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 Chairman and CEO Christopher J. Kempczinski reported multiple equity transactions. He exercised options and vested equity awards into common stock, then sold 26,277 shares at $331.35 and 26,276 shares at $333.54 per share in open-market trades. Some newly acquired shares were withheld to cover tax obligations.
He also received a new award of 144,416 stock options, which vest in 25% increments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant. Performance-based restricted stock units vested at 82.2% of an original 23,519-unit grant for the 2023–2025 performance period, with related dividend equivalent rights settling into additional shares. The filing also reflects indirect holdings through a non-qualified benefit plan and a trust for his children.
Flatley Edith Morgan reported multiple insider transaction types in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 44,938 shares at a weighted average price of $250.91 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 26,076 shares.
McDonald's executive Joseph M. Erlinger, President of McDonald's USA, reported routine equity compensation activity. On February 13, 2026, performance-based restricted stock units representing 5,577 shares of common stock vested and were converted into shares, reflecting the company’s performance against financial targets for the 2023–2025 period.
He also received 403 shares of common stock from dividend equivalent rights tied to those vested units, and was granted 32,093 stock options that become exercisable in 25% increments on each of the first four anniversaries of the grant. To cover tax obligations related to these awards, 2,312.23 shares of common stock were disposed of at $327.58 per share, leaving him with 9,065.89 shares of directly owned common stock.
Elting Lauren B reported acquisition or exercise transactions in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 2,407 shares. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 2,407 shares.
Boyd Tiffanie L. reported multiple insider transaction types in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 27,461 shares at a weighted average price of $327.58 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 22,064 shares.
Borden Ian Frederick reported multiple insider transaction types in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 67,277 shares at a weighted average price of $327.58 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 52,151 shares.
Baroni Dario reported multiple insider transaction types in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 8,433 shares at a weighted average price of $327.58 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 1,069 shares.
Banner Jonathan reported multiple insider transaction types in a Form 4 filing for MCD. The filing lists transactions totaling 36,744 shares at a weighted average price of $327.58 per share. Following the reported transactions, holdings were 18,052 shares.
McDonald’s director James D. Farley Jr. filed an initial ownership report, disclosing his beneficial holdings of McDonald’s common stock as of February 4, 2026. He reports 242 shares held directly, plus 31 shares held indirectly by his spouse and 74 shares held indirectly by a nonprofit corporation. The filing records existing ownership positions rather than new purchases or sales.
Christopher Kempczinski filed a Rule 144 notice to sell 26,276 shares of common stock through Morgan Stanley Smith Barney on the NYSE, with an aggregate market value of $8,725,734.08. The shares relate to a same-day cash exercise of stock options on 02/13/2026.
The notice also reports that 26,277 common shares were sold on 02/12/2026 under a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan for gross proceeds of $8,706,894.46. Shares outstanding were 712,154,350 as of the filing, providing context for the relative size of these transactions.