McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Presents at Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference Prepared Remarks Transcript

SA Transcripts 162.13K Followers Follow McCormick & Company, Incorporated ( MKC ) Barclays 19th Annual Global Consumer Staples Conference September 9, 2026 10:30 AM EDT Company Participants Brendan Foley - President, CEO & Chairman Marcos Gabriel - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Andrew Lazar - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Presentation Andrew Lazar Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division So I would like to welcome back McCormick to our conference. And with us today are President and CEO, Brendan Foley; and CFO, Marcos Gabriel. Welcome, gentlemen. It's truly great to be back with you in Boston. In lieu of a fireside chat, Brendan and Marcos will be walking us through some prepared remarks. So Brendan, over to you, and then we'll take it to the breakout afterwards. Thanks again for being here. Brendan Foley President, CEO & Chairman Thank you, Andrew, and good morning. It's a pleasure to be back at the Barclays Conference in Boston. I'm going to flip to this next slide. Before we begin, I think we have to. Let me first acknowledge the forward-looking information. Great. There we go. Make sure everyone reads that word for word. With that noted, today's presentation is organized around 4 key themes that reflect the strength of our business and the opportunities ahead: First, we'll highlight how we're building on a strong flavor centric foundation grounded in our leadership in flavor, our advantaged portfolio, and the trust of brands and capabilities that differentiate McCormick; second, we'll discuss how we're expanding our flavor of focus and growth opportunities through the combination with Unilever Foods; third, we'll cover how we're preparing for integration and synergy capture. And with a focus on disciplined execution, operational readiness and the actions needed to unlock value as we bring the capabilities together; and finally, we'll address how we're supporting value creation and deleveraging and reinforcing our commitment to strong financial discipline, cash generation and long-term shareholder