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Exhibit 10 (xi)

 Exhibit 10(xi) 
 AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE 
 McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED 
 2007 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN 
 WHEREAS,
McCormick & Company, Incorporated (the “Company”) sponsors the 2007 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which was effective as of December 1, 2007 (the “Plan”); 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Article IX of the Plan, the Board of Directors may amend the Plan at any time, provided that any material amendment to the Plan must
be approved by the Company’s shareholders; 
 WHEREAS, certain awards under the Plan are subject to Section 409A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), which was generally effective as of January 1, 2005; 
 WHEREAS, Section N of Article XI of
the Plan provides that any award issued under the Plan that is subject to the substantive requirements of Section 409A is intended to comply with those requirements; and 
 WHEREAS, the Board wishes to amend the Plan to clarify that any award that is subject to Section 409A of the Code and that is payable in connection
with a change in control of the Company continues to comply with Section 409A; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is amended, effective
December 1, 2007, to insert a new paragraph at the end of Section B of Article VII that provides in its entirety as follows: 
 Notwithstanding the definition of “change in control” set forth in this Section B, if a change in control occurs and such event does not constitute a “change in ownership,” “change in effective control,” or
“change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the assets” of the Company within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the provisions of this Article VII shall continue to apply in their entirety to any Award under the Plan,
except that any Award that is not exempt from, and is subject to, Section 409A of the Code, (a) shall vest and otherwise have all conditions and restrictions then outstanding be waived as provided in Section A of this Article VII, and
(b) shall not be paid on account of such change in control but shall instead be paid in accordance with its terms. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment
No. 1 to the Plan has been executed on behalf of the Company this 19th day of December, 2008. 
  

			
	McCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Cecile K. Perich

		 	Cecile K. Perich
		 	Vice President Human RelationsExhibit 10 (xiii)

 Exhibit 10(xiii) 
 January 2, 2009 
 Mr. Robert J. Lawless 
 CKB Consulting LLC 
 23641 Waterside Drive 
 Bonita Springs, Florida 34134 
 Dear Bob: 
 As we have discussed, I would like to extend the term of the Consulting Agreement dated as of January 1, 2007 between McCormick and CKB Consulting LLC (the “Agreement”) for another year. 
 During the renewal term, which will begin on January 1, 2009 and end on December 31, 2009, all of the terms and conditions of the Agreement
will remain in effect, except for the payment of a consulting fee, which you have generously offered to waive for 2009. We will, of course, continue to reimburse you for all reasonable expenses for travel, food and lodging. 
 I am very pleased that you have expressed an interest in continuing to serve as my advisor for an additional year. I look forward to continuing our
relationship. 
 If the terms of this letter acceptable to you, please sign the enclosed copy of this letter in the space provided and return
the same to me. 
  

	
	Sincerely yours,
	
	 /s/ Alan D. Wilson

	Alan D. Wilson

 Accepted and approved this 8th 
 day of January, 2009. 
  

			
	CKB CONSULTING LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Robert J. Lawless

		 	Robert J. LawlessUnassociated Document

     

    

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
          

        

        
           

          
            Exhibit
10.1

          

        

      

      CANCELLATION
AND RELEASE AGREEMENT

      

      This
Cancellation and Release (this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of January 26, 2009, between NTR Partners LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“Releasor”) and NTR
Acquisition Co., a Delaware corporation (“Releasee”).

      

      WHEREAS,
Releasee has issued a promissory note, dated November 2, 2007, in the aggregate
amount of up to $3,000,000 (the “Note”) for the
benefit of Occidental Petroleum Investment Co. (“Occidental”);

      

      WHEREAS,
Occidental has assigned the Note to the Releasor;

      

      WHEREAS,
as a result of the assignment of the Note to Releasor, Releasor is the “Lender”
under the Note;

      

      WHEREAS,
Releasor and Releasee each desire to cancel the Note upon the terms and
conditions described herein; and

      

      WHEREAS,
Releasee is relying on the cancellation of the Note by Releasor to prepare and
implement its plan of distribution pursuant to Section 281(b) of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, which plan of distribution is not
making any provision for payment of any amounts due under the Note;

      

      NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration the sufficiency of which is
hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

      

      1.  ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
OF ASSIGNMENT.  Releasee hereby acknowledges that (i) Occidental has
assigned the Note to Releasor in accordance with the terms thereof and (ii) as a
result of such assignment, Releasor is the holder of the Note and the “Lender”
thereunder.

      

      2.  CANCELLATION
OF NOTE AND RELEASE.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, Releasor agrees to deliver to Releasee the Note marked across its face
“CANCELLED” on the date hereof.  Upon such delivery, Releasor shall
forever release and discharge Releasee of any and all of its obligations under
the Note, including any obligation to pay principal and interest.

      

      3.  BINDING
EFFECT; BENEFITS.  This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the
parties hereto and shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns, heirs and legal representatives.  Except as
otherwise set forth herein, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is
intended to confer on any person other than the parties hereto or their
respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.

       

      
        
           

        

        
           

          
            

          

        

        
           

        

      

       

      4.  GOVERNING
LAW; JURISDICTION.  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without reference to the
choice of laws thereof.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, each party hereto (i) agrees that any claim, action or proceeding by such
party arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement shall be brought in
any New York state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York,
or any federal court located in such Borough, (ii) agrees to submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of such courts for purposes of all actions and
proceedings arising out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, (iii)
irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the
laying of the venue of any such action or proceeding brought in such a court and
any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in such a court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum and (iv) waives any right to trial by jury with
respect to any action or proceeding arising out of, or in connection with, this
Agreement.

      

      5.  NOTICES.  All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
personally delivered or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid,
return receipt requested, or by
nationally recognized courier, as follows:

       

      
        	 	
                If
      to the Releasor:

              	
                NTR
      Partners LLC

              

      

      100 Mill
Plain Road

      Suite
320

      Danbury,
CT 06811

       

      
        	 	
                If
      to the Releasee: 

              	
                NTR
      Acquisition Co.

              

      

      100 Mill
Plain Road

      Suite
320

      Danbury,
CT 06811

      

      6.  COUNTERPARTS.  This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be
an original, but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same
agreement.

      

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      IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed on
the date first written above.

      

      

      
        
          	 	
                  NTR
      PARTNERS LLC

                
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                  By: 

                	
                  /s/
      Mario E. Rodriguez

                
	 	
                  Name: 

                	
                  Mario
      E. Rodriguez

                
	 	
                  Title: 

                	
                  President

                

        

      

       

      

      
        
          	 	
                  NTR
      ACQUISITION CO.

                
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	 
      	 
      
	 	
                  By: 

                	
                  /s/
      William E. Hantke

                
	 	
                  Name: 

                	
                  William
      E. Hantke

                
	 	
                  Title: 

                	
                  Principal
      Financial OfficerEX-10.1

2009 Executive Officer Compensation

The following table sets forth (i) 2009 base salaries to the Company’s executive officers, which
represent no change from the levels established for such executive officers in January 2008, (ii)
2009 option grants to be made to the Company’s executive officers and (iii) bonus payments to be
made to the executive officers pursuant to the Company’s 2008 Management Bonus Plan.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Name and Title	 	2009 Base Salary	 	2009 Option Grant	 	2008 Bonus
	Jeff Staszak

President and Chief Executive Officer

	 	$ 385,000

	 	90,000

	 	$ 319,303

	Mike Burns

Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer

	 	$ 230,000

	 	40,000

	 	$ 127,168

	David Lidsky

Vice President, Design Engineering

	 	$ 225,000

	 	20,000

	 	$ 119,428

	Bill Numann

Vice President, Marketing

	 	$ 235,000

	 	30,000

	 	$ 124,736

	Craig Teuscher

Vice President, Sales and Applications Engineering

	 	$ 240,000

	 	30,000

	 	$ 132,697

The stock options described above (i) shall be granted on January 30, 2009 in compliance with the
Company’s policy on annual grants for executive officers and shall have an exercise price per share
equal to the closing price of our common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on
January 29, 2008, (ii) shall be granted pursuant to our 2004 Equity Incentive Plan, and (iii) shall
terminate seven years after the date of grant, or earlier in the event the optionholder’s service
to the Company is terminated. Subject to the optionholder’s continued service to us, 25% of the
shares of common stock subject to such stock options vest on the first anniversary of the date of
grant, and the remaining shares vest quarterly over the following three years.

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