McDonald's Corporation filings document the reporting framework for a global foodservice retailer built around franchised and company-operated restaurants. Form 8-K filings record quarterly and annual results releases, supplemental financial information, comparable sales, systemwide sales, loyalty activity, restructuring charges, and segment performance across U.S. and international markets.
The filing record also covers governance and capital-structure matters, including the definitive proxy statement, director elections, board committee assignments, executive and director compensation disclosures, and shareholder voting materials. Other event filings document medium-term note issuances under the company’s shelf registration program and related legal opinions, reflecting McDonald's use of public debt markets alongside its common stock structure.
McDonald’s Corporation reported that on August 27, 2025 it issued $550,000,000 of 4.400% Medium-Term Notes due 2031 and $750,000,000 of 5.000% Medium-Term Notes due 2036 under its existing medium-term notes program. These new notes were issued pursuant to its shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 and related prospectus, prospectus supplement, and pricing supplements.
The company also filed a legal opinion from its Executive Vice President and Global Chief Legal Officer confirming the legality of the notes, along with the related consent as exhibits to the report.
Edith Flatley Morgan, EVP - Global CMO of McDonald’s Corporation (MCD), reported multiple transactions on 08/20/2025. She exercised 4,692 stock options with an exercise price of $157.79 per share and immediately sold 4,692 shares at $315.00 per share, and sold an additional 24 shares at $315.00. After these transactions her reported beneficial ownership is 7,857.56 shares. The option grant referenced was originally awarded on February 19, 2018, and became exercisable in 25% increments on each anniversary; the options shown remain exercisable through their stated schedule with an expiration tied to the grant terms.
McDonald's executive Jonathan Banner reported a sale of 1,000 shares of McDonald's Corporation common stock on 08/19/2025 at a reported price of $310 per share. Following the transaction the form shows 98.66 shares beneficially owned. The filing is a Section 16 Form 4 and was signed by an attorney-in-fact on 08/19/2025.
McDonald's executive Tiffanie L. Boyd reported vesting and settlement of equity awards and a concurrent share disposition. The filing shows 2,893 restricted stock units vested and were recorded as acquisitions at $0, together with settlement of 207 dividend equivalent rights also recorded as acquisitions at $0. The report also shows a disposition of 1,374 common shares at a reported price of $304.36 per share. The explanatory note states the RSUs were granted on 08/11/2022 and vested in one installment on the third anniversary, and that each RSU and each dividend equivalent right represents the economic equivalent of one share. All transactions are reported as direct beneficial ownership changes.
Lauren B. Elting, McDonald’s Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller, reports equity activity tied to restricted stock awards and related settlements. The Form 4 shows transactions dated 08/07/2025 reflecting the vesting and settlement of 990 restricted stock units (one-third of a 2,970 RSU grant originally awarded on 08/07/2024), and settlement of 24 dividend equivalent rights. The filing also records a disposition of 297.1 shares at $307.91 per share. After these reported transactions the beneficial ownership reported on the form is 716.9 shares of McDonald’s common stock. The entries show the RSUs convert one-for-one into common shares and that the settled RSUs and dividend equivalents were reported with a $0 acquisition price.
McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) – Insider Transaction: EVP & Global CMO Edith M. Flatley filed a Form 4 reporting an open-market sale (Code S) of 976 common shares on 08/01/2025 at $303.50 per share. Following the sale, Flatley directly owns 7,881.56 MCD shares.
The filing indicates a routine individual transaction; no derivative securities were involved and no Rule 10b5-1 trading plan was noted.