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Voting Results

Details of the following proposals from the 2012 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are available in the Company's Proxy Statement dated April 13, 2012.

A total of 1,016,147,106 shares of McDonald's Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting.

Proposal No. 1. Election of Directors*

In the election of directors, each nominee was elected by a vote of the shareholders as follows:

Director For Against Abstain*
Robert A. Eckert 666,364,230 16,652,940 1,178,119
% of Shares Voted For and Against 97.56% 2.44% n/a
Enrique Hernandez, Jr.
 663,261,531 19,746,596 1,187,162
% of Shares Voted For and Against 97.11% 2.89% n/a
Jeanne P. Jackson
 673,739,694 9,310,004 1,145,591
% of Shares Voted For and Against 98.64% 1.36% n/a
Andrew J. McKenna
 672,324,766 10,705,544 1,164,979
% of Shares Voted For and Against 98.43% 1.57% n/a
Donald Thompson
 676,343,412 6,667,945 1,183,932
% of Shares Voted For and Against 99.02%
 0.98% n/a

* Abstentions have no effect on the outcome of our Director elections; therefore, abstentions have not been included in the denominator when calculating voting percentages for Director nominees.

n/a: Not applicable

Proposal No. 2. Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation

  For Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 645,752,969 34,565,250 3,877,070
% of Shares Voted 94.38% 5.05% 0.57%

Proposal No. 3. Vote to Approve the 2012 Omnibus Stock Ownership Plan

  For Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 647,498,148 34,049,014 2,648,127
% of Shares Voted 94.64%
 4.98%
 0.39%

Proposal No. 4. Vote to Approve Declassification of the Board of Directors

  For
 Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 675,785,356 5,854,583 2,555,350
% of Shares Outstanding 66.50%
 0.58%
 0.25%

Proposal No. 5. Vote to Approve Shareholders' Right to Call Special Meetings

  For Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 677,520,528 5,205,546 1,469,215
% of Shares Outstanding
 66.68% 0.51% 0.14%

Proposal 6. Advisory Vote to Approve the Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as Independent Auditor for 2012

  For Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 836,897,828 8,888,281 1,772,858
% of Shares Voted 98.74%
 1.05%
 0.21%

Proposal No. 7. Advisory Vote on a Shareholder Proposal Requesting a Nutrition Report

  For Against Abstain
Number of Shares Voted 44,071,761 474,215,524 165,908,004
% of Shares Voted 6.44% 69.31% 24.25%
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