Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain

Officers.

The J. M. Smucker Company (the "Company") previously adopted and operates The J. M. Smucker Company Restoration Plan (Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2013), The J. M. Smucker Company Defined Contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 1, 2015), The J. M. Smucker Company Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 2012), and The J. M. Smucker Company Top Management Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2018) (collectively, the "Deferred Compensation Plans"). On June 17, 2020, the Executive Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company adopted Amendment No. 4 to The J. M. Smucker Company Restoration Plan (Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2013), Amendment No. 3 to The J. M. Smucker Company Defined Contribution Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (Amended and Restated Effective May 1, 2015), Amendment No. 1 to The J. M. Smucker Company Voluntary Deferred Compensation Plan (Amended and Restated Effective December 1, 2012), and Amendment No. 1 to The J. M. Smucker Company Top Management Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan (Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2018) (collectively, the "Deferred Compensation Plan Amendments").

In general, the Deferred Compensation Plan Amendments amend each of the Deferred Compensation Plans to remove the provisions of the Deferred Compensation Plan that delay the payment of benefits for which a Company tax deduction is not permitted under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Removal of the provisions may result in the accelerated payout of certain amounts payable under the Deferred Compensation Plans, including for the Company's named executive officers.

The foregoing description of the Deferred Compensation Plan Amendments does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Deferred Compensation Plan Amendments, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 10.4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.




(d) Exhibits

 Exhibit

   10.1            Amendment No. 4 to The J. M. Smucker Company Restoration Plan,
                 dated as of June 17, 2020.

   10.2            Amendment No. 3 to The J. M. Smucker Company Defined Contribution
                 Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, dated as of June 17, 2020.


   10.3            Amendment No. 1 to The J. M. Smucker Company Voluntary Deferred
                 Compensation Plan, dated as of June 17, 2020.

   10.4            Amendment No. 1 to The J. M. Smucker Company Top Management
                 Supplemental Retirement Benefit Plan, dated as of June 17, 2020.

   104           The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in
                 Inline XBRL.


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