Form 4 Resweber Christopher P For: Jul 13 (10K)

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Resweber Christopher P

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

ONE STRAWBERRY LANE

(Street)

ORRVILLE

44667-0280

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SMUCKER J M CO [SJM]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Vice President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/13/2009

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Shares	07/13/2009		M		2,362	A	$ 20.9303	21,248	D
Common Shares	07/13/2009		M		787	A	$ 17.6238	22,035	D
Common Shares	07/13/2009		M		4,725	A	$ 24.9974	26,760	D
Common Shares	07/13/2009		S		7,874	D	$ 48.5	18,886	D
Common Shares								2,953.624	I	By 401(k)
Common Shares								2,439.2558	I	By Esop

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Option Common Shares

$ 20.9303

07/13/2009

2,362

10/25/2000⁽¹⁾

10/24/2009

Common Shares

2,362

$ 0

Option Common Shares

$ 17.6238

07/13/2009

787

10/25/2000⁽¹⁾

10/24/2009

Common Shares

787

$ 0

Option Common Shares

$ 24.9974

07/13/2009

4,725

10/24/2001⁽¹⁾

10/23/2010

Common Shares

4,725

$ 0

Explanation of Responses:

1. Employee stock option (right to buy) which becomes exercisable at the rate of 1/3 per year beginning one year after grant date.

	/s/ Jeannette L. Knudsen, POA	07/14/2009
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY

POWER OF ATTORNEY


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that CHRISTOPHER P. RESWEBER,
Vice President of The J. M. Smucker Company (the
"Company"), hereby appoints Timothy P. Smucker, Richard
K. Smucker, and Jeannette L. Knudsen, and each of them,
with full power of substitution, as attorneys or attorney
of the undersigned, to sign and to file Forms 3, 4, and 5
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all
pursuant to applicable legal provisions, with full
power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
officer might or could do in person, in furtherance of
the foregoing.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such
capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section
16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.




/s/ Christopher P. Resweber
CHRISTOPHER P. RESWEBER

Date:    July 14, 2009

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