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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): August 14, 2008


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


Ohio
 
 1-5111
 
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)

 
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:
 
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On August 14, 2008, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the financial results for the quarter ended July 31, 2008. 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 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, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed pursuant to 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
Number
Exhibit
Description
   
99.1
Press Release, dated August 14, 2008

 

 
 
 

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
 
 		  
 		  
 
Date: August 14, 2008 By:   /s/ Mark R. Belgya
 
Mark R. Belgya
 
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
and Treasurer

 



 

 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
Description
   
99.1
Press Release, August 14, 2008