The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) Files An 8-K Other Events
Item 8.01 Other Events.

On February 22, 2017, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) entered into a share repurchase plan (the “Plan”) established in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), in connection with the 6,586,598 remaining common shares authorized for repurchase by the Company’s Board of Directors as of the Company’s fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2017. A Rule 10b5-1 plan allows a company to repurchase its shares at times when it otherwise might be unable to do so under the Exchange Act’s insider trading rules or during self-imposed trading blackout periods.

The Plan will facilitate purchases of the Company’s common shares under its authorized share repurchase program. The Company’s designated broker will have authority under the Plan to repurchase up to 3,000,000 of the remaining 6,586,598 common shares authorized for repurchase commencing on February 27, 2017 and expiring on October 31, 2017, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Repurchases under the Plan will be subject to specified parameters and certain price and volume restraints as established in the Plan. Therefore, there is no guarantee as to the exact number of common shares that will be repurchased. Any repurchased shares will be held in treasury.

About The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM)

The J. M. Smucker Company is a manufacturer and marketer of branded food and beverage products and pet food and pet snacks in North America. The Company’s segments include U.S. Retail Coffee, U.S. Retail Consumer Foods, U.S. Retail Pet Foods, and International and Foodservice. The Company’s U.S. retail market segments consist of the sale of branded food products to consumers through retail outlets in North America. In the U.S. retail market segments, the Company’s products are sold to food retailers, food wholesalers, drug stores, club stores, mass merchandisers, discount and dollar stores, military commissaries, natural foods stores and distributors, and pet specialty stores. In International and Foodservice, the Company’s products are distributed domestically and in foreign countries through retail channels and foodservice distributors and operators, such as restaurants, lodging, schools and universities, healthcare operators.

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) Recent Trading Information

The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) closed its last trading session down -0.79 at 141.13 with 3,228,428 shares trading hands.