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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</font></b></p>

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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
</font><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:12.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;"><br>
</font>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</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<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of
Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  (State or other jurisdiction of<br>
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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><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  (I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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  Loveton Circle<br>
  Sparks, Maryland</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</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;">21152</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
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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;">2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full title of
plan)</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;">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<br>
</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name, address
and telephone of agent for service)</font></p>

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

<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;">Alan L. Dye</font></b></p>

<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;">Hogan&nbsp;&amp; Hartson LLP<br>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<br>
Washington, D.C.&#160; 20004-1109<br>
(202) 637-5600</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:23.85pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a
smaller reporting company. See definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148;&#160; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):</font></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:9.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  to be </font></b></p>
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  </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
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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;">Amount
  of</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Common Stock </font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(no par value) issuable under the 2007 </font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">6,000,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$37.00</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$</font><font size="1" style="font-size:9.0pt;">222,000,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$8,725</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.6%;">
  <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="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Common Stock Non-Voting </font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(no par value) issuable under the 2007 </font></p>
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Omnibus Incentive Plan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">2,000,000 shares</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$36.81</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$73,620,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$2,894</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.6%;">
  <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="32%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:32.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Total</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.1%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$295,620,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.64%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:15.04%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">$11,619</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:1.6%;">
  <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 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><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 .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a)&nbsp;of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock or Common Stock Non-Voting that may become issuable
under the plan as set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt
of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock or Common Stock Non-Voting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price
per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting,
respectively as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 2008, in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;of the Securities Act.</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&nbsp;I</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;">INCORPORATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION&nbsp;10(a)&nbsp;PROSPECTUS</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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As
permitted by the rules&nbsp;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 plan as required by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)&nbsp;under
the Securities Act of 1933. Such documents are not being filed with the
Commission as part of this registration statement or as a prospectus or
prospectus supplement 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)&nbsp;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&nbsp;II</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;">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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s
Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;30,
2007;</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)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s
Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;10,
2007; and</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)&nbsp;The Registrant&#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)&nbsp;of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended by a Form&nbsp;8 filed with
the Commission on August&nbsp;16, 1988, which describes the Registrant&#146;s
securities.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d)&nbsp;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 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>

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

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
legal validity of the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and Common Stock
Non-Voting offered under this Registration Statement has been passed upon by
Robert W. Skelton, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant.
Mr.&nbsp;Skelton owns shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting and is
eligible to participate in the 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</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>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s
by-laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law, the directors and officers of
the Registrant may be entitled to indemnification in respect of 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 Registrant. In the
case of conduct in their official capacity with the Registrant, directors and
officers will be entitled to indemnification unless the act or omission of the
director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and
was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty or the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services. In the case of criminal proceedings the
director or the officer also must have had no reasonable cause to believe that
the conduct was&nbsp;unlawful.</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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If
the director or officer is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense
of any proceeding, 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
appropriate jurisdiction may order indemnification if it determines that the
director or officer has met the foregoing standards, or if it determines that
the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in
view of all the relevant circumstances.</font></p>

<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any
indemnification required or permitted by the Registrant&#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 Registrant, 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&nbsp;Registrant.</font></p>

<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under
the Registrant&#146;s charter, the monetary liability of directors and officers to
the Registrant or its stockholders is eliminated except for, and to the extent
of, actual receipt of any improper benefit in money, property or services, or
in respect of an adjudication based upon a finding of active and deliberate
dishonesty material to the cause of action adjudicated.</font></p>

<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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant 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 as, director or
officer of the Registrant. This insurance may afford protection for liabilities
not subject to indemnification under the Registrant&#146;s by-laws and the Maryland
General Corporation Law.</font></p>

<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;"><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" 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;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See
Exhibit&nbsp;Index.</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 align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</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 9.
Undertakings</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (1)&nbsp;To file, during
any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
to this Registration Statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (i)&nbsp;To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (ii)&nbsp;To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)&nbsp;if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#145;&#145;Calculation of Registration Fee&#146;&#146;
table in the effective Registration Statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (iii)&nbsp;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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Provided,
however,</font></i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> that paragraphs&nbsp;(a)(1)(i)&nbsp;and (a)(1)(ii)&nbsp;above
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (2)&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 herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (3)&nbsp;To remove from
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>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby further undertakes that, for
the 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)&nbsp;or
Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;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 herein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i>bona fide</i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;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 Securities Act of
1933 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 question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</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;"><br>
<b>SIGNATURES</b></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;">The
Registrant. </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 2<sup>nd</sup> day of
April, 2008.</font></p>

<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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="43%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:43.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MCCORMICK&nbsp;&amp;
  COMPANY, INCORPORATED</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="26%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:26.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:17.16%;">
  <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:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Alan D. Wilson</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="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Alan D. Wilson</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="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:40.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President&nbsp;&amp;
  Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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  <td width="171" style="border:none;"></td>
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  <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>
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  <td width="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal Executive
  Officer:</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="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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;">&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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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Alan D. Wilson</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="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <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;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;2, 2008</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;">Alan D. Wilson</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;">Director</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;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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;">Principal Financial
  Officer:</font></p>
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  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="37%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:37.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Gordon M.
  Stetz,&nbsp;Jr.</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <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;">Executive Vice
  President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;2, 2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Gordon M.
  Stetz,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&amp; Chief Financial
  Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Principal Accounting
  Officer:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:37.8%;">
  <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;">/s/ Kenneth A. Kelly,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.64%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Vice
  President&nbsp;&amp; Controller</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;2, 2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="44%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:44.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Kenneth A.
  Kelly,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="42%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:42.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:12.58%;">
  <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" 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;">John P. Bilbrey, James T.
Brady, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Freeman A. Hrabowski,&nbsp;III, Robert J.
Lawless, Michael D. Mangan, Joseph W. McGrath, Margaret M.V. Preston, George A.
Roche, William E. Stevens and Alan D. Wilson.</font></p>

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:41.96%;">
  <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 .7pt 0in .7pt;width:54.58%;">
  <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="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="34%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:34.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert W. Skelton</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">  </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.48%;">
  <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:54.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">April&nbsp;2, 2008</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:41.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert W. Skelton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:54.58%;">
  <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="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:3.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="41%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:41.96%;">
  <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="54%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:54.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr height="0">
  <td width="26" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="258" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="56" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="408" style="border:none;"></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;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<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>

<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 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>

<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;">Exhibit&nbsp;Index</font></b></p>

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

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <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></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <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="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <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="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <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>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Number</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <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="85%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <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="6%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <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>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <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="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restatement of Charter of
  McCormick&nbsp;&amp; Company, Incorporated dated April&nbsp;16, 1990,
  incorporated by reference from Exhibit&nbsp;4 to Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration Statement No.&nbsp;33-39582 as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;25, 1991.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <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="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <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 .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles of Amendment to
  Charter dated April&nbsp;l, 1992, incorporated by reference from
  Exhibit&nbsp;4 to Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration
  Statement No.&nbsp;33-59842 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on March&nbsp;19, 1993.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <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 .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <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 .7pt 0in .7pt;width:6.78%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="85%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:85.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Articles
  of Amendment to Charter dated March&nbsp;27, 2003, incorporated by reference
  from Exhibit&nbsp;4 to Registration Form&nbsp;S-8, Registration Statement
  No.&nbsp;333-104084 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  March&nbsp;28,&nbsp;2003.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  Skelton,&nbsp;Esq.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of
  Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</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
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
52-0408290
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
18
  Loveton Circle
Sparks, Maryland
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
21152
(Zip Code)
2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of
plan)
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)
Copies to:
Alan L. Dye
Hogan & Hartson LLP
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20004-1109
(202) 637-5600
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a
smaller reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer,"  "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount
  to be
Registered
  (1)
Proposed
Maximum
  Offering Price Per Share (2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
  Offering Price
Amount
  of
Registration Fee
Common Stock
(no par value) issuable under the 2007
Omnibus Incentive Plan
6,000,000 shares
$37.00
$
222,000,000
$8,725
Common Stock Non-Voting
(no par value) issuable under the 2007
Omnibus Incentive Plan
2,000,000 shares
$36.81
$73,620,000
$2,894
Total
$295,620,000
$11,619
(1)           Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this
Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock or Common Stock Non-Voting that may become issuable
under the plan as set forth herein by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without receipt
of consideration that increases the number of outstanding shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock or Common Stock Non-Voting.
(2)           Estimated solely for the purpose of
calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to
Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act. The offering price
per share and aggregate offering price are based upon the average of the high
and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting,
respectively as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 2008, in
accordance with Rule 457(c) of the Securities Act.
PART I
INCORPORATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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 plan 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 a prospectus or
prospectus supplement 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 Registrant's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30,
2007;
(b) The Registrant's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on December 10,
2007; and
(c) The Registrant'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 a Form 8 filed with
the Commission on August 16, 1988, which describes the Registrant's
securities.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Registrant 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 and Common Stock
Non-Voting offered under this Registration Statement has been passed upon by
Robert W. Skelton, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Registrant.
Mr. Skelton owns shares of Common Stock and Common Stock Non-Voting and is
eligible to participate in the 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the Registrant's
by-laws and the Maryland General Corporation Law, the directors and officers of
the Registrant may be entitled to indemnification in respect of 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 Registrant. In the
case of conduct in their official capacity with the Registrant, directors and
officers will be entitled to indemnification unless the act or omission of the
director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and
was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate
dishonesty or the director or officer actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services. 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 proceeding, 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
appropriate jurisdiction may order indemnification if it determines that the
director or officer has met the foregoing standards, or if it determines that
the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in
view of all the relevant circumstances.
Any
indemnification required or permitted by the Registrant'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 Registrant, 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 Registrant.
Under
the Registrant's charter, the monetary liability of directors and officers to
the Registrant or its stockholders is eliminated except for, and to the extent
of, actual receipt of any improper benefit in money, property or services, or
in respect of an adjudication based upon a finding of active and deliberate
dishonesty material to the cause of action adjudicated.
The
Registrant 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 as, director or
officer of the Registrant. This insurance may afford protection for liabilities
not subject to indemnification under the Registrant's by-laws and the Maryland
General Corporation Law.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not
Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See
Exhibit Index.
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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:
(i) To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in
the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes
in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the ''Calculation of Registration Fee''
table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) 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.
Provided,
however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above
do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference 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 herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from
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 further undertakes that, for
the 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 herein, 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 Securities Act of
1933 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 question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
4
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 2
nd
day of
April, 2008.
MCCORMICK &
  COMPANY, INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Alan D. Wilson
Alan D. Wilson
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/ Alan D. Wilson
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and
April 2, 2008
Alan D. Wilson
Director
Principal Financial
  Officer:
/s/ Gordon M.
  Stetz, Jr.
Executive Vice
  President
April 2, 2008
Gordon M.
  Stetz, Jr.
& Chief Financial
  Officer
Principal Accounting
  Officer:
/s/ Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
Senior Vice
  President & Controller
April 2, 2008
Kenneth A.
  Kelly, Jr.
A majority of the Board
of Directors:
John P. Bilbrey, James T.
Brady, J. Michael Fitzpatrick, Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, Robert J.
Lawless, Michael D. Mangan, Joseph W. McGrath, Margaret M.V. Preston, George A.
Roche, William E. Stevens and Alan D. Wilson.
By:
/s/ Robert W. Skelton
April 2, 2008
Robert W. Skelton
Attorney-in-Fact
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restatement of Charter of
  McCormick & Company, Incorporated dated April 16, 1990,
  incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on
  Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 33-39582 as filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 1991.
4.2
Articles of Amendment to
  Charter dated April l, 1992, incorporated by reference from
  Exhibit 4 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration
  Statement No. 33-59842 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on March 19, 1993.
4.3
Articles
  of Amendment to Charter dated March 27, 2003, incorporated by reference
  from Exhibit 4 to Registration Form S-8, Registration Statement
  No. 333-104084 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
  March 28, 2003.
5.1
Opinion of Robert W.
  Skelton, Esq.
23.1
Consent of
  Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
.
23.2
Consent of counsel (in cluded
  in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney.
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