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INTERNET VOTING SITE FOR MCDONALD'S CORPORATION
2000 ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING
Vote Your Proxy Online
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McDonald's Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Thursday, May 18, 2000
10:30 a.m. to Noon (Central Time)
Rosemont Theatre
5400 N. River Road
Rosemont, Illinois 60018
I (we), revoking any proxy previously given, appoint Jack M. Greenberg and
Gloria Santona, or either of them, as proxies with full powers of substitution
to vote all shares the undersigned is entitled to vote at McDonald's Corporation
2000 Annual Shareholders' Meeting, or any adjournment thereof, and authorize
each to vote at his or her discretion on any other matter that may properly come
before the meeting.
If you are a McDonald's employee and you want to vote your shares in the
McDonald's Profit Sharing Program or the shares you are voting for other
participants differently from your shares held outside the Program, do not vote
by phone or Internet. Instead, refer to the back of your proxy card for voting
instructions.
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of McDonald's
Corporation. The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR all nominees for
Director, FOR the approval of auditors, and AGAINST the
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shareholder proposal on genetic engineering and AGAINST the shareholder proposal
to declassify the Board.
Check this box to cast your vote in accordance with the Board of Directors
recommendation / /
The Board Recommends a Vote "FOR" all Nominees for Director.
For All Nominees Withhold
Except As Noted As To All
Below Nominees
1. Election of Directors. / / / /
Or, check the box for the Director(s) from whom you wish to withhold your vote:
/ / James R. Cantalupo / / Enrique Hernandez, Jr. / / Jeanne P. Jackson
/ / Donald R. Keough / / Michael R. Quinlan
The Board Recommends a Vote "FOR" Proposal 2.
For Against Abstain
2. Approval of auditors / / / / / /
The Board Recommends a Vote "AGAINST" Proposals 3 and 4.
For Against Abstain
3. Shareholder proposal on genetic engineering / / / / / /
4. Shareholder proposal to declassify the Board / / / / / /
To submit your vote please click the button below.
(Your vote will not be counted until the Submit Your Vote button is clicked.)
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Your proxy vote has been recorded as follows:
1. Election of Directors
2. Approval of auditors
3. Shareholder proposal on genetic engineering
4. Shareholder proposal to declassify the Board
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