Flavored for Global Growth

2012 Annual Report

OUR FIVE PILLARS OF SUCCESS

We are committed to making food taste great. Around the globe, home cooks and professional chefs alike turn to McCormick for flavor and culinary inspiration. We have substantial and sustained investment in the science and art of flavor.

We are committed to making food taste great. Around the globe, home cooks and professional chefs alike turn to McCormick for flavor and culinary inspiration. We have substantial and sustained investment in the science and art of flavor.
There is something inspiring about working at McCormick. Employee engagement and a high performance culture are rooted in an environment of respect, recognition, inclusion and collaboration. In addition, since the founding of the company, we have had a commitment to give back to the communities in which we operate.
Our unrivaled focus on quality sets us apart. We are leaders in global sourcing and have years of experience impacting local growing practices to ensure the high quality of spices, herbs and other crops. These world-class standards extend throughout our global supply chain and across all of our internal processes.
Our high quality products not only make food taste better, they often make food better for you. Whether funding research on the potential health benefits of herbs and spices or developing reduced-sodium and gluten-free products, we continue to explore new ways to provide healthy eating choices.
We are committed to achieving a superior level of performance in everything we do. This is especially true in the financial realm where we have achieved compound annual growth rates of 9% for earnings per share and 10% for cash flow from operations during the past decade.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: John Bilbrey, James Brady, Michael Fitzpatrick, Freeman Hrabowski, Patricia Little, Michael Mangan, Margaret Preston, George Roche, Gordon Stetz, William Stevens, Jacques Tapiero, Alan Wilson

Directors

Board of Directors

John P. Bilbrey 56
President and Chief Executive Officer
The Hershey Company
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Director since 2005
 Compensation Committee

James T. Brady 72
Managing Director, Mid-Atlantic
Ballantrae International, Ltd.
Ijamsville, Maryland
Director since 1998
 Audit Committee*

J. Michael Fitzpatrick 66
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Citadel Plastics Holdings, Inc.
Radnor, Pennsylvania
Director since 2001
 Audit Committee

Freeman A. Hrabowski, III 62
President
University of Maryland
Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland
Director since 1997
 Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee*

Patricia Little 52
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Kelly Services, Inc.
Troy, Michigan
Director since 2010
 Audit Committee

Michael D. Mangan 56
Former President, Worldwide Power Tools & Accessories
The Black & Decker Corporation
Towson, Maryland
Director since 2007**
 Audit Committee
Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee

Margaret M.V. Preston 55
Managing Director & Regional Executive
U.S. Trust, Bank of America
Private Wealth Management
Greenwich, Connecticut
Director since 2003
 Nominating/Corporate Governance Committee

George A. Roche 71
Retired Chairman & President
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland
Director since 2007
 Compensation Committee

Gordon M. Stetz, Jr. 52
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Director since 2011

William E. Stevens 70
Chairman
BBI Group, Inc.
St. Louis, Missouri
Director since 1988
 Compensation Committee*

Jacques Tapiero 54
Senior Vice President and President, Emerging Markets
Eli Lilly and Company
Indianapolis, Indiana
Director since 2012
 Audit Committee

Alan D. Wilson 55
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
McCormick & Company, Inc.
Director since 2007

 *Indicates Chair Position on the
   Committee
**Lead Director

Executive Officers

Alan D. Wilson
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Gordon M. Stetz, Jr.
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

W. Geoffrey Carpenter
Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
Senior Vice President & Controller

Lawrence E. Kurzius
President—McCormick International

Charles T. Langmead
President—Industrial Foods Americas

Cecile K. Perich
Senior Vice President—Human Relations

Mark T. Timbie
President—Consumer Foods Americas 
& Chief Administrative Officer

Management Committee

PICTURED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Mark Timbie, Lawrence Kurzius, Gordon Stetz,
Alan Wilson, Cile Perich, Chuck Langmead

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