UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 

Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported):

 

October 25, 2007

 

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (410) 771-7301

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b).

 

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c).

 

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

 

(b)           The Board of Directors of the Registrant has named Joseph W. McGrath to the Board of Directors of the Registrant. Mr. McGrath is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Unisys Corporation.

Mr. McGrath’s appointment will be effective November 27, 2007.  He will become a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors on the same date.   There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. McGrath and any other persons pursuant to which Mr. McGrath was selected as a director.  There have been no transactions, nor are there any currently proposed transactions, to which the Registrant was or is to be a party with which Mr. McGrath, or any member of his immediate family, had, or will have, a direct or indirect material interest.

Furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Appoints Joseph McGrath to Board of Directors.”

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

The exhibit to this report is listed in Item 5.02 above and in the Exhibit Index that follows the signature line.

 

SIGNATURES

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
Date: October 30, 2007	By:	/s/ Robert W. Skelton
	Robert W. Skelton Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit Description
99.1		Copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Appoints Joseph McGrath to Board of Directors.”

 

 

 

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