ST. LOUIS, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) today announced that at its annual meeting, shareowners elected four members of its Board of Directors to new terms:


    --  Janice L. Fields
    --  Hugh Grant
    --  C. Steven McMillan
    --  Robert J. Stevens

Each of these members was elected to serve until the company's 2015 annual meeting.

Shareowners approved, by non-binding vote, the compensation of the company's named executive officers as described in the company's 2011 proxy statement. Voting results on this and other matters will be included in the company's Form 8-K.

In addition, the company announced that its Board of Directors, at a regularly scheduled meeting held today, declared a quarterly dividend on its common stock of 30 cents per share. The dividend is payable on April 27, 2012, to shareowners of record on April 5, 2012.

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