Current Report Filing (8-k)

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):

September 27, 2019

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY



New Jersey	1-3822	21-0419870
State of Incorporation	Commission File Number	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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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Capital Stock, par value $.0375	CPB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

Item 5.02 – Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers

On August 30, 2019, Campbell Soup Company (the "Company") filed a Form 8-K to report that Anthony P. DiSilvestro, former Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was leaving his role effective September 30, 2019 and departing the Company on October 15, 2019. Subsequent to filing the Form 8-K, the Company and Mr. DiSilvestro agreed that Mr. DiSilvestro's employment would terminate on March 31, 2020 (the "Termination Date") instead of October 15, 2019. During that time, Mr. DiSilvestro will assist in the first-quarter financial closing, the closing of the divestiture of Arnott’s and certain other international operations and the transitioning of his duties to the new chief financial officer.

Mr. DiSilvestro will continue to receive salary payments consistent with his annual base salary of $703,000 and other benefits provided to executives at his level through the Termination Date. Following the Termination Date, Mr. DiSilvestro is entitled to receive severance payments and other benefits pursuant to the Company's previously disclosed Executive Severance Pay Plan and the Company’s 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

SIGNATURES

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



		CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
		(Registrant)


Date: October 1, 2019	By:	/s/ Charles A. Brawley, III
		Charles A. Brawley, III
		Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy General Counsel