SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Langmead Charles T (Last) (First) (Middle) 18 LOVETON CIRCLE (Street) SPARKS MD 21152 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/06/2005	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MCCORMICK & CO INC [ MKC ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) President - U.S. Industrial	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock - Voting	8,591.242	D
Common Stock - Non Voting	3,199.189	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Options (Right to Buy)	03/17/2000(1)	03/16/2009	Common Stock - Voting	10,350	14.5313	D
Options (Right to Buy)	03/17/2000(1)	03/16/2009	Common Stock - Non-Voting	3,450	14.5313	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/19/2001(1)	01/18/2010	Common Stock - Voting	12,856	12.7188	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/19/2001(1)	01/18/2010	Common Stock - Non-Voting	4,284	12.7188	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/23/2002(1)	01/22/2011	Common Stock - Voting	21,000	17.8438	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/23/2002(1)	01/23/2011	Common Stock - Non-Voting	7,000	17.8438	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/22/2003(1)	01/21/2012	Common Stock - Voting	21,000	21.375	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/22/2003(1)	01/21/2012	Common Stock - Non-Voting	7,000	21.375	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/28/2004(1)	01/27/2013	Common Stock - Voting	30,000	22.26	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/28/2004(1)	01/27/2013	Common Stock - Non-Voting	10,000	22.26	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/27/2005(1)	01/26/2014	Common Stock - Voting	30,000	30.6	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/27/2005(1)	01/26/2014	Common Stock - Non Voting	10,000	30.6	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/25/2006(1)	01/24/2015	Common Stock - Voting	17,550	38.35	D
Options (Right to Buy)	01/25/2006(1)	01/24/2015	Common Stock - Non Voting	5,850	38.35	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Twenty-five percent (25%) of the option grant becomes exercisable at each of the first four (4) grant anniversaries.

Remarks:

	Sonia Galindo, Attorney-in-fact	09/16/2005
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Robert W. Skelton, W. Geoffrey Carpenter and Sonia Galindo, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact:



(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules thereunder, and Form 144 in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933;



(2) to do and perform such acts for and on behalf of the undersigned as may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, and Form 144, and timely file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) to take such other actions as such attorney-in-fact, on advice of counsel, may deem to be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with the Securities Act of 1933.



       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, and/or Form 144, with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.



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be executed as of this day of September, 2005.