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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;17, 2010.</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<b>FORM S-8</b>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under The Securities Act of 1933</b></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The J. M. Smucker Company</B>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>34-0538550</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(State or Other Jurisdiction
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" nowrap>of Incorporation or Organization)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">One Strawberry Lane, Orrville, Ohio 44667<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The J. M. Smucker Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Jeannette L. Knudsen, Esq.<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
The J. M. Smucker Company<BR>
One Strawberry Lane<BR>
Orrville, Ohio 44667<BR>
(330)&nbsp;682-3000<BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">Securities to</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">be Registered</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Registered <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)(2)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Price Per Share <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000">Offering Price <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares, without par value
per share <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,000,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$62.925</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$440,475,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$31,406</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Prior Plan Shares <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(4)(5)</SUP></DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">654,124.2979</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$62.925</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$41,160,772</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$2,935</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Total</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">7,654,124.2979</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$481,635,772</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$34,341</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Represents the maximum number of common shares, without par value per share (&#147;Common
Shares&#148;), of The J. M. Smucker Company (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), issuable pursuant to The J. M.
Smucker Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;) being registered
hereon.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers such additional Common Shares as may become
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of Rule&nbsp;457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of such
securities on the New York Stock Exchange on November&nbsp;11, 2010, within five business days
prior to filing.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>One Right to Purchase Preferred Shares (a &#147;Right&#148;) will also be issued with respect to
each Common Share. The terms of the Rights are described in the Form 8-A filed by the
Registrant on May&nbsp;21, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(5)</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement covers 654,124.2979 Common Shares that are now available
for issuance under the Plan because such Common Shares were available for awards under The
J. M. Smucker Company 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (the &#147;Prior Plan&#148;) on November&nbsp;7, 2010
(the &#147;Prior Plan Shares&#148;). The Prior Plan Shares were previously registered by the
Registrant on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), and registration fees were paid for such registration.
Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Registrant has filed a
post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement for the Prior Plan
deregistering the Prior Plan Shares that are being carried forward under this Registration
Statement.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II<BR><BR>

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are
incorporated herein by reference:</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April&nbsp;30, 2010,
filed June&nbsp;24, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31,
2010, filed September&nbsp;9, 2010;</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed June&nbsp;17, 2010, August&nbsp;20,
2010, September&nbsp;28, 2010 and October&nbsp;28, 2010;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed November&nbsp;16, 2010, including any
subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Rights contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed May&nbsp;21, 2009, including any subsequently filed amendments
and reports updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;<B><I>Exchange Act</I></B>&#148;), subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is an Ohio corporation. In general, a director of an Ohio corporation will not
be found to have violated his or her fiduciary duties unless there is proof by clear and convincing
evidence that the director (1)&nbsp;has not acted in good faith, (2)&nbsp;has not acted in a manner the
director reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or
(3)&nbsp;has not acted with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use
under similar circumstances. Monetary damages for any act taken or omission made as a director are
generally awarded only if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the director undertook
such act or omission either with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or with
reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Ohio law, a corporation must indemnify its directors, officers, employees, and agents
against expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the successful defense (on the merits or
otherwise) of an action, suit, or proceeding. A corporation may indemnify such persons in actions,
suits, and proceedings (including certain derivative suits) if the individual has acted in good
faith and in a manner that the individual believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation. In the case of a criminal proceeding, the individual must also have no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification may be made only if ordered by a court or if authorized in a specific case
upon a determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met. Such a determination may
be made by a majority of the disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel, or by the
shareholders.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under Ohio law, a corporation may pay the expenses of any indemnified individual as they are
incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the matter, if the individual provides an
undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the individual is not entitled
to be indemnified. Ohio law generally requires all expenses, including attorney&#146;s fees, incurred by
a director in defending any action, suit, or proceeding to be paid by the corporation as they are
incurred if the director agrees (i)&nbsp;to repay such amounts in the event that it is proved by clear
and convincing evidence that the director&#146;s action or omission was undertaken with deliberate
intent to cause injury to the corporation or with reckless disregard for the best interests of the
corporation and (ii)&nbsp;to reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or
proceeding.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s regulations require the Registrant to indemnify, to the full extent permitted
by Ohio law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative)
because that person is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Registrant or is or was
serving, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of another
entity. The Registrant also has in effect insurance policies for general officers&#146; and directors&#146;
liability insurance covering all of its directors and officers. In addition, the Registrant may
enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers that indemnify its
directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by law.</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July
31, 2010 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-05111), filed on September&nbsp;9, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2
to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2010
(Commission File No.&nbsp;001-05111) filed on September&nbsp;9, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;20, 2009, by and between the Registrant and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-05111) filed on May&nbsp;21, 2009)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (Commission File
No.&nbsp;001-05111) filed on August&nbsp;20, 2010)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration
Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement; and
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Orrville, state of Ohio, on this 17th day of November, 2010.</DIV>


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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeannette L. Knudsen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Timothy P. Smucker&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Chairman of the Board and
Co-Chief Executive Officer,
and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Richard K. Smucker&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Executive Chairman, President
and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, and Director<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Mark R. Belgya&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">John W. Denman&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Vice President and Controller<BR>

(Principal Accounting
Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Vincent C. Byrd&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">R. Douglas Cowan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Kathryn W. Dindo&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Paul J. Dolan&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Nancy Lopez Knight&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Elizabeth Valk Long&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Gary A. Oatey&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Alex Shumate&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">Date: November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Mark T. Smucker&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">William H. Steinbrink&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">Date:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="center"> *
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Paul Smucker Wagstaff&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>This Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the above officers and directors by
Jeannette L. Knudsen, as attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit&nbsp;24.1 to
this Registration Statement.</TD>
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    <TD align="left">DATED:  November 17, 2010&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Jeannette L. Knudsen&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended July&nbsp;31, 2010 (Commission File No.&nbsp;001-05111), filed
on September&nbsp;9, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2010
(Commission File No.&nbsp;001-05111) filed on September&nbsp;9, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;20, 2009, by and between
the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
(incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A (Commission File No.
001-05111) filed on May&nbsp;21, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">The Registrant&#146;s 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K (Commission
File No.&nbsp;001-05111) filed on August&nbsp;20, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2010.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under The Securities Act of 1933
The J. M. Smucker Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Ohio
34-0538550
(State or Other Jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of Incorporation or Organization)
One Strawberry Lane, Orrville, Ohio 44667
(Address of Principal Executive Offices Including Zip Code)
The J. M. Smucker Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jeannette L. Knudsen, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
The J. M. Smucker Company
One Strawberry Lane
Orrville, Ohio 44667
(330) 682-3000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Agent For Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller Reporting Company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount of
Securities to
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum Offering
Proposed Maximum Aggregate
Registration
be Registered
Registered
(1)(2)
Price Per Share
(3)
Offering Price
(3)
Fee
Common Shares, without par value
per share
(4)
7,000,000
$62.925
$440,475,000
$31,406
Prior Plan Shares
(4)(5)
654,124.2979
$62.925
$41,160,772
$2,935
Total
7,654,124.2979
—
$481,635,772
$34,341
(1)
Represents the maximum number of common shares, without par value per share ("Common
Shares"), of The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Registrant"), issuable pursuant to The J. M.
Smucker Company 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan") being registered
hereon.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers such additional Common Shares as may become
issuable pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for calculating the amount of the registration fee, pursuant to
paragraphs (c) and (h) of Rule 457 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act, on the basis of the average of the high and low sale prices of such
securities on the New York Stock Exchange on November 11, 2010, within five business days
prior to filing.
(4)
One Right to Purchase Preferred Shares (a "Right") will also be issued with respect to
each Common Share. The terms of the Rights are described in the Form 8-A filed by the
Registrant on May 21, 2009.
(5)
This Registration Statement covers 654,124.2979 Common Shares that are now available
for issuance under the Plan because such Common Shares were available for awards under The
J. M. Smucker Company 2006 Equity Compensation Plan (the "Prior Plan") on November 7, 2010
(the "Prior Plan Shares"). The Prior Plan Shares were previously registered by the
Registrant on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission"), and registration fees were paid for such registration.
Concurrently with the filing of this Registration Statement, the Registrant has filed a
post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement for the Prior Plan
deregistering the Prior Plan Shares that are being carried forward under this Registration
Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission and are
incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2010,
filed June 24, 2010;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31,
2010, filed September 9, 2010;
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed June 17, 2010, August 20,
2010, September 28, 2010 and October 28, 2010;
(d)
The description of the Common Shares contained in the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A, filed November 16, 2010, including any
subsequently filed amendments and reports updating such description; and
(e)
The description of the Rights contained in the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form 8-A filed May 21, 2009, including any subsequently filed amendments
and reports updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "
Exchange Act
"), subsequent to
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and
to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in any
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed to be
modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as modified or superseded, to constitute a part
of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is an Ohio corporation. In general, a director of an Ohio corporation will not
be found to have violated his or her fiduciary duties unless there is proof by clear and convincing
evidence that the director (1) has not acted in good faith, (2) has not acted in a manner the
director reasonably believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or
(3) has not acted with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use
under similar circumstances. Monetary damages for any act taken or omission made as a director are
generally awarded only if it is proved by clear and convincing evidence that the director undertook
such act or omission either with deliberate intent to cause injury to the corporation or with
reckless disregard for the best interests of the corporation.
Under Ohio law, a corporation must indemnify its directors, officers, employees, and agents
against expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the successful defense (on the merits or
otherwise) of an action, suit, or proceeding. A corporation may indemnify such persons in actions,
suits, and proceedings (including certain derivative suits) if the individual has acted in good
faith and in a manner that the individual believes to be in or not opposed to the best interests of
the corporation. In the case of a criminal proceeding, the individual must also have no reasonable
cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Indemnification may be made only if ordered by a court or if authorized in a specific case
upon a determination that the applicable standard of conduct has been met. Such a determination may
be made by a majority of the disinterested directors, by independent legal counsel, or by the
shareholders.
Under Ohio law, a corporation may pay the expenses of any indemnified individual as they are
incurred, in advance of the final disposition of the matter, if the individual provides an
undertaking to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined that the individual is not entitled
to be indemnified. Ohio law generally requires all expenses, including attorney's fees, incurred by
a director in defending any action, suit, or proceeding to be paid by the corporation as they are
incurred if the director agrees (i) to repay such amounts in the event that it is proved by clear
and convincing evidence that the director's action or omission was undertaken with deliberate
intent to cause injury to the corporation or with reckless disregard for the best interests of the
corporation and (ii) to reasonably cooperate with the corporation concerning the action, suit, or
proceeding.
The Registrant's regulations require the Registrant to indemnify, to the full extent permitted
by Ohio law, any person made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, or proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative)
because that person is or was a director, officer, or employee of the Registrant or is or was
serving, at the request of the Registrant, as a director, trustee, officer, or employee of another
entity. The Registrant also has in effect insurance policies for general officers' and directors'
liability insurance covering all of its directors and officers. In addition, the Registrant may
enter into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers that indemnify its
directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by law.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference
to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July
31, 2010 (Commission File No. 001-05111), filed on September 9, 2010)
4.2
Amended Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2
to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2010
(Commission File No. 001-05111) filed on September 9, 2010)
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2009, by and between the Registrant and
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No. 001-05111) filed on May 21, 2009)
4.4
The Registrant's 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission File
No. 001-05111) filed on August 20, 2010)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
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(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such
information in the Registration Statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d)
of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the city of Orrville, state of Ohio, on this 17th day of November, 2010.
THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY
By:
/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen
Jeannette L. Knudsen
Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Timothy P. Smucker
Chairman of the Board and
Co-Chief Executive Officer,
and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Richard K. Smucker
Executive Chairman, President
and Co-Chief Executive
Officer, and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Mark R. Belgya
Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
John W. Denman
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting
Officer)
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Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Vincent C. Byrd
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
R. Douglas Cowan
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Kathryn W. Dindo
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Paul J. Dolan
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Nancy Lopez Knight
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Elizabeth Valk Long
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Gary A. Oatey
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Alex Shumate
Director
Date: November 17, 2010
*
Mark T. Smucker
Director
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Date:  November 17, 2010
*
William H. Steinbrink
Director
Date:  November 17, 2010
*
Paul Smucker Wagstaff
Director
*
This Registration Statement has been signed on behalf of the above officers and directors by
Jeannette L. Knudsen, as attorney-in-fact, pursuant to a power of attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to
this Registration Statement.
DATED:  November 17, 2010
By:
/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen
Jeannette L. Knudsen
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant
(incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended July 31, 2010 (Commission File No. 001-05111), filed
on September 9, 2010)
4.2
Amended Regulations of the Registrant (incorporated herein
by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2010
(Commission File No. 001-05111) filed on September 9, 2010)
4.3
Rights Agreement, dated as of May 20, 2009, by and between
the Registrant and Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
(incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (Commission File No.
001-05111) filed on May 21, 2009)
4.4
The Registrant's 2010 Equity and Incentive Compensation
Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K (Commission
File No. 001-05111) filed on August 20, 2010)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney
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