UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2008
MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-14920 | 52-0408290 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
| 18 Loveton Circle Sparks, Maryland |
21152 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 261-7272
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
Attached as Exhibit 100 to this Current Report on Form 8-K are the following financial statements from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of McCormick & Company, Incorporated for the quarter ended May 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2008, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three- and six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at May 31, 2008 and 2007 and November 30, 2007, and (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007. Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 401 of Regulation S-T that the financial and other information contained in the XBRL documents is unaudited and that these are not the official publicly filed financial statements of McCormick & Company, Incorporated. The purpose of submitting these XBRL formatted documents is to test the related format and technology and, as a result, investors should continue to rely on the official filed version of the furnished documents and not rely on the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, in making investment decisions.
In accordance with Rule 402 of Regulation S-T, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 100, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
The following document is herewith furnished as an exhibit to this report:
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 100 |
The following financial statements from McCormick & Company, Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2008 filed on July 9, 2008, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three- and six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at May 31, 2008 and 2007 and November 30, 2007, and (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED | ||
| (Registrant) | ||
| Date: October 29, 2008 | /s/ Kenneth A. Kelly | |
| Kenneth A. Kelly | ||
| Senior Vice President and Controller | ||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit | |
| 100 |
The following financial statements from McCormick & Company, Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2008 filed on July 9, 2008, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three- and six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007, (ii) the Consolidated Balance Sheet at May 31, 2008 and 2007 and November 30, 2007, and (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six-month periods ended May 31, 2008 and 2007. |