UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

~~CURRENT~~Current ~~REPORT~~Report ~~PURSUANT~~Pursuant TOto ~~SECTION~~ Section 13 ORor 15(d) ~~OF THE~~of ~~SECURITIES~~The ~~EXCHANGE~~Securities ~~ACT~~Exchange OFAct of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 929, 2003

SEMINIS, INC.

(Exact ~~Name~~name of Registrant as ~~Specified~~specified in ~~Charter~~its charter)

Delaware	000-26519	36-0769130
(State or Other Juris- diction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
2700 Camino del Sol, Oxnard, California		93030-7967
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (805) 642-1572


2700 Camino del Sol, Oxnard, California		93030-7967

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		(805) 647-1572

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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	Item 5. Other Events
	Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
SIGNATURES
	Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition
EXHIBIT INDEX
SIGNATURE
EXHIBIT 99.1

Item 5. Other Events

On September 8, 2003, Seminis, Inc. announced that its stockholders approved its previously announced merger agreement relating to the proposed transaction with Fox Paine & Company, LLC, a San Francisco based private equity firm, Savia, S.A. de C.V., Seminis’ majority stockholder, and certain related parties.

Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

(a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) Exhibit 99.1, Press ~~Release~~release dated September 829, 2003, issued by Seminis, Inc., announcing that ~~its~~it ~~stockholders~~has ~~approved~~completed its previously ~~announced~~disclosed merger ~~agreement relating to the proposed transaction~~ with ~~Fox Paine & Company, LLC, a San Francisco based private equity firm, Savia, S.A. de C.V.,~~ Seminis’ ~~majority~~Merger ~~stockholder, and certain related parties~~Corp.

2Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

(d)

On September 29, 2003, the Company issued a press release reporting that it had completed its previously disclosed merger with Seminis Merger Corp. As a result of the Merger, investment funds managed by Fox Paine & Company LLC, and Savia S.A. de C.V. along with certain related entities, acquired control of Seminis. As a result, Seminis will be privately held, will no longer be a subsidiary of Savia, and Seminis’ shares will no longer be listed on the Nasdaq National Market. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

~~SIGNATURES~~SIGNATURE

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.

	SEMINIS, INC.
Date: September 9, 2003	By:	/s/ Gaspar Alvarez Martinez
Date: October 2, 2003	By:	/s/ Gaspar Alvarez Martinez
		Name: Gaspar Alvarez Martinez Title: Vice President Finance and Worldwide Corporate Comptroller
	Name: Title:	Gaspar Alvarez Martinez Vice President, Finance and Worldwide Corporate Comptroller

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit				Page No.
99.1		Press Release dated September 8, 2003 issued by Seminis, Inc. announcing that its stockholders approved its previously announced merger agreement relating to the proposed transaction with Fox Paine & Company, LLC, a San Francisco based private equity firm, Savia, S.A. de C.V., Seminis’ majority stockholder, and certain related parties.		5

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