UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 8, 2006

 

 

 

McDONALD’S CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-5231

 

36-2361282

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of Incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

One McDonald’s Plaza
Oak Brook, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

60523
(Zip Code)

(630) 623-3000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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Item  8.01.  Other Items.

On September 8, 2006, McDonald’s Corporation issued an Investor Release announcing the commencement of the Chipotle Exchange Offer.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)            Exhibits.

99               Investor Release of McDonald’s Corporation issued September 8, 2006: McDonald’s Announces Commencement of Chipotle Exchange Offer

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

McDONALD’S CORPORATION

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

September 8, 2006

By:

/s/ DENISE A. HORNE

 

 

 

Denise A. Horne

 

 

 

Corporate Vice President,

 

 

 

Associate General Counsel

 

 

 

and Assistant Secretary

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No. 99        Investor Release of McDonald’s Corporation issued September 8, 2006: McDonald’s Announces

                                Commencement of Chipotle Exchange Offer

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