AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS

EX-10.31 26 d388365dex1031.htm AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL AGREEMENT Amendment to Commercial Agreement

Exhibit 10.31

AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS

THIS AMENDMENT TO COMMERCIAL AGREEMENTS (this “Amendment”), dated October 1, 2012, but effective as of the Effective Date (as defined in the Agreements), is by and between WWF Operating Company, a Delaware corporation (f/k/a WhiteWave Foods Company), on the one hand (“WW”), and Morningstar Foods, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on the other hand (“MS”).

RECITALS

A. WW and MS previously entered into a Co-packing Agreement dated August 1, 2012, pursuant to which MS agreed to manufacture and sell certain products to WW on the terms set forth therein (as amended by that certain Amendment 1 to Co-packing Agreement dated September 11, 2012, the “Co-packing Agreement”).

B. WW and MS previously entered into a Transitional Sales Agreement dated August 1, 2012, pursuant to which the parties agreed to certain terms in connection with the transition of certain products to WW’s order to cash system (the “Non-LOL TSA”).

C. WW and MS previously entered into a Transitional Sales Agreement dated August 1, 2012, pursuant to which the parties agreed to certain terms in connection with the transition of certain Land O’ Lakes products to WW’s order to cash system (the “LOL TSA”).

D. Each of the Agreements were to be effective as of the Effective Date (as defined therein).

E. WW and MS wish to amend the Agreements as set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, each intending to be bound hereby, agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms contained in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the applicable Agreement.

2. Payment Terms. The parties wish to amend the payment terms in each Agreement as follows:

To the extent the Effective Date is prior to January 1, 2013, then, for any invoice issued pursuant to any Agreement that is dated prior to January 1, 2013, the amount payable under such invoice will be due on the last day of the month immediately following the month in which the applicable invoice date falls (e.g., an invoice dated November 15, 2012 will be due and payable on or before December 31, 2012). For any invoice dated on or after January 1, 2013, such invoice shall be paid in accordance with the applicable payment terms set forth in the applicable Agreement.

3. Binding Effect and Assignment. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors and permitted assigns, except as is otherwise expressly provided herein or in the Agreements.

4. The Agreements. All other terms and provisions of the Agreements not expressly modified by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby expressly ratified and confirmed.


5. Titles. The titles of the articles, sections and subsections of this Amendment are for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provisions of this Amendment. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Amendment as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

6. Execution. This Amendment may be executed in any number of original, facsimile, or portable document format (pdf) counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their proper and duly authorized representatives as of the date first set forth above.

 

WWF OPERATING COMPANY

    MORNINGSTAR FOODS, LLC

By:

  

/s/ Kelly J. Haecker

   

By:

 

/s/ Cindy Seideman

Name:

  

Kelly J. Haecker

   

Name:

 

Cindy Seideman

Title:

  

Chief Financial Officer

   

Title:

 

VP, Finance & CFO