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UNITED\ue000 STATES
SECURITIES\ue000 AND\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 COMMISSION
Washington,\ue000 D.C.\ue000 20549
FORM\ue000 8-K
CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
PURSUANT\ue000 TO\ue000 SECTION\ue000 13\ue000 OR\ue000 15(D)
OF\ue000 THE\ue000 SECURITIES\ue000 EXCHANGE\ue000 ACT\ue000 OF\ue000 1934

Date\ue000 of\ue000 Report
(Date\ue000 of\ue000 Earliest\ue000 Event\ue000 Reported):
February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009

(CAMPBELL\ue000 SOUP\ue000 COMPANY\ue000 LOGO)
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New\ue000 Jersey
State\ue000 of\ue000 Incorporation
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Commission\ue000 File\ue000 Number
1-3822
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21-0419870
I.R.S.\ue000 Employer
Identification\ue000 No.
One\ue000 Campbell\ue000 Place
Camden,\ue000 New\ue000 Jersey\ue000 08103-1799
Principal\ue000 Executive\ue000 Offices
Telephone\ue000 Number:\ue000 (856)\ue000 342-4800
Check\ue000 the\ue000 appropriate\ue000 box\ue000 below\ue000 if\ue000 the\ue000 Form\ue000 8-K\ue000 filing\ue000 is\ue000 intended\ue000 to\ue000 simultaneously\ue000 satisfy\ue000 the\ue000 filing\ue000 obligation\ue000 of\ue000 the
registrant\ue000 under\ue000 any\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 following\ue000 provisions:
o\ue000Written\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 425\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 230.425)
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o\ue000Soliciting\ue000 material\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14a-12\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14a-12)
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o\ue000Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 14d-2(b)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.14d-2(b))
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o\ue000Pre-commencement\ue000 communications\ue000 pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Rule\ue000 13e-4(c)\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 (17\ue000 CFR\ue000 240.13e-(c))
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Item\ue000 2.02\ue000 \u2013\ue000 Results\ue000 of\ue000 Operations\ue000 and\ue000 Financial\ue000 Condition
On\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009,\ue000 Campbell\ue000 Soup\ue000 Company\ue000 issued\ue000 a\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 announcing\ue000 financial\ue000 results\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 quarter\ue000 ended\ue000 February\ue000 1,\ue000 2009,\ue000 a
copy\ue000 of\ue000 which\ue000 is\ue000 attached\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 99.1.

The\ue000 information\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Item\ue000 2.02\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 Exhibit\ue000 attached\ue000 hereto\ue000 shall\ue000 not\ue000 be\ue000 deemed\ue000 \u201cfiled\u201d\ue000 for\ue000 purposes\ue000 of\ue000 Section\ue000 18\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities
Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 as\ue000 amended,\ue000 or\ue000 otherwise\ue000 subject\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 liabilities\ue000 of\ue000 that\ue000 Section,\ue000 nor\ue000 shall\ue000 it\ue000 be\ue000 deemed\ue000 incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 into
any\ue000 filing\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1933,\ue000 as\ue000 amended,\ue000 except\ue000 as\ue000 expressly\ue000 set\ue000 forth\ue000 by\ue000 specific\ue000 reference\ue000 in\ue000 such\ue000 filing.

Item\ue000 9.01\ue000 \u2013\ue000 Financial\ue000 Statements\ue000 and\ue000 Exhibits
(d)\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000 Exhibits
\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue00099.1\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000\ue000Release\ue000 dated\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009\ue000 announcing\ue000 financial\ue000 results\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 quarter\ue000 ended\ue000 February\ue000 1,\ue000 2009.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 requirements\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934,\ue000 the\ue000 registrant\ue000 has\ue000 duly\ue000 caused\ue000 this\ue000 report\ue000 to\ue000 be\ue000 signed\ue000 on\ue000 its\ue000 behalf\ue000 by
the\ue000 undersigned\ue000 hereunto\ue000 duly\ue000 authorized.
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EXHIBIT\ue000 INDEX
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Exhibit\ue000 No.\ue000
Description
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\ue000 99.1\ue000
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Release\ue000 dated\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009\ue000 announcing\ue000 financial\ue000 results\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 quarter\ue000 ended\ue000 February\ue000 1,\ue000 2009.
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Exhibit\ue000 99.1
FOR\ue000 IMMEDIATE\ue000 RELEASE
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CONTACTS:
\ue000 Leonard\ue000 F.\ue000 Griehs\ue000 (Analysts)
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\ue000 (856)\ue000342-6428
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\ue000 Anthony\ue000 Sanzio\ue000 (Media)
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\ue000 (856)\ue000968-4390
CAMPBELL\ue000 REPORTS\ue000 SECOND\ue000 QUARTER\ue000 RESULTS.
Adjusted\ue000 Net\ue000 Earnings\ue000 Per\ue000 Share\ue000 Were\ue000 $0.65.
Expects\ue000 2009\ue000 EPS\ue000 Growth\ue000 at\ue000 High\ue000 End\ue000 of\ue000 5\ue000 \u2014\ue000 7\ue000 Percent\ue000 Range,\ue000 Excluding\ue000 Currency.
CAMDEN,\ue000 N.J.,\ue000 February\ue000 23,\ue000 2009\u2014Campbell\ue000 Soup\ue000 Company\ue000 (NYSE:\ue000 CPB)\ue000today\ue000 reported\ue000 net\ue000 earnings\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 quarter\ue000 ended\ue000 February\ue000 1,
2009\ue000 of\ue000 $233\ue000 million,\ue000 or\ue000 $0.64\ue000 per\ue000 share,\ue000 compared\ue000 to\ue000 $274\ue000 million,\ue000 or\ue000 $0.71\ue000 per\ue000 share,\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 prior\ue000 year.\ue000 The\ue000 fiscal\ue000 2009\ue000 reported\ue000 net\ue000 earnings

included\ue000 charges\ue000 associated\ue000 with\ue000 previously\ue000 announced\ue000 restructuring\ue000 initiatives,\ue000 the\ue000 impact\ue000 of\ue000 unrealized\ue000 losses\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 company\u2019s\ue000 commodity hedging\ue000 activities\ue000 and\ue000 a\ue000 tax\ue000 adjustment\ue000 related\ue000 to\ue000 the\ue000 divestiture\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Godiva\ue000 business.\ue000 Excluding\ue000 all\ue000 items\ue000 impacting\ue000 comparability,\ue000 adjusted net\ue000 earnings\ue000 were\ue000 $234\ue000 million\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 current\ue000 quarter\ue000 compared\ue000 to\ue000 adjusted\ue000 net\ue000 earnings\ue000 of\ue000 $266\ue000 million\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 prior\ue000 year\u2019s\ue000 quarter.\ue000 Adjusted\ue000 net earnings\ue000 per\ue000 share\ue000 were\ue000 $0.65\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 current\ue000 quarter\ue000 compared\ue000 to\ue000 adjusted\ue000 net\ue000 earnings\ue000 per\ue000 share\ue000 of\ue000 $0.69\ue000 in\ue000 the\ue000 prior\ue000 year\u2019s\ue000 quarter.\ue000 Reflecting strengthening\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 U.S.\ue000 dollar,\ue000 adjusted\ue000 net\ue000 earnings\ue000 per\ue000 share\ue000 for\ue000 the\ue000 quarter\ue000 were\ue000 negatively\ue000 impacted\ue000 by\ue000 $0.04\ue000 due\ue000 to\ue000 currency\ue000 translation.

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