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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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<B>One Market @ The Landmark,</B>
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<B>San Francisco, California 94105</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY 2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>James Potter,
Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Copies to:</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Douglas D. Smith, Esq.</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>and Secretary</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>One Montgomery Street, 26th Floor</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>San Francisco, California 94104</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>(415)&nbsp;393-8200</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(415)&nbsp;247-3000</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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<B>15,400,000 shares</B>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per
share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) which become issuable under the Del Monte Foods
Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low
per share prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on December&nbsp;17, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">The Common Stock includes preferred stock purchase rights that initially
will trade together with the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock. The value
attributable to the preferred stock purchase rights, if any, is reflected
in the price of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001"> PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004"> PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009"> Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010"> Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;9. Undertaking</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012"> SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013"> EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="y67074exv5w1.htm">OPINION AND CONSENT OF GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INTRODUCTION</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is
filed by Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
relating to 15,400,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(and associated preferred stock purchase rights) (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable
to eligible employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Del
Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form&nbsp;S-8.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form&nbsp;S-8.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;):
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(a)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for
the fiscal year ended June&nbsp;30, 2002, as amended;</FONT></TD>
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(b)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
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(c)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form&nbsp;8-K,
filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;8, 2002, December&nbsp;6, 2002,
December 9 and December&nbsp;13, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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(d)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock
contained in the Prospectus dated February&nbsp;4, 1999 filed
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;) with respect to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended (No.
333-48235), filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;19, 1998 and
incorporated by reference to Item&nbsp;1 of the Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-14335) filed by the Registrant
under the Exchange Act with the Commission on July&nbsp;23, 1998;
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(e)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">The description of the Registrant&#146;s preferred
stock purchase rights contained in Item&nbsp;1 of the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-14335) filed with
the Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) after the date of this
Registration Statement 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 then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies
or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to
the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation generally provides that the
Registrant will indemnify each of its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
&#147;DGCL&#148;) and may indemnify certain other persons as authorized by the DGCL.
Section&nbsp;145 of DGCL authorizes a Delaware corporation to indemnify officers,
directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in connection with actual
or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that such officer,
director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such officer
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation&#146;s best
interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation, by so providing in
its certificate of incorporation, to eliminate or limit director&#146;s liability to
the corporation and its stockholders for monetary damages arising out of
certain breaches of their fiduciary duty. The Registrant&#146;s certificate of
incorporation provides for the elimination of a director&#146;s liability to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of such
director&#146;s fiduciary duty, except with respect to any of the following: (1)
breaches of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders; (2)&nbsp;acts or omissions not made in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (3)&nbsp;liability for
dividends paid or stock repurchased or redeemed in violation of the DGCL; or
(4)&nbsp;any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) does not authorize any limitation on the ability of
the corporation or its stockholders to obtain injunctive relief, specific
performance or other equitable relief against directors.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;X of the Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that
each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he
or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the Registrant&#146;s
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the full extent permitted by
the DGCL. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be deemed to be
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may
acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation,
By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All of the Registrant&#146;s directors and officers will be covered by
insurance policies maintained by the Registrant against certain liabilities for
actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act .
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">3</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</FONT>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Item&nbsp;1 of the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-14335), filed with the Commission on
July&nbsp;23, 1998).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Description of the Registrant&#146;s Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (incorporated by reference to
Item&nbsp;1 of the Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (No.&nbsp;001-14335), filed with the Commission on
June&nbsp;13, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;12, 2002, between the Registrant and the Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;1 of the Registration Statement on Form
8-A (No.&nbsp;001-14335), filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;13, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8).</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Del Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex F of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated November&nbsp;19, 2002, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;20,
2002 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4, as amended (No.&nbsp;333-98827)).</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;9. Undertaking</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement (i)&nbsp;to include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;to reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this
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 this Registration Statement; and (iii)&nbsp;to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses
(1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement;
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;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, and
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of
the offering.</font>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by reference in
Item&nbsp;6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission 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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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 San Francisco, State of California, on this 19th
day of December, 2002.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard G. Wolford</FONT></TD>

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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Richard G. Wolford</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">President and Chief Executive Officer,</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Director and
Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints David L. Meyers and James Potter, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard G. Wolford</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President and Chief Executive Officer,
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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Director and Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard G. Wolford</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David L. Meyers</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President,
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><HR align="center" size="1" width="100%" noshade><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;David L. Meyers</font></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Administration and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard L. French</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President and Chief
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><HR align="center" size="1" width="100%" noshade><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard L. French</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Accounting Officer (Principal<BR>
Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard W. Boyce</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard W. Boyce</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Timothy G. Bruer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR align="center" size="1" width="100%" noshade>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Timothy G. Bruer</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Al Carey</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">December 19, 2002</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Carey</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Item&nbsp;1 of the
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July&nbsp;23, 1998).</FONT></TD>
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Description of the Registrant&#146;s Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (incorporated by reference to
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June&nbsp;13, 2002).</FONT></TD>
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Rights Agreement, dated as of June&nbsp;12, 2002, between the Registrant and the Bank of New York,
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Del Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex F of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated November&nbsp;19, 2002, filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;20,
2002 pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant&#146;s
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FORM S-8
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Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
One Market @ The Landmark,
13-3542950
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
San Francisco, California 94105
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
Identification No.)
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY 2002 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
James Potter,
Esq.
Copies to:
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Douglas D. Smith, Esq.
and Secretary
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Del Monte Foods Company
One Montgomery Street, 26th Floor
One Market @ The Landmark
San Francisco, California 94104
San Francisco, California 94105
(415) 393-8200
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(415) 247-3000
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Registration Fee
(3)
Common Stock, par
value
$0.01 per
share
(4)
15,400,000 shares
$8.345
$128,513,000
$11,824.00
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement shall also cover any
additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per
share ("Common Stock") which become issuable under the Del Monte Foods
Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
The registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(h)
under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high and low
per share prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on December 17, 2002.
(4)
The Common Stock includes preferred stock purchase rights that initially
will trade together with the Registrant's Common Stock. The value
attributable to the preferred stock purchase rights, if any, is reflected
in the price of the Registrant's Common Stock.
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INTRODUCTION
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
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. Undertaking
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
OPINION AND CONSENT OF GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is
filed by Del Monte Foods Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"),
relating to 15,400,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(and associated preferred stock purchase rights) (the "Common Stock"), issuable
to eligible employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries under the Del
Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
Not filed as part of this Registration Statement pursuant to Note to Part
I of Form S-8.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration
Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"):
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, as amended;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2002;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K,
filed with the Commission on August 8, 2002, December 6, 2002,
December 9 and December 13, 2002;
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock
contained in the Prospectus dated February 4, 1999 filed
pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the
"Securities Act") with respect to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended (No.
333-48235), filed with the Commission on March 19, 1998 and
incorporated by reference to Item 1 of the Registration
Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335) filed by the Registrant
under the Exchange Act with the Commission on July 23, 1998;
and
(e)
The description of the Registrant's preferred
stock purchase rights contained in Item 1 of the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335) filed with
the Commission on June 13, 2002.
All documents filed pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") after the date of this
Registration Statement 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 then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Any document, and any statement contained in a document, incorporated or
deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that
also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies
or supersedes such document or statement. Any such document or statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to
the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents
incorporated by reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation generally provides that the
Registrant will indemnify each of its directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
"DGCL") and may indemnify certain other persons as authorized by the DGCL.
Section 145 of DGCL authorizes a Delaware corporation to indemnify officers,
directors, employees and agents of the corporation, in connection with actual
or threatened actions, suits or proceedings provided that such officer,
director, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner such officer
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best
interests, and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe
his or her conduct was unlawful. This authority is sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification under certain circumstances for liabilities (including
reimbursement for expenses incurred) arising under the Securities Act.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation, by so providing in
its certificate of incorporation, to eliminate or limit director's liability to
the corporation and its stockholders for monetary damages arising out of
certain breaches of their fiduciary duty. The Registrant's certificate of
incorporation provides for the elimination of a director's liability to the
Registrant and its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of such
director's fiduciary duty, except with respect to any of the following: (1)
breaches of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders; (2) acts or omissions not made in good faith or which involve
intentional misconduct or knowing violations of law; (3) liability for
dividends paid or stock repurchased or redeemed in violation of the DGCL; or
(4) any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal
benefit. Section 102(b)(7) does not authorize any limitation on the ability of
the corporation or its stockholders to obtain injunctive relief, specific
performance or other equitable relief against directors.
Article X of the Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that
each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to
or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, by reason of the fact that he
or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the Registrant's
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, shall be
indemnified and held harmless by the Registrant to the full extent permitted by
the DGCL. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be deemed to be
exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification may
acquire under any statute, provision of the certificate of incorporation,
By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or
otherwise.
All of the Registrant's directors and officers will be covered by
insurance policies maintained by the Registrant against certain liabilities for
actions taken in their capacities as such, including liabilities under the
Securities Act .
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Description of the Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Item 1 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335), filed with the Commission on
July 23, 1998).
4.2
Description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (incorporated by reference to
Item 1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335), filed with the Commission on
June 13, 2002).
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2002, between the Registrant and the Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of the Registration Statement on Form
8-A (No. 001-14335), filed with the Commission on June 13, 2002).
5.1
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
99.1
Del Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex F of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated November 19, 2002, filed with the Commission on November 20,
2002 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (No. 333-98827)).
Item 9. Undertaking
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 this
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 this Registration Statement; and (iii) to include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in this Registration Statement; provided, however, that clauses
(1)(i) and (l)(ii) shall not apply if the information required to be included
in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this 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, and
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold upon the termination of
the offering.
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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 into this 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 or controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the indemnity provisions incorporated by reference in
Item 6, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of
the Commission 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, 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 San Francisco, State of California, on this 19th
day of December, 2002.
DEL MONTE FOODS COMPANY
By:
/s/ Richard G. Wolford
Richard G. Wolford
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Director and
Chairman of the Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints David L. Meyers and James Potter, and
each of them, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their
or his substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Richard G. Wolford
President and Chief Executive Officer,
December 19, 2002
Director and Chairman of the Board
Richard G. Wolford
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ David L. Meyers
Executive Vice President,
December 19, 2002
David L. Meyers
Administration and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Richard L. French
Senior Vice President and Chief
December 19, 2002
Richard L. French
Accounting Officer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard W. Boyce
Director
December 19, 2002
Richard W. Boyce
/s/ Timothy G. Bruer
Director
December 19, 2002
Timothy G. Bruer
/s/ Al Carey
Director
December 19, 2002
Al Carey
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Director
December 19, 2002
Patrick Foley
/s/ Brian E. Haycox
Director
December 19, 2002
Brian E. Haycox
/s/ Denise O"Leary
Director
December 19, 2002
Denise O'Leary
/s/ William S. Price III
Director
December 19, 2002
William S. Price III
/s/ Jeffrey A. Shaw
Director
December 19, 2002
Jeffrey A. Shaw
/s/ Wesley J. Smith
Director
December 19, 2002
Wesley J. Smith
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Description of the Registrant's Common Stock (incorporated by reference to Item 1 of the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335) filed with the Commission on
July 23, 1998).
4.2
Description of the Registrant's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights (incorporated by reference to
Item 1 of the Registration Statement on Form 8-A (No. 001-14335) filed with the Commission on
June 13, 2002).
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2002, between the Registrant and the Bank of New York,
as Rights Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of the Registration Statement on Form
8-A (No. 001-14335) filed with the Commission on June 13, 2002).
5.1
Opinion and consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this Registration Statement on Form S-8).
99.1
Del Monte Foods Company 2002 Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Annex F of the
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, dated November 19, 2002, filed with the Commission on November 20,
2002 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act with respect to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4, as amended (No. 333-98827)).
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