---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000091419-26-000076"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SJM"
cik: "0000091419"
company_name: "J M SMUCKER Co"
filed_at: "2026-08-17T20:15:36+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-17T20:16:13.741895+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Smucker shareholders elect 11 directors, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; each received >76M votes for, with ~14M broker non-votes.
- Ernst & Young ratified as independent auditor for FY2027: 88.3M for, 3.3M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved: 74.7M for, 2.8M against, 367K abstain.
- Meeting held virtually Aug 12, 2026; quorum of 91.9M shares represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000091419-26-000076
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SJM
- cik: 0000091419
- company_name: J M SMUCKER Co
- filed_at: 2026-08-17T20:15:36+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141926000076/0000091419-26-000076-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/91419/000009141926000076/sjm-20260812.htm

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