form8kmay262009.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 26, 2009
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McDONALD'S CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
1-5231
36-2361282
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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One McDonald's Plaza
Oak Brook, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

60523
(Zip Code)
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(630) 623-3000
(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
 
  
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Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 27, 2009, McDonald's Corporation issued an Investor Release announcing that on May 26, 2009 the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend. A copy of the Investor Release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Form 8-K.
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)  
Exhibits.
99          
Investor Release of McDonald’s Corporation issued May 27, 2009: 
McDonald's Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend
         
 
 


 
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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:  May 28, 2009
By:
/s/ Denise A. Horne          
    Denise A. Horne  
    Corporate Vice President -  
   
Associate General Counsel and
Assistant Secretary 
  






 
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Exhibit Index

 
Exhibit No. 99    Investor Release of McDonald’s Corporation issued May 27, 2009: 
  McDonald's Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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