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SECURITIES AND 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: October 9, 2002
(Date of earliest event reported)

McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland
(State of Incorporation)
  0-748
(Commission File Number)
  52-0408290
(IRS employer
Identification No.)

18 Loveton Circle, Sparks, Maryland
(Address of principal executive offices)

 

21152
(Zip Code)

410-771-7301
(Registrant's telephone number)





Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits


Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure

        On October 9, 2002, the Registrant submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission the Statements under Oath of the Principal Executive Officer and the Principal Financial Officer in accordance with the Commission's June 27, 2002 Order (File No. 4-460) requiring the filing of sworn statements pursuant to Section 21(a)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



SIGNATURE

        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.

Date: October 9, 2002

McCormick & Company, Incorporated  

 

 

 
By: /s/ Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
Kenneth A. Kelly, Jr.
Vice President & Controller
 



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SIGNATURE

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Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

        I, Robert J. Lawless, state and attest that:

        (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of McCormick & Company, Incorporated, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

        (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

        (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":


  /s/ Robert J. Lawless
Robert J. Lawless
Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
October 9, 2002
 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of October 2002.

/s/ Becki Lee Crowther
Notary Public, State of Maryland
Qualified in Harford County
Commission Expires: March 12, 2005
   



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Exhibit 99.1
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

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Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

        I, Francis A. Contino, state and attest that:

        (1)  To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of McCormick & Company, Incorporated, and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

        (2)  I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company's audit committee.

        (3)  In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered report":


  /s/ Francis A. Contino
Francis A. Contino
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Supply Chain
October 9, 2002
 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of October 2002.

/s/ Becki Lee Crowther
Notary Public, State of Maryland
Qualified in Harford County
Commission Expires: March 12, 2005
   



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Exhibit 99.2
Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings