McDonald’s Board of Administrators Urges Shareholders to Vote FOR ALL of its Director Nominees on the WHITE Proxy Card TODAY

CHICAGO, Could 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — McDonald’s Company (NYSE: MCD) immediately introduced that main proxy advisory agency Institutional Shareholder Companies (“ISS”) has beneficial that McDonald’s shareholders vote on the WHITE proxy card FOR ALL of McDonald’s director nominees in reference to the Firm’s 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Assembly, scheduled to be held on Could 26, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. CT. Accordingly, the McDonald’s Board of Administrators urges shareholders to vote FOR ALL of McDonald’s director nominees on the WHITE proxy card and to ignore any supplies, together with any gold proxy card, that could be despatched by the Icahn Group.

In its report despatched to purchasers on Could 16, 2022, ISS acknowledged:

• “On steadiness, the dissident marketing campaign has not made a adequate case, on an issue-specific or broader view of ESG, that the quick alternative of incumbent administrators is critical at the moment.”

• “… the prevailing scientific proof [regarding sow welfare], together with the realities of commercial-scale agriculture, appear to counsel that there’s a affordable foundation for the view espoused by [McDonald’s] board.”

• “…we’re hesitant to help a proxy contest predicated on ESG points in cases the place the dissident is economically divorced from the potential influence of its proposals on the corporate’s monetary efficiency.”

• “In assessing this marketing campaign, shareholders might wish to take into account that the board, which has overseen robust efficiency for the reason that pandemic, can be coping with developments in Ukraine, which have had a cloth influence on the corporate (MCD introduced it could briefly shut its greater than 800 eating places in Russia in March).”

McDonald’s appreciates ISS’ help of the election of all of McDonald’s administrators. As evidenced by this advice and the Firm’s efficiency, McDonald’s administrators possess the expertise, experience, and {qualifications} that may proceed to allow the efficient execution of our technique and drive long-term worth for stakeholders and help for the communities we serve.

The Board reminds shareholders that each vote is vital. 

Shareholders with questions or who want help voting their shares might name the Firm’s proxy solicitors:  Innisfree M&A Included at (877) 456-3463 (toll-free from the U.S. or Canada) or (412) 232-3651 (from different international locations); or Kingsdale Advisors at (855) 683-3113 (toll-free in North America) or (416) 867-2272 (outdoors of North America).

Extra supplies relating to McDonald’s 2022 Annual Shareholders’ Assembly may be discovered at VoteForMcD.com. 

Centerview Companions and PJT Companions are appearing as McDonald’s monetary advisors. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP are serving as authorized counsel.

About McDonald’s
McDonald’s is the world’s main international foodservice retailer with greater than 39,000 areas in over 100 international locations. Roughly 95% of McDonald’s eating places worldwide are owned and operated by impartial native enterprise homeowners.

Ahead-Trying Statements
This launch and different written or oral statements made now and again by McDonald’s Company (“McDonald’s”) include forward-looking statements about future occasions and circumstances. Typically talking, any assertion not based mostly upon historic truth is a forward-looking assertion. Particularly, statements relating to McDonald’s plans, methods, prospects and expectations relating to its enterprise and trade are forward-looking statements. They mirror McDonald’s expectations, should not ensures of efficiency and communicate solely as of the date hereof. Besides as required by regulation, McDonald’s doesn’t undertake to replace such forward-looking statements. You shouldn’t rely unduly on forward-looking statements. McDonald’s enterprise outcomes are topic to a wide range of dangers, together with these which might be described in its Quarterly Report on Type 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and subsequent filings with the Securities and Alternate Fee (the “SEC”).

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING PROXY SOLICITATION

McDonald’s has filed a definitive proxy assertion and WHITE proxy card with the SEC in reference to its solicitation of proxies for its 2022 Annual Assembly. MCDONALD’S SHAREHOLDERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (AND ANY AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO), THE ACCOMPANYING WHITE PROXY CARD AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IN THEIR ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. McDonald’s shareholders might acquire a replica of the definitive proxy assertion (and any amendments and dietary supplements thereto), the accompanying WHITE proxy card and different related paperwork filed by McDonald’s with the SEC with out cost from the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. McDonald’s shareholders might also acquire a replica of those paperwork with out cost by sending a request to [email protected] or visiting the investor part of the McDonald’s web site at www.investor.mcdonalds.com.

CERTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING PARTICIPANTS

McDonald’s, its administrators and sure of its govt officers are members within the solicitation of proxies from McDonald’s shareholders in reference to the issues to be thought-about on the 2022 Annual Assembly. Info relating to the possession of McDonald’s administrators and govt officers in McDonald’s frequent inventory is included within the definitive proxy assertion for its 2022 Annual Assembly, filed with the SEC on April 8, 2022, which may be discovered by the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov. Adjustments to such possession have been or will likely be mirrored on Statements of Adjustments in Helpful Possession on Type 4 filed with the SEC. Particulars in regards to the nominees of the McDonald’s Board of Administrators for election on the 2022 Annual Assembly are additionally included in such definitive proxy assertion.

Contacts
McDonald’s Company International Communications
Jesse Lewin
[email protected]

SOURCE McDonald’s Company