8-K


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 6, 2016
 

McDONALD’S CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware
 
1-5231
 
36-2361282
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 

One McDonald’s Plaza
Oak Brook, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60523
(Zip Code)
 

(630) 623-3000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) 
 

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 6, 2016, McDonald's Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release wherein Andrew J. McKenna, the non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors (the “Board”), announced that he will not stand for re-election at the 2016 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.  The Board has named Mr. McKenna Chairman Emeritus effective following his retirement.  As Chairman Emeritus, Mr. McKenna will provide advisory services to the Board as may be requested from time to time, and will receive annual compensation of $100,000 to be delivered in the form of a stock equivalent benefit under the Company’s Director’s Deferred Compensation Plan.
 
A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)
Exhibits.
99
Investor Release of McDonald's Corporation issued April 6, 2016:
Andrew J. McKenna to Retire from McDonald's Board of Directors





SIGNATURES
    
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
McDONALD’S CORPORATION
 
 
 
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Date:
April 7, 2016
 
By:
/s/ Denise A. Horne
 
 
 
 
 
Denise A. Horne
 
 
 
 
 
Corporate Vice President—Associate General Counsel
and Assistant Secretary
 





Exhibit Index
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description 
99
 
Investor Release of McDonald's Corporation issued April 6, 2016:
Andrew J. McKenna to Retire from McDonald's Board of Directors