McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning. This is Fatin Freja, VP of Investor Relations. Thank you for joining today's call. While our original plan was to review McCormick's first quarter fiscal 2026 earnings results, today's discussion will focus on our announced combination with Unilever Foods and the strategic rationale for the transaction. Please note that this call is being recorded. The press release and accompanying slide presentation related to today's announcement, along with the materials for our first quarter Fiscal 2026 results are available on our investor relations website, ir.mccormick.com. With me this morning are Brendan Foley, Chairman, President, and CEO of McCormick, and Fernando Fernandez, CEO of Unilever, and Marcos Gabriel, Executive Vice President and CFO at McCormick. In our comments, certain percentages are rounded. Please refer to our presentation for complete information. Today's presentation contains projections and other forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those projected. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or other factors. Please refer to our forward-looking statement on slide two for more information. I will now turn the discussion over to Brendan. Thank you all for joining our call. Marcos and I are pleased to have Fernando join us this morning as well. Today marks a major milestone for McCormick. We are bringing together two leading organizations, McCormick and Unilever Foods, to create a strong, scaled, and growth-oriented company that will be flavor-focused and exceptionally well-positioned to succeed in today's dynamic environment. We have always seen the logic of this combination. We're excited by the opport...