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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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S-8</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">McCORMICK&nbsp;&amp;
COMPANY, INCORPORATED</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Maryland</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">52-0408290</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">18 Loveton Circle<br>
  Sparks, Maryland</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">21152</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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  <td width="48%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:48.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Zip Code)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2005 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN<br>
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of plans)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Robert W. Skelton<br>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel&nbsp;&amp; Secretary<br>
McCormick&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated<br>
18 Loveton Circle<br>
Sparks, Maryland 21152<br>
(410)&nbsp;771-7563</font></b><br>
(Name, address and telephone of agent for service)</p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of Securities to be<br>
  Registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount to be<br>
  Registered*</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.6%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum Offering<br>
  Price Per Share*</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate Offering<br>
  Price</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of<br>
  Registration Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.6%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="17%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:17.94%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="13%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.44%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock
  Non-Voting <br>
  (no par value)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:15.8%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">690,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="14%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:14.52%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">34.31</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.68%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23,673,900</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:12.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,786.42</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="109" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="15" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Notes:</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">* Represents the aggregate
number of shares available at April 1, 2005 for issuance under the Plans with
the estimated offering price and registration fee calculated in accordance with
Rule&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and (h), based upon the average of the high and low
prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the Common Stock Non-Voting
of the Registrant on April 1, 2005 ($34.31). In addition, pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Plan</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.24%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Common Non-Voting Shares</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="37%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:1.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="58%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:58.06%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005 Employees Stock Purchase Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="37%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:37.24%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">670,000</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I<br>
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INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As permitted by the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), this registration
statement omits the information specified in Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8. The
documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered
to the participants in the plans as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part&nbsp;II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART II<br>
<br>
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following documents or designated
portions thereof are incorporated herein by reference in this registration
statement:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
November&nbsp;30, 2004;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended
February 28, 2005.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10 Registration Statement dated April&nbsp;29, 1965
(Registration Statement File Number 0-748) registering stock pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by
Form&nbsp;8 filed on August&nbsp;16, 1988 with the Commission, which describes
the Company&#146;s securities.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents subsequently
filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 4. Description of Securities</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The legal validity of the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock Non-Voting offered by the Prospectus has
been passed upon by Robert W. Skelton, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company. As of March 1, 2005, Mr.&nbsp;Skelton owned 228,181
shares of the Company&#146;s Common Stock and 94,743 shares of Common Stock
Non-Voting, which includes shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting
beneficially owned by Mr.&nbsp;Skelton alone or jointly with his spouse and
children who have the same home as Mr.&nbsp;Skelton. It also includes 150,150 shares
of Common Stock and 50,050 shares of Common Stock Non-Voting which could be
acquired within 60&nbsp;days of March&nbsp;1, 2005 pursuant to the exercise of
stock options and 11,317 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by virtue of
his participation in the McCormick 401(k) Retirement Plan. Ernst&nbsp;&amp;
Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company, have
no reportable interest in the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Company&#146;s By-Laws
and the Maryland General Corporation Law, the directors and officers of the
Company may be entitled to indemnification in respect to threatened, pending or
completed actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (&#147;proceedings&#148;) to which they are made a party
by reason of their position as a director or officer of the Company. In the
case of conduct in their official capacity with the Company, directors and
officers will be entitled to indemnification so long as they acted in good
faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed was in the best interests
of the Company, and in all other cases they will be entitled to indemnification
so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner that was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the Company. In the case of criminal
proceedings, the director or the officer also must have had no reasonable cause
to believe that the conduct was unlawful.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the director or officer
is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any proceedings, the
director or officer will be entitled to indemnification against reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings regardless of whether the
foregoing standards are met. In addition, a court of competent jurisdiction may
order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer has met the
foregoing standards, or even if not, if it determines that the director or
officer is entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant
circumstances.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any indemnification required
or permitted by the Company&#146;s By-Laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law
may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.
However, if the proceeding is by or in the right of the Company,
indemnification may be made only against expenses and may not be made in
respect of any proceeding in which the director or officer is adjudged to be
liable to the Company.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Under the Company&#146;s Charter,
the monetary liability of directors and officers to the Company or its
stockholders is eliminated except for, and to the extent of, actual receipt of
an improper benefit in money, property or services, or in respect to an
adjudication based upon a finding of active and deliberate dishonesty material
to the cause of action adjudicated.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company also maintains
for the benefit of its directors and officers insurance covering certain
liabilities asserted against or incurred by such persons in their capacity as,
or as a result of their position of,</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">director or officer of the Company. This
insurance may afford protection for liabilities not subject to indemnification
under the Company&#146;s By-Laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not Applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. Exhibits</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See Exhibit Index.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9. Undertakings</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A. The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .7in;text-indent:.3in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove the registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">B. The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report
pursuant to section&nbsp;13(a) or section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s
annual report pursuant to section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">C. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the questions whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Registrant. </font></b>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8, and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the County of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland, on the 4th
day of April, 2005. </p>

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  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:51.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="38%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:38.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert J. Lawless<br>
  Chairman, President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal
  Executive Officer:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;ROBERT J. LAWLESS</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman,
  President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April
  4, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert
  J. Lawless</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal
  Financial Officer:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;FRANCIS A. CONTINO</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive
  Vice President,</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April
  4, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Francis
  A. Contino</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief
  Financial Officer&nbsp;&amp; Strategic Planning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;Principal Accounting Officer:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;KENNETH A. KELLY, JR.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April
  4, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:29.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth
  A. Kelly, Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:54.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice
  President&nbsp;&amp; Controller</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:13.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
majority of the Board of Directors:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">BARRY
H. BERACHA, JAMES T. BRADY, FRANCIS A. CONTINO, ROBERT G. DAVEY, EDWARD S.
DUNN, JR., J. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III, ROBERT J.
LAWLESS, MARGARET M.V. PRESTON, WILLIAM E. STEVENS AND KAREN D. WEATHERHOLTZ. </font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:24.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;ROBERT
  W. SKELTON</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:54.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attorney-in-fact</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April
  4, 2005</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="24%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:24.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 30.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert W. Skelton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:54.68%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:13.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">McCormick&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated 2005 Employees
Stock Purchase Plan.</font></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the McCormick&nbsp;&amp;
Company, Incorporated 2005 Employees Stock Purchase Plan has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the County of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland, on the 4<sup>th</sup>
day of April, 2005. </p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">McCORMICK&nbsp;&amp; COMPANY, INCORPORATED<br>
  2005 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN</font></b></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:8.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
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  <td width="30%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:30.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;ROBERT
  W. SKELTON</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert
  W. Skelton <br>
  Attorney-in-Fact</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">References</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Instruments
  defining the rights of security holders, including</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restatement
  of Charter of McCormick &amp; Company, Incorporated dated April 16, 1990,
  (See Exhibit #4, Registration Statement on S-8, Registration No. 33-39582
  filed March 25, 1991), as amended by Articles of Amendment dated April l,
  1992 (See Exhibit #4, Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
  33-59842 filed March 19, 1993), as further amended by the Articles of
  Amendment dated March 27, 2003, a copy of which is attached to this
  registration statement as Exhibit 4. No instrument of Registrant with respect
  to long-term debt involves an amount of authorized securities which exceeds
  10 percent of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries on a
  consolidated basis. Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of any such
  instrument upon request of the Commission.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  re: legality</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion
  of Robert W. Skelton, Esquire, attached.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(15)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Letter
  re: unaudited, interim financial information</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
  applicable.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(23)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consents
  of experts and counsel</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See
  &#147;Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm&#148; and Exhibit #5</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="28%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:28.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="60%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:60.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(24)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power
  of Attorney</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Attached.</font></p>
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UNITED
STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
McCORMICK &
COMPANY, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
52-0408290
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
18 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Maryland
21152
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
2005 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS
(Full title of plans)
Robert W. Skelton
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
McCormick & Company, Incorporated
18 Loveton Circle
Sparks, Maryland 21152
(410) 771-7563
(Name, address and telephone of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be
Registered
Amount to be
Registered*
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share*
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
  Non-Voting
(no par value)
690,000 shares
$
34.31
$
23,673,900
$
2,786.42
Notes:
* Represents the aggregate
number of shares available at April 1, 2005 for issuance under the Plans with
the estimated offering price and registration fee calculated in accordance with
Rule 457 (c) and (h), based upon the average of the high and low
prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the Common Stock Non-Voting
of the Registrant on April 1, 2005 ($34.31). In addition, pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be
offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
Plan
Common Non-Voting Shares
2005 Employees Stock Purchase Plan
670,000
Non-Qualified Stock Options
20,000
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
As permitted by the rules of
the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this registration
statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The
documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered
to the participants in the plans as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the
Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus
supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents or designated
portions thereof are incorporated herein by reference in this registration
statement:
(a)
The
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
November 30, 2004;
(b)
The
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three-month period ended
February 28, 2005.
(c)
The
Company's Form 10 Registration Statement dated April 29, 1965
(Registration Statement File Number 0-748) registering stock pursuant to
Section 12(g) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by
Form 8 filed on August 16, 1988 with the Commission, which describes
the Company's securities.
All documents subsequently
filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold, or which deregisters all securities remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
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Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The legal validity of the
issuance of the shares of Common Stock Non-Voting offered by the Prospectus has
been passed upon by Robert W. Skelton, Senior Vice President and General
Counsel of the Company. As of March 1, 2005, Mr. Skelton owned 228,181
shares of the Company's Common Stock and 94,743 shares of Common Stock
Non-Voting, which includes shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting
beneficially owned by Mr. Skelton alone or jointly with his spouse and
children who have the same home as Mr. Skelton. It also includes 150,150 shares
of Common Stock and 50,050 shares of Common Stock Non-Voting which could be
acquired within 60 days of March 1, 2005 pursuant to the exercise of
stock options and 11,317 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by virtue of
his participation in the McCormick 401(k) Retirement Plan. Ernst &
Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of the Company, have
no reportable interest in the Company.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the Company's By-Laws
and the Maryland General Corporation Law, the directors and officers of the
Company may be entitled to indemnification in respect to threatened, pending or
completed actions, suits or proceedings, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative ("proceedings") to which they are made a party
by reason of their position as a director or officer of the Company. In the
case of conduct in their official capacity with the Company, directors and
officers will be entitled to indemnification so long as they acted in good
faith and in a manner which they reasonably believed was in the best interests
of the Company, and in all other cases they will be entitled to indemnification
so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner that was at least not
opposed to the best interests of the Company. In the case of criminal
proceedings, the director or the officer also must have had no reasonable cause
to believe that the conduct was unlawful.
If the director or officer
is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any proceedings, the
director or officer will be entitled to indemnification against reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings regardless of whether the
foregoing standards are met. In addition, a court of competent jurisdiction may
order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer has met the
foregoing standards, or even if not, if it determines that the director or
officer is entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant
circumstances.
Any indemnification required
or permitted by the Company's By-Laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law
may be against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
actually incurred by the director or officer in connection with the proceeding.
However, if the proceeding is by or in the right of the Company,
indemnification may be made only against expenses and may not be made in
respect of any proceeding in which the director or officer is adjudged to be
liable to the Company.
Under the Company's Charter,
the monetary liability of directors and officers to the Company or its
stockholders is eliminated except for, and to the extent of, actual receipt of
an improper benefit in money, property or services, or in respect to an
adjudication based upon a finding of active and deliberate dishonesty material
to the cause of action adjudicated.
The Company also maintains
for the benefit of its directors and officers insurance covering certain
liabilities asserted against or incurred by such persons in their capacity as,
or as a result of their position of,
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director or officer of the Company. This
insurance may afford protection for liabilities not subject to indemnification
under the Company's By-Laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings
A. The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)  To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
material change to such information in the registration statement;
(2)  That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
(3)  To remove the registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
B. The undersigned
registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report
pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
C. Insofar as
indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the questions whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication
of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all the requirements for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the County of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland, on the 4th
day of April, 2005.
MCCORMICK &
  COMPANY, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/  ROBERT J. LAWLESS
Robert J. Lawless
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Principal
  Executive Officer:
/s/  ROBERT J. LAWLESS
Chairman,
  President & Chief Executive Officer
April
  4, 2005
Robert
  J. Lawless
Principal
  Financial Officer:
/s/  FRANCIS A. CONTINO
Executive
  Vice President,
April
  4, 2005
Francis
  A. Contino
Chief
  Financial Officer & Strategic Planning
Principal Accounting Officer:
/s/  KENNETH A. KELLY, JR.
April
  4, 2005
Kenneth
  A. Kelly, Jr.
Vice
  President & Controller
A
majority of the Board of Directors:
BARRY
H. BERACHA, JAMES T. BRADY, FRANCIS A. CONTINO, ROBERT G. DAVEY, EDWARD S.
DUNN, JR., J. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, FREEMAN A. HRABOWSKI, III, ROBERT J.
LAWLESS, MARGARET M.V. PRESTON, WILLIAM E. STEVENS AND KAREN D. WEATHERHOLTZ.
By:
/s/  ROBERT
  W. SKELTON
Attorney-in-fact
April
  4, 2005
Robert W. Skelton
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McCormick & Company, Incorporated 2005 Employees
Stock Purchase Plan.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the McCormick &
Company, Incorporated 2005 Employees Stock Purchase Plan has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the County of Baltimore, and the State of Maryland, on the 4
th
day of April, 2005.
McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
2005 EMPLOYEES STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
By:
/s/  ROBERT
  W. SKELTON
Robert
  W. Skelton
Attorney-in-Fact
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
References
(4)
Instruments
  defining the rights of security holders, including
Restatement
  of Charter of McCormick & Company, Incorporated dated April 16, 1990,
  (See Exhibit #4, Registration Statement on S-8, Registration No. 33-39582
  filed March 25, 1991), as amended by Articles of Amendment dated April l,
  1992 (See Exhibit #4, Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No.
  33-59842 filed March 19, 1993), as further amended by the Articles of
  Amendment dated March 27, 2003, a copy of which is attached to this
  registration statement as Exhibit 4. No instrument of Registrant with respect
  to long-term debt involves an amount of authorized securities which exceeds
  10 percent of the total assets of the Registrant and its subsidiaries on a
  consolidated basis. Registrant agrees to furnish a copy of any such
  instrument upon request of the Commission.
(5)
Opinion
  re: legality
Opinion
  of Robert W. Skelton, Esquire, attached.
(15)
Letter
  re: unaudited, interim financial information
Not
  applicable.
(23)
Consents
  of experts and counsel
See
  "Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and Exhibit #5
(24)
Power
  of Attorney
Attached.
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