FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of December 16, 2005 by and among GOLD KIST INC., as Borrower, VARIOUS BANKS, LENDING INSTITUTIONS, AND INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS as Lenders, HARRIS N.A. and SUNTRUST BANK, as Co- Syndication Agents,...Credit Agreement • December 20th, 2005 • Gold Kist Inc. • Poultry slaughtering and processing • New York
THIS FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 16, 2005, is made and entered into by and among GOLD KIST INC. (formerly known as Gold Kist Holdings Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), various banks and other lending institutions and institutional investors as are, or may from time to time become, parties hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”), HARRIS N.A. (formerly known as Harris Trust and Savings Bank) and SUNTRUST BANK, as Co-Syndication Agents (collectively, the “Co-Syndication Agents”), COBANK, ACB and ING CAPITAL LLC, as Co-Documentation Agents (collectively, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), and COÖPERATIEVE CENTRALE RAIFFEISEN-BOERENLEENBANK B.A., “RABOBANK NEDERLAND”, NEW YORK BRANCH, as the Agent and sole lead arranger.
