Current Report Filing (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): October 12, 2020

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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.)
		___________________

 

110 North Carpenter Street

Chicago, Illinois

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

60607

(Zip Code)

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[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	MCD	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;

Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

(b)        On October 12, 2020, Jerome Krulewitch, Corporate Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, notified McDonald’s Corporation that he will retire from his current role, effective immediately. Mr. Krulewitch has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and has been advised by doctors to step down from his role. A search is underway and until Mr. Krulewitch’s successor is identified, Mahrukh Hussain, who was serving as the U.S. General Counsel, will take on the role of Interim General Counsel and Secretary.

 

 

 

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:	October 15, 2020		By:	/s/ Denise A. Horne
				Denise A. Horne
				Corporate Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary