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            MONSANTO COMPANY
            800 NORTH LINDBERGH BLVD
            ST. LOUIS, MO 63167







 

 
Meeting Information
Meeting Type:         Annual Meeting
For holders as of:   November 29, 2010
Date:     January 25, 2011     Time:  2:00 P.M. C.S.T.
Location:      "A" Building at our Creve Coeur Campus
  800 North Lindbergh Blvd.
  St. Louis, MO 63167
 
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Voting Items
                     
                   
The Board of Directors recommends you vote
FOR items 1, 2 and 3:
  
    
ITEM 1.
  
Election of Directors
 
 The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR item 5:
 
Nominees:
 
ITEM 5.
   To approve the performance goals under the Monsanto Company Code Section 162(m) Annual Incentive Plan for Covered Executives    
  To be elected for terms expiring in 2014:
 
 
          
  1a.  Laura K. Ipsen
 
NOTE: Such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.
 
 1b.  William U. Parfet
 
 
 
 1c.  George H. Poste, Ph.D., D.V.M.
 
 
 
    
ITEM 2.
 
  
Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2011
      
           
ITEM 3.
   To approve, by non-binding vote, executive compensation
 
 		      
The Board of Directors recommends you vote for 3 years:
 
  		       
       
ITEM 4.
     To recommend, by non-binding vote, the frequency of executive compensation votes