---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-25-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T04:27:43.041159+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick stockholders elect 11 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected; highest votes against were 420,433 for Margaret M.V. Preston.
- Ernst & Young ratified as auditor for FY2025 with 12,115,971 for, 135,700 against, 10,675 abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 7,834,077 for, 162,008 against, 291,950 abstain.
- Broker non-votes totaled 3,974,311 on director election and say-on-pay proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-25-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000026/0000063754-25-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375425000026/mkc-20250326.htm

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