---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063754-26-000196"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MKC"
cik: "0000063754"
company_name: "MCCORMICK & CO INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T07:44:29.835382+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McCormick stockholders elect 11 directors, ratify EY, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees elected with votes ranging from 6.7M to 7.1M; broker non-votes of ~4.3M each.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for FY2026: 11.5M for (96.7%), 78K against, 78K abstain.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation passed: 6.9M for, 281K against, 151K abstain.
- No other matters were voted on; meeting held April 1, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063754-26-000196
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MKC
- cik: 0000063754
- company_name: MCCORMICK & CO INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375426000196/0000063754-26-000196-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000006375426000196/mkc-20260401.htm

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