McCORMICK & COMPANY  2008 ANNUAL REPORT

Executive Officers   Alan D. Wilson President & Chief Executive Officer Paul C. Beard Senior Vice President – Finance & Treasurer Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr. Senior Vice President & Controller Lawrence E. Kurzius President – McCormick International Charles T. Langmead President – U.S. Industrial Group Cecile K. Perich Vice President – Human Relations W. Geoffrey Carpenter Vice President – General Counsel & Secretary Gordon M. Stetz Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Mark T. Timbie President – North American Consumer Foods		Board of Directors John P. Bilbrey 52 Senior Vice President The Hershey Company President – Hershey North America Director since 2005 Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee James T. Brady 68 Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic Ballantrae International, Ltd. Ijamsville, Maryland Director since 1998 Audit Committee* J. Michael Fitzpatrick 62 Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc. Radnor, Pennsylvania Director since 2001 Audit Committee Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 58 President University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland Director since 1997 Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee* Robert J. Lawless 62 Chairman of the Board Chief Executive Officer (retired) McCormick & Company, Inc. Director since 1994 Michael D. Mangan 52 President – Worldwide Tools & Accessories The Black & Decker Corporation Towson, Maryland Director since 2007 Audit Committee   Joseph W. McGrath 56 President & Chief Executive Officer (retired) Unisys Corporation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Director since 2007 Compensation Committee Margaret M.V. Preston 51 Managing Director Market Executive U.S. Trust Bank of America Private Wealth Management Greenwich, Connecticut Director since 2003 Nominating / Corporate Governance Committee George A. Roche 67 Chairman of the Board & President (retired) T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Baltimore, Maryland Director since 2007 Compensation Committee William E. Stevens 66 Chairman – BBI Group St. Louis, Missouri Director since 1988 Compensation Committee* Alan D. Wilson 51 President & Chief Executive Officer McCormick & Company, Inc. Director since 2007 *Denotes committee chairman

Corporate Governance McCormick’s mission is to enhance shareholder value. McCormick employees conduct business under the leadership of the Chief Executive Officer and the oversight and direction of the Board of Directors. Both management and the Board of Directors believe that the creation of long-term shareholder value requires us to conduct our business honestly and ethically and in accordance with applicable laws. We also believe that shareholder value is well served if the interests of our employees, customers, suppliers, consumers, and the communities in which we live, are appropriately addressed.      McCormick’s success is grounded in its value system as evidenced by our core values.      We are open and honest in business dealings inside and outside McCormick. We are dependable and truthful and keep our promises.      Our employees and our Board of Directors are committed to growing our business in accordance with our governance structure, principles and code of ethics.