{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001999371-26-007671","form_type":"8-K/A","ticker":"MKC","cik":"0000063754","company_name":"MCCORMICK & CO INC","filed_at":"2026-04-06T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:02:33.630555+00:00","generated_at":"2026-05-15T07:28:58.299333+00:00","sec_items":["1.01","9.01"],"event_type":"m_and_a","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.95,"confidence":"high","headline":"McCormick agrees to acquire Unilever Foods; Unilever shareholders to own ~55% of combined company","bullets":["Transaction structured as Reverse Morris Trust: Unilever spins off Foods business into SpinCo, then merges into McCormick.","Unilever shareholders to own approx 55.1%, McCormick shareholders 35%, DutchCo 9.9% of McCormick common stock.","McCormick obtained $15.7B bridge loan commitment from Citi, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley to finance cash portion.","McCormick will divest up to $1.4B in sales to secure antitrust clearance; $420M termination fee if deal fails.","Board will expand to 12 members, with 4 designees from Unilever; closing expected within 12 months of signing."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-007671","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-007671.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-007671.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001999371-26-007671.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000199937126007671/0001999371-26-007671-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63754/000199937126007671/mkcv_8ka-033126.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-05-15T07:28:58.299333+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}