Form 8-K -- Shareowner Meeting Voting Results


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report
(Date of Earliest Event Reported):
November 14, 2012

New Jersey
 
Commission File Number
 
21-0419870
State of Incorporation
 
1-3822
 
I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.
One Campbell Place
Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799
Principal Executive Offices
Telephone Number: (856) 342-4800
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Campbell Soup Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareowners on November 14, 2012. The final results of voting with respect to each matter are set forth below.
1. Election of Directors
Director
 
For
 
Withheld
 
Broker
Non-Votes
Edmund M. Carpenter
 
260,045,712
 
1,717,622
 
23,659,808
Paul R. Charron
 
260,876,098
 
887,236
 
23,659,808
Bennett Dorrance
 
260,083,838
 
1,679,496
 
23,659,808
Lawrence C. Karlson
 
260,981,463
 
781,871
 
23,659,808
Randall W. Larrimore
 
260,373,450
 
1,389,884
 
23,659,808
Mary Alice D. Malone
 
260,123,487
 
1,639,847
 
23,659,808
Sara Mathew
 
259,635,350
 
2,127,984
 
23,659,808
Denise M. Morrison
 
260,876,409
 
886,925
 
23,659,808
Charles R. Perrin
 
260,072,296
 
1,691,038
 
23,659,808
A. Barry Rand
 
259,512,310
 
2,251,024
 
23,659,808
Nick Shreiber
 
260,979,372
 
783,962
 
23,659,808
Tracey T. Travis
 
260,999,823
 
763,511
 
23,659,808
Archbold D. van Beuren
 
260,808,906
 
954,428
 
23,659,808
Les C. Vinney
 
259,868,809
 
1,894,525
 
23,659,808
Charlotte C. Weber
 
260,059,185
 
1,704,149
 
23,659,808

2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal 2013
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
282,723,203
 
2,248,074
 
454,414
There were no broker non-votes for this proposal.

3. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
255,598,121
 
3,930,454
 
2,237,524
 
23,659,808





SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
 
 
 
                   (Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
Date: November 19, 2012
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kathleen M. Gibson
 
 
 
Kathleen M. Gibson
 
 
 
Vice President and Corporate Secretary