As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on ~~February~~April 165, 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): ~~February~~April 165, 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~~ITEM 52.02. Results ~~Departure~~ of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Condition.

On ~~February 12~~April 5, 2018, ~~the People and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of~~ Monsanto Company ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”)~~a ~~approved~~press ~~the~~release ~~payment~~and ofposted ~~special~~a ~~recognition~~slide ~~awards~~deck toon ~~certain~~its ofwebsite ~~the~~announcing ~~Company’s officers, including~~ its ~~named~~second ~~executive~~quarter ~~officers,~~fiscal inyear ~~recognition~~2018 offinancial ~~the Company’s strong performance~~ and ~~their~~operating ~~extraordinary~~results ~~leadership~~for ~~in connection with~~ the ~~Company’s~~period ~~pending~~ended ~~merger with Bayer Aktiengesellschaft~~February 28, ~~including~~2018. The inpress ~~particular~~release ~~the substantial additional time~~ and ~~effort~~slide ~~required~~deck ofare ~~such~~furnished ~~officers~~as inExhibits connection with the regulatory review process relating to the merger while sustaining superior performance of their ordinary course responsibilities for the Company in an extremely challenging environment99. ~~With~~1 ~~respect~~and ~~to the Company’s named executive officers, the special awards were paid in cash on February 13, 2018 in the amount of $~~99.2~~,500,000~~ ~~for~~hereto ~~the chairman~~ and ~~chief~~incorporated ~~executive~~herein ~~officer~~by ~~and $250,000 for each of the other named executive officers~~reference.

We are furnishing the information contained in this report, including the Exhibits, pursuant to “Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition” of Form 8-K promulgated by the SEC. This information shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless we specifically incorporate it by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, we make no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report, including the Exhibits.

ITEM 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits



Exhibit No.		Description of Exhibit

99.1		Press Release, dated April 5, 2018, issued by Monsanto Company
99.2		Slide deck, dated April 5, 2018

~~SIGNATURES~~SIGNATURE

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.

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

Dated: April 5, 2018



	MONSANTO COMPANY


	By: /s/ Christopher A. Martin
	Name: Christopher A. Martin
	Title: Assistant Secretary

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