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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against Monsanto Company

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff's counsel, David J. George of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at djr@rgrdlaw.com. If you are a member of this Class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/monsanto/. Any member of the putative class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.

The complaint charges Monsanto and certain of its officers and executives with violations of the Exchange Act. Monsanto is a provider of agricultural products for farmers including seeds, biotechnology trait products, and herbicides, most notably Roundup.

The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's true financial condition, business and prospects. Specifically, the complaint alleges that defendants failed to disclose: (i) that demand for the Company's herbicide products was substantially declining as competition from Chinese producers of generic glyphosate products was causing a collapse in the prices of glyphosate products; (ii) that the Company would be unable to maintain herbicide prices as defendants knew that they had to cut prices significantly to be able to compete with the avalanche of generic herbicide products that were entering the market; and (iii) that, as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company, its earnings, prospects and financial condition were lacking in a reasonable basis and materially misleading.

On May 27, 2010, the Company announced that it was "dramatically" repositioning its Roundup business, lowering its full-year 2010 guidance to $2.40 to $2.60 a share from $3.10 to $3.30 a share, and lowering its free cash flow guidance. The Company also announced that its guidance for Roundup and other glyphosate-based products was now $50 to $200 million, down from $600 million on April 7, 2010. On this news, the Company's stock price fell from a price of $52.66 prior to the announcement to close at $50.27 on extremely heavy volume.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of Monsanto during the Class Period (the "Class" ). The plaintiff is represented by Robbins Geller, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.

Robbins Geller, a 180-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlanta, is active in major cases pending in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors, consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations. The Robbins Geller Web site (http://www.rgrdlaw.com) has more information about the firm.

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
David J. George, 800-449-4900
djr@rgrdlaw.com