UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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) February 27, 2015

 

 

THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ohio   001-05111   34-0538550

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

(Commission

File Number)

  

(I.R.S. 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, former address and former fiscal year, 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 5.05 Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

On February 27, 2015, The J. M. Smucker Company (the “Company”) amended the Company’s Policy on Ethics and Conduct to retitle it the Code of Business Conduct & Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”); to update the contact information for the Company’s ethics reporting hotline; to clarify the Company’s policy on the topics of food safety, contract signing authority, employee spending limits, record retention, gifts, entertainment, Company communications, and privacy; to remove the Company’s invention and secrecy agreement with employees from the Code of Ethics to make it a separate document; and to make other administrative and non-substantive changes to the Code of Ethics.

This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the revised Code of Ethics, which can be found on the Company’s corporate website at www.jmsmucker.com under “Investor Relations — Corporate Governance — Code of Business Conduct & Ethics”.

 

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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: March 2, 2015
By:

/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen

Jeannette L. Knudsen
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

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