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I'm Jane [Delphin], and I work with Andrew [Lazare] on the packaged food team. And it's my pleasure  to announce our next speaker, Smucker Company. Under the leadership of Tim and Richard Smucker, the J.M. Smucker Company has firmly established itself as one of the leading center of the store category food companies. With its impending acquisition of Folgers, Smuckers expands into a category that it once fits the center of the store vision, but also distinguishes itself as having its own unique set of dynamics which the company will have to master. Joining us today to fill us in on all the various plans under way are Tim and Richard, as well as Vince Byrd, President of the Coffee Market division, and Mark Belgya, the CFO. Welcome, gentlemen. ...

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The transaction</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">was subject to customary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">closing conditions and was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">approved by the board of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">directors of JM and FC. On</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">completion, JM and PG were to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">own 46.55% and 53.5% of FC,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">respectively. Originally, JM</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="19">was rumored to be planning to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="20">acquire FC.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>US - JM Smucker Co (JM) definitively agreed to merge with Folgers Coffee, a producer of coffee, and a unit of Procter &amp; Gamble Co, for an estimated $3.3 bil, in a reverse takeover transaction. The consideration was to consist of $2.95 bil in cash plus the assumption of an estimated $350 mil in liabilities. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions and was approved by the board of directors of JM and FC. On completion, JM and PG were to own 46.55% and 53.5% of FC, respectively. Originally, JM was rumored to be planning to acquire FC.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - JM Smucker Co (JM) definitively agreed to merge with Folgers Coffee, a producer of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">coffee, and a unit of Procter &amp; Gamble Co, for an estimated $3.3 bil, in a reverse</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">takeover transaction. The consideration was to consist of $2.95 bil in cash plus the</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">assumption of an estimated $350 mil in liabilities. The transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">customary closing conditions and was approved by the board of directors of JM and FC. On</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">completion, JM and PG were to own 46.55% and 53.5% of FC, respectively. Originally, JM was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">rumored to be planning to acquire FC.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - JM Smucker Co (JM) definitively agreed to merge with Folgers Coffee, a producer of coffee, and a unit of Procter &amp; Gamble Co, for an estimated $3.3 bil, in a reverse takeover transaction. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">consideration was to consist of $2.95 bil in cash plus the assumption of an estimated $350 mil in liabilities. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions and was approved by the board</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">of directors of JM and FC. On completion, JM and PG were to own 46.55% and 53.5% of FC, respectively. Originally, JM was rumored to be planning to acquire FC.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:n_synopsis5><sdc:value sdc:p="0">US - JM Smucker Co (JM) definitively agreed to merge with Folgers Coffee, a producer of coffee, and a unit of Procter &amp; Gamble Co, for an</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">estimated $3.3 bil, in a reverse takeover transaction. The consideration was to consist of $2.95 bil in cash plus the assumption of an</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">estimated $350 mil in liabilities. The transaction was subject to customary closing conditions and was approved by the board of directors</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">of JM and FC. On completion, JM and PG were to own 46.55% and 53.5% of FC, respectively. 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