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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2009. Registration Number 333 &#151; ____
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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>Campbell Soup Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact Name of Issuer As Specified in Its Charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>New Jersey</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>21-0419870</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B><I>State of Incorporation</I></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>One Campbell Place<BR>
Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799</B><BR>
<I>Principal Executive Offices</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 16pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CAMPBELL
SOUP COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN II</B></DIV>
<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ELLEN ORAN KADEN<BR>
Senior Vice President &#151; Law and Government Affairs<BR>
Campbell Soup Company<BR>
One Campbell Place, Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799</B><BR>
<I>Name and address of agent for service</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (856)&nbsp;342-4800</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>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 &#151; 2 of the Exchange Act.</B>
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<TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center"><BR>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><B>Deferred Compensation
Obligations</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>1</B></SUP></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>30,000,000</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>30,000,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><B>1,674</B></TD>
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    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Campbell Soup
Company to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the Campbell Soup Company
Deferred Compensation Plan II.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. PLAN INFORMATION</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not filed as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not filed as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Note to Part&nbsp;1 of Form S-8 and Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Campbell Soup Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement
the documents listed below:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August&nbsp;3, 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), since August&nbsp;3, 2008.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement registers deferred compensation obligations pursuant to the Campbell
Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II (the &#147;DCP II&#148;), which represents obligations of the
Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the plan (the
&#147;Obligations&#148;). Eligible employees of the Registrant and non-employee members of the Board of
Directors may defer eligible components of their compensation that would otherwise be payable to
them for services for a particular year. In addition, certain eligible employees who satisfy plan
criteria may receive supplemental matching credits for compensation in excess of the Internal
Revenue Code compensation limit, which is indexed. These matching credits are subject to a vesting
schedule imposed by the Registrant.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Obligations under the DCP II are invested in one or more hypothetical investment choices, including
shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock, made available by the Registrant and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">chosen by the participant. Each participant&#146;s account reflects accumulated gains or losses from
such hypothetical accounts.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The DCP II is incorporated by reference as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement. The
Registrant reserves the right to amend or terminate the DCP II at any time, except that no such
amendment or termination shall adversely affect a Participant&#146;s right to amounts previously
deferred into the participant&#146;s account, including gains or losses thereon.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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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">The Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Section&nbsp;14A:3-5 of the New
Jersey Business Corporation Act provide for limitation of liability and/or indemnification of the
Registrant&#146;s directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities
under the Securities Act. In addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance permitted by New
Jersey law on behalf of directors, officers, employees or agents which may cover liabilities under
the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">4(i) &#151; Campbell Soup Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended through
February&nbsp;24, 1997 was filed with the SEC with Campbell&#146;s Form 10-K (SEC file number 1-3822)
for the fiscal year ended July&nbsp;28, 2002, and is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">4(ii) &#151; Campbell&#146;s By-Laws, effective July&nbsp;1, 2009, were filed with a Form 8-K (SEC file
number 1-3822) on June&nbsp;29, 2009, and are incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">5 &#151;  Opinion of Linda A. Lipscomb, Vice President &#151; Legal
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">23.1 &#151;  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">23.2 &#151;  Consent of Linda A. Lipscomb (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">24 &#151;  Power of Attorney
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">99 &#151; Campbell Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II was filed with the SEC with the
Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February&nbsp;1, 2009, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;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 a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>provided, however</I>, that: Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 at the termination of the offering.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant; and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iv)&nbsp;Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) 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.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Camden and State of New Jersey, on the 1st day of July&nbsp;2009.
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    <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>CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><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/ B. Craig Owens
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">B. Craig Owens&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President &#151;
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Administrative 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">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Date: July&nbsp;1, 2009
</DIV>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ B. Craig Owens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Anthony P. DiSilvestro</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">B. Craig Owens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Anthony P. DiSilvestro</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Senior Vice President &#151;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President &#151; Controller</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Chief Financial Officer and</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">Chief Administrative Officer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Harvey Golub
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Douglas R. Conant
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">Edmund M. Carpenter
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Paul R. Charron
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">Bennett Dorrance
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">Randall W. Larrimore
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ John J. Furey</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <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="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mary Alice D. Malone
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">John J. Furey</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Sara Mathew
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Secretary</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David C. Patterson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">William D. Perez
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">Charles R. Perrin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">A. Barry Rand
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</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">George Strawbridge, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Les C. Vinney
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">}</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><U><B>INDEX OF EXHIBITS</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Document</U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">4(i) &#151; Campbell Soup Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended through
February&nbsp;24, 1997 was filed with the SEC with Campbell&#146;s Form 10-K (SEC file number 1-3822)
for the fiscal year ended July&nbsp;28, 2002, and is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">4(ii) &#151; Campbell&#146;s By-Laws, effective July&nbsp;1, 2009, were filed with a Form 8-K (SEC file
number 1-3822) on June&nbsp;29, 2009, and are incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">5 &#151;  Opinion of Linda A. Lipscomb, Vice President &#151; Legal
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">23.1 &#151;  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">23.2 &#151;  Consent of Linda A. Lipscomb (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">24 &#151;  Power of Attorney
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">99 &#151; Campbell Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II was filed with the SEC with the
Registrant&#146;s Form 10-Q For the fiscal quarter ended February&nbsp;1, 2009, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1, 2009. Registration Number 333 — ____
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S - 8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Campbell Soup Company
(Exact Name of Issuer As Specified in Its Charter)
New Jersey
21-0419870
State of Incorporation
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
One Campbell Place
Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799
Principal Executive Offices
CAMPBELL
SOUP COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN II
(Full Title of the Plan)
ELLEN ORAN KADEN
Senior Vice President — Law and Government Affairs
Campbell Soup Company
One Campbell Place, Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799
Name and address of agent for service
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (856) 342-4800
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b — 2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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
Proposed
Title of
Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Securities to be
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Registered
Registered
Per Unit
Offering Price
Fee
Deferred Compensation
Obligations
1
$
30,000,000
100
%
$
30,000,000
$
1,674
1
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are unsecured obligations of Campbell Soup
Company to pay deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the Campbell Soup Company
Deferred Compensation Plan II.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. PLAN INFORMATION
Not filed as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8 and Rule 424 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act").
Item 2. REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
Not filed as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements
pursuant to Note to Part 1 of Form S-8 and Rule 424 of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Campbell Soup Company (the "Registrant") incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement
the documents listed below:
(a) Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended August 3, 2008.
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), since August 3, 2008.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof
from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
This Registration Statement registers deferred compensation obligations pursuant to the Campbell
Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II (the "DCP II"), which represents obligations of the
Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the plan (the
"Obligations"). Eligible employees of the Registrant and non-employee members of the Board of
Directors may defer eligible components of their compensation that would otherwise be payable to
them for services for a particular year. In addition, certain eligible employees who satisfy plan
criteria may receive supplemental matching credits for compensation in excess of the Internal
Revenue Code compensation limit, which is indexed. These matching credits are subject to a vesting
schedule imposed by the Registrant.
Obligations under the DCP II are invested in one or more hypothetical investment choices, including
shares of the Registrant's common stock, made available by the Registrant and
2
chosen by the participant. Each participant's account reflects accumulated gains or losses from
such hypothetical accounts.
The DCP II is incorporated by reference as an Exhibit to this Registration Statement. The
Registrant reserves the right to amend or terminate the DCP II at any time, except that no such
amendment or termination shall adversely affect a Participant's right to amounts previously
deferred into the participant's account, including gains or losses thereon.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Section 14A:3-5 of the New
Jersey Business Corporation Act provide for limitation of liability and/or indemnification of the
Registrant's directors and officers in a variety of circumstances, which may include liabilities
under the Securities Act. In addition, the Registrant has purchased insurance permitted by New
Jersey law on behalf of directors, officers, employees or agents which may cover liabilities under
the Securities Act.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
4(i) — Campbell Soup Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended through
February 24, 1997 was filed with the SEC with Campbell's Form 10-K (SEC file number 1-3822)
for the fiscal year ended July 28, 2002, and is incorporated herein by reference.
4(ii) — Campbell's By-Laws, effective July 1, 2009, were filed with a Form 8-K (SEC file
number 1-3822) on June 29, 2009, and are incorporated herein by reference.
5 —  Opinion of Linda A. Lipscomb, Vice President — Legal
23.1 —  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2 —  Consent of Linda A. Lipscomb (included in Exhibit 5)
24 —  Power of Attorney
99 — Campbell Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II was filed with the SEC with the
Registrant's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
3
(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 of 1933;
(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 a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however
, that: Paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, 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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act
of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities the undersigned Registrant
undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this
Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the
purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following
communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered
to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the
offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;
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(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing
material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of
the undersigned Registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned
Registrant to the purchaser.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the 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 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 Camden and State of New Jersey, on the 1st day of July 2009.
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
By:
/s/ B. Craig Owens
B. Craig Owens
Senior Vice President —
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Administrative Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Date: July 1, 2009
/s/ B. Craig Owens
/s/ Anthony P. DiSilvestro
B. Craig Owens
Anthony P. DiSilvestro
Senior Vice President —
Vice President — Controller
Chief Financial Officer and
Chief Administrative Officer
Harvey Golub
Chairman and Director
}
Douglas R. Conant
President, Chief Executive
}
Officer and Director
}
Edmund M. Carpenter
Director
}
Paul R. Charron
Director
}
Bennett Dorrance
Director
}
Randall W. Larrimore
Director
}
By:
/s/ John J. Furey
Mary Alice D. Malone
Director
}
John J. Furey
Sara Mathew
Director
}
Corporate Secretary
David C. Patterson
Director
}
William D. Perez
Director
}
Charles R. Perrin
Director
}
A. Barry Rand
Director
}
George Strawbridge, Jr.
Director
}
Les C. Vinney
Director
}
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INDEX OF EXHIBITS
Document
4(i) — Campbell Soup Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation as amended through
February 24, 1997 was filed with the SEC with Campbell's Form 10-K (SEC file number 1-3822)
for the fiscal year ended July 28, 2002, and is incorporated herein by reference.
4(ii) — Campbell's By-Laws, effective July 1, 2009, were filed with a Form 8-K (SEC file
number 1-3822) on June 29, 2009, and are incorporated herein by reference.
5 —  Opinion of Linda A. Lipscomb, Vice President — Legal
23.1 —  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2 —  Consent of Linda A. Lipscomb (included in Exhibit 5)
24 —  Power of Attorney
99 — Campbell Soup Company Deferred Compensation Plan II was filed with the SEC with the
Registrant's Form 10-Q For the fiscal quarter ended February 1, 2009, and is incorporated
herein by reference.
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