The rights and obligations of the
Collateral Agent under this Guarantee at any time are the rights and obligations
of the Secured Parties at that time. Each of the Secured Parties has (subject to
the terms of the Credit Documents) a several entitlement to each such right, and
a several liability in respect of each such obligation, in the proportions
described in the Credit Documents. The rights, remedies and discretions of the
Secured Parties, or any of them, under this Guarantee may be exercised by the
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Guarantee is obliged to inquire whether an exercise by the Collateral Agent of
any such right, remedy or discretion is within the Collateral Agent’s authority
as agent for the Secured Parties.

(b) Each party to this Guarantee acknowledges and agrees that any changes (in
accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents) in the identity of the
persons from time to time comprising the Secured Parties gives rise to an
equivalent change in the Secured Parties, without any further act. Upon such an
occurrence, the persons then comprising the Secured Parties are vested with the
rights, remedies and discretions and assume the obligations of the Secured
Parties under this Guarantee. Each party to this Guarantee irrevocably
authorizes the Collateral Agent to give effect to the change in Lenders
contemplated in this Section 11(b) by countersigning an Assignment and
Acceptance.

12. Notices. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in
accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and
notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Company
at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement.

13. Counterparts. This Guarantee may be executed by one or more of the parties
to this Guarantee on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile
or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies
of this Guarantee signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Collateral
Agent and the Company.

14. Severability. Any provision of this Guarantee that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any
other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations
to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid
provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

15. Integration. This Guarantee together with the other Credit Documents and
each other document in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement and any Secured
Cash Management Agreement represent the agreement of each Guarantor and the
Collateral Agent with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no
promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set
forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents or each other
document in respect of any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Secured Cash
Management Agreement.

16. Amendments in Writing; No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.

(a) None of the terms or provisions of this Guarantee may be waived, amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 13.1 of the
Credit Agreement.

 

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(b) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party shall by any act
(except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 16(a)), delay, indulgence,
omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or
to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default or in any breach of any of
the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in
exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, any
right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single
or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude
any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power
or privilege. A waiver by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any
right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to
any right or remedy that the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party would
otherwise have on any future occasion.

(c) The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative,
may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other
rights or remedies provided by law.

17. Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Guarantee are for
convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or
be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

18. Successors and Assigns. This Guarantee shall be binding upon the successors
and assigns of each Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral
Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns
except that no Guarantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or
obligations under this Guarantee without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent.

19. Additional Guarantors. Each Subsidiary of the Company that is required to
become a party to this Guarantee pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Credit
Agreement shall become a Guarantor, with the same force and effect as if
originally named as a Guarantor herein, for all purposes of this Guarantee, upon
execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of a written supplement substantially
in the form of Annex A hereto. The execution and delivery of any instrument
adding an additional Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee shall not require
the consent of any other Guarantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each
Guarantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
addition of any new Guarantor as a party to this Guarantee.

20. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY
WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
GUARANTEE, ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

21. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers; Service of Process. Each Guarantor
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Guarantee and the other Credit Documents to which it is a
party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to
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jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the
United States of America for the Southern District of New York and appellate
courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts
and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any
such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding
was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Guarantor in care
of the Company at the Company’s address set forth in the Credit Agreement, and
such Person hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Company to accept such
service on its behalf;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner
permitted by law or shall limit the right of the Collateral Agent or any other
Secured Party to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have
to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
Section 21 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

22. GOVERNING LAW. THIS GUARANTEE AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

[Signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee to be duly
executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or other representative as
of the day and year first above written.

 

BLUE ACQUISITION GROUP, INC.,
as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Richard L. French

  Name:   Richard L. French   Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief
Accounting Officer, and Controller

DEL MONTE CORPORATION,
as Guarantor

By:  

/s/ Richard L. French

  Name:   Richard L. French   Title:   Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief
Accounting Officer, and Controller

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO GUARANTEE]

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent

By:  

/s/ Lisa Freeman

  Name:   Lisa Freeman   Title:   SVP

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO GUARANTEE]

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ANNEX A TO

THE GUARANTEE

SUPPLEMENT NO. [    ] dated as of [            ] to the GUARANTEE dated as of
March 8, 2011, among each of the Guarantors listed on the signature pages
thereto (each such subsidiary individually, a “Guarantor ” and, collectively,
the “Guarantors”), and Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the
Lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below (the
“Guarantee”).

A. Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the date of
the Guarantee (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified, refinanced or replaced from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
among Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Blue
Acquisition Group, Inc. (“Holdings”), the Lender Parties from time to time
parties thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent and as
Collateral Agent

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the Guarantee.

C. The Guarantors have entered into the Guarantee in order to induce the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit
Issuer to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders and the
Letter of Credit Issuer to make their respective Extensions of Credit to the
Company and the Other Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or
more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks to enter into Secured Cash Management
Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.

D. Section 9.11 of the Credit Agreement and Section 19 of the Guarantee provide
that additional Subsidiaries may become Guarantors under the Guarantee by
execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. Each
undersigned Subsidiary (each a “New Guarantor ”) is executing this Supplement in
accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor
under the Guarantee in order to induce the Lenders and the Letter of Credit
Issuer to make additional Extensions of Credit, to induce one or more Hedge
Banks or Cash Management Banks to enter into Secured Hedge Agreements and
Secured Cash Management Agreements, and as consideration for Extensions of
Credit previously made.

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and each New Guarantor agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 19 of the Guarantee, each New Guarantor by
its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force
and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor, and each New Guarantor
hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guarantee applicable to
it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the
representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and
correct on and as of the date hereof (except where such representations and
warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date). Each reference to

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a Guarantor in the Guarantee shall be deemed to include each New Guarantor. The
Guarantee is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. Each New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent
and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of
equity.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this
Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or
other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together
shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies
of this Supplement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company
and the Collateral Agent. This Supplement shall become effective as to each New
Guarantor when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of such New Guarantor
and the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 4. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guarantee shall remain
in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. THIS SUPPLEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 6. Any provision of this Supplement that is prohibited or unenforceable
in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining
provisions hereof and in the Guarantee, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall
endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or
unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which
comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions.

SECTION 7. All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be made in
accordance with Section 13.2 of the Credit Agreement. All communications and
notices hereunder to each New Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the
Company at the Company’s address set forth in Section 13.2 of the Credit
Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Guarantor and the Collateral Agent have duly
executed this Supplement to the Guarantee as of the day and year first above
written.

 

[NAME OF NEW GUARANTOR]
as Guarantor

By:  

 

  Name:     Title:  

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent

By:  

 

  Name:     Title: