S-8

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 11, 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 2005 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(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	Smaller reporting company o
	(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

					Proposed
			Proposed		Maximum
Title of			Maximum		Aggregate
Securities to be	Amount to be		Offering Price		Offering		Amount of
Registered	Registered		Per Unit(2)		Price(2)		Registration Fee
Capital Stock, par value $0.0375 per share		4,500,000	$	26.04	$	117,180,000	$	4,606

(1)	Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers any additional shares of capital stock that may become issuable as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)	These amounts are based upon the average of the high and low sale price for the capital stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 9, 2009, and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h).

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this registration statement on Form S-8 is being filed in order to register an additional 4,500,000 shares of the Registrant’s capital stock, par value $0.0375 per share, which are securities of the same class and relate to the same employee benefit plan, the Campbell Soup Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, as those shares registered on the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Commission on June 2, 2006 (Registration No. 333-134675), which is hereby incorporated by reference.

PART II

Item 8. Exhibits

4 (i) — Campbell Soup Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through February 24, 1997, was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“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 Soup Company’s By-Laws, effective as of November 20, 2008, were filed with the SEC with a Form 8-K (SEC file number 1-3822) on October 8, 2008, and are incorporated herein by reference.

23 — Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

24 — Power of Attorney

99 — Campbell Soup Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) was filed with the SEC with Campbell’s 2008 Proxy Statement (SEC file number 1-3822) and is incorporated herein by reference.

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 11th day of March 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: March 11, 2009

/s/ B. Craig Owens	/s/ Anthony P. DiSilvestro
B. Craig Owens	Anthony P. DiSilvestro
Senior Vice President — Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer	Vice President — Controller

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:	John J. Furey
Mary Alice D. Malone	Director	}		John J. Furey
Sara Mathew	Director	}		Corporate Secretary
David C. Patterson	Director	}
Charles R. Perrin	Director	}
A. Barry Rand	Director	}
George Strawbridge, Jr.	Director	}
Les C. Vinney	Director	}
Charlotte C. Weber	Director	}

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 Soup Company’s By-Laws, effective as of November 20, 2008, were filed with the SEC with a Form 8-K (SEC file number 1-3822) on October 8, 2008, and are incorporated herein by reference.
23	Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24	Power of Attorney
99	Campbell Soup Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) was filed with the SEC with Campbell’s 2008 Proxy Statement (SEC file number 1-3822) and is incorporated herein by reference.

EX-23

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our report dated September 30, 2008 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in Campbell Soup Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 3, 2008.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

March 11, 2009

EX-24

Exhibit 24

Power of Attorney

I hereby appoint Ellen Oran Kaden and John J. Furey, together and separately, to be my attorneys-in-fact. This means they may, in my name and place:

• Sign the registration statement on Form S-8 for the Campbell Soup Company 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and restated) and any and all amendments to that registration statement;

• File the registration statement mentioned above on Form S-8 and any amendments and supplements thereto, with all exhibits and other related documents, with the Securities and Exchange Commission;

• Perform the acts that need to be done concerning these filings; and

• Name others to take their place.

I am responsible for everything my attorneys-in-fact do when acting lawfully in the scope of this Power of Attorney.

Signature	Dated as of January 22, 2009
/s/ Edmund M. Carpenter	/s/ Sara Mathew
Edmund M. Carpenter	Sara Mathew
/s/ Paul R. Charron	/s/ David C. Patterson
Paul R. Charron	David C. Patterson
/s/ Douglas R. Conant	/s/ Charles R. Perrin
Douglas R. Conant	Charles R. Perrin
/s/ Bennett Dorrance	/s/ A. Barry Rand
Bennett Dorrance	A. Barry Rand
/s/ Harvey Golub	/s/ George Strawbridge, Jr.
Harvey Golub	George Strawbridge, Jr.
/s/ Randall W. Larrimore	/s/ Les C. Vinney
Randall W. Larrimore	Les C. Vinney
/s/ Mary Alice D. Malone	/s/ Charlotte C. Weber
Mary Alice D. Malone	Charlotte C. Weber