---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063908-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCD"
cik: "0000063908"
company_name: "MCDONALDS CORP"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T11:22:13.288188+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McDonald's directors Eckert and Rogers to retire after 20 years; board reduced to 13

## Summary
- Robert A. Eckert and John W. Rogers, Jr. retiring from Board effective 2023 Annual Meeting.
- Board size reduced from 15 to 13 directors as a result.
- Retirements not due to any disagreement with the company.
- Eckert chaired Compensation and Public Policy & Strategy Committees; Rogers led diversity and equity initiatives.
- Four new independent directors elected in 2022 as part of ongoing board refreshment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063908-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCD
- cik: 0000063908
- company_name: MCDONALDS CORP
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390823000017/0000063908-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390823000017/mcd-20230327.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063908-23-000017
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063908-23-000017.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000063908-23-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Robert A. Eckert retired as Director at MCDONALDS CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 27, 2023, Robert A. Eckert and John W. Rogers, Jr. notified McDonald’s Corporation (the “Company”) of their respective retirements from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and all Committees thereof, each effective as of the date of the Company’s 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390823000017/0000063908-23-000017-index.htm
- Executive change
  John W. Rogers, Jr. retired as Director at MCDONALDS CORP.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 27, 2023, Robert A. Eckert and John W. Rogers, Jr. notified McDonald’s Corporation (the “Company”) of their respective retirements from the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) and all Committees thereof, each effective as of the date of the Company’s 2023 Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390823000017/0000063908-23-000017-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.