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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;25, 2009.</B></DIV>


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_______
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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<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ConAgra Foods, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware<BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>47-0248710<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One ConAgra Drive <BR>
Omaha, Nebraska<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>68102-5001<BR>
(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CONAGRA FOODS 2009 STOCK PLAN<BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Colleen Batcheler<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
ConAgra Foods, Inc.<BR>
One ConAgra Drive<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-5001<BR>
402-240-4000</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>With a copy to:</I></B><BR>
<B>Lyn Rhoten<BR>
Senior Counsel<BR>
ConAgra Foods, Inc.<BR>
One ConAgra Drive<BR>
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-5001<BR>
402-240-4000<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<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.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Smaller reporting company <FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of securities to be registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered (1)(2)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>share (3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price (3)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, $5.00 par value per share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">29,500,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">22.04</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">650,180,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">36,281</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Unused 2006 Plan Shares (2)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,602,347</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">22.04</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">57,355,728</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,201</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Total</B></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">32,102,347</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">22.04</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">707,535,728</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">39,482</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock, $5.00 par value per
share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of ConAgra Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) as may be
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (the
&#147;2009 Plan&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers (A)&nbsp;29,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
2009 Plan that have not previously been registered, plus (B)&nbsp;2,602,347 shares of Common Stock
authorized to be awarded under the ConAgra Foods 2006 Stock Plan (the &#147;2006 Plan&#148;), which shares had not been issued and were not subject to outstanding awards granted under the 2006
Plan as of September&nbsp;25, 2009 (the &#147;Unused 2006 Plan Shares&#148;). In addition, the number of shares subject to awards under the 2009 Plan may be increased from time to time by shares of
Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2006 Plan, the ConAgra Foods 2000 Stock
Plan (the &#147;2000 Plan&#148;), the ConAgra Foods 1995 Stock Plan (the &#147;1995 Plan&#148;) or the ConAgra
Foods 1990 Stock Plan (the &#147;1990 Plan&#148; and, together with the 2006 Plan, the 2000 Plan and the
1995 Plan, the &#147;Prior Plans&#148;), which awards expire, are forfeited or become unexercisable for
any reason, other than shares used to pay the exercise price of an outstanding award, shares
used to pay withholding taxes related to an outstanding award, or shares not issued or
delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding stock appreciation right. An
additional 44,323,188 shares of Common Stock are currently subject to outstanding awards under
the Prior Plans and could potentially become available for issuance in the future under the
2009 Plan to the extent such awards expire, are forfeited or become unexercisable for any
reason, but such shares are not at this time covered by this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD>The Unused 2006 Plan Shares were previously registered by the Company on a registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-137739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) on October&nbsp;2, 2006, and a registration fee was paid for such registration.
Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Company has filed a
post-effective amendment to that registration statement deregistering the Unused 2006 Plan
Shares that are being carried forward under this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs
(c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act on the
basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;22, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by the rules of the Commission, the information specified in Part&nbsp;I has been
omitted from this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May&nbsp;31, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18,
2009, July&nbsp;20, 2009 and August&nbsp;5, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Stock contained in a Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) for purposes of registering such securities
thereunder, as such Form 8-A has been amended for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statements. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the Common Stock being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed
upon for the Company by Colleen Batcheler, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. As of September&nbsp;24, 2009, Ms.&nbsp;Batcheler held 2,742 shares of Common Stock and had been
granted options to purchase another 208,000 shares of Common Stock and share equivalent units
representing 10,600 shares of Common Stock.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to Article&nbsp;V of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, the Company shall,
to the extent required, and may, to the extent permitted, by Section&nbsp;102 and 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time, indemnify and reimburse all
persons whom it may indemnify and reimburse pursuant thereto. No director shall be liable to the
Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. A
director shall continue to be liable for (1)&nbsp;any breach of a director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the
Company or its stockholders; (2)&nbsp;acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3)&nbsp;paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase
which would violate Section&nbsp;174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (4)&nbsp;any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The by-laws of the Company provide for indemnification of Company officers and directors
against all expenses, liability or losses reasonably incurred or suffered by the officer or
director, including liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent legally
permissible under Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware where any
such person was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or
proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact such
person was serving the Company in such capacity. Generally, under Delaware law, indemnification
will only be available where an officer or director can establish that such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company. The by-laws of the Company limit the indemnification provided to a Company officer or
director in connection with actions, suits, or proceedings commenced by the Company officer or
director to instances where the commencement of the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also maintains a director and officer insurance policy which insures the officers
and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries against damages, judgments, settlements and costs
incurred by reason of certain wrongful acts committed by such persons in their capacities as
officers and directors.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>

</DIV>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ConAgra Foods&#146; Certificate of Incorporation, as restated
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-07275)
dated December&nbsp;1, 2005)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of ConAgra Foods, Inc., as
Amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.
001-07275) dated November&nbsp;29, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex A to the Company&#146;s definitive proxy
statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;001-07275) dated August
12, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</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>
    <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">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 6%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%"><I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission 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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(h) 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
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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Omaha, State of Nebraska, on September&nbsp;25, 2009.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CONAGRA FOODS, 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/ Gary M. Rodkin
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Gary M. Rodkin&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below on September&nbsp;25, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary M. Rodkin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary M. Rodkin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Executive Officer)</TD>
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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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John F. Gehring
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John F. Gehring
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick D. Linehan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Patrick D. Linehan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;(Principal
Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD 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 valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mogens C. Bay*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephen G. Butler*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steven F. Goldstone*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joie A. Gregor*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rajive Johri*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W.G. Jurgensen*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard H. Lenny*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ruth Ann Marshall*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Andrew J. Schindler*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kenneth E. Stinson*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned as attorney-in-fact on behalf of
each person so indicated pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit&nbsp;24.1 to this Registration
Statement.</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">                  /s/ Colleen Batcheler
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Colleen Batcheler, Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBITS</B>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">-
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">ConAgra Foods&#146; Certificate of Incorporation, as restated
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.&nbsp;001-07275)
dated December&nbsp;1, 2005)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of ConAgra Foods, Inc., as
Amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (File No.
001-07275) dated November&nbsp;29, 2007)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex A to the Company&#146;s definitive proxy
statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A (File No.&nbsp;001-07275) dated August
12, 2009)</TD>
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FORM S-8
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 25, 2009.
Registration No. 333-_______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
47-0248710
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One ConAgra Drive
Omaha, Nebraska
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
68102-5001
(Zip Code)
CONAGRA FOODS 2009 STOCK PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Colleen Batcheler
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
One ConAgra Drive
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-5001
402-240-4000
With a copy to:
Lyn Rhoten
Senior Counsel
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
One ConAgra Drive
Omaha, Nebraska 68102-5001
402-240-4000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of agent for service)
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.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
Title of securities to be registered
registered (1)(2)
share (3)
price (3)
registration fee
Common Stock, $5.00 par value per share
29,500,000
$
22.04
$
650,180,000
$
36,281
Unused 2006 Plan Shares (2)
2,602,347
$
22.04
$
57,355,728
$
3,201
Total
32,102,347
$
22.04
$
707,535,728
$
39,482
1.
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement also covers such additional shares of Common Stock, $5.00 par value per
share ("Common Stock"), of ConAgra Foods, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") as may be
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (the
"2009 Plan").
2.
This Registration Statement covers (A) 29,500,000 shares of Common Stock issuable under the
2009 Plan that have not previously been registered, plus (B) 2,602,347 shares of Common Stock
authorized to be awarded under the ConAgra Foods 2006 Stock Plan (the "2006 Plan"), which shares had not been issued and were not subject to outstanding awards granted under the 2006
Plan as of September 25, 2009 (the "Unused 2006 Plan Shares"). In addition, the number of shares subject to awards under the 2009 Plan may be increased from time to time by shares of
Common Stock subject to outstanding awards under the 2006 Plan, the ConAgra Foods 2000 Stock
Plan (the "2000 Plan"), the ConAgra Foods 1995 Stock Plan (the "1995 Plan") or the ConAgra
Foods 1990 Stock Plan (the "1990 Plan" and, together with the 2006 Plan, the 2000 Plan and the
1995 Plan, the "Prior Plans"), which awards expire, are forfeited or become unexercisable for
any reason, other than shares used to pay the exercise price of an outstanding award, shares
used to pay withholding taxes related to an outstanding award, or shares not issued or
delivered as a result of the net settlement of an outstanding stock appreciation right. An
additional 44,323,188 shares of Common Stock are currently subject to outstanding awards under
the Prior Plans and could potentially become available for issuance in the future under the
2009 Plan to the extent such awards expire, are forfeited or become unexercisable for any
reason, but such shares are not at this time covered by this Registration Statement.
The Unused 2006 Plan Shares were previously registered by the Company on a registration
statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-137739) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") on October 2, 2006, and a registration fee was paid for such registration.
Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Company has filed a
post-effective amendment to that registration statement deregistering the Unused 2006 Plan
Shares that are being carried forward under this Registration Statement.
3.
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraphs
(c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act on the
basis of the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange on September 22, 2009.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Commission, the information specified in Part I has been
omitted from this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
(a)
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2009;
(b)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 18,
2009, July 20, 2009 and August 5, 2009; and
(c)
The description of the Common Stock contained in a Registration Statement on
Form 8-A filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "Exchange Act") for purposes of registering such securities
thereunder, as such Form 8-A has been amended for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that
all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part
thereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement 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 which also is or is deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statements. Any such statement
so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the Common Stock being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed
upon for the Company by Colleen Batcheler, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary. As of September 24, 2009, Ms. Batcheler held 2,742 shares of Common Stock and had been
granted options to purchase another 208,000 shares of Common Stock and share equivalent units
representing 10,600 shares of Common Stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Pursuant to Article V of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, the Company shall,
to the extent required, and may, to the extent permitted, by Section 102 and 145 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time, indemnify and reimburse all
persons whom it may indemnify and reimburse pursuant thereto. No director shall be liable to the
Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. A
director shall continue to be liable for (1) any breach of a director's duty of loyalty to the
Company or its stockholders; (2) acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law; (3) paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase
which would violate Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware; or (4) any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The by-laws of the Company provide for indemnification of Company officers and directors
against all expenses, liability or losses reasonably incurred or suffered by the officer or
director, including liability arising under the Securities Act of 1933, to the extent legally
permissible under Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware where any
such person was, is, or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit or
proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact such
person was serving the Company in such capacity. Generally, under Delaware law, indemnification
will only be available where an officer or director can establish that such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Company. The by-laws of the Company limit the indemnification provided to a Company officer or
director in connection with actions, suits, or proceedings commenced by the Company officer or
director to instances where the commencement of the proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
The Company also maintains a director and officer insurance policy which insures the officers
and directors of the Company and its subsidiaries against damages, judgments, settlements and costs
incurred by reason of certain wrongful acts committed by such persons in their capacities as
officers and directors.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
4.1
-
ConAgra Foods' Certificate of Incorporation, as restated
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-07275)
dated December 1, 2005)
4.2
-
Amended and Restated By-Laws of ConAgra Foods, Inc., as
Amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-07275) dated November 29, 2007)
4.3
-
ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex A to the Company's definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-07275) dated August
12, 2009)
5.1
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Opinion of Counsel
23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
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Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
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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 Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective Registration Statement;
(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) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission 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 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to 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.
(h) 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
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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Omaha, State of Nebraska, on September 25, 2009.
CONAGRA FOODS, INC.
By:
/s/ Gary M. Rodkin
Name:
Gary M. Rodkin
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below on September 25, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gary M. Rodkin
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Gary M. Rodkin
(Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ John F. Gehring
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
John F. Gehring
Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Patrick D. Linehan
Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller
Patrick D. Linehan
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
Mogens C. Bay*
Director
Stephen G. Butler*
Director
Steven F. Goldstone*
Director
Joie A. Gregor*
Director
Rajive Johri*
Director
W.G. Jurgensen*
Director
Richard H. Lenny*
Director
Ruth Ann Marshall*
Director
Andrew J. Schindler*
Director
Kenneth E. Stinson*
Director
*
This Registration Statement has been signed by the undersigned as attorney-in-fact on behalf of
each person so indicated pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Registration
Statement.
/s/ Colleen Batcheler
Colleen Batcheler, Attorney-in-Fact
EXHIBITS
4.1
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ConAgra Foods' Certificate of Incorporation, as restated
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No. 001-07275)
dated December 1, 2005)
4.2
-
Amended and Restated By-Laws of ConAgra Foods, Inc., as
Amended (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to
the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K (File No.
001-07275) dated November 29, 2007)
4.3
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ConAgra Foods 2009 Stock Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Annex A to the Company's definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A (File No. 001-07275) dated August
12, 2009)
5.1
-
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
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Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
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Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
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Power of Attorney