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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  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):   November 17, 2011

The J. M. Smucker Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Ohio
 
001-05111
 
34-0538550
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)

One Strawberry Lane
   
Orrville, Ohio
 
44667-0280
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:                             (330) 682-3000                          

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)
 
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
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Item 2.02  Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On November 17, 2011, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the financial results for the quarter ended October 31, 2011.  A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit attached hereto, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits

  (d)           Exhibits

Exhibit
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press Release, dated November 17, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
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 hereunto duly authorized.

 
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
   
 
By:
/s/ Mark R. Belgya
 
 
Mark R. Belgya
   
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date:   November 17, 2011
 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
 
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     
99.1
 
Press Release, dated November 17, 2011