# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000802481
**File Stem:** 0000802481-25-000100
**Filing Date:** 2025-6
**Character Count:** 24033
**Document Hash:** 8899b9e3593e07a7b35e23446e31f33f
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0000802481-25-000100.hdr.sgml**: 20250627

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0000802481-25-000100

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: S-8

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 14

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250627

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250627

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20250627

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PILGRIMS PRIDE CORP
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000802481
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** POULTRY SLAUGHTERING AND PROCESSING [2015]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 04 Manufacturing
- **EIN:** 751285071
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1228

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** S-8
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-288395
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251087155

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE
- **CITY:** GREELEY
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80634
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9705068000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1770 PROMONTORY CIRCLE
- **CITY:** GREELEY
- **STATE:** CO
- **ZIP:** 80634

**As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 27, 2025**

**Registration No. 333-**

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM S-8**

**REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

***UNDER***

***THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933***

**PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION**

 **(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)** 

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|:---|:---|
| **Delaware** | **75-1285071** |
| **(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)** | **(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification Number)** |

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**1770 Promontory Circle**

**Greeley, Colorado 800634**

 **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)**

**Amended and Restated 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan**

**(Full title of the plan)**

**Matthew Galvanoni**

**Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer,** 

**1770 Promontory Circle**

**Greeley, Colorado 800634**

 **(Name and address of agent for service)**

**(970) 506-7783**

 **(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)**

***Copies to:***

**Donald Baker**

**Daniel Nam**

**Scott Levi** 

**White & Case LLP** 

**1221 Avenue of the Americas**

**New York, New York 10020**

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**Telephone: (212) 819-8200**

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

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| Large accelerated filer | ☒ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
| Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☐ |
| | | Emerging growth company | ☐ |

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐

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**EXPLANATORY NOTE**

This registration statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed by Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's (the "Company") for the purpose of registering 2,500,000 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), newly authorized for issuance under the Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Restated 2019 LTIP"). The Restated 2019 LTIP, effective April 30, 2025, amends and restates the Company's 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2019 LTIP") to, among other things, increase the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the 2019 LTIP by 2,500,000, such that upon its effectiveness, a total of 4,500,000 shares are available for new equity award grants under the Restated 2019 LTIP. Additionally, as of the effectiveness of the Restated 2019 LTIP, no further awards will be made under the 2019 LTIP, and the Restated 2019 LTIP will govern the terms and conditions of outstanding awards granted thereunder.

Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also includes an indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock that may become issuable under the Restated 2019 LTIP by reason of anti-dilution and other adjustments.

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 previously registering the 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the 2019 LTIP (File No. 333-237154), and the information required by Part II is omitted, except as supplemented by the information set forth below.

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**PART I**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS**

**Item 1. Plan Information.\***

**Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.\***

\* The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each plan participant, as applicable, as required by Rule 428(b) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be and are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

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**PART II**

**INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT**

**Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.** 

The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following:

• the <u>[Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2024](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000802481/000080248125000011/ppc-20241229.htm)</u>, filed by the Company with the SEC on February 13, 2025 (the "Annual Report"), including the portions of the Company's <u>[Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000802481/000080248125000030/ppc-20250403.htm)</u> filed in connection with the Company's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders that are incorporated by reference in the Annual Report;

• the <u>[Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for t](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248125000062/ppc-20250330.htm)[he period ended March 30, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248125000062/ppc-20250330.htm)</u>, filed by the Company with the SEC on May 1, 2025;

• the Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed by the Company with the SEC on <u>[February 10, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000802481/000080248125000003/ppc-20250204.htm),</u> <u>[March 14, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0000802481/000080248125000021/ppc-20250314.htm)</u> (except with respect to Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 thereof) and <u>[May 1, 2025](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248125000066/ppc-20250430.htm)</u> (Film No. 25903506); and

• the description of the Company's Common Stock contained in <u>[Exhibit 4.3](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248121000040/exhibit41-ppcxindenture2.htm)</u> to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed by the Company with the SEC on February 13, 2025, including any amendment or report filed to update such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to which this Registration Statement relates, which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing or furnishing of such documents.

Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement where such information under applicable forms and regulations of the SEC is not deemed to be "filed" under Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless the report or filing containing such information indicates that the information therein is to be considered "filed" under the Exchange Act or is to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

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**Item 8. Exhibits.**

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| **<u>Exhibit <br>Number</u>** | **<u>Exhibit Description</u>** |
| 4.1 | <u>[Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)[(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of the Company](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u><u>['](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u><u>[s Current Form 8-K (No. 001-09273) filed on December 30, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u> |
| 4.2 | <u>[Amended and Restated Corporate Bylaws of the Company](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)[(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of the Company](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u><u>['](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u><u>[s Current Form 8-K (No. 001-09273) filed on December 30, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u> |
| 4.3 | <u>[Stockholders Agreement by and between the Company and JBS USA Holding Lux S.à.r.l., formerly known as JBS USA Holdings, LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K (No. 001-09273) filed on December 30, 2024).](https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248124000098/ppc-20241223.htm)</u> |
| 4.4 | <u>[Form of Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Company](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248109000061/ex4_1.htm)</u><u>['](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248109000061/ex4_1.htm)</u><u>[s Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 001-09273) filed on December 29, 2009).](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248109000061/ex4_1.htm)</u> |
| 4.5\* | <u>[Amended and Restated 2019 Long-Term Incentive Plan](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248125000066/ppcrestated2019ltip.htm)[.](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/802481/000080248125000066/ppcrestated2019ltip.htm)</u> |
| 5.1\* | <u>[Opinion of White & Case LLP, with respect to legality of securities being registered hereunder.](exhibit51opinionofwhitecas.htm)</u> |
| 23.1\* | <u>[Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – KPMG LLP.](exhibit231consentofindepen.htm)</u> |
| 23.2\* | <u>[Consent of White & Case LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).](exhibit51opinionofwhitecas.htm)</u> |
| 24.1\* | <u>[Power of Attorney of certain officers and directors (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).](#ib7eacb48fdf54f5196030fd268652783_396)</u> |
| 107\* | <u>[Filing Fee Table.](exfilingfees.htm)</u> |
| \* \* Filed herewith. | \* \* Filed herewith. |

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**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greeley, State of Colorado on the 27th day of June, 2025.

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| **PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION** | **PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION** |
| By: | /s/ Matthew Galvanoni |
| Name: | Matthew Galvanoni |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer |

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**POWER OF ATTORNEY**

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Matthew Galvanoni as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all post-effective amendments thereto, of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other document in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents, acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that such attorney-in-fact and agent, or such attorney-in-fact and agent's substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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| **Signature** | **Title of Capacities** | **Date** |
| /s/ Gilberto Tomazoni | Chairman of the Board | June 27, 2025 |
| Gilberto Tomazoni |  |  |
| /s/ Fabio Sandri | President and Chief Executive Officer | June 27, 2025 |
| Fabio Sandri | (Principal Executive Officer) |  |
| /s/ Matthew Galvanoni | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | June 27, 2025 |
| Matthew Galvanoni | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |  |
| /s/ Farha Aslam | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Farha Aslam |  |  |
| /s/ Joesley Mendonça Batista | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Joesley Mendonça Batista |  |  |
| /s/ Wesley Mendonça Batista | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Wesley Mendonça Batista |  |  |
| /s/ Arquimedes A. Celis | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Arquimedes A. Celis |  |  |
| /s/ Raul Padilla | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Raul Padilla |  |  |
| /s/ Wallim Cruz de Vasconcellos Junior | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Wallim Cruz de Vasconcellos Junior |  |  |
| /s/ Ajay Menon | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Ajay Menon |  |  |
| /s/ Andre Nogueira de Souza | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Andre Nogueira de Souza |  |  |
| /s/ Joanita Maria Maestri Karoleski | Director | June 27, 2025 |
| Joanita Maria Maestri Karoleski |  |  |

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## Ex-Filing

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**Exhibit 107**

**Calculation of Filing Fee Tables**

**<u>Form S-8</u>**

(Form Type)

**PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

**Table 1 - Newly Registered Securities**

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| **Security Type** | **Security Class Title** | **Fee Calculation Rule** | | **Amount Registered**<sup>(1)</sup> | | **Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Unit**<sup>(2)</sup> | **Maximum Aggregate Offering Price** | **Fee Rate** | **Amount of Registration Fee** |
| Equity | Common stock, par value $0.01 per share | Rule 457(c) and (h) | <sup>(2)</sup> | $2500000 | <sup>(3)</sup> | 45.695 | $114237500.00 | 0.00015310 | $17489.76 |
| **Total Offering Amounts** | **Total Offering Amounts** |  |  |  |  |  | $114237500.00 |  | $17489.76 |
| **Total Fee Offsets**<sup>(4)</sup> | **Total Fee Offsets**<sup>(4)</sup> |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| **Net Fee Due** | **Net Fee Due** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $17489.76 |

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(1) Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"), that may become issuable under the terms of the Amended and Restated 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Restated 2019 LTIP") by reason of any share split, share dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the Registrant's receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act, based on the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on June 23, 2025.

(3) Represents shares available for issuance under the Restated 2019 LTIP. For more information, see the "Explanatory Note" to this registration statement on Form S-8.

(4) The Registrant does not have any fee offsets to claim.

## Exhibit 5.1

**Exhibit 5.1**

June 27, 2025

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation

1770 Promontory Circle

Greeley, CO 80634

Re: Pilgrim's Pride Corporation - Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") of a registration statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") on the date hereof, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") of 2,500,000 shares (the "Shares") of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's Amended and Restated 2019 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Restated LTIP").

This opinion letter is rendered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S–K under the Securities Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or any related prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the issue of the Shares.

In connection with our opinion expressed below, we have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the following documents and such other documents, corporate records, certificates and other statements of government officials and corporate officers of the Company as we deemed necessary for the purposes of the opinion set forth in this opinion letter:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) Registration Statement;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) a copy of the Bylaws of the Company, certified by the Secretary of the Company;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) a copy of the proxy statement for the Company's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, including the proposal adopted by stockholders of the Company on April 30, 2025 to approve the Restated LTIP;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) a copy of Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the Restated LTIP, adopted on April 3, 2025, certified by the Secretary of the Company; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(f) the Restated LTIP.

We have relied, to the extent we deem such reliance proper, upon such certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Company and of public officials and upon statements and information furnished by officers and representatives of the Company with respect to the accuracy of material factual matters contained therein which were not independently established by us. In rendering the opinion expressed below, we have assumed, without independent investigation or verification of any kind the genuineness of all signatures on documents we have reviewed, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons signing all such documents, the authenticity and completeness of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic, complete original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the truthfulness, completeness and correctness of all factual representations and statements contained in all documents we have reviewed, the accuracy and completeness of all public records examined by us, and the accuracy of all statements in certificates of officers of the Company that we reviewed.

Based upon the foregoing assumptions, and subject to the qualifications set forth in this opinion letter, having considered such questions of law as we have deemed necessary as a basis for the opinion expressed below, we are of the opinion that the Shares reserved for issuance pursuant to the Restated LTIP, as referenced above, have been duly

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authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to the Restated LTIP by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when issued as provided under the Restated LTIP, they will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

The opinion expressed above is limited to questions arising under the Delaware General Corporation Law. We do not express any opinion as to the laws of any other jurisdiction. The opinion expressed above is limited to the matters stated in this opinion letter, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond those expressly stated in this opinion letter.

The opinion expressed above is as of the date hereof only, and we express no opinion as to, and assume no responsibility for, the effect of any fact or circumstance occurring, or of which we learn, subsequent to the date of this opinion letter, including, without limitation, legislative and other changes in the law or changes in circumstances affecting any party. We assume no responsibility to update this opinion letter for, or to advise you of, any such facts or circumstances of which we become aware, regardless of whether or not they affect the opinion expressed in this opinion letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter with the Commission as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ White & Case LLP

## Exhibit 23.1

**Exhibit 23.1**

**Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm**

We consent to the use of our report dated February 13, 2025, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, incorporated herein by reference.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Kansas City, Missouri

June 27, 2025

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