FORM 10-K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended April30, 2026or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 THE J. M. SMUCKER COMPANY(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 44667-0280(Zip code) Title of each classTrading symbolName of each exchange on which registeredCommon shares, no par valueSJMNew York Stock Exchange Securities registered pursuant to Section12(g) of the Act: None___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section13 or Section15(d) of the Act.Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1)has filed all reports required to be filed by Section13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)has been subject to suchfiling requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submitsuch files).Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, oran emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large Accelerated Filer☒Non-accelerated filer☐Emerging growth company☐ If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with anynew or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internalcontrol over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm thatprepared or issued its audit report.☒ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included inthe filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensationreceived by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to § 240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the common shares held by nonaffiliates of the registrant at October31, 2025, was $10,590,293,766. As of June2, 2026, 106,662,133 common shares of The J. M. Smucker Company were issued and outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Certain sections of the registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement to be filed in connection with its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held onAugust12, 2026, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I.PageNo.Item1.Business2Item 1A.Risk Factors9Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments23Item 1C.Cybersecurity24Item 2.Properties25Item 3.Legal Proceedings25Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures25PART II.Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of EquitySecurities26Item 6.[Reserved]27Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations27Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk42Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data44Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures90Item 9A.Controls and Procedures90Item 9B.Other Information90PART III.Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance91Item 11.Executive Compensation91Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters91Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence91Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services91PART IV.Item 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules92Signatures95 PART I (Dollars and shares in millions, unless otherwise noted, except per share data) Item 1.Business. The Company:The J. M. Smucker Compa