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Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.Yes ___ No XIndicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) ofthe Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrantwas required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes X No____Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not containedherein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or informationstatements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [ ]Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-acceleratedfiler. See definition of “accelerated filer” and “large accelerated filer” in Rule 12B-2 of the Exchange Act.Large Accelerated Filer X Accelerated Filer ____ Non-accelerated Filer ____Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes ___ No XState the aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant.Common Stock, no par value--$20.3 billion(Based on the closing sale price of Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchangeas of December 31, 2006)Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latestpracticable date.Common Stock, no par value—643,585,128 shares(July 31, 2007)DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEPortions of the proxy statement for the annual meeting of stockholders to be held November 8, 2007, areincorporated by reference into Part III.SAFE HARBOR STATEMENTThis Form 10-K contains forward-looking information that is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that couldcause actual results to differ materially from those projected, expressed, or implied by such forward-lookinginformation. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by our use of words such as “may, will,should, anticipates, believes, expects, plans, future, intends, could, estimate, predict, potential or contingent,” thenegative of these terms or other similar expressions. The Company’s actual results could differ materially fromthose discussed or implied herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are notlimited to, those discussed in this Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. Among these risks arelegislative acts; changes in the prices of food, feed, and other commodities, including gasoline; andmacroeconomic conditions in various parts of the world. To the extent permitted under applicable law, theCompany assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or futureevents.2