As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ~~January~~February 3116, 2018

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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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~~February 3116, 2018 (February 12, 2018)

MONSANTO COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)



Delaware	001-16167	43-1878297
State of Incorporation	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

800 North Lindbergh Boulevard

St. Louis, Missouri 63167

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (314) 694-1000

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, If Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.0702. ~~Submission~~Departure of ~~Matters~~Directors toor aCertain ~~Vote~~Officers; Election of ~~Security~~Directors; ~~Holders~~Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

AtOn February 12, 2018, the People and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Monsanto Company (the “Company”) approved the payment of special recognition awards to certain of the Company’s ~~2018~~officers, ~~Annual~~including ~~Meeting~~its onnamed ~~January~~executive 31officers, ~~2018,~~in recognition of the ~~440~~Company’s strong performance and their extraordinary leadership in connection with the Company’s pending merger with Bayer Aktiengesellschaft,~~800,800~~ ~~shares~~including ~~outstanding~~in particular the substantial additional time and ~~entitled~~effort required of such officers in connection with the regulatory review process relating to ~~vote,~~the ~~352~~merger while sustaining superior performance of their ordinary course responsibilities for the Company in an extremely challenging environment. With respect to the Company’s named executive officers,~~941,693~~ ~~shares~~the special awards were ~~represented~~paid in cash on February 13, ~~constituting~~2018 ain ~~80.06%~~the ~~quorum. Each~~amount ~~matter~~of ~~was~~$2,500,000 ~~determined~~for bythe achairman ~~majority~~and chief executive officer and $250,000 for each of ~~votes~~the ~~cast~~other named executive officers.

The final results for each of the matters submitted to a vote of shareowners at the Annual Meeting are as follows:

Item No. 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

All of the board’s nominees for director were elected to serve until the Company’s 2019 Annual Meeting or until their respective successors are elected and qualified, by the votes set forth in the table below:

	Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Nominee	Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
Dwight M. "Mitch" Barns	313,070,996	99.55%	1,408,200	0.44%	1,815,477	36,647,020
Gregory H. Boyce	310,224,871	98.65%	4,232,057	1.34%	1,837,745	36,647,020
David L. Chicoine, Ph.D	313,205,602	99.57%	1,321,814	0.42%	1,767,257	36,647,020
Janice L. Fields	312,925,694	99.49%	1,572,860	0.50%	1,796,119	36,647,020
Hugh Grant	303,730,658	96.76%	10,151,055	3.23%	2,412,960	36,647,020
Laura K. Ipsen	313,393,992	99.64%	1,127,589	0.35%	1,773,092	36,647,020
Marcos M. Lutz	296,949,876	94.43%	17,513,124	5.56%	1,831,673	36,647,020
C. Steven McMillan	303,415,553	96.48%	11,048,176	3.51%	1,830,944	36,647,020
Jon R. Moeller	310,375,883	98.70%	4,085,194	1.29%	1,833,596	36,647,020
George H. Poste, Ph.D., D.V.M.	312,674,881	99.42%	1,806,305	0.57%	1,813,487	36,647,020
Robert J. Stevens	302,860,159	96.30%	11,612,183	3.69%	1,822,331	36,647,020
Patricia Verduin, Ph.D.	313,472,289	99.66%	1,063,329	0.33%	1,759,055	36,647,020

Item No. 2: RATIFICATION OF AUDITORS

The appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2018 was ratified by the shareowners, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
341,686,985	97.39%	9,130,728	2.60%	2,123,980	—

Item No. 3: ADVISORY APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The shareowners approved, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, executive compensation, by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
297,760,394	94.83%	16,209,743	5.16%	2,324,536	36,647,020

Item No. 4: SHAREOWNER PROPOSAL: BYLAW AMENDMENT TO CREATE BOARD HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

The shareowners did not approve the shareowner proposal presented at the meeting requesting a bylaw amendment to create a Board Human Rights Committee, as evidenced by the votes set forth in the table below:

Votes Cast For		Votes Cast Against
Number	% of Votes Cast	Number	% of Votes Cast	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
18,692,277	6.01%	292,164,348	93.98%	5,438,048	36,647,020

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the ~~Registrant~~registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: January 31, 2018



	MONSANTO COMPANY
Date: February 16, 2018	/s/ Jennifer L. Woods
	Jennifer L. Woods Assistant Secretary

~~MONSANTO COMPANY By: /s/ Jennifer L. Woods Name: Jennifer L. Woods Title: Assistant Secretary~~3

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