ContractJ M SMUCKER Co • March 9th, 2015 • Canned, fruits, veg, preserves, jams & jellies
As used below, except where otherwise specified or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms “Smucker,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to The J. M. Smucker Company, an Ohio corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries prior to the Mergers (as defined below), and the term “Big Heart Pet” or “BHPB” refers to Big Heart Pet Brands, a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries. As used herein, the term “Merger Agreement” refers to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 3, 2015, as it may be amended from time to time, by and among the Company, Blue Acquisition Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“BAG”) and the parent of Big Heart Pet, SPF Holdings I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, SPF Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and for the limited purposes set forth in the Merger Agreement, Blue Holdings I, L.P., the controlling stockholder o
