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In the exchange offer, P&G shareholders had the option to exchange some,none or all of their shares of P&G common stock for shares of Folgers commonstock, which, prior to the merger, was a wholly owned subsidiary of P&G.Following the merger, each share of Folgers common stock automaticallyconverted into the right to receive one Smucker common share.
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Exchange Offer Results
Pursuant to the exchange offer, which expired at 12:00 midnight, New YorkCity time, on November 5, 2008, P&G announced that it has accepted 38,652,878shares of P&G common stock for 63,166,532 shares of Folgers common stock.
Based on a preliminary count by the exchange agent, a total of 484,864,100shares of P&G common stock were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior tothe expiration of the exchange offer, including 231,260,800 shares tenderedpursuant to guaranteed delivery procedures. The total shares tendered includesan estimated 487,293 shares of P&G common stock tendered by odd-lotshareholders not subject to proration.
Based on the total number of shares of P&G common stock reported to betendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, thepreliminary proration factor is approximately 7.88%.
P&G will not be able to determine the final proration factor until thedelivery of shares of P&G common stock tendered by guaranteed delivery iscompleted, which P&G expects to be the close of business on November 10, 2008.P&G will publicly announce the final proration factor after it has beendetermined, which may be different from today's preliminary estimate. At thattime, P&G will also announce the exact amount of the after-tax gain from thetransaction.
Because more than 38,652,878 shares of P&G common stock were tendered, allshares of Folgers common stock owned by P&G will be exchanged in the offer,and no shares of Folgers common stock will be distributed as a pro ratadividend.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated served as the dealer manager for theexchange offer.
Closing of the Folgers Merger
In connection with the exchange offer, P&G also announced the closing ofthe merger of Folgers with Smucker, pursuant to which a Smucker subsidiarymerged with and into Folgers, with Folgers surviving as a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Smucker. The Smucker common shares issued in the Folgers mergerrepresent approximately 53.5 percent of the Smucker common shares that areoutstanding after the merger.
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Forward-Looking Statements
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Additional Information
Smucker and Folgers have filed registration statements with the U. S.Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") registering the shares of Folgerscommon stock and Smucker common shares to be issued to P&G shareholders inconnection with the Folgers transaction. In connection with the exchangeoffer for the shares of common stock of Folgers, P&G filed on October 8, 2008a tender offer statement with the SEC. P&G shareholders are urged to read theprospectus included in the registration statements, the tender offer statementand any other relevant documents, because they contain important informationabout Smucker, Folgers and the proposed transaction. The prospectus, tenderoffer statement and other documents relating to the proposed transaction canbe obtained free of charge from the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Thedocuments can also be obtained free of charge from P&G upon written request toThe Procter and Gamble Company, Shareholder Services Department, P.O. Box5572, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201-5572 or by calling (800) 742-6253, or fromSmucker upon written request to The J. M. Smucker Company, ShareholderRelations, Strawberry Lane, Orrville, Ohio 44667 or by calling (330) 684-3838.
This communication shall not constitute an offer to sell or thesolicitation of an offer to buy securities, nor shall there be any sale ofsecurities in any jurisdiction in which such solicitation or sale would beunlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws ofsuch jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of aprospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of1933, as amended.
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