Board of Directors

   
   

Barry H. Beracha 63

Executive Vice President

Sara Lee Corporation (retired)

Chief Executive Officer

Sara Lee Bakery Group (retired)

Chicago, Illinois

Director since 2000

Compensation Committee member*

John P. Bilbrey 49

Senior Vice President

The Hershey Company

President - Hershey International

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Director since 2005

Compensation Committee member

   

James T. Brady 65

Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic

Ballantrae International, Ltd.

Ijamsville, Maryland

Director since 1998

Audit Committee member*

Francis A. Contino 60

Executive Vice President -

Strategic Planning and

Chief Financial Officer

McCormick & Company, Inc.

Director since 1998

   

J. Michael Fitzpatrick 59

President & Chief Operating Officer

Rohm and Haas Company (retired)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Director since 2001

Compensation Committee member

Nominating /Corporate Governance

Committee member

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 55

President

University of Maryland

Baltimore County

Baltimore, Maryland

Director since 1997

Nominating / Corporate Governance

Committee member*

   

Robert J. Lawless 59

Chairman of the Board, President

and Chief Executive Officer

McCormick & Company, Inc.

Director since 1994

Margaret M.V. Preston 48

Executive Vice President

Mercantile Private Wealth Management

Mercantile Safe Deposit &Trust Company

Baltimore, Maryland

Director since 2003

Audit Committee member

   

William E. Stevens 63

Chairman, BBI Group

St. Louis, Missouri

Director since 1988

Audit Committee member

Karen D. Weatherholtz 55

Senior Vice President -

Human Relations

McCormick & Company, Inc.

Director since 1992

* Denotes committee chairman

     
McCORMICK & COMPANY 2005 ANNUAL REPORT