Item 8.01 Other Events.




On November 3, 2019, McDonald's Corporation (the "Company") announced the
termination of its former chief executive officer, Stephen Easterbrook,
following the determination of the Board of Directors (the "Board") that he
violated Company policy and demonstrated poor judgment involving a consensual
relationship with an employee.  Additional information about Mr. Easterbrook's
conduct has recently come to the attention of the Board through an employee
report and prompted further investigation.  Based on the results of the
investigation, the Board concluded that Mr. Easterbrook lied to the Company and
the Board and destroyed information regarding inappropriate personal behavior
and in fact had been involved in sexual relationships with three additional
Company employees prior to his termination, all in violation of Company policy.
Had the Board been aware of this information, it would not have approved the
terms of the Separation Agreement dated as of November 1, 2019, by and between
Mr. Easterbrook and the Company (the "Separation Agreement").  Accordingly, the
Company has brought an action against Mr. Easterbrook in the Court of Chancery
of the State of Delaware to recover compensation and severance benefits that
would not have been retained by Mr. Easterbrook had he been terminated for
cause.  In addition, the Company has taken immediate action to prevent Mr.
Easterbrook from exercising any stock options or selling any stock issuable in
respect of outstanding equity awards.  The Company's complaint alleges that Mr.
Easterbrook breached his fiduciary duties as an officer and director of the
Company and committed fraud in the inducement, and seeks, among other things,
compensatory damages for all the amounts paid to Mr. Easterbrook under the
Separation Agreement and other costs and expenses incurred by the Company by
virtue of his misconduct.
A copy of the complaint filed by the Company with the Court of Chancery of the
State of Delaware is filed as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit No.  Description
    99.1       Complaint, dated as of August 10, 2020, filed by McDonald's
             Corporation with the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.
    104      Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are
             embedded within the Inline XBRL document

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