J.M. Smucker Co.

Effective August 16, 2011, Richard K. Smucker will become the sole Chief Executive Officer of the company. Timothy P. Smucker will continue to serve the company as Chairman of the Board.

Alliance participants, including Coke, Kraft, and P&G among others, first convened in March 2010 to discuss the state of publicly available product data, and decided to form the alliance and work together to improve it.

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The J.M. Smucker Company announces that the company's board of directors approved the promotions of corporate officers Mark R. Belgya and Dennis J. Armstrong effective Nov. 1, 2009.

The lawsuit initially alleged that Kraft Foods' Maxwell House plastic container infringed P&G's patents.

The cost of the transaction to Smucker is approximately $3 billion.

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