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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2008.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CHS Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>41-025105</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or <BR>
organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>5500 Cenex Drive<BR>
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077</B><BR>
(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices,<BR>
including zip code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CHS INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>David Kastelic</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Copies to:</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Senior Vice President and General Counsel</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Michael Clausman</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>CHS Inc.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Steven Shogren</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>5500 Cenex Drive</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>50 South Sixth Street, Suite&nbsp;1500</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(651)&nbsp;355-3712</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1498</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Name, address and telephone number,
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(612)&nbsp;340-2600</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">including area code, of agent for service)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Facsimile: (612)&nbsp;340-8738</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff">Title of securities to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>100,000,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>100</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>%</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>100,000,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><B>3,930</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of CHS Inc. to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II . INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;SEC&#148;) by CHS Inc. (&#147;we,&#148; &#147;us&#148; or &#147;CHS&#148;), are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
File No. 333 &#150; 148091, filed February 20, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended November&nbsp;30, 2007, February
29, 2008 and May&nbsp;31, 2008; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
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    <TD>Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September&nbsp;4, 2007, September&nbsp;26, 2007, October
4, 2007, November&nbsp;6, 2007, November&nbsp;29, 2007, February&nbsp;11, 2008, February&nbsp;15, 2008, March
6, 2008, April&nbsp;1, 2008 and October&nbsp;7, 2008.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) subsequent to the date hereof and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The securities offered hereby are deferred compensation obligations of CHS, which are being
offered to eligible employees and directors of CHS and its participating affiliates under the CHS
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Plan permits participants to defer, in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, base salary, bonuses and director fees
(each, a &#147;Cash Deferral&#148;). The
amount of compensation to be deferred by each participant will be based on elections by each
participant under the terms of the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CHS may be required to credit amounts to a participant&#146;s account in accordance with employment or
other agreements entered into between the participant and CHS. In addition, CHS may, but is not
required to, credit any amount it desires to any participant&#146;s account. CHS may also credit amounts
to a participant&#146;s account to make up for certain limits applicable to the CHS 401(k) plan or other
qualified plan for the Plan year or for such other purposes as determined by the Plan committee in
its sole discretion. All such amounts may: (1)&nbsp;be smaller or larger than the amount credited to any
other participant; (2)&nbsp;be zero, even though one or more other participants receive a contribution
from CHS; and (3)&nbsp;differ from the amount credited to such participant in the preceding Plan year.
The Plan is an unfunded plan, and CHS is not required to set aside any funds or otherwise provide
any mechanism for paying the credited amounts at any time amounts are credited to a participant&#146;s
account.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The deferred amounts described above (including the Cash Deferrals and additional amounts credited
by CHS to a participant&#146;s account) will be credited with earnings and investment gains and losses
by assuming that the amount was invested in one or more investment alternatives selected by the
participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The deemed investment alternatives include
various investment funds with different degrees of risk and a fixed interest alternative.
Participants may reallocate amounts among the various deemed investment alternatives up to twelve
times each year. These deemed investment alternatives are merely measuring tools to determine the
value of the participant&#146;s account, and CHS is not required to invest any amounts as a result of
these elections.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CHS&#146;s obligations to make payments under the Plan are unsecured obligations of CHS and are subject
to the claims of general creditors of CHS. These obligations will rank equally with other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of CHS from time to time outstanding. All amounts payable to
participants under the Plan are denominated in U.S. dollars and will be payable on the date or
dates selected by each participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan or on such other date
or dates as specified in the Plan. Rights to payment under the Plan are not convertible into
another security of CHS.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">CHS reserves the right to amend the Plan prospectively at any time, including the right to
terminate the Plan completely. No amendment will reduce a participant&#146;s account balance as of the
date of such amendment. In no event will CHS be responsible for any decline in a participants&#146;
account balance as a result of the selection, discontinuation, addition, substitution, crediting or
debiting of one or more investment alternatives.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">A participant&#146;s rights or the rights of any other person to receive payment of deferred
compensation obligations under the Plan may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, garnished
or encumbered, except by a written designation of a beneficiary under the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The foregoing summarizes the material terms and provisions of the deferred compensation
obligations. It is not a complete legal description of the deferred compensation obligations, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.

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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Section&nbsp;308A.325 of the Minnesota cooperative law provides that a cooperative may eliminate or
limit the personal liability of a director of a cooperative for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director in the cooperative&#146;s articles of incorporation, provided, however, that the articles may
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the cooperative or its members;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>acts or omissions that are not in good faith or involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an act or omission occurring before the date when the provision in the articles
eliminating or limiting liability becomes effective.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;IX of our Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date, eliminates or limits the personal
liability of our directors to the greatest extent permitted under Minnesota law.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Article&nbsp;VI of our Bylaws provides that we shall indemnify each person who is or was a director,
officer, manager, employee or agent of this cooperative, and any person serving at the request of
this cooperative as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred to the fullest
extent to which such directors, officers, managers, employees or agents of a cooperative may be
indemnified under Minnesota law, as amended from time to time.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We maintain directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance which covers certain liabilities and
expenses of our directors and officers and covers CHS for reimbursement of payments to our
directors and officers in respect of such liabilities and expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.

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</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment of CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-129464, filed November&nbsp;4, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">New Plan Participants 2005 Plan Agreement and Election Form for the
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Beneficiary Designation Form for the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed
December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
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    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in
the effective registration statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</TD>
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    <TD><I>provided</I>, <I>however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Inver Grove Heights, State
of Minnesota, on October 29, 2008.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CHS INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ John Schmitz
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">John Schmitz&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 29, 2008.
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John D. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal executive officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John Schmitz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John Schmitz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jodell Heller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jodell Heller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael Toelle</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Bruce Anderson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donald Anthony</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert Bass</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dennis Carlson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Curt Eischens</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steve Fritel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert Grabarski</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jerry Hasnedl</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David Kayser</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James Kile</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Randy Knecht</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael Mulcahey</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard Owen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steve Riegel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Daniel Schurr</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Duane Stenzel</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John Schmitz
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John Schmitz</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Attorney-in-fact</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">First Amendment of CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-129464, filed November&nbsp;4, 2005).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">New Plan Participants 2005 Plan Agreement and Election Form for the
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8,
File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Beneficiary Designation Form for the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, File No.&nbsp;333-121161, filed
December&nbsp;10, 2004).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Dorsey &#038; Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered
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Table of Contents
Registration No. 333-
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2008.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CHS Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
41-025105
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
5500 Cenex Drive
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices,
including zip code)
CHS INC. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
David Kastelic
Copies to:
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Michael Clausman
CHS Inc.
Steven Shogren
5500 Cenex Drive
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota 55077
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500
(651) 355-3712
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1498
(Name, address and telephone number,
(612) 340-2600
including area code, of agent for service)
Facsimile: (612) 340-8738
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
þ
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
registered
registered
per obligation
price
registration fee
Deferred Compensation Obligations(1)
$
100,000,000
100
%
$
100,000,000
$
3,930
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of CHS Inc. to pay deferred
compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan.
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PART II . INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 24.1
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PART II
.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") by CHS Inc. ("we," "us" or "CHS"), are incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
•
Our Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
File No. 333 – 148091, filed February 20, 2008;
•
Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2007;
•
Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended November 30, 2007, February
29, 2008 and May 31, 2008; and
•
Our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on September 4, 2007, September 26, 2007, October
4, 2007, November 6, 2007, November 29, 2007, February 11, 2008, February 15, 2008, March
6, 2008, April 1, 2008 and October 7, 2008.
All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") subsequent to the date hereof and prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated
by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
The securities offered hereby are deferred compensation obligations of CHS, which are being
offered to eligible employees and directors of CHS and its participating affiliates under the CHS
Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan permits participants to defer, in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, base salary, bonuses and director fees
(each, a "Cash Deferral"). The
amount of compensation to be deferred by each participant will be based on elections by each
participant under the terms of the Plan.
CHS may be required to credit amounts to a participant's account in accordance with employment or
other agreements entered into between the participant and CHS. In addition, CHS may, but is not
required to, credit any amount it desires to any participant's account. CHS may also credit amounts
to a participant's account to make up for certain limits applicable to the CHS 401(k) plan or other
qualified plan for the Plan year or for such other purposes as determined by the Plan committee in
its sole discretion. All such amounts may: (1) be smaller or larger than the amount credited to any
other participant; (2) be zero, even though one or more other participants receive a contribution
from CHS; and (3) differ from the amount credited to such participant in the preceding Plan year.
The Plan is an unfunded plan, and CHS is not required to set aside any funds or otherwise provide
any mechanism for paying the credited amounts at any time amounts are credited to a participant's
account.
The deferred amounts described above (including the Cash Deferrals and additional amounts credited
by CHS to a participant's account) will be credited with earnings and investment gains and losses
by assuming that the amount was invested in one or more investment alternatives selected by the
participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan. The deemed investment alternatives include
various investment funds with different degrees of risk and a fixed interest alternative.
Participants may reallocate amounts among the various deemed investment alternatives up to twelve
times each year. These deemed investment alternatives are merely measuring tools to determine the
value of the participant's account, and CHS is not required to invest any amounts as a result of
these elections.
CHS's obligations to make payments under the Plan are unsecured obligations of CHS and are subject
to the claims of general creditors of CHS. These obligations will rank equally with other unsecured
and unsubordinated indebtedness of CHS from time to time outstanding. All amounts payable to
participants under the Plan are denominated in U.S. dollars and will be payable on the date or
dates selected by each participant in accordance with the terms of the Plan or on such other date
or dates as specified in the Plan. Rights to payment under the Plan are not convertible into
another security of CHS.
CHS reserves the right to amend the Plan prospectively at any time, including the right to
terminate the Plan completely. No amendment will reduce a participant's account balance as of the
date of such amendment. In no event will CHS be responsible for any decline in a participants'
account balance as a result of the selection, discontinuation, addition, substitution, crediting or
debiting of one or more investment alternatives.
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A participant's rights or the rights of any other person to receive payment of deferred
compensation obligations under the Plan may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, garnished
or encumbered, except by a written designation of a beneficiary under the Plan.
The foregoing summarizes the material terms and provisions of the deferred compensation
obligations. It is not a complete legal description of the deferred compensation obligations, and
is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 308A.325 of the Minnesota cooperative law provides that a cooperative may eliminate or
limit the personal liability of a director of a cooperative for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director in the cooperative's articles of incorporation, provided, however, that the articles may
not eliminate or limit the liability of a director for:
•
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the cooperative or its members;
•
acts or omissions that are not in good faith or involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;
•
a transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit; or
•
an act or omission occurring before the date when the provision in the articles
eliminating or limiting liability becomes effective.
Article IX of our Articles of Incorporation, as amended to date, eliminates or limits the personal
liability of our directors to the greatest extent permitted under Minnesota law.
Article VI of our Bylaws provides that we shall indemnify each person who is or was a director,
officer, manager, employee or agent of this cooperative, and any person serving at the request of
this cooperative as a director, officer, manager, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees,
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred to the fullest
extent to which such directors, officers, managers, employees or agents of a cooperative may be
indemnified under Minnesota law, as amended from time to time.
We maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance which covers certain liabilities and
expenses of our directors and officers and covers CHS for reimbursement of payments to our
directors and officers in respect of such liabilities and expenses.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-121161, filed December 10, 2004).
4.2
First Amendment of CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-129464, filed November 4, 2005).
4.3
New Plan Participants 2005 Plan Agreement and Election Form for the
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-121161, filed December 10, 2004).
4.4
Beneficiary Designation Form for the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-121161, filed
December 10, 2004).
5.1
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
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24.1
Power of Attorney.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
the effective registration statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided
,
however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted
to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as
expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Inver Grove Heights, State
of Minnesota, on October 29, 2008.
CHS INC.
By:
/s/ John Schmitz
John Schmitz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on October 29, 2008.
Signature
Title
/s/ John D. Johnson
President and Chief Executive Officer
John D. Johnson
(principal executive officer)
/s/ John Schmitz
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John Schmitz
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Jodell Heller
Vice President and Controller
Jodell Heller
(principal accounting officer)
*
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Michael Toelle
*
Director
Bruce Anderson
*
Director
Donald Anthony
*
Director
Robert Bass
*
Director
Dennis Carlson
*
Director
Curt Eischens
*
Director
Steve Fritel
*
Director
Robert Grabarski
*
Director
Jerry Hasnedl
*
Director
David Kayser
*
Director
James Kile
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Signature
Title
*
Director
Randy Knecht
*
Director
Michael Mulcahey
*
Director
Richard Owen
*
Director
Steve Riegel
*
Director
Daniel Schurr
*
Director
Duane Stenzel
*
By:
/s/ John Schmitz
John Schmitz
Attorney-in-fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
4.1
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-121161, filed December 10, 2004).
4.2
First Amendment of CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated
by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-129464, filed November 4, 2005).
4.3
New Plan Participants 2005 Plan Agreement and Election Form for the
CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8,
File No. 333-121161, filed December 10, 2004).
4.4
Beneficiary Designation Form for the CHS Inc. Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-121161, filed
December 10, 2004).
5.1
Opinion of Dorsey & Whitney LLP.
23.1
Consent of Dorsey & Whitney LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney.