Form 8-K

 

 

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): August 20, 2012

 

 

McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-14920   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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b).

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c).

 

 

 


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The following information is being furnished under Item 7.01 of Form 8-K: Press Release, dated August 20, 2012 announcing the Registrant’s purchase of Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co., Ltd. Furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Enters Agreement to Acquire Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co. Ltd., a Leader of Bouillon in Central China.”

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, (i) is furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose; and (ii) shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

The exhibit to this report is listed in Item 7.01 above and in the Exhibit Index that follows the signature line.

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: August 20, 2012     By:   /s/    W. Geoffrey Carpenter        
      W. Geoffrey Carpenter
      Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Exhibit Description

99.1    Copy of the press release labeled “McCormick Enters Agreement to Acquire Wuhan Asia-Pacific Condiments Co. Ltd., a Leader of Bouillon in Central China”