UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the “Company”) is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion and consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Company, regarding the validity of the shares of Company common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and common stock non-voting, par value $0.01 per share (collectively, the “Shares”), to be offered pursuant to the Company’s Investor Services Plan, as amended (the “Plan”). The Shares are registered pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-271070) and the base prospectus contained therein. A prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the Shares under the Plan has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2023.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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: September 22, 2023 |
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By: | /s/ Jeffery D. Schwartz | |||
| Jeffery D. Schwartz | ||||||
| Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | ||||||