Exhibit 4.11

 

Wampler Foods, Inc."Fourth Amendment To Credit Agreement

          This FourthAmendment to Credit Agreement (herein, the "*Amendment"*) is entered intoas of May ___, 2000 between Wampler Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "*Company"*),WLR Foods, Inc., a Virginia corporation (the "*Parent"*), each of theLenders party to the Credit Agreement (as such term is defined below) and Harris Trust andSavings Bank, as a Lender and in its capacity as agent under the Credit Agreement (the"*Administrative Agent"*).

Preliminary Statements

          A.     The Company, the Parent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Credit Agreement,dated as of November 20, 1998 (said Credit Agreement as heretofore amended being referredto herein as the "*Credit Agreement"*). All capitalized terms used hereinwithout definition shall have the same meanings herein as such terms have in the CreditAgreement.

          B.     The Company has requested that the Lenders modify the financial covenant requiring themaintenance of a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and the Lenders are willing to do sounder the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment.

          Now,Therefore, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which ishereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

Section 1.     Amendment.

          Effectiveupon the acceptance hereof by the Required Lenders in the spaces provided for that purposebelow, Section 8.10 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended in its entirety and as soamended shall be restated to read as follows:

          Section8.10.     Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Parent shall not,as of the close of each quarterly          accounting period of theParent specified below, permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio to be less than:

| AS OF CLOSE OF    EACH FISCAL QUARTER    OCCURRING DURING PERIOD FROM AND    INCLUDING: 
TO AND INCLUDING:
FIXED CHARGE    COVERAGE    RATIO SHALL NOT BE LESS    THAN:
the 4th fiscal    quarter of fiscal year 1999
the 3rd fiscal    quarter
1.0 to 1.0
of fiscal year    2000
the 4th fiscal    quarter of fiscal year 2000
Same date    (compliance at level
0.75 to 1.0
to immediate    right required as
Of only    quarterly close to
immediate left)
the 1st fiscal    quarter of fiscal year 2001
Same date    (compliance at level
0.50 to 1.0
to immediate    right required as
Of only    quarterly close to
immediate left)
the 2nd fiscal    quarter of fiscal year 2001
the 3rd fiscal    quarter of fiscal
1.05 to 1.0
year 2001
the 4th fiscal    quarter of fiscal year 2001
All fiscal    quarters thereafter
1.10 to 1.0
Section 2.     Conditions Precedent.

          Theeffectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of all of the followingconditions precedent:

                    (a)     TheCompany, the Parent, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders shall have executedand          delivered this Amendment.

                    (b)     Legalmatters incident to the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be satisfactory tothe Required          Lenders and their counsel.

Section 3.     Representations.

          In order toinduce the Lenders to execute and deliver this Amendment, the Company and Parent eachhereby represents to each Lender that as of the date hereof, after giving effect to thisAmendment, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the CreditAgreement are true and correct in all material respects (except that the representationscontained in Section 6.5 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent financial statementsof the Parent and Company delivered to the Administrative Agent) and no Default or Eventof Default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement.

Section 4.     Miscellaneous.

          (a)     Eachof the Company and the Parent acknowledges and agrees that all of the Collateral Documentsto which it is a party remain in full force and effect for the benefit and security of,among other things, the Obligations.

          (b)     Except as specifically amended herein, the CreditAgreement shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its original terms.Reference to this specific Amendment need not be made in the Credit Agreement, the Notes,or any other instrument or document executed in connection therewith, or in anycertificate, letter or communication issued or made pursuant to or with respect to theCredit Agreement, any reference in any of such items to the Credit Agreement beingsufficient to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

          (c)     TheCompany agrees to pay on demand all reasonable costs and expenses of or incurred by theAdministrative Agent in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution anddelivery of this Amendment, as and to the extent provided in Section 12.4 of the CreditAgreement.

          (d)     ThisAmendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the different parties ondifferent counterpart signature pages, all of which taken together shall constitute oneand the same agreement. Any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment by signingany such counterpart and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to bean original. This Amendment shall be governed by the internal laws of the State ofIllinois.

Dated as of May 19, 2000.

                                                                                                    WamplerFoods, Inc.

                                                                                                    By:/s/ Dale S. Lam
                                                                                                    Name:Dale S. Lam
                                                                                                    Title:Treasurer
 

                                                                                                    WLRFoods, Inc.

                                                                                                    By:/s/ Dale S. Lam
                                                                                                    Name:Dale S. Lam
                                                                                                    Title:Treasurer
 

Accepted and agreed to as of the date and year last above written.

                                                                                                    HarrisTrust And Savings Bank,                                                                                                    inits individual capacity as a Lender and as                                                                                                    AdministrativeAgent 

 

                                                                                                    By:/s/ William P. Robin
                                                                                                    Name:William P. Robin
                                                                                                    Title:Vice President
                                                                                                    P**n** C BAnk National Association

                                                                                                    By:/s/ Daniel J. Paull
                                                                                                    Name:Daniel J. Paull
                                                                                                    Title:Vice President
 

                                                                                                    Bankof America, N.A.

                                                                                                    (**successorby merger to** "NationsBank,                                                                                                    N.A.")

                                                                                                    By:/s/ Steven R. Kluemper
                                                                                                    Name:Steven R. Kluemper
                                                                                                    Title:Vice President
 

                                                                                                    U.S.Bancorp AG Credit, Inc.

 

                                                                                                    By:___________________________________

                                                                                                    Name:_________________________________

                                                                                                    Title:__________________________________

 

                                                                                                    TheCIT Group/Business Credit, Inc.

 

                                                                                                    By:/s/ Jay Nomina
                                                                                                    Name:Jay Nomina

                                                                                                    Title:Vice President
 

                                                                                                    BlueRidge Farm Credit, ACA

 

                                                                                                    By:/s/ C. McCheyne Swortzel
                                                                                                    Name:C. McCheyne Swortzel

                                                                                                    Title:Regional Lending Manager
                                                                                                    BranchBanking and Trust Company of Virginia

                                                                                                    By:___________________________________

                                                                                                    Name:_________________________________

                                                                                                    Title:__________________________________

                                                                                                    MercantileBank National Association

 

                                                                                                    By:___________________________________

                                                                                                    Name:_________________________________

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