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Filing Date: 2016-11-10

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>EXECUTION COPY </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TAX
MATTERS AGREEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">between </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ConAgra Foods, Inc., </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">on
behalf of itself </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and the members </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">of the ConAgra Group, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">on behalf of itself </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">and the
members </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">of the LW Group </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Dated as of November&nbsp;8, 2016 </P>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 1.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Definitions.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 2.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Sole Tax Sharing Agreement.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 3.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Allocation of Taxes.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 4.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Preparation and Filing of Tax Returns.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 5.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Apportionment of Earnings and Profits and Tax Attributes.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 6.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Utilization of Tax Attributes.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 7.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Deductions and Reporting for Certain Awards.</I></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><B>SECTION 8.</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><I>Tax Benefits.</I></TD>
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