---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-24-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T05:01:12.192911+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick shareholders elect 12 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; for votes ranged from ~9.5M to ~9.9M, against minimal.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2024 passed with 13.4M for (99.6% of votes cast).
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 9.3M for, 428k against, 3.4M broker non-votes.
- No other matters were submitted to stockholders at the March 27, 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-24-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2024-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000035/0000063754-24-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000035/mkc-20240327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000035
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000035.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000035.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2024-03-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-27
  source text: The Registrant’s stockholders approved in an advisory (non-binding) vote the compensation paid to the Registrant’s Named Executive Officers.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000035/0000063754-24-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2024-03-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-27
  source text: The 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, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000035/0000063754-24-000035-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  MCCORMICK & CO INC shareholders approved Election of twelve directors at the 2024-03-27 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-03-27
  source text: The Registrant’s stockholders elected twelve 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000035/0000063754-24-000035-index.htm

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