secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MCCORMICK & CO INC (MKC)
CIK:        0000063754
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000063754-24-000068
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

McCormick's Executive Chairman Kurzius to retire Dec 31; CEO Foley to become Chairman Jan 1, 2025
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- Lawrence Kurzius retires as employee and Executive Chairman Dec 31, 2024; remains non-executive director until 2025 annual meeting.
- Brendan Foley, President and CEO, appointed Chairman of the Board effective Jan 1, 2025.
- Foley joined McCormick in 2014; previously held roles including President U.S. Consumer and President and COO.
- Kurzius served 22 years at McCormick, transitioned CEO role to Foley in Sep 2023.
- Board states transition is part of planned executive succession; Foley continues as CEO.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000068/0000063754-24-000068-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375424000068/mkc-20241119.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-24-000068

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