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, 2016

 

 

    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)
  
¨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 2.02Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On November 17, 2016, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the Company’s financial results for the quarter ended October 31, 2016. 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 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d)Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

Exhibit

Description

   
99.1 Press Release, dated November 17, 2016

 

 

 

 

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  
    Name: Mark R. Belgya  
    Title: Vice Chair and Chief Financial Officer  
       
       
Date: November 17, 2016  

  

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT INDEX

 



Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit

Description

     
99.1   Press Release, dated November 17, 2016