EX-24 8 dex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

Exhibit 24.    Power of Attorney

 

 

Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a director or officer, or both, of McDonald’s Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby constitutes and appoints Peter J. Bensen, Denise A. Horne, Kevin M. Ozan and Gloria Santona, and each one of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to execute any and all amendments to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, to be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each one of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any one of them, or their or his or her substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney on and as of the 25 day of February, 2011.

 

/s/    Susan E. Arnold        

   

/s/    Cary D. McMillan        

Susan E. Arnold     Cary D. McMillan
Director     Director

/s/    Peter J. Bensen        

   

/s/    Kevin M. Ozan        

Peter J. Bensen     Kevin M. Ozan
Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer     Corporate Senior Vice President - Controller

/s/    Robert A. Eckert        

   

/s/  Sheila A. Penrose        

Robert A. Eckert     Sheila A. Penrose
Director     Director

/s/    Enrique Hernandez, Jr.        

   

/s/    John W. Rogers, Jr.        

Enrique Hernandez, Jr.     John W. Rogers, Jr.
Director     Director

/s/    Jeanne P. Jackson        

   

/s/    James A. Skinner        

Jeanne P. Jackson     James A. Skinner
Director     Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director

/s/    Richard H. Lenny        

   

/s/    Roger W. Stone        

Richard H. Lenny     Roger W. Stone
Director     Director

/s/    Walter E. Massey        

   

/s/    Donald Thompson        

Walter E. Massey     Donald Thompson
Director     President, Chief Operating Officer and Director

/s/    Andrew J. McKenna        

   

/s/    Miles D. White        

Andrew J. McKenna     Miles D. White
Chairman of the Board and Director     Director

 

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