MCCORMICK & CO INC — Director's Dealing 2004

Dec 23, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MCCORMICK & CO INC (MKC)
CIK: 0000063754
Period of Report: 2004-12-22

Reporting Person: LAWLESS ROBERT J (Director, Chairman, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-22	Common Stock - Voting	A	28125	$38.64	Acquired	224980.942	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock - Voting	16628.361	Indirect
Common Stock - Non-Voting	74582.971	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Shares held in the McCormick Profit Sharing Plan as of 11/30/03. The reporting person owns units in the McCormick Stock Fund in the Profit Sharing Plan and the number of shares reported as beneficially owned is based on the reporting person's pro rata interest in the net asset value of the McCormick Stock Fund on the date indicated.