UNITED STATES

SECURITIES & 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):

November 15, 2006

 

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)           On November 15, 2006, Ms. Karen D. Weatherholtz notified the Registrant that she has decided to retire from the Registrant effective April 1, 2007 and therefore will not stand for re-election to the Board of Directors at the Registrant’s Annual Meeting scheduled to be held on March 28, 2007.  Ms. Weatherholtz will continue to serve as a member of the Board until the date of the Annual Meeting.  Ms. Weatherholtz has served as a director for the Registrant for 15 years and we are grateful for her dedicated service to McCormick, its employees and stockholders.

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: November 20, 2006		By:		/s/ Robert W. Skelton
				Robert W. Skelton
				Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

 

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