report oF management on internal control over Financial reporting The J. M. Smucker Company Shareholders The J. M. Smucker Company Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate accounting and internal control systems over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Our internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance that we have the ability to record, process, summarize, and report reliable financial information on a timely basis. Our management, with the participation of the principal financial and executive officers, assessed the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting as of April 30, 2013. In making this assessment, we used the criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“the COSO criteria”). Based on our assessment of internal control over financial reporting under the COSO criteria, we concluded the internal control over financial reporting was effective as of April 30, 2013. Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, audited the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of April 30, 2013, and their report thereon is included on page 38 of this report. Richard K. Smucker Chief Executive Officer Mark R. Belgya Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 2013 Annual Report 37