---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-22-000028"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T02:14:53.086731+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick appoints Brendan Foley as President and COO effective June 1

## Summary
- Brendan Foley named President and Chief Operating Officer, effective June 1, 2022.
- Annual base salary of $900,000; target bonus 120% of base, max 240%.
- Lawrence Kurzius remains Chairman and CEO; Foley reports to Kurzius.
- Foley joined McCormick in 2014; most recently President Global Consumer, Americas and Asia.
- Newly created role gives Foley responsibility for all business units and global supply chain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-22-000028
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375422000028/0000063754-22-000028-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375422000028/mkc-20220502.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-22-000028
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-22-000028.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-22-000028.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Brendan M. Foley was appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer at MCCORMICK & CO INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 2, 2022, McCormick & Company, Incorporated ("McCormick") announced the appointment of Brendan M. Foley as President and Chief Operating Officer of McCormick effective June 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375422000028/0000063754-22-000028-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.