Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 25, 2023
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)
(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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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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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
McDonald’s Corporation (the “Company”) held its 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting (the “Annual Meeting”) on May 25, 2023. Set forth below are the final, certified voting results for each proposal presented at the Annual Meeting, as reported by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., the Company’s independent inspector of election.
Proposal 1: The election of 13 individuals to the Company’s Board of Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2024 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified.
Name
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
Anthony Capuano
501,470,575
2,873,242
1,918,745
99,035,889
Kareem Daniel
500,947,809
3,367,780
1,946,973
99,035,889
Lloyd Dean
486,914,221
17,417,995
1,930,346
99,035,889
Catherine Engelbert
497,639,058
6,772,591
1,850,913
99,035,889
Margaret Georgiadis
500,587,837
3,808,585
1,866,140
99,035,889
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
439,659,359
64,669,859
1,933,344
99,035,889
Christopher Kempczinski
500,768,474
3,647,768
1,846,320
99,035,889
Richard Lenny
459,186,745
45,127,593
1,948,224
99,035,889
John Mulligan
499,462,592
4,879,818
1,920,152
99,035,889
Jennifer Taubert
501,406,639
3,019,077
1,836,846
99,035,889
Paul Walsh
498,214,007
6,119,226
1,929,329
99,035,889
Amy Weaver
501,322,206
3,083,304
1,857,052
99,035,889
Miles White
485,727,571
18,571,858
1,963,133
99,035,889
Proposal 2: An advisory proposal to approve executive compensation for 2022.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
466,380,080
37,311,741
2,570,741
99,035,889
Proposal 3: An advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation. Based on these results and the recommendation of the Company’s Board of Directors, the Company will hold annual advisory votes on executive compensation.
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1 Year
2 Years
3 Years
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
497,105,208
1,589,533
6,158,202
1,409,619
99,035,889
Proposal 4: An advisory proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor for 2023.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
575,767,461
28,274,983
1,256,007
0
Proposal 5: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of an antibiotics policy (1 of 2).
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
82,630,167
415,215,641
8,416,754
99,035,889
Proposal 6: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of an antibiotics policy (2 of 2).
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
92,933,247
404,922,989
8,406,326
99,035,889
Proposal 7: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting an annual report on “Communist China.”
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
15,015,395
481,599,759
9,647,408
99,035,889
Proposal 8: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting a civil rights and returns to merit audit.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
12,170,232
486,963,678
7,128,652
99,035,889
Proposal 9: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting an annual report on lobbying activities.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
251,855,914
248,777,544
5,629,104
99,035,889
Proposal 10: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting an annual report on global political influence.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
91,690,484
407,409,651
7,162,427
99,035,889
Proposal 11: An advisory shareholder proposal requesting poultry welfare disclosure.
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
192,835,432
306,717,766
6,709,364
99,035,889
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:
June 1, 2023
By:
/s/ Jeffrey J. Pochowicz
Jeffrey J. Pochowicz Corporate Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary