8-K
filed March 31, 2023, 7:59 PM ET
ticker MKC
CIK 0000063754
other
confidence high
sentiment neutral
materiality 0.10
McCormick stockholders elect directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at annual meeting
MCCORMICK & CO INC
- Eleven directors elected with majority support; highest vote count for Margaret M.V. Preston (10,643,472 for).
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for FY2023 with 14,132,093 for, 47,323 against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 10,390,708 for, 286,118 against.
- Stockholders voted for one-year frequency on future say-on-pay votes; board adopts annual advisory vote.
- Next advisory vote on executive compensation scheduled for 2024 annual meeting.
Key facts
Extracted from this filing and checked against the source text.
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote to approve compensation paid to Named Executive Officers at the 2023-03-29 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2023-03-29
Exact text from the filing
3. Registrant’s stockholders approved in an advisory (non-binding) vote the compensation paid to the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 10,390,708 286,118 40,702 3,474,062
View on SEC.gov
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Ratification of Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for fiscal year ending November 30, 2023 at the 2023-03-29 meeting.
- Proposal
- auditor ratification
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2023-03-29
Exact text from the filing
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, 2023. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 14,132,093 47,323 12,174 —
View on SEC.gov
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Election of eleven directors to the Board of Directors at the 2023-03-29 meeting.
- Proposal
- director election
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2023-03-29
Exact text from the filing
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 Anne L. Bramman 10,523,500 165,176 43,871 3,474,062 Michael A. Conway 10,091,450 599,142 41,955 3,474,062 Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 10,226,141 458,691 47,715 3,474,062 Lawrence E. Kurzius 10,504,241 201,477 26,829 3,474,062 Patricia Little 10,222,420 471,043 39,084 3,474,062 Michael D. Mangan 10,204,427 488,789 39,331 3,474,062 Maritza G. Montiel 10,584,282 108,540 39,725 3,474,062 Margaret M.V. Preston 10,643,472 58,321 30,754 3,474,062 Gary Rodkin 10,453,727 240,275 38,545 3,474,062 Jacques Tapiero 10,608,932 85,069 38,546 3,474,062 W. Anthony Vernon 10,236,290 283,885 212,372 3,474,062
View on SEC.gov
Shareholder Votes
SEC 8-K Item 5.07
confidence 0.9
MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Advisory (non-binding) vote on the frequency of future advisory stockholder votes on executive compensation at the 2023-03-29 meeting.
- Proposal
- say on pay frequency
- Outcome
- passed
- Meeting
- 2023-03-29
Exact text from the filing
4. Registrant’s stockholders voted, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, on the frequency of stockholder votes on executive compensation. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows: Votes for Three Years Votes for Two Years Votes for One Year Abstain Broker Non-Votes 560,656 99,815 10,012,907 44,150 3,474,062
View on SEC.gov
This headline and bullets were generated automatically by deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2 from the public filing. Read the source on SEC.gov before relying on any specific claim. Not investment advice.
See methodology for how this pipeline works.