Political Contributions: Disclosure for Fiscal Year 2013

McCormick's filings as required by the United States federal and state campaign finance and disclosure laws.

(i) Aggregate corporate political contributions and payments to any individual candidate for office in excess of $500:  None

(ii) Payments of $25,000 or more in connection with any state ballot initiative:  See Item (iii)(b) below

(iii) Associations in the United States to which McCormick has paid dues in of $25,000 or more, and which had non-deductible lobbying expenditures in excess of $10,000:

(a) Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore ($25,000 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)

(b) Grocery Manufacturers Association Against I-522 ($148,370 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)

(c) Grocery Manufacturers Association ($32,092 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)

(d) Manufacturers’ Alliance of Maryland ($25,000 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)

(e) U.S. Chamber of Commerce ($62,500 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)

(f)  Alliance for Competitive Taxation ($50,000 in non-deductible lobbying expenditures)