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)
May 5, 2010

FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


The Cayman Islands

1-14706

N/A

(State or Other jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

(Commission file number)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


c/o Walkers Corporate Services Limited
Walker House, 87 Mary Street
George Town, Grand Cayman, KY1-9002
Cayman Islands
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive Office)

(305) 520-8400
(Registrant’s telephone number including area code)

Please send copies of notices and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission to:

c/o Del Monte Fresh Produce Company
241 Sevilla Avenue
Coral Gables, Florida  33134
(Address of Registrant's U.S. Executive Office)

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)

   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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

 


Item 7.01 – Regulation FD Disclosure

On May 5, 2010, Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. (the “Company”) announced that its Board of Directors, at their May 5, 2010 board meeting, approved a three-year stock repurchase program of up to $150 million of the Company’s ordinary shares. The share repurchase program announced today is in addition to the Company’s existing three-year repurchasing program of $150 million, approved by the Board on July 31, 2009.

A copy of the press release announcing stock repurchase program is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits



  99.1   Fresh Del Monte Produce Announces Share Repurchase Program


SIGNATURES



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, hereunto duly authorized.



 

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.

 

 
 
 
Date:

May 6, 2010

By:

/s/ Richard Contreras

Richard Contreras

Senior Vice President &
Chief Financial Officer