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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000063908-25-000029"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCD"
cik: "0000063908"
company_name: "MCDONALDS CORP"
filed_at: "2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T16:10:06.865471+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# McDonald's shareholders elect all 11 board nominees; defeat all three shareholder proposals at 2025 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 11 director nominees re-elected; CEO Kempczinski received 457.3M votes for, 48.6M against.
- Advisory 'say-on-pay' proposal passed with 477.2M for vs. 29.4M against.
- Ernst & Young ratified as 2025 auditor with 569.7M for, 30.2M against; no broker non-votes.
- Shareholder proposals on advertising risks, climate transition plans, and DEI in compensation each defeated with over 450M votes against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000063908-25-000029
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCD
- cik: 0000063908
- company_name: MCDONALDS CORP
- filed_at: 2025-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390825000029/0000063908-25-000029-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/63908/000006390825000029/mcd-20250520.htm

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