DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES
General
The notes will be issued under
an indenture dated as of March 19, 2015, between us and Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as trustee, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated
as of August 17, 2023 among us, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (as successor in interest to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association), as retiring trustee, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as successor trustee for any series
of debt securities issued in the future (the trustee). The following description of the particular terms of the notes supplements the description of the general terms and provisions of the debt securities set forth in the accompanying
prospectus, to which reference is made. As used in the following description, the terms we, us and our refer to Campbell Soup Company only, and do not include our consolidated subsidiaries.
The notes offered by this prospectus supplement:
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will be our unsecured general obligations; |
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will not be guaranteed by any of our subsidiaries; |
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will be issued in book-entry form only, in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of
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Principal, Maturity and Interest
2035 Notes
The 2035 notes offered hereby
will be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000, and will mature on March 23, 2035. The 2035 notes will bear interest from October 2, 2024 at the rate of 4.750% per annum, payable semi-annually on each March 23
and September 23, commencing March 23, 2025, to the persons in whose names the notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding March 9 and September 9, respectively (whether or not a New York Business Day).
Interest on the notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
2054 Notes
The 2054 notes offered hereby
will be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $350,000,000, and will mature on October 13, 2054. The 2054 notes will bear interest from October 2, 2024 at the rate of 5.250% per annum, payable semi-annually on each
April 13 and October 13, commencing April 13, 2025, to the persons in whose names the notes are registered at the close of business on the preceding March 30 and September 29, respectively (whether or not a New York Business
Day). Interest on the notes will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
New York Business Day means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, or a day on which commercial banking institutions are
authorized or obligated by law, regulation or executive order to be closed in New York City.
Issuance of Additional Notes
We may, without the consent of the holders, increase the principal amount of any series of notes by issuing additional notes in the future on
the same terms and conditions as the notes of such series, except, in each case, for any differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of the additional notes, and with the same CUSIP numbers as the notes of the
applicable series offered hereby; provided that if any additional notes subsequently issued are not fungible with any notes previously issued for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
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