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Monsanto Co/New – ‘10-K’ for 8/31/10 – ‘EX-31.1’

On:  Wednesday, 10/27/10, at 2:05pm ET   ·   For:  8/31/10   ·   Accession #:  950123-10-96537   ·   File #:  1-16167

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

10/27/10  Monsanto Co/New                   10-K        8/31/10  111:31M                                    Donnelley … Solutions/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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 2: EX-10.14.9  Material Contract                                   HTML     42K 
 3: EX-10.16    Material Contract                                   HTML    101K 
 4: EX-10.16.1  Material Contract                                   HTML     36K 
 5: EX-10.16.2  Material Contract                                   HTML     31K 
 6: EX-10.17    Material Contract                                   HTML     60K 
 7: EX-10.17.1  Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 8: EX-10.22    Material Contract                                   HTML     33K 
 9: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML     32K 
11: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     28K 
12: EX-23       Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     29K 
10: EX-12       Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     45K 
13: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
14: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     34K 
15: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
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100: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    499K  
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96: XML.R2      Statements of Consolidated Operations                XML    465K 
56: XML.R3      Statements of Consolidated Financial Position        XML    453K 
64: XML.R4      Statements of Consolidated Financial Position        XML     93K 
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84: XML.R5      Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows                XML    598K 
81: XML.R6      Statements of Consolidated Shareholders Equity and   XML   1.15M 
                Comprehensive Income                                             
106: XML.R7      Statements of Consolidated Shareholders Equity and   XML    123K  
                Comprehensive Income (Parenthetical)                             
33: XML.R8      Background and Basis of Presentation                 XML     56K 
80: XML.R9      Significant Accounting Policies                      XML    114K 
29: XML.R10     New Accounting Standards                             XML     71K 
28: XML.R11     Business Combinations                                XML    162K 
55: XML.R12     Restructuring                                        XML    168K 
90: XML.R13     Receivables                                          XML     70K 
57: XML.R14     Customer Financing Programs                          XML     90K 
60: XML.R15     Inventory                                            XML     74K 
75: XML.R16     Property, Plant and Equipment                        XML     64K 
111: XML.R17     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets                 XML    109K  
48: XML.R18     Investments and Equity Affiliates                    XML     74K 
22: XML.R19     Deferred Revenue                                     XML     61K 
63: XML.R20     Income Taxes                                         XML    150K 
89: XML.R21     Debt and Other Credit Arrangements                   XML     98K 
40: XML.R22     Fair Value Measurements                              XML    193K 
85: XML.R23     Financial Instruments                                XML    234K 
61: XML.R24     Postretirement Benefits - Pensions                   XML    478K 
105: XML.R25     Postretirement Benefits - Health Care and Other      XML    141K  
                Postemployment Benefits                                          
92: XML.R26     Employee Savings Plans                               XML     60K 
67: XML.R27     Stock-Based Compensation Plans                       XML    188K 
76: XML.R28     Capital Stock                                        XML     58K 
27: XML.R29     Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                 XML     64K 
31: XML.R30     Earnings Per Share                                   XML     62K 
42: XML.R31     Supplemental Cash Flow Information                   XML     63K 
51: XML.R32     Commitments and Contingencies                        XML    178K 
74: XML.R33     Segment and Geographic Data                          XML    186K 
91: XML.R34     Other Expense and Solutia Related Items              XML     53K 
25: XML.R35     Selling, General and Administrative Expenses         XML     53K 
34: XML.R36     Discontinued Operations                              XML     65K 
97: XML.R37     Quarterly Data (Unaudited)                           XML    154K 
104: XML.R38     Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)           XML    270K  
68: XML.R39     Business Combinations (Tables)                       XML    159K 
108: XML.R40     Restructuring (Tables)                               XML    161K  
35: XML.R41     Receivables (Tables)                                 XML     76K 
110: XML.R42     Inventory (Tables)                                   XML     74K  
44: XML.R43     Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)               XML     60K 
23: XML.R44     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Tables)        XML    108K 
43: XML.R45     Income Taxes (Tables)                                XML    170K 
88: XML.R46     Debt and Other Credit Arrangements (Tables)          XML     89K 
103: XML.R47     Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                     XML    168K  
58: XML.R48     Financial Instruments (Tables)                       XML    198K 
46: XML.R49     Postretirement Benefits - Pensions (Tables)          XML    548K 
73: XML.R50     Postretirement Benefits - Health Care and Other      XML    181K 
                Postemployment Benefits (Tables)                                 
26: XML.R51     Stock Based Compensation Plans (Tables)              XML    183K 
78: XML.R52     Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)        XML     60K 
47: XML.R53     Earnings Per Share (Tables)                          XML     53K 
32: XML.R54     Supplemental Cash Flow (Tables)                      XML     54K 
102: XML.R55     Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)               XML    163K  
99: XML.R56     Segment and Geographic Data (Tables)                 XML    188K 
54: XML.R57     Discontinued Operations (Tables)                     XML     61K 
39: XML.R58     Quarterly Data (Unaudited) (Tables)                  XML    148K 
93: XML.R59     Significant Accounting Policies (Details)            XML    401K 
30: XML.R60     Business Combinations (Details)                      XML   1.51M 
82: XML.R61     Restructuring (Details)                              XML   3.20M 
79: XML.R62     Receivables (Details)                                XML    152K 
98: XML.R63     Customer Financing Programs (Details)                XML    626K 
94: XML.R64     Inventory (Details)                                  XML    195K 
107: XML.R65     Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)              XML    260K  
37: XML.R66     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (Details)       XML    697K 
53: XML.R67     Investments and Equity Affiliates (Details)          XML    481K 
71: XML.R68     Deferred Revenue (Details)                           XML    180K 
62: XML.R69     Income Taxes (Details)                               XML    986K 
72: XML.R70     Debt and Other Credit Arrangements (Details)         XML   1.60M 
109: XML.R71     Fair Value Measurements (Details)                    XML    726K  
38: XML.R72     Financial Instruments (Details)                      XML   1.86M 
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41: XML.R74     Postretirement Benefits - Health Care and Other      XML    681K 
                Postemployment Benefits (Details)                                
69: XML.R75     Employee Savings Plans (Details)                     XML    234K 
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66: XML.R77     Capital Stock (Details)                              XML    307K 
59: XML.R78     Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Details)       XML    112K 
36: XML.R79     Earnings Per Share (Details)                         XML    168K 
24: XML.R80     Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)         XML    303K 
70: XML.R81     Commitments and Contingencies (Details)              XML   1.68M 
52: XML.R82     Segment and Geographic Data (Details)                XML   1.65M 
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87: XML.R84     Selling General and Administrative Expenses          XML     90K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: XML.R85     Discontinued Operations (Details)                    XML    145K 
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‘EX-31.1’   —   Certification — §302 – SOA’02


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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Hugh Grant, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Monsanto Company, certify that:
1.   I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Monsanto Company;
 
2.   Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.   Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
  a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
  b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
  c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
  d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.   The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
  a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
  b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: Oct. 27, 2010
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
   
Monsanto Company
   


Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘10-K’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
Filed on:10/27/104
For Period end:8/31/1010-K/A,  4,  4/A,  8-K/A
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2 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/15/11  SEC                               UPLOAD10/16/17    1:47K  Monsanto Co./New
 2/24/11  SEC                               UPLOAD10/16/17    1:62K  Monsanto Co./New
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