---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T07:31:48.259546+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Patricia Little to retire from McCormick board, not stand for re-election

## Summary
- Patricia Little informed the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee on Jan 27, 2025 that she will not stand for election at the March 26, 2025 annual meeting.
- Little will continue to serve on the Board until the 2025 annual stockholders' meeting.
- No replacement director has been announced or nominated at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000012/0000063754-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000012/mkc-20250127.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-25-000012
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-25-000012.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063754-25-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Patricia Little departed as Director at MCCORMICK & CO INC.
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Director
  source text: On January 27, 2025, Patricia Little informed the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the “Registrant”) that she intends to retire from the Board of the Registrant and will not stand for election at the Registrant’s next annual stockholders’ meeting, which is currently scheduled for March 26, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000012/0000063754-25-000012-index.htm

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