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):  January 25, 2011

MONSANTO COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.07.  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

            At the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting on January 25, 2011, of the 536,447,128 shares outstanding and entitled to vote, 438,803,804 shares were represented, constituting a 81.8% quorum.  The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

 

Item No. 1:   All of the board’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company’s 2014 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

 

Item No. 2:   The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011 was ratified by the shareowners, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

 

Item No. 3:  The shareowners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of certain executive officers, by the votes set forth in the table below:  

 

 

Item No. 4:  The shareowners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the holding of an advisory (non-binding) vote on executive compensation on an annual basis, by the votes set forth in the table below:  

 

 

 

 

 

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Item No. 5    The performance goals under the Monsanto Company Code Section 162(m) Annual Incentive Plan for Covered Executives were approved by the shareowners, by the votes set forth in the table below:

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

MONSANTO COMPANY

 

 

By:  __/s/ Jennifer L. Woods                                         

Name:   Jennifer L. Woods

Title:     Assistant Secretary

 

Dated: January 25, 2011