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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;28, 2009.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">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<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF<BR>
1933<BR>
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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</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>68102-5001</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CONAGRA FOODS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED VOLUNTARY DEFERRED COMPENSATION 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>
Executive 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>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">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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>offering price per</B></TD>
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Compensation
Obligations (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">8,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">447</TD>
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    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations of
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) to pay deferred compensation in the
future to participating key employees of the Company in accordance with the ConAgra Foods,
Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraph
(o)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#010">EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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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 Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), 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: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</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 Company hereby incorporates by reference in this Registration Statement the following
documents previously filed with the Commission:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May&nbsp;31, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;18,
2009, July&nbsp;20, 2009, August&nbsp;5, 2009 and September 28, 2009.</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">The ConAgra Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;)
provides certain key employees (&#147;Eligible Employees&#148;) of the Company with the opportunity to defer
the receipt of a portion of their compensation. The obligations of the Company under the Plan (the
&#147;Deferred Compensation Obligations&#148;) will be general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay
deferred compensation in the future to participating Eligible Employees (&#147;Participants&#148;) in
accordance with the terms of the Plan from the general assets of the Company and will rank pari
passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time
outstanding. The Deferred Compensation Obligations include compensation deferred by Participants
and investment earnings (or losses) thereon.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Plan allows Participants to defer receipt of up to 50% of their base salary and 85% of their
annual incentive cash compensation. Amounts may be deferred into deemed investments individually
chosen by each Participant that index to either (i)&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock (the
&#147;Stock Account&#148;) or (ii)
investments selected by the Company&#146;s Employee Benefits Investment Committee (the &#147;Other
Accounts&#148;). Each Participant&#146;s Deferred Compensation Obligations will be adjusted to reflect the
deemed investment
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">experience, whether positive or negative, of the selected investment funds, including any
appreciation or depreciation. The Company maintains bookkeeping accounts to which Participants&#146;
deferrals are credited. The Deferred Compensation Obligations in the Stock Account will paid in
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock. Deferred Compensation Obligations in other investments will
be paid in cash. Distributions under the Plan will be made according to Participants&#146; elections
and the provisions of the Plan. The timing and form of such distributions will generally depend on
whether amounts were deferred under the Plan prior to January&nbsp;1, 2005. Distributions may be
accelerated under certain circumstances, including the Participant&#146;s death or disability or a
change of control of the Company. Participants may also request an early distribution in the event
of an unforeseeable emergency. No Company contributions will be made to the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No amount payable or deliverable under the Plan will be subject to assignment, transfer, sale,
pledge or other alienation or encumbrance, except for certain offsets permitted to the Company as
provided under the Plan. The plan administrator will not recognize any attempt by a third party to
attach, garnish or levy upon any benefit under the Plan except as may be required by law. There is
no trading market for the Deferred Compensation Obligations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to
the individual payment dates specified by each Participant, at the option of the Company or through
operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provision. However, the Human
Resources Committee of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors reserves the right to amend or terminate
the Plan at any time, except that no such amendment or termination shall reduce the balance of any
deferred account as of the later of the adoption or effective date of such amendment or termination
or make any material modification to any amounts grandfathered under the Plan.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The total amount of the Deferred Compensation Obligations is not determinable because the amount
will vary depending upon the level of participation by Eligible Employees and the amounts of their
salaries and bonuses. The duration of the Plan is indefinite.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the Company. The
Deferred Compensation Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other
affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. Each Participant will be responsible
for acting independently with respect to, among other things, the giving of notices, responding to
any requests for consents, waivers or amendments pertaining to the Deferred Compensation
Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon a default by the Company.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The foregoing description of the Deferred Compensation Obligations is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Plan document a copy of which is incorporated by reference as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The legality of the Deferred Compensation Obligations being offered by this Registration Statement
has been passed upon for the Company by Colleen Batcheler, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary. As of September&nbsp;25, 2009, Ms.&nbsp;Batcheler held 2,742 shares of Common Stock
and had been granted options to purchase another 248,000 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: 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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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 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.
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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 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.
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<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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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ConAgra Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred
Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended November&nbsp;23, 2008 (File No.
001-07275) filed December&nbsp;31, 2008)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of KPMG LLP</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&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:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&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.
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<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.
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<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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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;28, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CONAGRA FOODS, INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gary M. Rodkin
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    <TD align="left">Gary M. Rodkin&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed below on September&nbsp;28, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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Gary M. Rodkin
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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John F. Gehring
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and Chief Financial
Officer<BR> (Principal
Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Patrick D. Linehan
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Patrick D. Linehan
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Corporate Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Mogens C. Bay*
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Stephen G. Butler*
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Steven F. Goldstone*
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joie A. Gregor*
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Rajive Johri*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">W.G. Jurgensen*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Richard H. Lenny*
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">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.&nbsp;001-07275) dated November&nbsp;29, 2007)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ConAgra Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended November&nbsp;23, 2008
(File No.&nbsp;001-07275) filed December&nbsp;31, 2008)</DIV></TD>
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As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 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
68102-5001
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
CONAGRA FOODS, INC. AMENDED AND RESTATED VOLUNTARY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Colleen Batcheler
Executive 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
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (2)
share
price (2)
registration fee
Deferred
Compensation
Obligations (1)
$
8,000,000
100
%
$
8,000,000
$
447
1.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations of
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (the "Company" or the "Registrant") to pay deferred compensation in the
future to participating key employees of the Company in accordance with the ConAgra Foods,
Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan.
2.
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to paragraph
(o) of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act").
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PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBITS
EX-5.1
EX-5.2
EX-23.1
EX-24.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (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; and
(b)
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 18,
2009, July 20, 2009, August 5, 2009 and September 28, 2009.
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.
The ConAgra Foods, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Plan")
provides certain key employees ("Eligible Employees") of the Company with the opportunity to defer
the receipt of a portion of their compensation. The obligations of the Company under the Plan (the
"Deferred Compensation Obligations") will be general unsecured obligations of the Company to pay
deferred compensation in the future to participating Eligible Employees ("Participants") in
accordance with the terms of the Plan from the general assets of the Company and will rank pari
passu with other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company from time to time
outstanding. The Deferred Compensation Obligations include compensation deferred by Participants
and investment earnings (or losses) thereon.
The Plan allows Participants to defer receipt of up to 50% of their base salary and 85% of their
annual incentive cash compensation. Amounts may be deferred into deemed investments individually
chosen by each Participant that index to either (i) shares of the Company's Common Stock (the
"Stock Account") or (ii)
investments selected by the Company's Employee Benefits Investment Committee (the "Other
Accounts"). Each Participant's Deferred Compensation Obligations will be adjusted to reflect the
deemed investment
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experience, whether positive or negative, of the selected investment funds, including any
appreciation or depreciation. The Company maintains bookkeeping accounts to which Participants'
deferrals are credited. The Deferred Compensation Obligations in the Stock Account will paid in
shares of the Company's Common Stock. Deferred Compensation Obligations in other investments will
be paid in cash. Distributions under the Plan will be made according to Participants' elections
and the provisions of the Plan. The timing and form of such distributions will generally depend on
whether amounts were deferred under the Plan prior to January 1, 2005. Distributions may be
accelerated under certain circumstances, including the Participant's death or disability or a
change of control of the Company. Participants may also request an early distribution in the event
of an unforeseeable emergency. No Company contributions will be made to the Plan.
No amount payable or deliverable under the Plan will be subject to assignment, transfer, sale,
pledge or other alienation or encumbrance, except for certain offsets permitted to the Company as
provided under the Plan. The plan administrator will not recognize any attempt by a third party to
attach, garnish or levy upon any benefit under the Plan except as may be required by law. There is
no trading market for the Deferred Compensation Obligations.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not subject to redemption, in whole or in part, prior to
the individual payment dates specified by each Participant, at the option of the Company or through
operation of a mandatory or optional sinking fund or analogous provision. However, the Human
Resources Committee of the Company's Board of Directors reserves the right to amend or terminate
the Plan at any time, except that no such amendment or termination shall reduce the balance of any
deferred account as of the later of the adoption or effective date of such amendment or termination
or make any material modification to any amounts grandfathered under the Plan.
The total amount of the Deferred Compensation Obligations is not determinable because the amount
will vary depending upon the level of participation by Eligible Employees and the amounts of their
salaries and bonuses. The duration of the Plan is indefinite.
The Deferred Compensation Obligations are not convertible into another security of the Company. The
Deferred Compensation Obligations will not have the benefit of a negative pledge or any other
affirmative or negative covenant on the part of the Company. Each Participant will be responsible
for acting independently with respect to, among other things, the giving of notices, responding to
any requests for consents, waivers or amendments pertaining to the Deferred Compensation
Obligations, enforcing covenants and taking action upon a default by the Company.
The foregoing description of the Deferred Compensation Obligations is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Plan document a copy of which is incorporated by reference as
Exhibit 4.3 to this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the Deferred Compensation Obligations being offered by this Registration Statement
has been passed upon for the Company by Colleen Batcheler, Executive Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary. As of September 25, 2009, Ms. Batcheler held 2,742 shares of Common Stock
and had been granted options to purchase another 248,000 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
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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, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred
Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended November 23, 2008 (File No.
001-07275) filed December 31, 2008)
5.1
—
Opinion of Counsel
5.2
—
Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
—
Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
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23.3
—
Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.2)
24.1
—
Power of Attorney
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the 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
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otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 28, 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 28, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/ Gary M. Rodkin
Gary M. Rodkin
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director
(Principal Executive
Officer)
/s/ John F. Gehring
John F. Gehring
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Patrick D. Linehan
Patrick D. Linehan
Senior Vice President and
Corporate Controller
(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
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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, Inc. Amended and Restated Voluntary Deferred Compensation
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended November 23, 2008
(File No. 001-07275) filed December 31, 2008)
5.1
—
Opinion of Counsel
5.2
—
Opinion of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP
23.1
—
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
—
Consent of Counsel (included as part of Exhibit 5.1)
23.3
—
Consent of Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP (included as part of Exhibit 5.2)
24.1
—
Power of Attorney