Form 8-K

 

 

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):

March 28, 2012

 

 

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-14920   52-0408290

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

18 Loveton Circle

Sparks, Maryland

  21152
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

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):

 

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

 

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

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On March 28, 2012, the Registrant held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which two proposals were submitted to, and approved by, the Registrant’s stockholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Registrant’s proxy statement for the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2012. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

1. Registrant’s stockholders elected eleven directors to the Registrant’s Board of Directors, to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

     For      Against      Abstained      Broker
Non-Votes
 

John P. Bilbrey

     9,469,700         61,328         16,232         1,239,636   

James T. Brady

     9,455,252         74,235         17,773         1,239,636   

J. Michael Fitzpatrick

     9,476,476         54,869         15,915         1,239,636   

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III

     9,430,996         89,563         26,701         1,239,636   

Patricia Little

     9,474,965         57,882         14,413         1,239,636   

Michael D. Mangan

     9,472,596         57,986         16,678         1,239,636   

Margaret M.V. Preston

     9,475,403         56,615         15,242         1,239,636   

George A. Roche

     9,460,787         69,007         17,466         1,239,636   

Gordon M. Stetz, Jr.

     9,471,126         65,164         10,970         1,239,636   

William E. Stevens

     9,463,834         68,334         15,092         1,239,636   

Alan D. Wilson

     9,469,769         66,457         11,034         1,239,636   

2. Registrant’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2012. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 

For

   Against      Abstained      Broker
Non-Votes
 
10,705,598      77,728         3,570         0   


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: April 2, 2012     By:  

/s/    W. Geoffrey Carpenter        

      W. Geoffrey Carpenter
      Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary