McCormick & Company (MKC) 10-Q 2002 Q3 Quarterly report

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EXHIBIT 99.1

McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 31, 2002, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert J. Lawless, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

        (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

/s/  ROBERT J. LAWLESS      Robert J. Lawless
Chairman, President and & Chief Executive Officer

Date:October 11, 2002

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EXHIBIT 99.1

McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002