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McCormick & Co. Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 8/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 10/6/22, at 4:26pm ET · For: 8/31/22 · Accession #: 63754-22-44 · File #: 1-14920

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

10/06/22  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        8/31/22   70:8.7M

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.11M 
 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     77K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Income Statement             HTML    102K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive   HTML     58K 
                Income (Unaudited)                                               
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet                HTML    139K 
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow Statement          HTML    113K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Shareholders'   HTML     99K 
                Equity (Unaudited)                                               
17: R7          Accounting Policies                                 HTML     29K 
18: R8          Special Charges And Transaction And Integration     HTML     72K 
                Expenses                                                         
19: R9          Financial Instruments                               HTML    120K 
20: R10         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     77K 
21: R11         Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans               HTML     79K 
22: R12         Stock-based Compensation                            HTML     85K 
23: R13         Income Taxes                                        HTML     30K 
24: R14         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share                HTML     43K 
25: R15         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss                HTML     67K 
26: R16         Business Segments                                   HTML     97K 
27: R17         Other Income, Net                                   HTML     38K 
28: R18         Sale of Unconsolidated Operations                   HTML     24K 
29: R19         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML     27K 
30: R20         Special Charges And Transaction And Integration     HTML     65K 
                Expenses (Tables)                                                
31: R21         Financial Instruments (Tables)                      HTML    106K 
32: R22         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     77K 
33: R23         Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans (Tables)      HTML     75K 
34: R24         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     95K 
35: R25         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share (Tables)       HTML     47K 
36: R26         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)       HTML     68K 
37: R27         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML     96K 
38: R28         Other Income, Net (Tables)                          HTML     38K 
39: R29         Special Charges And Transaction And Integration     HTML    108K 
                Expenses (Details)                                               
40: R30         Financial Instruments - Additional Information      HTML    104K 
                (Details)                                                        
41: R31         Financial Instruments - Fair Value of Derivative    HTML     63K 
                Instruments on Balance Sheet (Detail)                            
42: R32         Financial Instruments - Impact of Fair Value        HTML     35K 
                Hedges on Other Comprehensive Income, Accumulated                
                Other Comprehensive Income and Income Statement                  
                (Details)                                                        
43: R33         Financial Instruments - Impact of Cash Flow Hedges  HTML     44K 
                on Other Comprehensive Income, Accumulated Other                 
                Comprehensive Income and Income Statement                        
                (Details)                                                        
44: R34         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML     87K 
                Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis                        
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans - Components  HTML     55K 
                of Pension Expense of Defined benefit plans                      
                (Detail)                                                         
46: R36         Employee Benefit And Retirement Plans - Additional  HTML     25K 
                Information (Details)                                            
47: R37         Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information   HTML     32K 
                (Detail)                                                         
48: R38         Stock-Based Compensation - Selling, General and     HTML     23K 
                Administrative Expense (Details)                                 
49: R39         Stock-Based Compensation - Range of Assumptions     HTML     33K 
                for Various Stock Compensation Plans (Details)                   
50: R40         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Stock Option  HTML     44K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
51: R41         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Restricted    HTML     45K 
                Stock Unit Activity (Details)                                    
52: R42         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of Price-Vested  HTML     40K 
                Stock Options Activity (Details)                                 
53: R43         Stock-Based Compensation - Summary of LTPP awards   HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     43K 
55: R45         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share -              HTML     30K 
                Reconciliation of Average Shares Outstanding                     
                (Details)                                                        
56: R46         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share -              HTML     23K 
                Antidilutive Securities not Considered in Earnings               
                Per Share Calculation (Details)                                  
57: R47         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share - Common       HTML     31K 
                Stock Activity (Details)                                         
58: R48         Capital Stock and Earnings Per Share - Additional   HTML     25K 
                Information (Details)                                            
59: R49         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Components   HTML     44K 
                of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of                
                Tax (Details) (Details)                                          
60: R50         Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss - Amounts      HTML     69K 
                Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive                
                Income (Loss) Into Consolidated Net Income                       
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Business Segments - Additional Information          HTML     23K 
                (Detail)                                                         
62: R52         Business Segments (Detail)                          HTML     63K 
63: R53         Other Income, Net - Summary of Other Income         HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
64: R54         Other Income, Net - Narrative (Details)             HTML     37K 
65: R55         Sale of Unconsolidated Operations (Details)         HTML     40K 
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24 Previous Filings that this Filing References

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 6/29/22  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        5/31/22   69:8.4M
 4/05/22  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K/A:5,9   3/30/22   16:11M
 2/17/22  McCormick & Co. Inc.              DEF 14A     3/30/22    1:4.1M                                   Labrador Co./FA
 1/27/22  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-K       11/30/21  113:17M
 7/01/21  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        5/31/21   77:9M
 2/11/21  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:8,9     2/11/21   15:652K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
12/03/20  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:5,9    11/30/20   13:307K
 4/16/20  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:8,9     4/13/20   14:606K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
11/26/19  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:5,9    11/26/19   13:310K
 2/14/19  McCormick & Co. Inc.              DEF 14A     3/27/19    1:2.7M                                   Labrador Co./FA
 8/11/17  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:1,2,8,9 8/07/17   11:1.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/28/17  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        2/28/17   71:7.4M
11/06/15  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:8,9    11/03/15    4:312K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/31/15  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        2/28/15   69:7.2M
 1/29/15  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:1,9     1/27/15    2:101K
 3/26/14  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        2/28/14   66:6.5M
 8/19/13  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:8,9     8/14/13    4:338K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/08/11  McCormick & Co. Inc.              8-K:1,9     7/05/11    5:669K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 1/28/09  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-K       11/30/08   11:8.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 2/20/08  McCormick & Co. Inc.              DEF 14A     4/02/08    2:661K                                   DG3/FA
 2/17/04  McCormick & Co. Inc.              DEF 14A     3/24/04    1:677K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/14/03  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        8/31/03   13:7.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 3/28/03  McCormick & Co. Inc.              S-8         3/28/03    5:60K                                    Toppan Merrill-FA
10/12/01  McCormick & Co. Inc.              10-Q        8/31/01    3:113K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA2/FA

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McCormick & Co. Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 8/31/22 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 10/6/22, at 4:26pm ET · For: 8/31/22 · Accession #: 63754-22-44 · File #: 1-14920

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