-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Vp3ROmX0dn7VjRV2PpLTebDVuNgHW7+8Tr7mhdcwvhpV6M/5a6OSeij5FwCzIhxB BNZ69i96HNHntyhM94Rwjg== 0000063908-99-000012.txt : 19990422 0000063908-99-000012.hdr.sgml : 19990422 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000063908-99-000012 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: DEFA14A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 19990421 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MCDONALDS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000063908 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 362361282 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: DEFA14A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05231 FILM NUMBER: 99598304 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MCDONALD'S PLZ CITY: OAK BROOK STATE: IL ZIP: 60523 BUSINESS PHONE: 6306233000 DEFA14A 1 ADDITIONAL PROXY MATERIALS SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [Amendment No............] Filed by the Registrant /X/ Filed by a Party other than the Registrant / / Check the appropriate box: / / Preliminary Proxy Statement / / Definitive Proxy Statement /X/ Definitive Additional Materials / / Soliciting Material Pursuant to Section 240.14a-11(c) or Section 240.14a-12 McDonald's Corporation (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Gloria Santona (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): /X/ No fee required. / / Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-(i)(4) and 0-11. 1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: - --------------------------------------------- 2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: - --------------------------------------------- 3) Per unit price of other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11: - --------------------------------------------- 4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: - --------------------------------------------- 5) Total fee paid: - --------------------------------------------- / / Fee paid with preliminary materials. / / Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. 1) Amount Previously Paid:----------------------------------- 2) Form Schedule or Registration Statement No.:-------------- 3) Filing Party:--------------------------------------------- 4) Date Filed:----------------------------------------------- Article in Internal Publication "QSC&V" McDonald's shareholders -- exercise your right to vote! Each year, McDonald's shareholders have the opportunity to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. During the second week in April, shareholders were mailed an Annual Report and a Proxy Statement, along with a proxy and voting instruction card. The Proxy Statement provides important company information including directors' names, backgrounds, and stock holdings. It also explains the following items to be voted on at the Annual Meeting to be held at 10:30 a.m., May 20, 1999, at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, Illinois: Item 1. Election of Directors. Hall Adams, Jr., Gordon C. Gray, Terry L. Savage, and Fred L. Turner are nominees for the Board of Directors. The Board recommends a vote FOR all nominees. Item 2. Approval of Auditors. The Board is asking shareholders to vote FOR the approval of Ernst & Young LLP as auditors for 1999. Ernst & Young LLP audited the company's financial statements in 1998. Item 3. Shareholder proposal to declassify the Board. The General Fund of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees advised the company that it intends to present a proposal to declassify the Board at the Annual Meeting. McDonald's Board currently operates under a classified board structure that affords the company and its shareholders valuable protection against potentially coercive takeover tactics, whereby a party attempts to acquire control on terms that do not offer the greatest value to all shareholders. Accordingly, the Board believes this proposal is not in the best interests of the company's shareholders and recommends that shareholders vote AGAINST it. Please read the proxy material, consider the issues, and exercise your right to vote by one of the following methods: - - call the toll-free phone number indicated on your proxy card - - access the Internet voting site at www.eproxyvote.com/mcd or www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor or - - mail your signed proxy in the envelope provided If you are a shareholder and have not received your Annual Report and proxy materials, or if you need a duplicate proxy card, please call McDonald's Shareholder Services at First Chicago Trust Company, 800/621-7825 (1-800-Mc1- STCK). Shareholders outside of the U.S. and Canada can call collect, 201/222- 4990. Whether you own one share or one thousand shares, your vote counts! For more information, call Lynn Camp, Investor Relations, 630/623-8432. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----