McCormick & Company, Incorporated filings document the regulatory disclosures of a Maryland operating company with NYSE-listed non-voting common stock under the symbol MKC. Recent 8-K reports cover operating and financial results, material definitive agreements, capital-structure disclosures and exhibits tied to the company's flavor business.
The filing record also includes shareholder voting results from the annual meeting, board and auditor matters, advisory compensation votes, governance changes involving accounting oversight, and registered share-plan disclosures connected to the company's Investor Services Plan. These filings describe formal corporate actions, security structure and governance matters alongside McCormick's Consumer and Flavor Solutions reporting.
Piper Sarah reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
McCormick & Co. Chief Human Relations Officer Sarah Piper reported routine equity-related transactions. She received a grant of 52.863 shares of Phantom Stock at $48.02 per share credited to a Non Qualified Retirement Savings Plan, with each phantom share representing one share of Common Stock - Voting. Separate "other" transactions included 20.900 Common Stock - Voting shares, noted as dividend reinvestment, at $51.81 per share and 41.812 Phantom Stock units at $50.40 per unit. Following these moves, Piper directly holds 9,037.940 Common Stock - Voting shares and indirectly holds 4,492.760 Phantom Stock units through the retirement plan.
Foley Brendan M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
McCormick & Co. Chairman, President & CEO Brendan M. Foley reported plan-related equity activity, mainly compensation and dividend reinvestment entries. He received a grant of 52.202 shares of phantom stock at $48.02 per share under a Non Qualified Retirement Savings Plan, bringing his indirect phantom stock balance to 13,962.866 units.
The filing also records 288 shares of Common Stock - Voting at $51.40 per share and 130.779 additional phantom stock units at $50.40 per unit as other non-market transactions, which the footnotes label as dividend reinvestment. After these updates, Foley holds 130,344.016 shares of Common Stock - Voting directly and 1,383.460 shares of Common Stock - Non Voting directly, plus the phantom stock units that are payable in an equal number of voting common shares under the plan.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated entered a Term Loan Agreement providing the company the ability to borrow up to $2.0 billion to finance a portion of the cash consideration for its pending combination with the foods business of Unilever PLC. The Term Loan Facility matures three years after the Closing Date and permits borrowings at a floating rate elected between Term SOFR plus an applicable margin of 0.750%–1.500% or Base Rate plus an applicable margin of 0.000%–0.500%. McCormick will pay a 0.10% per annum ticking fee on the undrawn daily commitments from and including July 29, 2026 until the earlier of termination/expiration or the Closing Date. The agreement includes a financial covenant requiring Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Expense of no less than 3.75:1.00 each quarter and customary events of default. McCormick also terminated $2.0 billion of commitments under a previously disclosed $15.7 billion bridge facility in favor of the Term Loan Facility.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated entered a Term Loan Agreement providing the company the ability to borrow up to $2.0 billion to finance a portion of the cash consideration for its pending combination with the foods business of Unilever PLC. The Term Loan Facility matures three years after the Closing Date and permits borrowings at a floating rate elected between Term SOFR plus an applicable margin of 0.750%–1.500% or Base Rate plus an applicable margin of 0.000%–0.500%. McCormick will pay a 0.10% per annum ticking fee on the undrawn daily commitments from and including July 29, 2026 until the earlier of termination/expiration or the Closing Date. The agreement includes a financial covenant requiring Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Expense of no less than 3.75:1.00 each quarter and customary events of default. McCormick also terminated $2.0 billion of commitments under a previously disclosed $15.7 billion bridge facility in favor of the Term Loan Facility.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated entered into a Term Loan Agreement providing the ability to borrow up to $2.0 billion at the closing of its pending combination with Unilever’s foods business. The proceeds are intended to fund part of the cash consideration and related transaction costs.
The term loan facility will mature three years after the merger closing and carries a floating interest rate based on McCormick’s choice of Term SOFR plus a margin of 0.750% to 1.500% or Base Rate plus a margin of 0.000% to 0.500%, depending on credit ratings. McCormick must maintain a Consolidated EBITDA to Interest Expense ratio of at least 3.75:1.00.
From July 29, 2026 until the earlier of commitment termination or closing, McCormick will pay a 0.10% per annum ticking fee on the undrawn commitments. Effective April 28, 2026, the company also terminated $2.0 billion of commitments under a previously arranged $15.7 billion bridge facility, anticipating use of this new term loan instead.
McCormick & Co Inc Schedule 13G: Vanguard Capital Management reports beneficial ownership of 19,099,707 shares of Common Stock, representing 7.53% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing lists sole voting power of 2,587,495 shares and sole dispositive power of 19,099,707 shares. The report is signed by Ashley Grim on 04/30/2026 and states holdings include securities held for Vanguard funds and managed accounts.
McCormick & Co., Inc. ownership filing reports that Vanguard Portfolio Management beneficially owned 13,895,266 shares of Common Stock, representing 5.47% of the class as of 03/31/2026. The filing states Vanguard has sole dispositive power over 13,895,266 shares and sole voting power for 30,650 shares. The disclosure clarifies holdings include securities held for Vanguard funds and client accounts managed by affiliated business divisions.
Piper Sarah reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
MCCORMICK & CO INC Chief Human Relations Officer Sarah Piper reported a routine compensation-related award. She received 7.882 shares of Phantom Stock at $51.9800 per unit, each representing the right to receive one share of Common Stock - Voting under the Non Qualified Retirement Savings Plan.
Following this award, her indirect holdings in Phantom Stock total 4,398.086 units, while her directly owned Common Stock - Voting holdings stand at 9,017.040 shares. These entries reflect plan-based accruals rather than open-market buying or selling.
Foley Brendan M reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
MCCORMICK & CO INC Chairman, President & CEO Brendan M. Foley reported a compensation-related award of phantom stock rather than an open-market trade. He received 48.225 units of Phantom Stock at $51.98 per unit under a Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan, each unit representing one share of Common Stock - Voting.
After this award, Foley’s plan account holds 13,779.888 phantom stock units linked to Common Stock - Voting. Separately, his direct holdings total 130,056.016 shares of Common Stock - Voting and 1,383.460 shares of Common Stock - Non Voting. The filing also includes two entries that simply restate his direct share holdings without indicating new purchases or sales.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated has reassigned senior leadership to support its proposed combination with the foods business of Unilever PLC. Andrew Foust, previously President Americas, has been appointed Chief Integration Officer to lead integration of the transaction while remaining an executive officer.
Patrick Davis has been named Interim President Americas while Foust focuses on integration; the company currently expects Foust to return to his President Americas role after integration is completed. The document also explains that investors will receive detailed information about the proposed transaction through future SEC filings, including a Form S-4 proxy statement/prospectus and a Form 10 information statement for the Unilever Foods spin-off, and clarifies that this communication is not an offer to buy or sell securities.
McCormick & Co. Chief Growth & Marketing Officer Tabata Lorena Gomez Sades filed an initial ownership report outlining her equity interests in the company. She directly holds 6,143 shares of Common Stock – Voting.
She also holds an option on 7,996 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $76.03 per share, expiring on March 27, 2034. In addition, she has several blocks of Restricted Stock Units tied to common stock: 688, 3,124, and 8,656 underlying shares, each vesting in thirds over three years beginning on February 15, 2025, 2026, and 2027, respectively.