Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  CAMPBELL SOUP CO
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/18/2017
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SNYDER'S-LANCE, INC. [LNCE]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
ONE CAMPBELL PLACE, 
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

CAMDEN, NJ 08103
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_X_ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
$.83-1/3 par value Common Stock 0 (1) (2)
I
See Explanation of Responses

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
CAMPBELL SOUP CO
ONE CAMPBELL PLACE
CAMDEN, NJ 08103
    X    
Twist Merger Sub, Inc.
C/O CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY
1 CAMPBELL PLACE
CAMDEN, NJ 08103
    X    

Signatures

/s/ Charles A. Brawley 12/28/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Campbell Soup Company (the "Reporting Person") is filing this statement solely because, as a result of a Voting Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2017, among the Reporting Person, and certain holders of Snyder's-Lance, Inc. (the "Issuer") Common Stock (collectively, the "Stockholders"), the Reporting Person may be deemed to have beneficial ownership of 12,851,787 shares of common stock, $0.83-1/3 par value, of the Issuer ("Common Stock") beneficially owned by the Stockholders, which is equal 13.2% of the voting power of the 97,237,528 issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock as of December 15, 2017. The Voting Agreement was entered into in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 18, 2017, among the Reporting Person, the Issuer and Twist Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.
(2) The Reporting Persons have no pecuniary interest in such Common Stock. Neither the filing of this Form 3 nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission that the Reporting Persons are beneficial owners of any of the Common Stock referred to herein pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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