EX-24 3 a2042827zex-24.txt EXHIBIT 24 EXHIBIT 24 MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned officers and directors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated, a Maryland corporation with offices at 18 Loveton Circle, Sparks, Maryland 21152 (the "Corporation"), hereby constitute and appoint Robert J. Lawless and Francis A. Contino, jointly and severally, each in his own capacity, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, for him and his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement, any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, or any Registration Statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE /S/ ROBERT J. LAWLESS Chairman, President & Chief March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Robert J. Lawless Executive Officer, Director /S/ FRANCIS A. CONTINO Executive Vice President & March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Francis A. Contino Chief Financial Officer, Director /S/ KENNETH A. KELLY, JR. Vice President & Controller March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr. /S/ BARRY H. BERACHA Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Barry H. Beracha /S/ JAMES T. BRADY Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ James T. Brady /S/ ROBERT G. DAVEY Executive Vice President, March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Robert G. Davey Director /S/ EDWARD S. DUNN, JR. Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Edward S. Dunn, Jr. /S/ FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Freeman A. Hrabowski, III /S/ JOHN C. MOLAN Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ John C. Molan /S/ CARROLL D. NORDHOFF Executive Vice President, March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Carroll D. Nordhoff Director /S/ ROBERT W. SCHROEDER President, U.S Consumer March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Robert W. Schroeder Foods, Director /S/ WILLIAM E. STEVENS Director March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ William E. Stevens /S/ KAREN D. WEATHERHOLTZ Senior Vice President - March 21, 2001 ------------------------------------ Karen D. Weatherholtz Human Relations, Director