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Pilgrims Pride Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/27/21 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Wednesday, 7/28/21, at 8:02pm ET   ·   As of:  7/29/21   ·   For:  6/27/21   ·   Accession #:  802481-21-77   ·   File #:  1-09273

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/29/21  Pilgrims Pride Corp.              10-Q        6/27/21   96:45M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   1.46M 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML    371K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     27K 
13: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     79K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    156K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    117K 
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML    101K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders'  HTML     90K 
                Equity                                                           
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    119K 
19: R7          General                                             HTML     52K 
20: R8          Revenue Recognition                                 HTML    116K 
21: R9          Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML    112K 
22: R10         Trade Accounts and Other Receivables                HTML     45K 
23: R11         Inventories                                         HTML     35K 
24: R12         Investments in Securities                           HTML     37K 
25: R13         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     67K 
26: R14         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     43K 
27: R15         Current Liabilities                                 HTML     52K 
28: R16         Income Taxes                                        HTML     33K 
29: R17         Debt                                                HTML     70K 
30: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     89K 
31: R19         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML    272K 
32: R20         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     31K 
33: R21         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     70K 
34: R22         Related Party Transactions                          HTML    107K 
35: R23         Reportable Segments                                 HTML     93K 
36: R24         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     61K 
37: R25         General (Policies)                                  HTML     48K 
38: R26         General (Tables)                                    HTML     42K 
39: R27         Revenue Recognition (Tables)                        HTML    109K 
40: R28         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML    107K 
41: R29         Trade Accounts and Other Receivables (Tables)       HTML     45K 
42: R30         Inventories (Tables)                                HTML     36K 
43: R31         Investments in Securities (Tables)                  HTML     34K 
44: R32         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     68K 
45: R33         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     39K 
46: R34         Current Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML     52K 
47: R35         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     49K 
48: R36         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     85K 
49: R37         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)  HTML    270K 
50: R38         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     63K 
51: R39         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML    105K 
52: R40         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML     88K 
53: R41         GENERAL - Additional Information (Details)          HTML     56K 
54: R42         GENERAL - Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted     HTML     35K 
                Cash (Details)                                                   
55: R43         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Disaggregated Revenue         HTML     85K 
                (Details)                                                        
56: R44         REVENUE RECOGNITION - Contract Balances (Details)   HTML     33K 
57: R45         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     52K 
                Outstanding Derivative Instruments and Cash                      
                Collateral) (Details)                                            
58: R46         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of       HTML     35K 
                Derivative Gain (Loss) and Location of Income                    
                Expense) (Details)                                               
59: R47         Derivative Financial Instruments (Schedule of Cash  HTML     38K 
                Flow Hedges Included in AOCI (Details)                           
60: R48         Derivative Financial Instruments (Line item in the  HTML     57K 
                Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income)                     
                (Details)                                                        
61: R49         Derivative Financial Instruments (Narrative)        HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R50         Trade Accounts and Other Receivables (Details)      HTML     51K 
63: R51         Inventories (Details)                               HTML     39K 
64: R52         Investments in Securities (Details)                 HTML     36K 
65: R53         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of        HTML     39K 
                Goodwill (Details)                                               
66: R54         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Schedule of        HTML     65K 
                Intangible Assets (Details)                                      
67: R55         GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Estimated Useful   HTML     36K 
                Lives of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets (Details)                
68: R56         Property, Plant and Equipment (Schedule of          HTML     50K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment) (Details)                         
69: R57         Property, Plant and Equipment (Narrative)           HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R58         Current Liabilities (Details)                       HTML     73K 
71: R59         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     45K 
72: R60         DEBT - Schedule of Long-term Debt and Other         HTML     88K 
                Borrowing Arrangements (Details)                                 
73: R61         DEBT - Narrative (Details)                          HTML    163K 
74: R62         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Changes in        HTML     77K 
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                  
75: R63         Stockholders' Equity (Schedule of Reclassification  HTML     74K 
                from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss)                       
                (Details)                                                        
76: R64         Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     33K 
77: R65         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     76K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
78: R66         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML    102K 
                (Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan Obligations and                
                Assets) (Details)                                                
79: R67         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     54K 
                (Schedule of Net Defined Benefit Pension and Other               
                Postretirement Costs) (Details)                                  
80: R68         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     45K 
                (Schedule of Economic Assumptions and Impact of                  
                Change in Discount Rate on Benefit Obligation)                   
                (Details)                                                        
81: R69         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     46K 
                (Schedule of Plan Asset Allocations) (Details)                   
82: R70         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML    112K 
                (Schedule of Fair Value Assumptions of Plan                      
                Assets) (Details)                                                
83: R71         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     45K 
                (Schedule of Benefit Payments) (Details)                         
84: R72         Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits           HTML     51K 
                (Schedule of Unrecognized Benefit Amounts)                       
                (Details)                                                        
85: R73         Stock-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     48K 
86: R74         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Assets and     HTML     52K 
                Liabilities Measured on a Recurring Basis)                       
                (Details)                                                        
87: R75         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Fair Value     HTML     60K 
                and Carrying Amount of Debt Obligations) (Details)               
88: R76         Related Party Transactions (Schedule of Related     HTML     83K 
                Party Transactions) (Details)                                    
89: R77         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS - Narrative (Details)           HTML     27K 
90: R78         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS - Schedule of Segment           HTML     79K 
                Reporting Information, by Segment (Details)                      
91: R79         REPORTABLE SEGMENTS - Schedule of Segment           HTML     47K 
                Reporting, Goodwill and Assets (Details)                         
92: R80         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     62K 
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