**Exhibit 3.1**

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3

TO THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OPERATINGAGREEMENT

OF

TWC HOLDING LLC

 

This Amendment No. 3 (this “Amendment”) to the LimitedLiability Company Operating Agreement of TWC Holding LLC, a Delaware limitedliability company (the “Company”), is entered into and shall beeffective as of November 11, 2005, by and among The Veritas Capital FundII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Veritas”), the Persons listedas Relinquishing Class B Members on the signature page hereof (the “RelinquishingClass B Members”), and the Persons listed as Additional Class BMembers on the signature page hereof (the “Newly Admitted Members”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company was formed pursuant to that certain LimitedLiability Company Operating Agreement dated as of June 30, 2004 amongVeritas and certain named employees of the Wornick Group, as amended by (i) AmendmentNo. 1 to the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement dated as of August 18,2004 among Veritas and the Members named therein and (ii) Amendment No. 2to the Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement dated as of April 11,2005 among Veritas and the Members named therein (collectively, the “OperatingAgreement”); and

 

WHEREAS, Veritas, the Relinquishing Class B Members and the Newly AdmittedMembers desire to amend the Operating Agreement to reflect (i) theelimination of the Class B Membership Interests of the Relinquishing Class BMembers and (ii) the admission of the Newly Admitted Members;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements made herein,Veritas, the Relinquishing Class B Members and the Newly Admitted Membershereby agree to amend the Operating Agreement as follows:

 

1.                                       Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalizedterms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Operating Agreement.

2.                                       Effective as of the date of this Amendment, (i) eachof the Relinquishing Class B Members hereby voluntary relinquishes hisentire Class B Membership Interest for good and valuable consideration,the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the Relinquishing Members, and (ii) eachof the Newly Admitted Members is hereby admitted to the Company as Additional Class BMember.

 

3.                                       Schedule A and Schedule B to the OperatingAgreement are hereby amended in the forms annexed hereto to reflect (i) theelimination of the entire Class B Membership Interests of theRelinquishing Class B Members and (ii) the admission of the NewlyAdmitted Members as Additional Class B Members and (iii) theresulting changes to the Class A Percentage Interests of all Class AMembers.

 

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4.                                       All other terms of the Operating Agreementshall remain in full force and effect and by their execution of this Amendment,the Newly Admitted Members make the representations and warranties set forth inSection 5.2 of the Operating Agreement and agree to be bound by all of theterms and conditions of the Operating Agreement applicable to the Members.

 

5.                                       This Amendment may be executed in severalcounterparts, and all counterparts so executed shall constitute one agreement,binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all of the partiesare not signatory to the original or the same counterpart.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Veritas, the Relinquishing Members and theNewly Admitted Members has executed this Amendment as of the date first abovewritten.

 

 
|   | THE  VERITAS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P.   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | By:                                  | /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] |   |
|   |                                 | Authorized Signatory |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | RELINQUISHING  CLASS B MEMBERS: |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |   |
|   | Humberto  Cavazos                    |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |   |
|   | Lealan  Westfield                    |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | ADDITIONAL  CLASS B MEMBERS:    |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |   |
|   | Brian  Lutes                         |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |   |
|   | Ted  Samotis                         |

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Veritas, theRelinquishing Members and the Newly Admitted Members has executed thisAmendment as of the date first above written.

 

 
|   | THE  VERITAS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P. |
|--------|------------------------------------|
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | By:                                |   |   |
|   |                               | Authorized Signatory |
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | ADDITIONAL  CLASS B MEMBERS:  |
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | /s/  Brian Lutes                   |   |
|   | Brian  Lutes                       |

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Veritas, theRelinquishing Members and the Newly Admitted Members has executed thisAmendment as of the date first above written.

 

 
|   | THE  VERITAS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P. |
|--------|------------------------------------|
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | By:                                |   |   |
|   |                               | Authorized Signatory |
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | ADDITIONAL  CLASS B MEMBERS:  |
|   |                               |
|   |                               |
|   | /s/ Ted Samotis                    |   |
|   | Ted  Samotis                       |

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Veritas, theRelinquishing Members and the Newly Admitted Members has executed thisAmendment as of the date first above written.

 

 
|   | THE  VERITAS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P.   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | By:                                  |   |   |
|   |                                 | Authorized Signatory |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | RELINQUISHING  CLASS B MEMBERS: |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | /s/  Humberto Cavazos                |   |
|   | Humberto  Cavazos                    |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |   |

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of Veritas, theRelinquishing Members and the Newly Admitted Members has executed thisAmendment as of the date first above written.

 

 
|   | THE  VERITAS CAPITAL FUND II, L.P.   |
|--------|--------------------------------------|
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | By:                                  |   |   |
|   |                                 | Authorized Signatory |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | RELINQUISHING  CLASS B MEMBERS: |
|   |                                 |
|   |                                 |
|   | /s/  Lealan Westfield                |   |
|   | Lealan  Westfield                    |

 

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**SCHEDULE A**

 
| ** **                                                                                                             | ** ** | ** **       | ** ** | ** **                 | ** ** | **Class A** | ** ** |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------|------------|----------------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
| ** **                                                                                                             | ** ** | **Capital**      | ** ** | **Percentage of**          | ** ** | **Percentage**   | ** ** |
| **Class A Members**                                                                                               | ** ** | **Contribution** | ** ** | **Class A Interests** | ** ** | **Interest**     | ** ** |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| The Veritas Capital Fund II, L.P.  660 Madison Avenue  New York, New York 10021  Attn: Robert B. McKeon                |       | $                | 35,500,000 |                       | 94.6667    | %                | 88.0400    | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Larry L. Rose  3900 North 10th Street, Suite 910  McAllen, TX 78501                                               |       | $                | 650,000    |                       | 1.7333     | %                | 1.6120     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Keith Frase  The Wornick Company Right Away     Division  P.O. Box 55  McAllen, Texas 78505-0055   |       | $                | 400,000    |                       | 1.0667     | %                | 0.9920     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Jon Geisler  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242                                           |       | $                | 400,000    |                       | 1.0667     | %                | 0.9920     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Humberto Cavazos  The Wornick Company Right Away     Division  P.O. Box 55  McAllen, TX 78505-0055 |       | $                | 150,000    |                       | 0.4000     | %                | 0.3720     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Michael Hyche  The Wornick Company Right Away     Division  P.O. Box 55  McAllen, TX 78505-0055    |       | $                | 100,000    |                       | 0.2667     | %                | 0.2480     | % |

 

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| ** **                                                                                                             | ** ** | ** **       | ** ** | ** **                 | ** ** | **Class A** | ** ** |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------------|------------|----------------------------|------------|------------------|------------|
| ** **                                                                                                             | ** ** | **Capital**      | ** ** | **Percentage of**          | ** ** | **Percentage**   | ** ** |
| **Class A Members**                                                                                               | ** ** | **Contribution** | ** ** | **Class A Interests** | ** ** | **Interest**     | ** ** |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Kevin Mooi  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242                                            |       | $                | 100,000    |                       | 0.2667     | %                | 0.2480     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| John Kowalchik  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, OH 45242-2811                                     |       | $                | 100,000    |                       | 0.2667     | %                | 0.2480     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
| Lealan Westfield  The Wornick Company Right Away     Division  P.O. Box 55  McAllen, TX 78505-0055 |       | $                | 100,000    |                       | 0.2667     | %                | 0.2480     | % |
|                                                                                                                   |       |             |       |                       |       |             |       |
|                                                                                                                   |       | $                | 37.500.000 |                       | 100.0000   | %                | 93.0000    | % |

 

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**SCHEDULE B**

 
| ** **                                                                                                          | ** ** | **Class B**        | ** ** |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------|------------|
| **Class B Members**                                                                                            | ** ** | **Percentage Interest** | ** ** |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Michael M. Thompson  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242                                |       | 2.500                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Jon Geisler  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242                                        |       | 1.500                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Brian Lutes  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242                                        |       | 1.000                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Michael Hyche  The Wornick Company Right Away     Division  P.O. Box 55  McAllen, TX 78505-0055 |       | 0.375                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Kevin Mooi  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-2811                                    |       | 0.375                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| John Kowalchik  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, OH 45242-2811                                  |       | 0.375                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Don Leifer  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-2811                                    |       | 0.250                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                |       |                    |       |
| Ted Samotis  The Wornick Company  10825 Kenwood Road  Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-2811                                   |       | 0.250                   | %          |

 

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| ** **                                                                                                              | ** ** | **Class B**        | ** ** |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|-------------------------|------------|
| **Class B Members**                                                                                                | ** ** | **Percentage Interest** | ** ** |
|                                                                                                                    |       |                    |       |
| General Barry R. McCaffrey  BR McCaffrey Associates LLC  2900 South Quincy Street, Suite 300A  Arlington, VA 22206 |       | 0.125                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                    |       |                    |       |
| Admiral Joseph W. Prueher  126 Pinewood Road  Virginia Beach, VA 23451                                                  |       | 0.125                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                    |       |                    |       |
| Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr.  17 Barons Drive  Pinehurst, NC 28374                                               |       | 0.125                   | %          |
|                                                                                                                    |       |                    |       |
|                                                                                                                    |       | 7.000                   | %          |

 

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