CAMPBELL'S Co — Board/Management Information 2008

Oct 8, 2008

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 2, 2008

New Jersey	Commission File Number	21-0419870
State of Incorporation	1-3822	I.R.S. Employer
		Identification No.

One Campbell Place Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799 Principal Executive Offices

Telephone Number: (856) 342-4800

 

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Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On October 2, 2008, the Board of Directors of Campbell Soup Company approved an amendment to Article II, Section 1 of the company’s By-Laws, effective November 20, 2008, to change the size of the Board from 15 to 14 directors. A copy of the By-Laws, as amended, is filed as Exhibit 3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

Due to a technical error one subparagraph was misstated in the text of the amended and restated Campbell Soup Company 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan dated September 25, 2008 which was filed as Exhibit 10 (b) to the 2008 Form 10-K filed on October 1, 2008. Subparagraph 4.3 (c) should read as follows:

“(c) The Section 4.3 Limit shall be increased by shares of Campbell Stock that are subject to an Award which for any reason is cancelled (excluding shares subject to an Option cancelled upon the exercise of a related SAR) or terminated without having been exercised or paid.”

A copy of the amended and restated Campbell Soup Company 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan dated September 25, 2008 is filed as Exhibit 10 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 — Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

3	By-Laws of the Registrant, effective November 20, 2008.
10	Campbell Soup Company 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on
September 25, 2008.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

/s/ John J. Furey
John J. Furey
Vice President and
Corporate Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
3	By-Laws of the Registrant, effective November 20, 2008.
10	Campbell Soup Company 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated on September 25, 2008.

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