SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 


 

Date of Report  (Date of earliest event reported):

June 29, 2004

 

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland

0-748

52-0408290

(State or other jurisdiction

(Commission

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

File Number)

Identification No.)

 

 

 

18 Loveton Circle

 

 

Sparks, Maryland

 

21152

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (410) 771-7301

 

 



Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On June 29, 2004, the Registrant issued a press release and held a conference call with analysts to report on the results of operations for the second quarter of fiscal year 2004, which ended on May 31, 2004.

 

Furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Announces Record Second Quarter Results,” which includes an unaudited Consolidated Income Statement for the three and six month periods ended May 31, 2004, an unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheet of the Registrant as of May 31, 2004, and an unaudited consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended May 31, 2004.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED

 

 

Date:  June 29, 2004

By:

/s/  Robert W. Skelton

 

 

Robert W. Skelton

 

 

Senior Vice President,
General Counsel & Secretary