McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	0-748	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: (410) 771-7301

Item 12. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On March 23, 2004, the Registrant issued a press release and held a conference call with analysts to report on the results of operations for the first quarter of fiscal year 2004, which ended on February 29, 2004.

Furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Announces Record First Quarter Results,” which includes an unaudited Consolidated Income Statement for the three months ended February 29, 2004 and an unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Registrant as of February 29, 2004.

Also furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2 is a copy of the presentation delivered at the conference call labeled “McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Conference Call Announcing First Quarter 2004 Results, March 23, 2004”.

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: March 26, 2004	By:	/s/ Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
		Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
		Vice President & Controller