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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

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 PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PROPOSAL SELECTION BY FIRMLY PLACING AN "X" IN THE APPROPRIATE NUMBERED BOX WITH BLUE OR BLACK INK ONLYSEE VOTING INSTRUCTIONS NO. 3 ON REVERSE  A/C:      SIGNATURE(S)  DATE  E52239-Z73421-MGTY  1.  □□□  WITHHOLD ALL NOMINEES  FOR ALL NOMINEES  WITHHOLD AUTHORITY TO VOTE FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL NOMINEE. WRITE NUMBER(S) OF NOMINEE(S) BELOW.  □ □ □        FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN□ □ □FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN      CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY 11/29/18  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  ---  THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS YOU VOTE FOR ALL OF THE NOMINEES IN ITEM 1 AND FOR ITEMS 2 AND 3.  1. Election of 12 directors for one-year term expiring at the 2019 Annual Meeting:Nominees:  Mary Alice D. MaloneSara MathewKeith R. McLoughlinNick ShreiberArchbold D. van BeurenLes C. Vinney  CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders  This Gold Voting Instruction Form is Solicited on Behalf of the Campbell Soup Company Board of DirectorsYou are receiving this voting instruction form because you are a participant in the Campbell Soup Company 401(k) Retirement Plan (the "Plan"). This voting instruction form hereby revokes all voting instruction forms previously given. When properly executed, this voting instruction form will be voted in the manner directed herein.  As a participant in the Plan, you have the right to instruct the respective trustee of the Plan to vote all shares of Campbell Soup Company Stock in the undersigned’s Plan account at the aforesaid Annual Meeting and at any adjournments thereof, on all matters coming before the meeting, including the proposals referred to below. If you do not provide voting instructions by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on November 26, 2018, the trustee will vote your shares in the same proportion as the shares of other participants for which the trustee has received proper voting instructions, except as otherwise required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). Your vote will be kept confidential.  YOUR VOTE IS VERY IMPORTANT — PLEASE VOTE TODAY  2.  2. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered ---->>> public accounting firm for fiscal 2019.  3.  3. Approval of an advisory resolution on the fiscal 2018 compensation of our named executive officers. ---->>>  Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meeting.The following materials are available at www.proxyvote.comNotice and Proxy Statement Annual Report Shareholder LetterENTER YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AT 1-800-454-8683OR WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM UP UNTIL 11:59 PM EASTERN TIME THE DAY BEFORE THE CUT-OFF.Gold Voting Instruction FormPLEASE MARK YOUR VOTES AS INDICATED IN THIS EXAMPLE: !  Fabiola R. ArredondoHoward M. AverillBennett DorranceMaria Teresa HiladoRandall W. LarrimoreMarc B. Lautenbach  ->>>