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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): December 11, 2020       CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY       New Jersey   1-3822   21-0419870 State of Incorporation   Commission File Number   I.R.S. Employer Identification No. One Campbell Place Camden , New Jersey 08103-1799 Principal Executive Offices Telephone Number: ( 856 )  342-4800     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:   ☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)   ☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))   ☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-(c)) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:   Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered Capital Stock, par value $.0375   CPB   New York Stock Exchange Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). Emerging growth company   ☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.    ☐       Item 8.01 Other Events. Clarification of First Quarter Dividend Record Date On December 9, 2020, Campbell Soup Company (the “Company”) issued a press release stating, among other things, that its Board of Directors had declared a first quarter cash dividend of $0.37 per share on the Company’s capital stock, payable on February 1, 2021 to shareholders of record as of January 9, 2021. As January 9, 2021 falls on a Saturday, the effective record date for the dividend will be the close of business on Friday, January 8, 2021. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.       CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY Date: December 11, 2020     By:   /s/ Charles A. Brawley, III       Charles A. Brawley, III       Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Deputy General Counsel