On March 24, 2021, Ajay Menon was appointed to the Board of Directors (the Board") of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (the Company"), effectively immediately, to fill the vacancy left on the Board following the passing of longtime Board member Charles Macaluso. Mr. Menon, who will serve as an Equity Director on the Board and as a member of the Equity Nominating Committee, will be nominated for election by their stockholders at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Menon is currently the President and CEO of Colorado State University Research Foundation (CSURF"), and has been in this role since October 2019, where he is responsible for the protection, management and commercialization of intellectual property resulting from research at Colorado State University (CSU") and oversees the services that CSURF provides to both CSU and its affiliated institutions. He is also a current board member of Liberty Media Acquisition Company.