Telephone: (818) 348-3700 Fax: (818) 593-2255 November 5,1998 Del Monte Corporation One Market Street P.O. Box 193575 San Francisco, CA 94119-3575 Attention: Wes Smith Re: Fourth Amendment to Supply Agreement dated as of September 3,1993, as amended...

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November 5,1998

Del Monte Corporation
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxx

Re: Fourth Amendment to Supply Agreement dated as of September 3,1993, as
    amended

Dear Xxx:

      This letter shall serve to amend the Supply Agreement dated as of
September 3, 1993, as amended through the date hereof (the "Supply Agreement"),
by and between Del Monte Corporation ("DM") and Silgan Containers Corporation
("Seller"). Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Supply Agreement.

      Seller and DM hereby agree that the Supply Agreement shall be amended as
follows:

      1. Effective January 1, 1999, Schedule 2.1(e) to the Supply Agreement is
hereby amended and replaced in its entirety by Schedule 2.1(e) hereto. Based
upon the estimated volumes of Containers that DM will require for 1998 as set
forth in Schedule 2.1(e) hereto, the selling prices reflected in Schedule 2.1(e)
hereto would result in an aggregate decrease of approximately [XXX] from the
selling prices reflected in the Schedule 2.1(e) dated as of July 1, 1998.

      2. Subject to Article XI of the Supply Agreement and the providing of
adequate notice to DM for labeling and packaging adjustments, with respect to
any and all Containers to be filled with tomato and tomato based Products, DM
and Seller hereby agree that, notwithstanding a specification requirements set
forth in any applicable Schedule 2.1 for such Containers or any warranty of
Seller regarding conformity with such specification.


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      If you are agreement with the foregoing, please execute a copy of this
letter in the space provided below.

                                       Very truly yours,

                                       SILGAN CONTAINERS CORPORATION

                                       By: /s/ XXXXX X. XXXX
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                                           Xxxxx X. Xxxx
                                           President

Agreed to as of the date above:

DEL MONTE CORPORATION

By: /s/ XXXXXX X. XXXXX
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   Name: X X Xxxxx
   Title: Chief Operating Officer