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                                  EXHIBIT 10.21

                             SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
                           BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
                    SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN

WHEREAS, Belden Wire & Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company")
established the Belden Wire & Cable Company Supplemental Excess Defined Benefit
Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") restated as of January 1, 1998, for
the benefit of certain employees of the Employer;

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article IX of the Plan in effect prior to this amendment
provides that the Company may amend the Plan at any time;

WHEREAS, the Company deems it desirable to make certain revisions to the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended hereinafter set forth, effective January 1,
2001.

Article 4, Section 1(A) is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

"(A)     the provisions of the Pension Plan providing for the limitation of
         compensation and benefits in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)
         and/or Code Section 415 were inapplicable, less the benefit actually
         payable to or on behalf of the Participant under the Pension Plan; or"

Article 4, Section 2 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

"SECTION 4.2      DEATH BENEFITS

         In the event a Participant dies before his interest under the Plan has
         been distributed to him in full, any remaining interest, or portion
         thereof, shall be determined pursuant to Section 4.1 and distributed to
         his Beneficiary who shall be the person designated as his beneficiary
         under the Pension Plan. Such benefit shall be payable in a lump sum
         equal to the death benefit payable under the Pension Plan, determined
         as if the provisions of the Pension Plan providing for the limitation
         of compensation and benefits in accordance with Code Section 401(a)(17)
         and/or Code Section 415 were inapplicable, less the lump sum death
         benefit actually payable under the Pension Plan."

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Belden Wire & Cable Company, by its duly authorized officer,
executes this amendment on the 1st day of January, 2001.

                                                     BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

                                                     By:  /s/Cathy O. Staples
                                                          ----------------------

                                                     Its: Vice President

                                                     Date:  January 1, 2001

Attest:  /s/Eivind J. Kolemainen
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                                  EXHIBIT 10.24

                             SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE
                           BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
                  SUPPLEMENTAL EXCESS DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

WHEREAS, Belden Wire & Cable Company (hereinafter referred to as the "Company")
established the Belden Wire & Cable Company Supplemental Excess Defined
Contribution Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan") restated as of January
1, 1998, for the benefit of certain employees of the Employer;

WHEREAS, Section 1 of Article IX of the Plan in effect prior to this amendment
provides that the Company may amend the Plan at any time;

WHEREAS, the Company deems it desirable to make certain revisions to the Plan;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended hereinafter set forth, effective January 1,
2002.

Article 4, Section 2 is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

"SECTION 4.2      SUPPLEMENTAL ELECTIVE DEFERRAL CONTRIBUTIONS

As of the last day of each month, the Separate Account of each Participant shall
be credited with Supplemental Elective Deferral Contributions equal to the
Elective Deferral Contributions that would have been credited to the Savings
Plan on his behalf for such month except for the provisions of Sections
401(a)(17), 402(g), 401(k)(3), and Section 415 of the Code and that were
deferred from his Compensation in accordance with a duly executed and filed
compensation reduction authorization form."

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Belden Wire & Cable Company, by its duly authorized officer,
executes this amendment on the 1st day of January, 2002.

                                                     BELDEN WIRE & CABLE COMPANY

                                                     By:  Cathy O. Staples
                                                          ----------------------

                                                     Its: Vice President

Attest:  /s/Eivind J. Kolemainen
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                                 THIRD AMENDMENT
                                       TO
                              HELEN OF TROY LIMITED
                  1995 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN

         WHEREAS, the Board of Directors and the shareholders of Helen of Troy
Limited, a Bermuda corporation (the "Company"), have heretofore approved and
adopted the Helen of Troy Limited 1995 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan
(as amended, the "Plan");

         NOW THEREFORE, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below),
the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

                  "(a) The Company shall automatically grant to each Director,
         annually on the 1st day of September, December, March and June
         following the Director's appointment, election, reappointment, or
         reelection as a member of the Board, Stock Options for 4,000 shares of
         Common Stock; provided, however, the aggregate number of shares of
         Common Stock issued under Stock Options granted under the Plan shall
         not exceed 980,000."

         This Third Amendment to Helen of Troy Limited 1995 Non-Employee
Director Stock Option Plan is intended to be, and shall be deemed to be,
effective as of August 27, 2002, the date on which the shareholders of the
Company approved the hereinabove amendment to the Plan at the 2002 Annual
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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.9

                                 SWIFT & COMPANY

                                   AS OBLIGOR

                                       AND

                SWIFT & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATION,

                                  AS GUARANTOR

                                       AND

               THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY OF FLORIDA, N.A.

                                   AS TRUSTEE

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                          SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                          DATED AS OF JANUARY 30, 2003

                                       TO

                                    INDENTURE

                         DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 19, 2002

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                          10 1/8% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2009

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         SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 30, 2003, by and
among Swift & Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), Swift & Company
International Sales Corporation, a Colorado corporation and a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Company (the "Amended Subsidiary Guarantor"), and The Bank of
New York Trust Company of Florida, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee").

         WHEREAS, the Company and certain guarantors have heretofore executed
and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of September 19, 2002, as
amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated October 14, 2002 (together,
the "Indenture"), providing for the issuance of 10?% Senior Notes due 2009 (the
"Notes");

         WHEREAS, on January 10, 2003, the Amended Subsidiary Guarantor filed an
amendment to its articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the
State of Colorado to change its corporate name from Monfort International Sales
Corporation to Swift & Company International Sales Corporation;

         WHEREAS, the Company and the Amended Subsidiary Guarantor desire to
enter into this Second Supplemental Indenture to reaffirm the Amended Subsidiary
Guarantor's obligations under the Indenture;

         WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental
Indenture has been authorized by the Boards of Directors of the Company and the
Amended Subsidiary Guarantor; and

         WHEREAS, all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Second
Supplemental Indenture a valid, legal, binding and enforceable instrument in
accordance with its terms have been performed and fulfilled by the parties
hereto and the execution and delivery thereof have been in all respects duly
authorized by the parties hereto.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above premises, each party
hereby agrees, for the benefit of the others and for the equal and ratable
benefit of the holders of the Notes, as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                     ASSUMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS AS GUARANTOR

         SECTION 1.1 ASSUMPTION. The Amended Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
expressly and unconditionally assumes each and every covenant, agreement and
undertaking of a Guarantor in the Indenture as of the date of this Second
Supplemental Indenture, and also hereby expressly and unconditionally assumes
each and every covenant, agreement and undertaking of a Guarantor in each Note
outstanding on the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                            MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

         SECTION 2.1 DEFINED TERMS. For all purposes of this Second Supplemental
Indenture, except as otherwise defined or unless the context otherwise requires,
terms used in capitalized form in this Second Supplemental Indenture and defined
in the Indenture have the meanings specified in the Indenture.

         SECTION 2.2 INDENTURE. Except as amended hereby, the Indenture and the
Notes are in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms shall remain
in full force and effect.

         SECTION 2.3 GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS.

         SECTION 2.4 SUCCESSORS. All agreements of the Company and the Amended
Subsidiary Guarantor in this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall
bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Second Supplemental
Indenture shall bind its successors.

         SECTION 2.5 DUPLICATE ORIGINALS. All parties may sign any number of
copies of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an
original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement.

         SECTION 2.6 SEVERABILITY. In case any one or more of the provisions in
this Second Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be held invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality
and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, it
being intended that all of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable to the
full extent permitted by law.

         SECTION 2.7 TRUSTEE DISCLAIMER. The Trustee accepts the amendment of
the Indenture effected by this Second Supplemental Indenture, but on the terms
and conditions set forth in the Indenture, including the terms and provisions
defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be
responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to any of the recitals
or statements contained herein, all of which recitals or statements are made
solely by the Company and the Amended Subsidiary Guarantor, or for or with
respect to (i) the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture
or any of the terms or provisions hereof, (ii) the proper authorization hereof
by the Company and the Amended Subsidiary Guarantor by corporate action or
otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company and the Amended
Subsidiary Guarantor or (iv) the consequences (direct or indirect and whether
deliberate or inadvertent) of any amendment herein provided for, and the Trustee
makes no representation with respect to any such matters.

         SECTION 2.8 EFFECTIVENESS. This Second Supplemental Indenture shall
become effective, once executed, upon receipt by the Trustee of a certificate of
the appropriate officers of

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the Company and an Opinion of Counsel (as defined in the Indenture), each of
which shall be dated no earlier than the date hereof.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year written above.

                                       SWIFT & COMPANY,
                                       as Obligor

                                       By: /s/ DANNY HERRON
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                                       Name: Danny Herron
                                       Title: Vice President and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                                       SWIFT & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL SALES
                                       CORPORATION,
                                       as Guarantor

                                       By: /s/ DANNY HERRON
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                                       Name: Danny Herron
                                       Title: Vice President and Chief Financial
                                              Officer

                                       THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST
                                       COMPANY OF FLORIDA, N.A.,
                                       as Trustee

                                       By: /s/ PAT GIORDANO
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                                       Name:  Pat Giordano
                                       Title: Vice President

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