Edgar Filing: J M SMUCKER Co

THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

Date: March 5, 2018

/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen

Jeannette L. Knudsen

Senior Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary

Form 8-K

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): March 2, 2018

The J. M. Smucker Company

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Ohio

001-05111

34-0538550

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

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)

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On January 24, 2018, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that Steven Oakland, Vice Chair and President, U.S. Food and Beverage, would retire on June 29, 2018. However, on March 2, 2018, Mr. Oakland notified the Board of Directors of the Company that he was resigning on March 9, 2018 in order to accept a position as the Chief Executive Officer and President of TreeHouse Foods, Inc., effective March 26, 2018.

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.