s8postam333036776.htm
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2011
Registration No. 333-36776

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
         
 
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
 
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
         
McDonald’s Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
 
   
Delaware
36-2361282
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
 
One McDonald’s Plaza, Oak Brook, Illinois
60523-1900
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
         
 
McDONALD’S CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
 (Full title of the plan)
         
 
Gloria Santona
Corporate Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
McDonald’s Corporation
One McDonald’s Plaza
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523-1900
 (Name and address of agent for service)
         
 
(630) 623-3000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
         
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
   
Large accelerated filer  x
Accelerated filer  ¨
   
Non-accelerated filer  ¨
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company  ¨
 
 
 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-36776) filed by McDonald’s Corporation (the “Registrant”) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2000 (the “Registration Statement”) to register 200,000 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock for issuance under the McDonald’s Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). The Registrant terminated the Plan on May 23, 2002, and all options granted under the Plan have been exercised or forfeited. As of the date of this Post-Effective Amendment, no additional shares of Common Stock registered will be issued under the Plan.
 
In accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking in Part II, Item 9(a)(3) of the Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to remove from registration all securities registered but remaining unsold, if any, under the Registration Statement and to terminate the effectiveness of the Registration Statement.
 

PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 8.
Exhibits.
   
24
Power of Attorney
   



 
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Oak Brook, State of Illinois, on this 20th day of May, 2011.

 
McDONALD’S CORPORATION
 
       
       
  By:  /s/ Gloria Santona     
   
Gloria Santona
 
   
Corporate Executive Vice President,
 
    General Counsel and Secretary   
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature
Title 
 
 
Date 
     
     
           
    May 20, 2011
Susan E. Arnold
   
Director
   
     
           
    May 20, 2011
Peter J. Bensen
   
Corporate Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
   
     
*          
    May 20, 2011
Robert A. Eckert
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
   
Director
   
 
 
    May 20, 2011
Jeanne P. Jackson
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Richard H. Lenny
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Walter E. Massey
   
Director
   
 
 
    May 20, 2011
Andrew J. McKenna
   
Chairman of the Board and Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Cary D. McMillan
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Kevin M. Ozan
   
Corporate Senior Vice President - Controller
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Sheila A. Penrose
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
John W. Rogers, Jr.
   
Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
James A. Skinner
   
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director
   
     
 
    May 20, 2011
Roger W. Stone
   
Director
   
     
      May 20, 2011
Miles D. White     
Director     
 
 
______________________
*
Gloria Santona, the undersigned attorney-in-fact, by signing her name hereto, does hereby sign and execute this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on behalf of the above indicated directors and officers of the Registrant pursuant to a power of attorney filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 
     By:    /s/ Gloria Santona   
        Gloria Santona
        Attorney-in-Fact
 


 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
    The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the trustees (or other persons who administer the McDonald’s Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan) have duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Oak Brook, State of Illinois, on this 20th day of May, 2011.
 
 
 
McDONALD'S CORPORATION NON-EMPLOYEE
DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION PLAN
 
       
       
 
By:
/s/ Catherine A. Griffin        
    Catherine A. Griffin  
   
Corporate Vice President -
Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
 
       

                                                             

 
 
 

 
 
EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
24
 
Power of Attorney