8-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2012

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-9273	75-1285071
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1770 Promontory Circle
Greeley, CO	80634-9038
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (970) 506-8000

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is information regarding Pilgrim's Pride Corporation pension and other postretirement benefits disclosed by JBS S.A. in their quarterly financial report submitted to the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários on November 13, 2012.

The information furnished in Item 7.01 and in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference in any of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation's filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Information regarding Pilgrim's Pride Corporation pension and other postretirement benefits disclosed by JBS S.A. in their quarterly financial report submitted to the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários on November 13, 2012

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATION
Date:	November 14, 2012	By:	/s/ Fabio Sandri
		Fabio Sandri
		Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Information regarding Pilgrim's Pride Corporation pension and other postretirement benefits disclosed by JBS S.A. in their quarterly financial report submitted to the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários on November 13, 2012

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

PILGRIM'S PRIDE CORPORATIONPENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
(Unaudited)

Defined Benefit Plans Obligations and Assets

The following tables provide reconciliations of the changes in the plans’ projected benefit obligations and fair value of assets as well as statements of the funded status, balance sheet reporting and economic assumptions for these plans:

	Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
Change in projected benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation, December 25, 2011	$	167,931		$	1,961
Service cost		38			—
Interest cost		6,204			72
Actuarial losses		18,798			227
Benefits paid		(4,760	)		(124	)
Projected benefit obligation, September 23, 2012	$	188,211		$	2,136
	Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets, December 25, 2011	$	81,193		$	—
Actual return on plan assets		6,927			—
Contributions by employer		9,310			124
Benefits paid		(4,760	)		(124	)
Fair value of plan assets, September 23, 2012	$	92,670		$	—
	September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
Funded status:
Fair value of plan assets	$	92,670		$	—
Benefit obligations		(188,211	)		(2,136	)
Funded status of plans	$	(95,541	)	$	(2,136	)
	September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:
Current liabilities	$	10,907		$	209
Long-term liabilities		84,634			1,927
Recognized liabilities	$	95,541		$	2,136

	September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits	Other Benefits
Economic assumptions:
Discount rate	4.20%	4.22%
Rate of increase in compensation levels	3.00%	NA

The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit plans was $190.3 million at September 23, 2012. All of the Company’s defined benefit plans had an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets at September 23, 2012.

Plan Assets

The following table reflects the pension plans’ actual asset allocations:

	September 23, 2012
Cash and money market funds	—
Equity securities	70%
Debt securities	30%
Total assets	100%

Absent regulatory or statutory limitations, the target asset allocation for the investment of the assets for our ongoing pension plans is 30% in debt securities and 70% in equity securities. The plans only invest in debt and equity instruments for which there is a ready public market. We develop our expected long-term rate of return assumptions based on the historical rates of returns for equity and debt securities of the type in which our plans invest.

The fair value measurements of plan assets fell into the following levels of the fair value hierarchy:

	September 23, 2012
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
	(In thousands)
Cash and money market funds	$	118	$	—	$	—	$	118
Equity securities		—		65,052		—		65,052
Debt securities		—		27,500		—		27,500
Total	$	118	$	92,552	$	—	$	92,670

The valuation of plan assets in Level 2 is determined using a market approach based upon quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, or other inputs that are observable for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 securities primarily include equity and fixed income securities funds.

Benefit Payments

The following table reflects the benefits as of September 23, 2012 expected to be paid through 2021 from our pension and other postretirement plans. Because our pension plans are primarily funded plans, the anticipated benefits with respect to these plans will come primarily from the trusts established for these plans. Because our other postretirement plans are unfunded, the anticipated benefits with respect to these plans will come from our own assets.

	Pension Benefits		Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
September 24, 2012 through December 30, 2012	$	2,810	$	83
2013		10,796		168
2014		10,666		170
2015		10,250		171
2016		10,368		171
2017-2021		49,860		817
Total	$	94,750	$	1,580

        We anticipate contributing $10.9 million and $0.2 million to our pension and other postretirement plans, respectively, during 2012.

Amounts Included in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

        Pre-tax amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) that have not yet been recognized in net periodic benefit plan cost and the changes in those amounts are as follows:

	Thirty-Nine Weeks Ended September 23, 2012
	Pension Benefits			Other Benefits
	(In thousands)
Net actuarial gain (loss), December 25, 2011	$	(31,108	)	$	217
Amortization		348			(2	)
Liability loss		(18,798	)		(226	)
Asset gain		2,539			—
Net actuarial loss, September 23, 2012	$	(47,019	)	$	(11	)