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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):
January 28, 2021
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CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
New Jersey 1-3822 21-0419870
State of Incorporation Commission File Number I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
One Campbell Place
Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799
Principal Executive Offices
Telephone Number: (856) 342-4800
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered
Capital Stock, par value $.0375 CPB New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.




Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

Effective on January 28, 2021, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Campbell Soup Company (the “Company”) adopted a resolution to increase the size of the Board to 13 members and elected Grant H. Hill as a director. Mr. Hill will serve for an initial term to expire concurrently with the terms of the other members of the Board at the Company’s 2021 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is elected and qualified. Additionally, Mr. Hill was appointed to the Compensation and Organization Committee and the Governance Committee, effective as of the same date.

Mr. Hill will be paid a pro-rated Board retainer in accordance with the Company’s 2021 non-employee director compensation program, described in Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 1, 2020, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2020 and is incorporated herein by reference.

No arrangement or understanding exists between Mr. Hill and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Hill was selected as a director, and there are no transactions which would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.






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


CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
       Date: January 28, 2021 By: /s/ Charles A. Brawley, III
Charles A. Brawley, III
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy General Counsel


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