(e) On January 3, 2017, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the “Registrant”) approved the freezing of benefits under the McCormick Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, as amended and restated January 1, 2005 (the “SERP”) with an effective date of February 1, 2017. Although the SERP will be frozen, executives that are participants in the SERP program as of such date, including certain named executive officers, will retain benefits accrued up to that date, based on credited service and eligible earnings, in accordance with the SERP’s terms. In addition, on January 3, 2017, the Registrant approved the freezing of benefits under the McCormick Pension Plan, the defined benefit pension plan available to U.S. employees of the Registrant hired on or prior to December 31, 2011, including certain named executive officers, with an effective date for such freeze of December 1, 2018, and approved certain enhancements to the Registrant’s 401(k) retirement plan, to be effective December 1, 2018.

In connection with these freezes, the Committee approved an amendment and restatement of the Registrant’s 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan. The amendment and restatement establishes a new Non-Qualified Retirement Savings Plan (the “NQRSP”) to provide for additional retirement benefits for certain employees, including the named executive officers. Under the NQRSP, certain management employees in the U.S., including the named executive officers, may defer up to 80% of their total cash compensation (base salary and annual incentive bonus). Employees are permitted to elect separate deferral percentages for the amounts of such compensation under the maximum annual compensation limit established by the IRS for the Registrant’s 401(k) plan, currently $270,000 for 2017 (the “IRS Limit”), and the amounts of compensation in excess of the IRS Limit. Beginning in 2018, the Registrant will make a matching contribution to the deferred compensation account of eligible employees that defer compensation above the IRS Limit, up to 4% of such amount for 2018 and up to 5% of such amount thereafter. Additionally, under the NQRSP, employees, including the named executive officers, that have compensation in excess of the IRS Limit will receive a separate contribution by the Registrant into their deferred compensation account equal to 3% of the employee’s compensation in excess of the IRS Limit (provided that the amount of such contribution will be 7% from February 1, 2017 through the end of 2017, to account for the fact that there is no matching contribution for the first partial calendar year).

In addition, to account for a portion of the benefit that would have been received under the SERP had it not been frozen, the Committee has agreed that (i) certain executives, including Lawrence E. Kurzius, President and CEO, and Michael R. Smith, Executive Vice President and CFO, will receive special one-time grants of restricted stock units during 2017, and (ii) that certain executives, including Messrs. Kurzius and Smith will receive transition credits into their deferred compensation accounts that are a percentage of compensation in excess of the IRS Limit, such transition credits to be contributed over a 46-month period beginning on February 1, 2017 and ending on November 30, 2020.

About McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC)

McCormick & Company, Incorporated manufactures, markets and distributes spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the food industry, including retailers, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. The Company operates in two segments: consumer and industrial. Its brands in the Americas include McCormick, Lawry’s, Stubb’s, Club House, Zatarain’s, Thai Kitchen and Simply Asia. In Europe and the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the Company’s brands include the Ducros, Schwartz, Kamis, Drogheria & Alimentari, and a line of Vahine brand dessert items. In the Asia/Pacific region, it markets products under the McCormick and DaQiao brands in China. In Australia, it markets its spices and seasonings under the McCormick brand and its dessert products under the Aeroplane brand. In India, its joint venture trades under the Kohinoor brand. The industrial segment sells to food manufacturers and the foodservice industry both directly and indirectly through distributors.

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