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                                                             EXHIBIT 10(a)(xxxi)

                    RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AND AGREEMENT

[DATE]

Dear _____________________:

H. J. Heinz Company is pleased to confirm that, effective as of ______, you have
been granted an award of Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") for Fiscal Year ____ in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the H.J. Heinz Company Fiscal Year
2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This Award is also made under and
governed by the terms and conditions of this letter agreement ("Agreement"),
which shall control in the event of a conflict with the terms and conditions of
the Plan. For purposes of this Agreement, the "Company" shall refer to H. J.
Heinz Company and its Subsidiaries. Unless otherwise defined in this Agreement,
all capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the same defined
meanings as in the Plan.

1.    RSU Award. You have been awarded a total of ____________ RSUs for Fiscal
      Year ____.

2.    RSU Account. RSUs entitle you to receive a corresponding number of shares
      of H. J. Heinz Company Common Stock ("Common Stock") in the future,
      subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth in this Agreement,
      including, without limitation, the vesting conditions set forth in
      Paragraph 3 below. Your RSUs will be credited to a separate account
      established and maintained by the Company on your behalf. Until the
      Distribution Date (as defined herein), your RSUs are treated as deferred
      compensation amounts, the value of which is subject to change based on
      increases or decreases in the market price of the Common Stock. Because
      the RSUs are not actual shares of Common Stock, you cannot exercise voting
      rights on them until the Distribution Date.

3.    Vesting. You will become vested in the RSUs credited to your account
      according to the following schedule: _________.

4.    Termination of Employment. The termination of your employment with the
      Company will have the following effect on your RSUs:

      (a)   Retirement, Disability or Involuntary Termination without Cause. If
            the termination of your employment with the Company is the result of
            Retirement, Disability, or involuntary termination without Cause,
            any RSUs granted hereunder that remain unvested as of your Date of
            Termination shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting
            schedule set forth in Paragraphs 3(a) and 3(b) above, subject to the
            requirements of Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.

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      (b)   Death. In the event that you should die while you are continuing to
            perform services for the Company or following Retirement, any RSUs
            that remain unvested as of the date of your death shall continue to
            vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Paragraphs
            3(a) and 3(b) above.

      (c)   Other Termination. If your employment with the Company terminates
            for any reason other than as set forth in subparagraphs (a), (b) and
            (c) above, including without limitation any voluntary termination of
            employment or an involuntary termination for Cause, no further
            vesting will occur and you will immediately forfeit all of your
            rights in any RSUs that remain unvested as of your Date of
            Termination.

5.    Non-Solicitation/Confidential Information. In partial consideration for
      the RSUs granted to you hereunder, you agree that you shall not, during
      the term of your employment by the Company and for 12 months after
      termination of your employment, regardless of the reason for the
      termination, either directly or indirectly, solicit, take away or attempt
      to solicit or take away any other employee of the Company, either for your
      own purpose or for any other person or entity. You further agree that you
      shall not, during the term of your employment by the Company or at any
      time thereafter, use or disclose the Confidential Information (as defined
      below) except as directed by, and in furtherance of the business purposes
      of, the Company. You acknowledge that the breach or threatened breach of
      this Paragraph 5 will result in irreparable injury to the Company for
      which there is no adequate remedy at law because, among other things, it
      is not readily susceptible of proof as to the monetary damages that would
      result to the Company. You consent to the issuance of any restraining
      order or preliminary restraining order or injunction with respect to any
      conduct by you that is directly or indirectly a breach or threatened
      breach of this Paragraph 5. Any breach by you of the provisions of this
      Paragraph 5 will, at the option of the Company and in addition to all
      other rights and remedies available to the Company at law, in equity or
      under this Agreement, result in the immediate forfeiture of all of your
      rights in any RSUs that remain unvested as of the date of such breach.

      "Confidential Information" as used herein shall mean technical or business
      information not readily available to the public or generally known in the
      trade, including but not limited to inventions; ideas; improvements;
      discoveries;

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      developments; formulations; ingredients; recipes; specifications; designs;
      standards; financial data; sales, marketing and distribution plans,
      techniques and strategies; customer and supplier information; equipment;
      mechanisms; manufacturing plans; processing and packaging techniques;
      trade secrets and other confidential information, knowledge, data and
      know-how of the Company, whether or not they originated with you, or
      information which the Company received from third parties under an
      obligation of confidentiality.

6.    Dividends. An amount equal to the dividends payable on the shares of
      Common Stock represented by the RSUs will be paid directly to you as soon
      as practicable following the date on which a dividend is declared by the
      Company. These payments will be calculated based upon the number of RSUs
      credited to your account as of the date that a dividend is declared. These
      payments will be reported as income to the applicable taxing authorities,
      and federal, state, local and/or foreign income and/or employment taxes
      will be withheld from such payments as and to the extent required by
      applicable law.

7.    Distribution. All RSU distributions will be made in the form of actual
      shares of Common Stock and will be distributed to you on one of the
      following dates (each, a "Distribution Date"):

      (a)   Default Distribution Date. Shares of Common Stock representing your
            RSUs will be distributed to you when the RSUs vest, unless the
            Distribution Date is automatically deferred as provided in
            subparagraph (b) below.

      (b)   Executive Officer/Management Committee Member Exception. If you are
            a named executive officer of the Company on the Distribution Date
            (as listed in the proxy statement filed by the Company most recent
            to the Distribution Date) or are a member of the Company's
            Management Committee on the Distribution Date, the Distribution Date
            will automatically be deferred to the close of business on the last
            day of your employment with the Company.

      Certificates representing the distributed shares of Common Stock will be
      delivered to the firm maintaining your account as soon as practicable
      after a Distribution Date occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all
      vested RSUs will be immediately distributed to you at the close of
      business on the last day of your employment with the Company, or as soon
      as practicable thereafter, if you terminate employment with the Company
      for any reason including death, disability, retirement or Change of
      Control of the Company.

8.    Tax Withholding. On the Distribution Date, the Company will withhold a
      number of shares of Common Stock that is equal, based on the Fair Market
      Value of the Common Stock on the Distribution Date, to the amount of the
      federal, state,

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      local, and/or foreign income and/or employment taxes required to be
      collected or withheld with respect to the distribution.

9.    Non-Transferability. Your RSUs may not be sold, transferred, pledged,
      assigned or otherwise encumbered except by will or the laws of descent and
      distribution. You may also designate a beneficiary(ies) in the event that
      you die before a Distribution Date occurs, who shall succeed to all your
      rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Plan. A beneficiary
      election form is attached. If you do not designate a beneficiary, your
      RSUs will pass to the person or persons entitled to receive them under
      your will. If you shall have failed to make a testamentary disposition of
      your RSUs in your will or shall have died intestate, your RSUs will pass
      to the legal representative or representatives of your estate.

10.   Employment Rights. You acknowledge and agree that nothing in this
      Agreement or the Plan shall confer upon you any right with respect to
      future awards or continuation of your employment, nor shall it constitute
      an employment agreement or interfere in any way with your right or the
      right of Company to terminate your employment at any time, with or without
      cause, and with or without notice, subject to the terms of any written
      employment contract that you may have with the Company that is signed by
      both you and an authorized representative of the Company.

11.   Collection and Use of Personal Data. You consent to the collection, use,
      and processing of personal data (including name, home address and
      telephone number, identification number and number of RSUs held) by the
      Company or a third party engaged by the Company for the purpose of
      implementing, administering and managing the Plan and any other stock
      option or stock incentive plans of the Company (the "Plans"). You further
      consent to the release of personal data (a) to such a third party
      administrator, which, at the option of the Company, may be designated as
      the exclusive broker in connection with the Plans, or (b) to any
      affiliated company within the definition of the Company, wherever located.
      You hereby waive any data privacy rights with respect to such data to the
      extent that receipt, possession, use, retention, or transfer of the data
      is authorized hereunder.

12.   Future Awards. The Plan is discretionary in nature and the Company may
      modify, cancel or terminate it at any time without prior notice in
      accordance with the terms of the Plan. While RSUs or other awards may be
      granted under the Plan on one or more occasions or even on a regular
      schedule, each grant is a one time event, is not an entitlement to an
      award of RSUs in the future, and does not create any contractual or other
      right to receive an award of RSUs, compensation or benefits in lieu of
      RSUs or any other compensation or benefits in the future.

13.   Compliance with Stock Ownership Guidelines. All RSUs granted to you under
      this Agreement shall be counted as shares of Common Stock that are owned
      by you for purposes of satisfying the minimum share requirements under the

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      Company's Simplified Stock Ownership Guidelines ("SOG"). Notwithstanding
      the foregoing, you acknowledge and agree that, with the exception of the
      number of shares of Common Stock withheld to satisfy income tax
      withholding requirements pursuant to Paragraph 10 above, the shares of
      Common Stock represented by the RSUs granted to you hereunder cannot be
      sold or otherwise transferred, even after the Distribution Date, unless
      and until you have met SOG's minimum share ownership requirements. The
      Management Development & Compensation Committee will not approve
      additional RSU awards to you unless you are in compliance with the terms
      of this Paragraph 15 and the SOG requirements.

14.   Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
      accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, without
      regard to its choice of law provisions.

THIS RSU AWARD IS SUBJECT TO YOUR ON-LINE ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THIS AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FIDELITY WEBSITE.

                                         H. J. HEINZ COMPANY

                                         By: ________________________________
                                             William R. Johnson
                                             Chairman of the Board,President and
                                             Chief Executive Officer

Accepted: __________________________

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                                                            EXHIBIT 10(a)(xxxii)

                           AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE
                               H. J. HEINZ COMPANY
                      FISCAL YEAR 2003 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN

     THIS AMENDMENT Number One to the H. J. Heinz Company Fiscal Year 2003 Stock
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is made by H. J. Heinz Company, a Pennsylvania
corporation (the "Company"), effective as of May 17, 2005. Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

     WHEREAS, Section 15 of the Plan provides that the Board of Directors of the
Company (the "Board of Directors") may amend the Plan as it shall deem
advisable, subject to certain limited exceptions which require shareholder
approval; and

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has determined that it is in the best
interests of the Company to amend those provisions of the Plan that address the
treatment of Awards in connection with a Change in Control, effective for Awards
granted under the Plan on or after the effective date of this Amendment, and
that this Amendment shall not require the approval of the shareholders of the
Company.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows:

I. Section 3 of the Plan shall be amended as follows:

     A. by adding the following phrase in the definition of "Cause" after the
phrase "as determined by the Committee": "; provided, that, if a Participant is
a party to a Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, and such
Participant's employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such that
the Participant is entitled to any payments or benefits (including accrued
payments or benefits) under the terms of the Severance Protection Agreement,
then "Cause" for purposes of this Plan shall have the meaning set forth in such
Severance Protection Agreement";

     B. by adding the following sentence to the end of the definition of
"Disability": "Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant is a party to a
Severance Protection Agreement with the Company, and such Participant's
employment with the Company is terminated in a manner such that the Participant
is entitled to any payments or benefits (including accrued payments or benefits)
under the terms of the Severance Protection Agreement, then "Disability" for
purposes of this Plan shall have the meaning set forth in such Severance
Protection Agreement."; and

     C. by adding the following as a definition for

     "Good Reason": "Good Reason" means the occurrence after a Change in Control
     of any of the events or conditions described in the following subsections
     (l) through (5):

     (1) a change in the Participant's title, position, duties or
     responsibilities (including reporting responsibilities) which

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     represents an adverse change from the Participant's title, position, duties
     or responsibilities as in effect at any time within 90 days preceding the
     date of the Change in Control or at any time thereafter; or any removal of
     the Participant from or failure to reappoint or reelect him or her to any
     one of such offices or positions, except in connection with the termination
     of the Participant's employment for Disability, Cause, as a result of the
     Participant's death or by the Participant other than for Good Reason;

     (2) a reduction in the Participant's base salary or any failure to pay the
     Participant any compensation or benefits to which the Participant is
     entitled within five days after the date due;

     (3) the Participant being required by the Company to perform the
     Participant's regular duties at any place outside a 30-mile radius from the
     place where the Participant's regular duties were performed immediately
     before the Change in Control, except for reasonably required travel on the
     Company's business which is not materially greater than such travel
     requirements in effect immediately before the Change in Control;

     (4) the failure by the Company to provide the Participant with compensation
     and benefits, in the aggregate, at least equal (in opportunities) to those
     provided for under the compensation and employee benefit plans, programs
     and practices in which the Participant was participating at any time within
     90 days preceding the date of a Change in Control or at any time
     thereafter; or

     (5) for any Participant who is a party to a Severance Protection Agreement
     with the Company, any additional event or condition that constitutes "Good
     Reason" under such Severance Protection Agreement.

     Any event or condition described in subsections 1 through 5, above, which
     occurs before a Change in Control but which the Participant reasonably
     demonstrates (a) was at the request of a third party who has indicated an
     intention or taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in
     Control and who effectuates a Change in Control or (b) otherwise arose in
     connection with, or in anticipation of, a Change in Control which actually
     occurs, shall constitute Good Reason for purposes of this Plan
     notwithstanding that it occurred before the Change in Control.

II.  Section 8(B)(2) of the Plan shall be amended by:

     A. adding the following language at the beginning of such section, and

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     deleting the word "Each" from the existing language: "With respect to any
     Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted on or prior to May 16, 2005,
     each"; and

          B. adding the following sentence at the end of Section 8(B)(2):

          With respect to any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted on or
          after May 17, 2005, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall
          become immediately vested and exercisable as to 100% of the shares of
          Common Stock subject to the Option or Stock Appreciation Right upon
          (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control if such Option or Stock
          Appreciation Right is not assumed, substituted or replaced by a
          Surviving Corporation or other successor to the business of the
          Company with an award of equivalent value, or (ii) if clause (i) does
          not apply, the termination of the Participant's employment with or
          services for the Company within 24 months following a Change in
          Control if such termination is (a) by the Company for reasons other
          than Cause or (b) by the Participant for Good Reason, but, in either
          case of clause (i) or (ii), only to the extent the Option or Stock
          Appreciation Right has not otherwise been terminated and canceled or
          become exercisable as of such date.

III. Section 9(B) of the Plan shall be amended by:

     A. Adding the following language before the existing language in such
section: "with respect to Awards granted on or prior to May 16, 2005,"; and

     B. deleting the "." at the end of Section 9(B) and inserting the following
in lieu thereof: "; and".

IV. A new Section 9(C) shall be added to the Plan and shall provide as
follows:

     with respect to any Award granted on or after May 17, 2005, unless
     otherwise provided by the Committee in any individual Award Agreement at
     the time of grant, upon (i) the occurrence of a Change in Control if such
     Award is not assumed, substituted or replaced by a Surviving Corporation or
     other successor to the business of the Company with an award of equivalent
     value, or (ii) if clause (i) does not apply, the termination of the
     Participant's employment with or services for the Company within 24 months
     following a Change in Control if such termination is (a) by the Company for
     reasons other than Cause or (b) by the Participant for Good Reason, but, in
     either case of clause (i) or (ii), only to the extent the Award has not
     otherwise been terminated and canceled as of such date.

V. Except for the foregoing amendments set forth in Sections I through IV above,
all of the terms and conditions of the Plan shall remain in full force and
effect.

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