EXHIBIT 32.1
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 May 31, 2006, 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 | |
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| Robert J. Lawless |
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| Chairman, President & Chief |
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| Executive Officer |
Date: July 7, 2006