UNITED STATES
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McDonald's Corporation
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The following material amends and supplements the Proxy Statement of McDonald’s Corporation (“McDonald’s” or the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2018 relating to the Company’s 2018 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on Thursday, May 24, 2018.
After the Proxy Statement was filed, Margaret Georgiadis, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ancestry, a global leader in family history and consumer genomics, effective May 10, 2018. Ms. Georgiadis previously served as Chief Executive Officer and a director of Mattel, Inc. (“Mattel”) until April 26, 2018 and will serve as an Executive Advisor to the CEO of Mattel until May 10, 2018.
This supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Statement, including Ms. Georgiadis’s full biography.