UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) April 23, 2012

Seaboard Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 

 Delaware 1-3390 04-2260388
(State or other jurisdiction of (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)

9000 W. 67th Street, Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (913) 676-8800

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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(17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The annual meeting of stockholders was held on April 23, 2012 in Waltham, Massachusetts. Three items were submitted to a vote as described in Seaboard's Proxy Statement dated March 9, 2012. The following table briefly describes the proposals and results of the stockholders' vote.

Votes in Votes Favor Withheld

1. To elect the following persons as directors: 

 Steven J. Bresky 1,058,110 92,744
 David A. Adamsen 1,081,621 69,233
 Douglas W. Baena 1,066,183 84,671
 Joseph E. Rodrigues 1,081,602 69,252
 Edward I. Shifman, Jr. 1,050,481 100,373

 Votes in Votes Votes
 Favor Against Abstaining

2. Proposal to encourage management to 11,501 1,054,909 84,444
 create and announce a plan for phasing
 out the confinement of breeding pigs in
 gestation crates.

 Votes in Votes Votes
 Favor Against Abstaining

3. To ratify selection of KPMG LLP as 1,189,322 1,294 538
 independent auditors for 2012.

There were 40,300 broker non-votes each with respect to the election of directors and proposal to encourage management to create and announce a plan for phasing out the confinement of breeding pigs in gestation crates. There were no broker non-votes with respect to the selection of independent auditors.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

DATE: April 25, 2012

Seaboard Corporation 

by: /s/ Robert L. Steer
 Robert L. Steer, Executive Vice President,
 Chief Financial Officer

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