8-K 1 a8-kxmarch302016xannualmee.htm 8-K 8-K

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

_______________________

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

March 30, 2016

McCormick & Company, Incorporated
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland
001-14920
52-0408290
(State or other jurisdiction
(Commission
(IRS Employer
of incorporation)
File Number)
Identification No.)
 
 
 
18 Loveton Circle
 
 
Sparks, Maryland
 
21152
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 771-7301

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 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
 
On March 30, 2016, the Registrant held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders, at which two proposals were submitted to, and approved by, the Registrant’s stockholders. The proposals are described in detail in the Registrant’s proxy statement for the 2016 Annual Meeting of Stockholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2016. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

1. Registrant’s stockholders elected eleven directors to the Registrant’s Board of Directors, to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

 
For
Against 
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
Michael A. Conway
8,873,301
87,589
27,029
1,404,207
J. Michael Fitzpatrick
8,881,796
89,694
16,429
1,404,207
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
8,849,874
118,537
19,508
1,404,207
Lawrence E. Kurzius
8,807,215
162,288
18,416
1,404,207
Patricia Little
8,911,022
55,895
21,002
1,404,207
Michael D. Mangan
8,873,927
95,769
18,223
1,404,207
Maritza G. Montiel
8,896,265
63,037
28,617
1,404,207
Margaret M.V. Preston
8,912,091
53,079
22,749
1,404,207
Gordon M. Stetz, Jr.
8,896,855
80,640
10,424
1,404,207
Jaques Tapiero
8,892,084
78,490
17,345
1,404,207
Alan D. Wilson
8,906,098
60,868
20,953
1,404,207

2. Registrant’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2015. The votes regarding this proposal were as follows:

For
Against
Abstained
Broker Non-Votes
10,225,857
139,483
26,786
0




SIGNATURES

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
 
 
 
Date: April 1, 2016
By:
 
/s/    Jeffery D. Schwartz        
 
 
 
Jeffery D. Schwartz
 
 
 
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary