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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

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SCHEDULE 13D

 

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 15) (*)

 

Campbell Soup Company
(Name of Issuer)

 

Capital Stock, par value $.0375
(Title of class of securities)

 

134 429 109
(CUSIP number)

 

George Spera, Esq.

Shearman & Sterling, LLP

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(212) 848-4000

(Name, address and telephone number of person
authorized to receive notices and communications)

 

April 21, 2017
(Date of event which requires filing of this Statement)

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Sections 240.13(d)-1(e), 240.13d-l(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ☐.

 

Note.  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the Schedule, including all exhibits.  See Section 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

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CUSIP No. 134 429 109

SCHEDULE 13D

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   Archbold D. van Beuren
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)			(a) o (b) o
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)   00
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)			o
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION              U.S.
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER                924,222
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER                9,785,692
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                      1,160,286
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                   5,994,904
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON                  10,709,914
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)			o
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                       3.5%*
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)                IN

   

* This percentage is calculated based upon 304,379,165 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of March 3, 2017, as set forth in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 9, 2017.

CUSIP No. 134 429 109

Schedule 13D

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1	NAME OF REPORTING PERSON I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)   David C. Patterson
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (See Instructions)			(a) o (b) o
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	SOURCE OF FUNDS (See Instructions)                    N/A
5	CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)			o
6	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION                   U.S.
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		7	SOLE VOTING POWER                221,626
		8	SHARED VOTING POWER                   14,878,915
		9	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER                2,491,239
		10	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER                  11,129,670
11	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON                     15,100,541
12	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES (See Instructions)			o
13	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)                     5.0%*
14	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (See Instructions)                IN

 

* This percentage is calculated based upon 304,379,165 shares of the Issuer’s Common Stock outstanding as of March 3, 2017, as set forth in the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 9, 2017.

This Amendment No. 15 to Schedule 13D relates to the capital stock, par value $0.0375 per share (the “Shares”) of Campbell Soup Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey with its principal executive offices located at 1 Campbell Place, Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799 (the “Company”).  This is the fifteenth amendment to the statement on Schedule 13D filed by Archbold D. van Beuren and David C. Patterson. Archbold D. van Beuren and David C. Patterson are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons”.

 

The Reporting Persons are Trustees (the “Trustees”) of the Major Stockholders’ Voting Trust (the “Voting Trust”) under a Voting Trust Agreement dated as of June 2, 1990 (“Trust Agreement”) which was formed by certain descendants (and spouses, fiduciaries and a related foundation) of the late Dr. John T. Dorrance, Sr.

 

This Amendment is filed to update the number of Shares that may be considered to be beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons and related persons since Amendment No. 14 to this statement on Schedule 13D was filed on April 18, 2016. The Voting Trust now holds a total of 9,785,692 Shares.  See Item 5 below.

 

Information with respect to each of the Reporting Persons is given solely by the respective filing person, and no Reporting Person has any responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of information supplied by any other Reporting Person.

 

Item 5 is amended to read in full as set forth below.

 

Item 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

 

(a)-(b)  The Trustees of the Voting Trust have shared voting power over a total of 9,785,692 Shares held under the Trust Agreement, which represents 3.2% of the outstanding Shares of the Company’s Capital Stock. The Reporting Persons and related persons also have an interest in 13,869,563 additional Shares held outside the Voting Trust which, when added together with the Shares held in the Trust, represent 7.8% of the outstanding shares. For the number of Shares as to which each Reporting Person has sole or shared voting power or sole or shared dispositive power as well as the aggregate amount of Shares beneficially owned by each Reporting Person and the percentage of the outstanding Shares represented by such amount, please see Items 7 through 11 and 13 of the cover sheet for each Reporting Person.   Percentages have been calculated based on 304,379,165 Shares outstanding as of March 3, 2017, as reported by the Company in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2017.  Mr. Patterson’s sole and dispositive powers over the Shares reported on his cover sheet arise from his positions as Chairman of Brandywine Trust Company, a corporate trustee, and President of Abanco Management Corporation.  Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership in Shares held by his or her spouse, children, grandchildren, fiduciaries and related partnerships, trusts and foundations.

 

The Voting Trust terminates on January 1, 2024 unless it is sooner terminated or extended.