UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001
OR
[_] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
Commission File Number 1-5231
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 36-2361282 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) McDonald's Plaza Oak Brook, Illinois 60523 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (630) 623-3000
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Name of each exchange Title of each class on which registered -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock, $.01 par value New York Stock Exchange Chicago Stock Exchange 8-7/8 % Debentures due 2011 New York Stock Exchange 7-3/8% Debentures due 2033 New York Stock Exchange 6-5/8% Notes due 2005 New York Stock Exchange 7.05% Debentures due 2025 New York Stock Exchange 7.31% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2027 New York Stock Exchange 6-3/8% Debentures due 2028 New York Stock Exchange -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes [X] No [_]
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. [X]
The aggregate market value of voting stock held by nonaffiliates of the registrant is $34,749,648,863 and the number of shares of common stock outstanding is 1,281,311,354 as of January 31, 2002.
Documents incorporated by reference. Part III of this 10-K incorporates information by reference from the registrant's 2001 definitive proxy statement which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2001.
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Part I
(a) GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS
There have been no significant changes to the Company's corporate structure during 2001, or material changes in the Company's method of conducting business.
(b) FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT INDUSTRY SEGMENTS
Industry segment data for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 are included in Part II, Item 8, pages 30-31 of this Form 10-K.
(c) NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
General
The Company operates in the food service industry and primarily operates quick-service restaurant businesses under the McDonald's brand. These restaurants serve a varied, yet limited, value-priced menu (see Products) in 121 countries around the world.
To capture additional meal occasions, the Company operates other restaurant concepts under its Partner Brands: Boston Market, Chipotle and Donatos Pizzeria which are all located primarily in the U.S. and Aroma Cafe, located primarily in the U.K. In addition, the Company has a minority ownership in U.K.-based Pret A Manger. In fourth quarter 2001, the Company approved a plan to dispose of its Aroma Cafe business in the U.K. and expects to complete the sale in the first half of 2002.
Since McDonald's restaurant business comprises virtually all of the Company's consolidated operating results, this narrative primarily relates to the McDonald's restaurant business, unless otherwise noted.
All restaurants are operated by the Company or, under the terms of franchise arrangements, by franchisees who are independent entrepreneurs, or by affiliates operating under joint-venture agreements between the Company and local business people.
The Company's operations are designed to assure consistency and high quality at every McDonald's restaurant. When granting franchises and forming joint-venture agreements, the Company is selective and is not in the practice of franchising to, or partnering with, investor groups or passive investors.
Under the conventional franchise arrangement, franchisees provide capital by initially investing in the equipment, signs, seating and decor of their restaurant businesses, and by reinvesting in the business over time. The Company shares the investment by generally owning or leasing the land and building. Franchisees in the U.S. generally have the option to own new restaurant buildings while leasing the land from the Company. Franchisees contribute to the Company's revenue stream through payment of rent and service fees based upon a percent of sales, with specified minimum payments, along with initial fees. The conventional franchise arrangement typically lasts 20 years and franchising practices are generally consistent throughout the world. A discussion regarding site selection is included in Part I, Item 2, page 5 of this Form 10-K.
The Company, its franchisees and affiliates purchase food, packaging, equipment, etc. from numerous independent suppliers who have been approved by the Company. The Company has established and strictly enforces high-quality standards. We have quality assurance labs around the world that work to ensure that our high standards are consistently met. The quality assurance process not only involves ongoing product reviews, but also on-site inspections of suppliers' facilities. Further, we have a Quality Assurance Board, composed of the Company's technical, safety and supply chain specialists, which provides strategic global leadership for all aspects of food quality and safety. In addition, the Company works closely with McDonald's suppliers to encourage innovation, assure best practices and drive continuous improvement.
Independently owned and operated distribution centers, also approved by the Company, distribute products and supplies to most McDonald's restaurants. In addition, restaurant personnel are trained in the proper storage, handling and preparation of our products and in the delivery of customer service expectations.
McDonald's global brand is well known. Marketing, promotional and public relations activities are designed to nurture this brand image and differentiate the Company from competitors. Marketing and promotional efforts focus on value, food taste and the customer experience. In addition, the Company is focused on being a leader in the area of social responsibility, as we believe it is important to give back to the people around the world who are responsible for our success.
Products
McDonald's restaurants offer a substantially uniform menu. In addition, McDonald's tests new products on an ongoing basis.
McDonald's menu includes hamburgers and cheeseburgers, Big Mac, Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Filet-O-Fish and several chicken sandwiches, Chicken McNuggets, french fries, salads, milk shakes, McFlurry desserts, sundaes and soft-serve cones, pies, cookies and soft drinks and other beverages. In addition, the restaurants sell a variety of other products during limited-time promotions.
McDonald's restaurants operating in the U. S. and certain international markets are open during breakfast hours and offer a full-or limited-breakfast menu. Breakfast offerings include Egg McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin with Egg sandwiches, hotcakes, biscuit and bagel sandwiches, and muffins.
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Chipotle is a fresh-Mex grill serving gourmet burritos and tacos. Donatos sells pizza, subs and salads. Boston Market is a home-meal replacement concept serving chicken, meatloaf and a variety of side dishes. Pret A Manger is a quick-service food concept that serves mainly cold sandwiches, snacks and drinks during lunchtime.
Food preparation
The Made For You food preparation system is installed in virtually all McDonald's restaurants in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico as well as about one-third of the restaurants in Japan. Made For You is based on a just-in-time production philosophy where each sandwich is assembled to order. Through advances in equipment and technology, the new system aims to provide customers with fresh-tasting food. In addition, the system can support future growth through product development because it can easily accommodate an expanded menu.
Intellectual Property
The Company owns valuable intellectual property including trademarks, service marks, patents, copyrights, trade secrets and other proprietary information, some of which, including "McDonald's," "Ronald McDonald," "Big Mac" and other related marks, are of material importance to the Company's business. The Company also has certain patents on restaurant equipment which, while valuable, are not material to its business.
Seasonal operations
The Company does not consider its operations to be seasonal to any material degree.
Working capital practices
Information about the Company's working capital practices is incorporated herein by reference to Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 in Part II, Item 7, pages 8-20, and the Consolidated statement of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 in Part II, Item 8, page 24 of this Form 10-K.
Customers
The Company's business is not dependent upon a single customer or small group of customers.
Backlog
Company-operated restaurants have no backlog orders.
Government contracts
No material portion of the business is subject to renegotiation of profits or termination of contracts or subcontracts at the election of the U.S. government.
Competition
McDonald's restaurants compete with international, national, regional and local retailers of food products. The Company competes on the basis of price, convenience and service and by offering quality food products. The Company's competition in the broadest perspective includes restaurants, quick-service eating establishments, pizza parlors, coffee shops, street vendors, convenience food stores, delicatessens and supermarkets.
In the U.S., there are about 515,000 restaurants that generate $303 billion in annual sales. McDonald's restaurant business accounts for 2.5% of those restaurants and 6.6% of the sales. No reasonable estimate can be made of the number of competitors outside the U.S.; however, the Company's business in foreign markets continues to grow.
Research and development
The Company operates a research and development facility in Illinois. While research and development activities are important to the Company's business, these expenditures are not material. Independent suppliers also conduct research activities for the benefit of the McDonald's System, which includes franchisees and suppliers, as well as the Company, its subsidiaries and joint ventures.
Environmental matters
The Company is not aware of any federal, state or local environmental laws or regulations that will materially affect its earnings or competitive position, or result in material capital expenditures; however, the Company cannot predict the effect on its operations of possible future environmental legislation or regulations. During 2001, there were no material capital expenditures for environmental control facilities and no such material expenditures are anticipated.
Number of employees
During 2001, the Company's average number of employees worldwide, including Company-operated restaurant employees, was approximately 395,000. This includes McDonald's restaurants as well as other restaurant concepts operated by the Company.
(d) FINANCIAL INFORMATION ABOUT FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC OPERATIONS
Financial information about foreign and domestic markets is incorporated herein by reference to Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in Part II, Item 7, pages 8-20 and Segment and geographic information in Part II, Item 8, pages 30-31 of this Form 10-K.
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The Company identifies and develops sites that offer convenience to customers and provide for long-term sales and profit potential. To assess potential, the Company analyzes traffic and walking patterns, census data, school enrollments and other relevant data. The Company's experience and access to advanced technology aid in evaluating this information. The Company generally owns or secures long-term land and building leases for restaurant sites, which ensures long-term occupancy rights and helps control related costs. Restaurant profitability for both the Company and franchisees is important; therefore, ongoing efforts are made to control average development costs through construction and design efficiencies and standardization and by leveraging the Company's global sourcing network. Additional information about the Company's properties is included in Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations in Part II, Item 7, pages 8-20 and in Financial statements and supplementary data in Part II, Item 8, pages 21-36 of this Form 10-K.
The Company has pending a number of lawsuits which have been filed from time to time in various jurisdictions. These lawsuits cover a broad variety of allegations spanning the Company's entire business. The following is a brief description of the more significant of these categories of lawsuits. In addition, the Company is subject to various federal, state and local regulations that impact various aspects of its business, as discussed below. The Company does not believe that any such claims, lawsuits or regulations will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.
Franchising
A substantial number of McDonald's restaurants are franchised to independent entrepreneurs operating under arrangements with the Company. In the course of the franchise relationship, occasional disputes arise between the Company and its franchisees relating to a broad range of subjects including, without limitation, quality, service and cleanliness issues, contentions regarding grants or terminations of franchises, franchisee claims for additional franchises or rewrites of franchises, and delinquent payments. Additionally, on occasion, disputes arise between the Company and individuals who claim they should have been granted a McDonald's franchise.
Suppliers
The Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries do not supply, with minor exceptions outside the U.S., food, paper, or related items to any McDonald's restaurants. The Company relies upon numerous independent suppliers that are required to meet and maintain the Company's high standards and specifications. On occasion, disputes arise between the Company and its suppliers on a number of issues including, by way of example, compliance with product specifications and the Company's business relationship with suppliers. In addition, on occasion, disputes arise on a number of issues between the Company and individuals or entities who claim that they should be (or should have been) granted the opportunity to supply products or services to the Company's restaurants.
Employees
Thousands of people are employed by the Company and in restaurants owned and operated by subsidiaries of the Company. In addition, thousands of people, from time to time, seek employment in such restaurants. In the ordinary course of business, disputes arise regarding hiring, firing and promotion practices.
Customers
The Company's restaurants serve a large cross-section of the public and in the course of serving so many people, disputes arise as to products, service, accidents, advertising and other matters typical of an extensive restaurant business such as that of the Company.
Intellectual Property
The Company has registered trademarks and service marks, some of which are of material importance to the Company's business. The Company also has certain patents on restaurant equipment, which while valuable, are not material to its business. From time to time, the Company may become involved in litigation to defend and protect its use of its intellectual property.
Government regulations
Local, state and federal governments have adopted laws and regulations involving various aspects of the restaurant business, including, but not limited to, franchising, health, safety, environment, zoning and employment. The Company does not believe that it is in violation of any existing statutory or administrative rules, but it cannot predict the effect on its operations from the issuance of additional requirements in the future.
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None.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF OUR COMPANY:
Jack M. Greenberg, 59, is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. He was appointed to that position in May 1999. Previously, he was President and Chief Executive Officer since August 1998. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman of McDonald's Corporation, and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald's U.S.A. Mr. Greenberg has been with the Company for more than 20 years.
Mats Lederhausen, 39, is Executive Vice President--Strategy and Business Development. He has served in that position since his appointment in July 2001. From May to July 2001, Mr. Lederhausen served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Corporate Strategy following his appointment to that position in April 1999. Before joining McDonald's corporate staff, Mr. Lederhausen was Managing Director and Joint Venture Partner for Svenska McDonald's Development AB, a subsidiary of the Company. He is no longer Managing Director and Joint Venture Partner of the subsidiary. Mr. Lederhausen has been with the McDonald's System for 17 years.
Matthew H. Paull, 50, is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, a position to which he was appointed in July 2001. Prior to that time, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Tax and Finance from December 2000 to July 2001, Senior Vice President from January 2000 to December 2000, and Vice President from June 1993 to January 2000. Mr. Paull has been with the Company for 8 years.
David M. Pojman, 42, is Senior Vice President-Controller, a position he has held since March 2002. Previously, he served as Vice President and Corporate Controller from January 2002. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President and Acting Controller from October 2001. From January 2000 to October 2001, Mr. Pojman served as Vice President and Assistant Corporate Controller. From July 1997 to January 2000, he served as Vice President and International Controller. Mr. Pojman has been with the Company for 19 years.
Gloria Santona, 51, is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, a position she has held since June 2001. From December 2000 to June 2001, she was Vice President, U.S. General Counsel and Secretary; from March 1997 to December 2000, she was Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Secretary; and from January 1996 to March 1997, she served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Secretary. Ms. Santona has been with the Company for 24 years.
James A. Skinner, 57, is President and Chief Operating Officer--McDonald's Worldwide Restaurant Group. Mr. Skinner was promoted to his current position in January 2002. Previously, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of McDonald's Europe/Asia/Pacific since May 2001. Prior to that, he was President of McDonald's Europe. Mr. Skinner has been with the Company for 31 years.
Stanley R. Stein, 59, is Executive Vice President, Global Human Resources, a position he has held since July 1997. Prior to that time Mr. Stein served as Senior Vice President. He has been with the Company for 27 years.
Fred L. Turner, 69, is Senior Chairman. He has been with the Company for more than 45 years.
Part II
The Company's common stock trades under the symbol MCD and is listed on the New York and Chicago stock exchanges in the U.S.
The following table sets forth the common stock price ranges on the New York Stock Exchange composite tape and dividends declared per common share.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 DOLLARS ------------------------- --------------------------- PER SHARE High Low Dividend High Low Dividend ================================================================================ Quarter: First 35.06 24.75 -- 43.63 29.81 -- Second 30.96 25.39 -- 39.94 31.00 -- Third 31.00 26.00 -- 34.25 26.38 .215 Fourth 30.10 25.00 .225 34.50 27.56 -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year 35.06 24.75 .225 43.63 26.38 .215 ================================================================================ |
The approximate number of shareholders of record and beneficial owners of the Company's common stock as of January 31, 2002 was estimated to be 1,027,000.
Given the Company's returns on equity and assets, management believes it is prudent to reinvest a significant portion of earnings back into the business and use free cash flow for share repurchases. Accordingly, the common stock dividend yield is modest. The Company has paid dividends on common stock for 26 consecutive years through 2001 and has increased the dividend amount at least once every year. Additional dividend increases will be considered after reviewing returns to shareholders, profitability expectations and financing needs. Dividends are declared and paid on an annual basis. As in the past, future dividends will be declared at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors.
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Item 6. Selected financial data
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11-year summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLARS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 ================================================================================================================================== Franchised sales $24,838 24,463 23,830 22,330 20,863 19,969 19,123 17,146 15,756 14,474 12,959 Company-operated sales $11,040 10,467 9,512 8,895 8,136 7,571 6,863 5,793 5,157 5,103 4,908 Affiliated sales $ 4,752 5,251 5,149 4,754 4,639 4,272 3,928 3,048 2,674 2,308 2,061 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Systemwide sales $40,630 40,181 38,491 35,979 33,638 31,812 29,914 25,987 23,587 21,885 19,928 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues $14,870 14,243 13,259 12,421 11,409 10,687 9,795 8,321 7,408 7,133 6,695 Operating income $ 2,697(1) 3,330 3,320 2,762(3) 2,808 2,633 2,601 2,241 1,984 1,862 1,679 Income before taxes $ 2,330(2) 2,882 2,884 2,307(3) 2,407 2,251 2,169 1,887 1,676 1,448 1,299 Net income $ 1,637(2) 1,977 1,948 1,550(3) 1,642 1,573 1,427 1,224 1,083 959 860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash provided by operations $ 2,688 2,751 3,009 2,766 2,442 2,461 2,296 1,926 1,680 1,426 1,423 Capital expenditures $ 1,906 1,945 1,868 1,879 2,111 2,375 2,064 1,539 1,317 1,087 1,129 Free cash flow $ 782 806 1,141 887 331 86 232 387 363 339 294 Treasury stock purchases $ 1,090 2,002 933 1,162 765 605 321 500 628 92 117 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial position at year end Total assets $22,535 21,684 20,983 19,784 18,242 17,386 15,415 13,592 12,035 11,681 11,349 Total debt $ 8,918 8,474 7,252 7,043 6,463 5,523 4,836 4,351 3,713 3,857 4,615 Total shareholders' equity $ 9,488 9,204 9,639 9,465 8,852 8,718 7,861 6,885 6,274 5,892 4,835 Shares outstanding IN MILLIONS 1,280.7 1,304.9 1,350.8 1,356.2 1,371.4 1,389.2 1,399.5 1,387.4 1,414.7 1,454.1 1,434.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Per common share Net income $ 1.27(2) 1.49 1.44 1.14(3) 1.17 1.11 .99 .84 .73 .65 .59 Net income-diluted $ 1.25(2) 1.46 1.39 1.10(3) 1.15 1.08 .97 .82 .71 .63 .57 Dividends declared $ .23 .22 .20 .18 .16 .15 .13 .12 .11 .10 .09 Market price at year end $ 26.47 34.00 40.31 38.41 23.88 22.69 22.56 14.63 14.25 12.19 9.50 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franchised restaurants 17,395 16,795 15,949 15,086 14,197 13,374 12,186 10,944 9,918 9,237 8,735 Company-operated restaurants 8,378 7,652 6,059 5,433 4,887 4,294 3,783 3,216 2,733 2,551 2,547 Affiliated restaurants 4,320 4,260 4,301 3,994 3,844 3,216 2,330 1,739 1,476 1,305 1,136 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Systemwide restaurants 30,093 28,707 26,309 24,513 22,928 20,884 18,299 15,899 14,127 13,093 12,418 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) Includes $378 million of pretax special operating charges primarily related to the U.S. business reorganization and other global change initiatives, and the closing of 163 underperforming restaurants in international markets discussed on page 9.
(2) Includes the $378 million of pretax special operating charges noted above and $125 million of net pretax special nonoperating income items primarily related to a gain on the initial public offering of McDonald's Japan, for a net pretax expense of $253 million ($143 million after tax or $0.11 per share). Net income also reflects an effective tax rate of 29.8 percent, primarily due to the one-time benefit of tax law changes in certain international markets ($147 million). See page 9 for further details.
(3) Includes $162 million of Made For You costs and the $160 million special charge related to the home office productivity initiative for a pretax total of $322 million ($219 million after tax or $0.16 per share).
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The Company operates in the food service industry and primarily operates quick-service restaurant businesses under the McDonald's brand. Approximately 80% of McDonald's restaurants and more than 80% of the Systemwide sales of McDonald's restaurants are in eight markets: Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Throughout this discussion, McDonald's restaurant businesses in these eight markets collectively are referred to as "major markets."
To capture additional meal occasions, the Company also operates other restaurant concepts under its Partner Brands: Aroma Cafe, Boston Market, Chipotle and Donatos Pizzeria. In addition, the Company has a minority ownership in Pret A Manger. In fourth quarter of 2001, the Company approved a plan to dispose of its Aroma Cafe business in the U.K., and expects to complete the sale in the first half of 2002.
The segments presented in all tables and related discussion reflect the Company's current management structure. Previously, McDonald's restaurant operations in Canada, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the Partner Brands were included in the Other segment. The new APMEA segment includes results for McDonald's restaurant operations in Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, while Canada and the Partner Brands are now presented as individual operating segments. In addition, U.S. and Corporate selling, general & administrative expenses reflect a realignment of certain home office departments' responsibilities, for all years presented.
Operating results ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ------- DOLLARS IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA Amount Increase/(decrease) Amount Increase/(decrease) Amount ========================================================================================================================= Systemwide sales $40,630 1% $40,181 4% $38,491 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues Sales by Company-operated restaurants $11,041 5% $10,467 10% $ 9,512 Revenues from franchised and affiliated 3,829 1 3,776 1 3,747 restaurants ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues 14,870 4 14,243 7 13,259 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating costs and expenses Company-operated restaurants 9,454 8 8,750 12 7,829 Franchised restaurants 800 4 772 5 738 Selling, general & administrative expenses 1,662 5 1,587 7 1,477 Special charge-global change initiatives 200 nm - - - Other operating (income) expense, net 57 nm (196) nm (105) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total operating costs and expenses 12,173 12 10,913 10 9,939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating income 2,697 (19) 3,330 - 3,320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest expense 452 5 430 8 396 McDonald's Japan IPO gain (137) nm - - - Nonoperating expense, net 52 nm 18 nm 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before provision for income taxes 2,330 (19) 2,882 - 2,884 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision for income taxes 693 (23) 905 (3) 936 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income $ 1,637 (17)% $ 1,977 2% $ 1,948 ========================================================================================================================= Net income per common share $ 1.27 (15)% $ 1.49 3% $ 1.44 Net income per common share -diluted 1.25 (14) 1.46 5 1.39 ========================================================================================================================= nm Not meaningful. |
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The following table presents the 2001 growth rates for reported results, results adjusted for the special items noted below, and the adjusted results on a constant currency basis. In addition, the table includes the 2000 growth rates for reported and constant currency results. All information in constant currencies excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results, except for hyperinflationary economies, such as Russia, whose functional currency is the U.S. Dollar. Constant currency results are calculated by translating the current year results at prior year monthly average exchange rates.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key highlights --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 Increase (decrease) Increase -------------------------------------------- --------------------- Adjusted As constant As Constant reported/(1)/ Adjusted/(2)/ currency/(2,3)/ reported currency/(3)/ =================================================================================================== Systemwide sales 1% 1% 4% 4% 7% --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues 4 4 8 7 12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating income (19) (8) (5) - 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income (17) (10) (8) 2 6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income per common share (15) (7) (5) 3 8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income per common share- diluted (14) (7) (5) 5 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(1) The reported effective tax rate was 29.8%, primarily due to the one-time benefit of tax law changes in certain international markets ($147 million).
(2) Adjusted operating income of $3.1 billion and adjusted net income of $1.8 billion exclude the following special items:
Operating income:
* $200 million of charges ($136 million after tax) related to the U.S. business reorganization and other global change initiatives discussed on page 13.
* $91 million of charges ($69 million after tax) related to the closing of 163 underperforming restaurants in international markets.
* $25 million of charges ($17 million after tax) primarily related to unrecoverable costs incurred in connection with the theft of promotional game pieces and the related termination of a supplier discussed on page 14.
* $24 million asset impairment charge (pre and after tax) in Turkey.
* $20 million charge ($14 million after tax) related to the anticipated disposition of Aroma Cafe in the U.K.
* $18 million of charges ($12 million after tax) primarily related to the write-off of certain technology costs.
Nonoperating income:
* $137 million gain (pre and after tax) on the initial public offering of McDonald's Japan.
* $12 million of charges ($8 million after tax) primarily related to the write-off of a corporate investment.
(3) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
The primary currencies negatively affecting reported results in 2001 and 2000 were the Euro, which is the currency in 12 of our European markets including France and Germany, the British Pound and the Australian Dollar. In addition, the Japanese Yen and Canadian Dollar negatively impacted reported results in 2001, while the Japanese Yen positively impacted reported results in 2000.
SYSTEMWIDE SALES
Systemwide sales include sales by all restaurants, whether operated by the Company, by franchisees or by affiliates operating under joint-venture agreements. We continue to focus on growing market share by increasing comparable sales with an emphasis on improving customer satisfaction through Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value as well as strategic restaurant development. Restaurant expansion, partly offset by negative comparable sales, drove the constant currency sales increase in 2001, while restaurant expansion along with positive comparable sales drove the increase in 2000.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Systemwide sales -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ------------------- ------------------- -------- Increase/(decrease) Increase/(decrease) ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- DOLLARS IN As Constant As Constant MILLIONS Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount ==================================================================================================================== U.S. $ 20,051 2% na $ 19,573 3% na $ 19,006 Europe 9,412 1 5% 9,293 (3) 9% 9,557 APMEA 7,010 (6) 3 7,477 10 9 6,826 Latin America 1,733 (3) 6 1,790 7 9 1,665 Canada 1,447 - 5 1,443 7 7 1,346 Partner Brands 977 61 62 605 nm nm 91 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $ 40,630 1% 4% $ 40,181 4% 7% $ 38,491 ==================================================================================================================== |
(1) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
na Not applicable.
nm Not meaningful.
In all segments, the constant currency sales increases in 2001 and 2000 were primarily driven by expansion.
In the U.S., comparable sales were slightly positive in 2001 and positive in 2000. The introduction of the New Tastes Menu in early 2001 and successful promotions and new product introductions in 2000, combined with local market initiatives in both years, contributed to the increases.
In Europe, comparable sales were negative in 2001 and positive in 2000. The primary contributors to Europe's constant currency sales growth in both years were France and the U.K. In addition, the Netherlands and Russia delivered strong performances in 2001, while results in 2000 also benefited from increases in Germany, Italy and Spain. Despite the Company's outstanding quality and safety record, Europe's results in both years were negatively impacted by consumer confidence issues regarding the European beef supply. However, the impact lessened as we progressed through 2001, and we do not expect the negative impact from these issues to be significant going forward.
In APMEA, comparable sales were negative in 2001 and slightly negative in 2000. Sales in 2001 were impacted by weak economic conditions in Japan, Taiwan and Turkey and weak consumer spending in Australia, which also impacted the second half of 2000. Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2001, sales were also dampened by consumer confidence issues regarding the Japanese beef supply,
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despite the fact that McDonald's Japan does not use Japanese beef. Although we are proactively communicating our strong beef safety and quality messages, we expect Japan's results in the near term to continue to be negatively affected by these consumer concerns. Positive comparable sales in China contributed to this segment's total constant currency sales increases in both years.
In Latin America, comparable sales were negative in 2001 and 2000 as weak economic conditions affected most markets in this segment. Positive comparable sales in Mexico and Venezuela helped drive this segment's total constant currency sales increases in both years.
We expect the weak economic conditions in many Asian, Middle Eastern and Latin American markets to continue in the near term.
In Canada, comparable sales were positive in 2001 and 2000. Canada's value program combined with drive-thru initiatives, extended hours and new product introductions drove the increases in both years.
The sales increases in the Partner Brands in 2001 and 2000 were primarily due to the acquisition of Boston Market in second quarter 2000. Expansion of Chipotle along with strong comparable sales at Chipotle and Boston Market also helped drive the increases in both years.
2001 2000 1999 ------------------ ------------------ ------- Increase/ Increase/ (decrease) (decrease) --------- --------- Constant Constant DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS Amount currency/(2)/ Amount currency/(2)/ Amount ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Per restaurant/(1)/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Traditional: U.S. $1,650 - $1,647 1% $1,625 Europe 1,722 (4)% 1,851 (2) 2,130 APMEA 1,190 (5) 1,376 (2) 1,411 Latin America 1,154 (5) 1,333 (7) 1,464 Canada 1,469 - 1,530 6 1,451 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Satellite: U.S. $ 546 2% $ 536 9% $ 490 Outside the U.S./(3)/ 533 (1) 598 2 561 ================================================================================================ Per new restaurant/(4)/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Traditional: U.S. $1,550 (1)% $1,570 7% $1,473 Europe 1,304 (6) 1,430 (4) 1,673 APMEA 984 (6) 1,143 2 1,110 Latin America 888 (5) 1,030 (9) 1,152 Canada 1,144 (7) 1,278 5 1,218 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Satellite:/(5)/ Outside the U.S./(3)/ $ 591 2% $ 649 8% $ 574 ================================================================================================ |
(1) McDonald's restaurants in operation at least 13 consecutive months.
(2) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
(3) Represents satellite restaurants located in Canada and Japan, which comprise substantially all satellites outside the U.S.
(4) McDonald's restaurants in operation at least 13 consecutive months but not more than 25 months.
(5) Excludes U.S. because the Company did not open a significant number of satellite restaurants in the U.S.
Average sales per restaurant in constant currencies are affected by comparable sales as well as the size, location and number of new restaurants. The number of new restaurants affects average sales because new restaurants typically take a few years to reach long-term sales volumes. In addition, over the last several years more restaurants outside the U.S. have opened in lower-density areas and in countries with lower average sales volumes and correspondingly lower average development costs.
In 2001, average annual sales per traditional restaurant were relatively flat for the U.S. and Canada in constant currencies. In the other segments, average annual sales per traditional restaurant declined in constant currencies due to negative comparable sales and the significant number of new restaurants added, partly offset by the benefit of closing 163 underperforming restaurants. In 2000, positive comparable sales in the U.S. and Canada drove their increases in average annual sales per traditional restaurant. In the other segments, the declines were mainly due to new restaurant development.
Satellite restaurants generally have significantly lower development costs and sales volumes than traditional restaurants. The use of these small, limited-menu restaurants has allowed profitable expansion into areas that otherwise would not have been feasible. In 2001 and 2000, average annual sales for satellite restaurants increased in the U.S. partly due to the closing of certain low-volume satellites. Outside the U.S., average annual sales for satellite restaurants declined slightly in constant currencies in 2001 primarily due to negative comparable sales in Japan, after increasing in 2000 primarily due to higher sales volumes for openings in Japan.
In 2001, average sales for new traditional restaurants in the U.S. remained at about $1.6 million as we continued our selective expansion in higher volume locations with the development of larger facilities that support higher average sales. In segments outside the U.S., average sales for new traditional restaurants in constant currencies declined due to a higher proportion of openings in lower volume markets such as South Korea and Mexico and lower sales volumes for new traditional restaurants opened in Germany, Italy, the U.K., Japan, Argentina and Canada. The lower volumes in Germany, Italy and Japan were partly due to the consumer confidence issues regarding the beef supply.
In 2000, average sales for new traditional restaurants in the U.S. increased due to selective expansion and the development of larger facilities. In Europe and Latin America, average sales for new traditional restaurants in constant currencies decreased due to a higher proportion of openings in lower volume markets. In APMEA, average sales for new traditional restaurants increased due to higher sales volumes in China and a higher proportion of openings in higher volume markets such as Japan.
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TOTAL REVENUES
Total revenues include sales by Company-operated restaurants and fees from restaurants operated by franchisees and affiliates. These fees include rent, service fees and royalties that are based on a percent of sales with specified minimum payments along with initial fees. Fees vary by type of site and investment by the Company and also according to local business conditions. These fees, along with occupancy and operating rights, are stipulated in franchise agreements that generally have 20-year terms.
Revenues grow as new restaurants are added and as sales build in existing restaurants. Menu price changes also affect revenues and sales, but it is impractical to quantify their impact because of different pricing structures, new products, promotions and product-mix variations among restaurants and markets.
2001 2000 1999 ------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------ Increase/(decrease) Increase/(decrease) ------------------ ------------------ DOLLARS IN As Constant As Constant MILLIONS Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. $ 5,396 3% na $ 5,259 3% na $ 5,093 Europe 4,752 - 4% 4,754 (3) 7% 4,925 APMEA 2,203 5 12 2,102 9 11 1,928 Latin America 971 2 12 949 40 41 680 Canada 608 (1) 3 615 7 7 576 Partner Brands 940 67 67 564 nm nm 57 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $14,870 4% 8% $14,243 7% 12% $13,259 ================================================================================================================= |
(1) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
na Not applicable.
nm Not meaningful.
On a constant currency basis, total revenues increased at a higher rate than sales in 2001 primarily due to the second quarter 2000 acquisition of Boston Market restaurants, which are all Company-operated, and the restructuring of our ownership in the Philippines, effective July 1, 2001. As a result of the restructuring, most of our restaurants in the Philippines are now Company-operated rather than franchised. In addition, revenues benefited from an increase in the royalty percent received from our Japanese affiliate, effective January 1, 2001. In 2000, total revenues increased at a higher rate than sales due the acquisition of Boston Market and the acquisition of Donatos in third quarter 1999 as well as the consolidation of Argentina and Indonesia for financial reporting purposes in 2000.
OPERATING INCOME
Consolidated operating income decreased 19% in 2001 and was relatively flat in 2000 compared with 1999. Excluding the special items noted in the footnote to the table on page 9, adjusted operating income decreased 5% in constant currencies in 2001. Adjusted operating income decreased in 2001 primarily due to lower combined operating margin dollars and lower other operating income along with higher selling, general & administrative expenses. In constant currencies, operating income increased 5% in 2000, primarily due to higher combined operating margin dollars and higher other operating income, partly offset by higher selling, general & administrative expenses.
Operating income from the major markets accounted for more than 90% of consolidated operating income in 2001, 2000 and 1999.
2001 2000 1999 --------------------------------- ------------------ ------ Increase/(decrease) Increase/(decrease) --------------------------------- ------------------ Adjusted DOLLARS IN As Constant constant As Constant MILLIONS Amount reported currency/(1)/ currency/(1,2)/ Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. $ 1,622 (10)% na - $ 1,795 7% na $ 1,679 Europe 1,063 (10) (7)% (3)% 1,180 (6) 6% 1,257 APMEA 325 (28) (20) (10) 451 4 5 433 Latin America 11 (89) (91) (46) 103 (23) (23) 133 Canada 124 (2) 2 10 126 12 11 113 Partner Brands (66) (61) (62) (1) (41) nm nm (7) Corporate (382) (35) na (22) (284) 1 na (288) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $ 2,697 (19)% (17)% (5)% $ 3,330 -% 5% $ 3,320 ================================================================================================================================= |
(1) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
(2) Excludes the special items noted in the footnote to the table on page 9 and quantified below.
na Not applicable.
nm Not meaningful.
U.S. operating income for 2001 included $181 million of special charges, primarily related to the U.S. business reorganization and costs incurred in connection with the theft of promotional game pieces and related termination of a supplier discussed on page 14. U.S. operating income accounted for over 50% of consolidated operating income in 2001, 2000 and 1999. Excluding the special charges, U.S. adjusted operating income was relatively flat in 2001 compared with an increase of $116 million or 7% in 2000. The increase in 2000 was due to higher combined operating margin dollars and higher other operating income.
Europe's operating income for 2001 included $46 million of special charges related to the closing of 50 underperforming restaurants across Europe and global change initiatives. Europe's operating income accounted for more than 35% of consolidated operating income in 2001, 2000 and 1999. Excluding the special charges, Europe's adjusted operating income decreased 3% in 2001 and increased 6% in 2000 in constant currencies. In both years, consumer confidence issues regarding the European beef supply negatively impacted results. This segment's results in 2001 benefited from strong performances in France and Russia. The increase in 2000 was primarily driven by strong operating results in France, Italy and Spain. France, Germany and the U.K. accounted for about 75% of Europe's operating income in 2001, 2000 and 1999.
APMEA's operating income for 2001 included $42 million of special charges, primarily related to the closing of 50 underperforming restaurants, mainly in Malaysia and the Philippines, and the asset impairment charge in
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Turkey. Excluding the special charges, APMEA's adjusted operating income decreased 10% in 2001 and increased 5% in 2000 in constant currencies. In 2001, strong results in China, the increase in the royalty percent received from our affiliate in Japan and a gain on the sale of real estate in Singapore were more than offset by weak operating results in Australia, Japan, Taiwan and Turkey. The increase in 2000 was driven primarily by Japan, which benefited from the partial sale of its ownership in Toys `R' Us Japan, as well as strong results in China and South Korea. Results in both years were negatively affected by the introduction of the goods and services tax in Australia in July 2000. Australia and Japan accounted for more than 60% of APMEA's operating income in 2001, 2000 and 1999.
Latin America's operating income for 2001 included $40 million of special charges related to the closing of 58 underperforming restaurants, primarily in Brazil and Puerto Rico, and global change initiatives. Excluding the special charges, Latin America's adjusted operating income decreased 46% in 2001 and 23% in 2000 in constant currencies. Results in both years were negatively impacted by the continuing difficult economic conditions experienced by most markets in the segment. Brazil accounted for more than 55% of Latin America's operating income in each of the past three years.
Canada's operating income for 2001 included $10 million of special charges related to the closing of five underperforming restaurants and to global change initiatives.
Operating income for the Partner Brands in 2001 included special charges of $20 million related to the anticipated disposal of Aroma Cafe and $5 million related to global change initiatives.
Results in the Corporate segment included $34 million of special charges related to global change initiatives and the write-off of certain technology costs. Excluding the special charges, the adjusted decrease in the Corporate segment of 22% in 2001 was primarily due to increased spending on future restaurant-related technology improvements.
As a result of continuing economic weakness in Latin America and Turkey, the Company expects to record a non-cash charge of approximately $45 million (pre and after tax) related to the impairment of assets in Latin America and closing of underperforming restaurants in Turkey in first quarter 2002.
OPERATING MARGINS
Operating margin information and discussions relate to McDonald's restaurants only and exclude Partner Brands.
Company-operated margins
Company-operated margin dollars are equal to sales by Company-operated restaurants less the operating costs of these restaurants. Company-operated margin dollars declined $145 million in 2001 and $4 million in 2000. In constant currencies, Company-operated margin dollars declined $96 million or 6% in 2001, compared with an increase of $73 million or 4% in 2000. The 2001 constant currency decrease was primarily due to negative comparable sales, partly offset by expansion, while the 2000 constant currency increase was due to expansion and positive comparable sales.
Company-operated margins were 15.1% of sales in 2001, 16.9% in 2000 and 17.7% in 1999. Operating cost trends as a percent of sales were as follows: food & paper costs as well as occupancy & other operating expenses increased in 2001 and 2000; payroll costs increased in 2001 and were flat in 2000.
IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 =============================================================================== U.S. $ 501 $ 521 $ 516 Europe 626 683 743 APMEA 240 296 274 Latin America 83 95 70 Canada 75 75 71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $1,525 $1,670 $1,674 =============================================================================== PERCENT OF SALES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 16.0% 17.0% 17.5% Europe 16.8 18.3 19.2 APMEA 12.4 15.9 16.4 Latin America 10.1 12.4 14.1 Canada 15.6 15.4 15.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15.1% 16.9% 17.7% =============================================================================== |
In the U.S., food & paper costs were lower as a percent of sales in 2001 and 2000, while payroll costs and occupancy & other expenses were higher in both years.
Europe's Company-operated margins as a percent of sales declined in 2001, primarily due to higher payroll costs and negative comparable sales. In 2000, Europe's Company-operated margin percent declined as all costs increased as a percent of sales.
In APMEA, negative comparable sales in 2001 and slightly negative comparable sales in 2000 affected Company-operated margins as a percent of sales. In 2001, the change in restaurant classification in the Philippines also contributed to APMEA's margin decline because its Company-operated margins were lower than the average for the segment.
In Latin America, the margin declines were due to difficult economic conditions in most markets and negative comparable sales in both years.
Franchised margins
Franchised margin dollars are equal to revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants less the Company's occupancy costs (rent and depreciation) associated with those sites. Franchised margin dollars represented more than 60% of the combined operating margins in 2001, 2000 and 1999. Franchised margin dollars increased $26 million in 2001, compared with a $6 million decline in 2000. In constant currencies, the franchised margin dollars increased $91 million or 3% in 2001 and $119 million or 4% in 2000, primarily driven by the increase in the Japan royalty percent effective January 1, 2001, as well as expansion in both years and positive comparable sales in 2000.
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IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. $ 1,799 $ 1,765 $ 1,730 Europe 792 802 828 APMEA 229 199 211 Latin America 103 135 144 Canada 105 101 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $ 3,028 $ 3,002 $ 3,008 =============================================================================== PERCENT OF REVENUES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 79.7% 80.4% 81.0% Europe 77.2 78.3 79.0 APMEA 86.2 81.5 82.3 Latin America 68.4 73.0 77.5 Canada 80.4 80.2 79.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 79.1% 79.5% 80.3% =============================================================================== |
The declines in the consolidated franchised margin percent in 2001 and 2000 reflected higher occupancy costs due to an increased number of leased sites in all geographic segments. Our strategy of leasing a higher proportion of new sites over the past few years has reduced initial capital requirements and related interest expense. However, as anticipated, franchised margins as a percent of applicable revenues have been negatively impacted because financing costs implicit in the lease are included in rent expense, which affects these margins. For owned sites, financing costs are reflected in interest expense, which does not affect these margins.
In 2001, franchised margins as a percent of applicable revenues decreased in Europe and Latin America partly due to rent assistance provided to franchisees in certain markets and negative comparable sales. We expect to continue providing rent assistance in certain Latin American markets in 2002. The franchised margin percent in APMEA increased for 2001 and decreased in 2000. The 2001 increase was primarily due to an increase in the royalty percent received from our Japanese affiliate and the restructuring of the Philippines' operations that resulted in the reclassification of franchised margins that were lower than the average for the segment. In 2000, our purchase of a majority interest in certain affiliate markets in both APMEA and Latin America shifted revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants to Company-operated restaurants, which contributed to the reduction in the franchised restaurant margin percents.
SELLING, GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Consolidated selling, general & administrative expenses increased 5% in 2001 and 7% in 2000 (7% and 11% in constant currencies). Selling, general & administrative expenses as a percent of sales were 4.1% in 2001, 4.0% in 2000 and 3.8% in 1999. The increase in 2001 was partly due to increased spending on future restaurant-related technology improvements in the Corporate segment and higher selling, general & administrative expenses for the Partner Brands. The increase in 2000 was primarily due to spending to support the development of Partner Brands and the consolidation of Argentina and Indonesia for financial reporting purposes. Selling, general & administrative expenses in both years benefited from weaker foreign currencies and lower expense for performance-based incentive compensation.
As a result of the global change initiatives described below, the Company expects ongoing annual selling, general & administrative savings of about $100 million in 2002, compared with what otherwise would have been spent.
2001 2000 1999 ------------------------------- -------------------------------- ------ Increase/(decrease) Increase/(decrease) ------------------ ------------------ DOLLARS IN As Constant As Constant MILLIONS Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount reported currency/(1)/ Amount -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. $ 563 1% na $ 559 - na $ 559 Europe 328 (2) 1% 336 (3)% 8% 348 APMEA 152 2 9 149 10 16 135 Latin America 126 5 14 120 45 45 83 Canada 51 (6) (2) 54 4 4 52 Partner Brands 102 20 20 85 nm nm 12 Corporate 340 20 na 284 (1) na 288 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $1,662 5% 7% $1,587 7% 11% $1,477 ============================================================================================================== |
(1) Excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results.
na Not applicable.
nm Not meaningful.
Corporate expenses consist of home office support costs in areas such as facilities, finance, human resources, information technology, legal, supply chain management and training.
SPECIAL CHARGE--GLOBAL CHANGE INITIATIVES
In fourth quarter 2001, the Company recorded a $200 million pretax special charge ($136 million after tax) related to strategic changes and ongoing restaurant initiatives in the U.S. and certain international markets. The changes and initiatives are designed to improve the customer experience and grow McDonald's global business. The changes in the U.S. included streamlining operations by reducing the number of regions and divisions, enabling the Company to combine staff functions and improve efficiency. In addition, the U.S. business introduced a variety of initiatives designed to improve the restaurant experience including accelerated operations training, restaurant simplification, incentives for outstanding restaurant operations and an enhanced national restaurant evaluation system.
In connection with these initiatives, the Company eliminated approximately 850 positions, consisting of 700 positions in the U.S., primarily in the divisions and regions, and 150 positions in international markets.
The special charge consisted of $114 million of severance and other employee-related costs; $69 million of lease cancellation and other costs related to the closing of region and division facilities; and $17 million of other cash costs, primarily consisting of payments made to facilitate a timely and smooth change of ownership from franchisees who have had a history of financial difficulty and consequently were unable to deliver the level of operational excellence needed to succeed in the future.
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Of the original $200 million pretax special charge, the remaining accrual of approximately $126 million at year-end 2001 primarily related to employee severance and lease payments for facilities that have been closed and was included in other accrued liabilities in the Consolidated balance sheet. Employee severance is paid in installments over a period of up to one year after termination, and the remaining lease payments for facilities that have been closed will be paid through 2010. No significant adjustments have been made to the original plan approved by management. The Company expects to use cash provided by operations to fund the remaining employee severance and lease obligations.
OTHER OPERATING (INCOME) EXPENSE, NET
Other operating (income) expense includes gains on sales of restaurant businesses, equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates, restaurant closing and asset impairment charges, and other transactions related to franchising and the food service business.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other operating (income) expense, net -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ Gains on sales of restaurant businesses $(112) $ (87) $ (75) Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates (62) (121) (138) Charges for underperforming restaurant closings 91 - - Asset impairment charges 44 - - Other, net 96 12 108 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $ 57 $(196) $(105) ================================================================================ |
Gains on sales of restaurant businesses include gains from sales of Company-operated restaurants as well as gains from exercises of purchase options by franchisees with business facilities lease arrangements (arrangements where the Company leases the businesses, including equipment, to franchisees who have options to purchase the businesses). The Company's purchases and sales of businesses with its franchisees and affiliates are aimed at achieving an optimal ownership mix in each market. Resulting gains or losses are recorded in operating income because the transactions are an integral part of our business.
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates--businesses in which the Company actively participates but does not control--is reported after interest expense and income taxes, except for U.S. restaurant partnerships, which are reported before income taxes. The decrease in 2001 was due to weaker results in Japan, the increase in Japan's royalty expense and a weaker Japanese Yen. Although the increase in royalty expense reduced McDonald's equity in earnings for Japan, it was more than offset by the royalty benefit McDonald's received in franchised revenues. In 1999, equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates included a $21 million gain from the sale of real estate in a U.S. partnership.
The Company recorded $91 million of pretax charges ($69 million after tax) in 2001 related to the closing of 163 underperforming restaurants in international markets. The losses on these closed restaurants were recognized in the period the restaurant ceased operations, and the charges primarily consisted of asset write-offs and lease termination costs.
The asset impairment charges in 2001 consisted of a $24 million charge (pre and after tax) as a result of an assessment of the ongoing impact of significant currency devaluation on McDonald's cash flows in Turkey and a pretax charge of $20 million ($14 million after tax) related to the anticipated sale of Aroma which we expect to be completed in the first half of 2002.
Other expense for 2001 included a pretax charge of $25 million ($17 million after tax) in the U.S., primarily related to unrecoverable costs incurred in connection with the theft of winning game pieces from the Company's Monopoly and certain other promotional games over an extended period of time, and the related termination of the supplier of the game pieces. Fifty-one people (none of whom were Company employees) were subsequently indicted on conspiracy and mail fraud charges. In 2001, the Company also recorded a pretax charge of $17 million ($12 million after tax), primarily related to the write-off of certain technology costs in the Corporate segment. Other expense for 1999 included the write-off of $24 million ($16 million after tax) of software not used in the business.
INTEREST EXPENSE
Interest expense increased in 2001 and 2000 due to higher average debt levels, partly offset by weaker foreign currencies in both years and lower average interest rates in 2001. Average debt levels were higher in both years because the Company used its available credit capacity to repurchase shares of its common stock. Based on current interest rates, we anticipate interest expense will decline in 2002.
McDONALD'S JAPAN INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING (IPO) GAIN
In third quarter 2001, McDonald's Japan, the Company's largest market in the APMEA segment, completed an IPO of 12 million shares at an offering price of 4,300 Yen per share ($34.77 per share). The Company owns 50% of McDonald's Japan while the Company's partner Den Fujita and his family own approximately 26% and continue to be involved in the business. The Company recorded a $137 million gain (pre and after tax) in nonoperating income to reflect an increase in the carrying value of its investment as a result of the cash proceeds from the IPO received by McDonald's Japan.
NONOPERATING EXPENSE, NET
Nonoperating expense includes miscellaneous income and expense items such as interest income, minority interests, and gains and losses related to other investments, financings and translation. Results in 2001 included the write-off of a corporate investment, the write-off of a financing
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receivable from a supplier in Latin America and minority interest expense related to the sale of real estate in Singapore, partly offset by translation gains. Results in 2000 reflected lower minority interest expense and lower translation losses than 1999 and a gain related to the sale of a partial ownership interest in a majority-owned international subsidiary.
PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
The effective income tax rate was 29.8% in 2001, 31.4% in 2000 and 32.5% in 1999. The lower effective income tax rate in 2001 was primarily due to the one-time benefit of tax law changes in certain international markets. Also contributing to the decrease in the income tax rate was the Japan IPO gain, partly offset by certain restaurant closing charges and the Turkey asset impairment charge, none of which were tax-affected for financial reporting purposes. The decrease in the income tax rate in 2000 was the result of a tax benefit resulting from an international transaction. The Company expects its 2002 effective income tax rate to be approximately 32.0% to 33.0%.
Consolidated net deferred tax liabilities included tax assets, net of valuation allowance, of $720 million in 2001 and $523 million in 2000. Substantially all of the net tax assets arose in the U.S. and other profitable markets.
NET INCOME AND NET INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
In 2001, net income decreased 17%, and diluted net income per common share decreased 14%. Excluding the special items noted in the footnote to the table on page 9, net income decreased 8%, and diluted net income per common share decreased 5% in constant currencies. In 2000, net income increased 2%, and diluted net income per common share increased 5%. On a constant currency basis, these increases were 6% and 10%. The spread between the percent change in net income and diluted net income per common share for both years was due to lower weighted average shares outstanding as a result of shares repurchased and a less dilutive effect from stock options.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cash provided by operations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOLLARS IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ Cash provided by operations $ 2,688 $ 2,751 $ 3,009 Free cash flow/(1)/ 782 806 1,141 Cash provided by operations as a percent of capital expenditures 141% 141% 161% Cash provided by operations as a percent of average total debt 31 35 42 ================================================================================ |
(1) Cash provided by operations less capital expenditures.
In addition to its free cash flow, the Company can meet short-term funding needs through commercial paper borrowings and line of credit agreements. Accordingly, the Company strategically and purposefully maintains a relatively low current ratio, which was .81 at year-end 2001.
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND RESTAURANT DEVELOPMENT
Capital expenditures decreased $39 million or 2% in 2001 and increased $77 million or 4% in 2000. Capital expenditures for McDonald's restaurants in 2001, 2000 and 1999 reflected our strategy of leasing a higher proportion of new sites and the U.S. building program, which gives franchisees the option to own new restaurant buildings. About 80% of new and rebuilt U.S. traditional franchised and affiliated restaurant buildings in 2001 and 2000 are owned by franchisees and affiliates. The decrease in capital expenditures in 2001 was primarily due to lower spending in Europe and Latin America and weaker foreign currencies, partly offset by additional expenditures for Partner Brands and McDonald's restaurant business in the U.S. and China. Capital expenditures in 2000 increased due to higher spending for Partner Brands and the consolidation of Argentina and Indonesia, partly offset by weaker foreign currencies.
Approximately 60% of capital expenditures was invested in major markets excluding Japan in 2001, 2000 and 1999 (Japan is accounted for under the equity method, and accordingly, its capital expenditures are not included in consolidated amounts). Capital expenditures in markets outside the U.S. accounted for about 65% of total expenditures in 2001 and about 70% in 2000 and 1999.
The Company's expenditures for new restaurants in the U.S. are lower than they would have been as a result of the leasing strategy and the U.S. building program. For new franchised and affiliated restaurants, which represent about 85% of U.S. restaurants, the Company generally incurs no capital expenditures. However, the Company maintains long-term occupancy rights for the land and receives related rental income.
While the Company no longer makes significant expenditures on new sites in the U.S., we continue to focus on the System's average development costs (land, building and equipment) to ensure an appropriate return on investment for the System. Average development costs for new traditional restaurants in the U.S. System were $1.7 million in 2001, $1.6 million in 2000 and $1.5 million in 1999. The
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increases were primarily due to the construction of larger facilities designed to support higher average sales volumes.
Certain of the land the Company leases in the U.S. is leased from System Capital Corporation (SCC). The Company and six other unaffiliated companies that supply the McDonald's System are equal owners of SCC. No employees of SCC are employees of the seven shareholders. The Company's investment in SCC is accounted for on the cost basis. SCC's purpose is to provide funding to McDonald's franchisees, suppliers to the McDonald's System and McDonald's Corporation and to build equity within SCC that will benefit the McDonald's System. Its function is similar to that of a cooperative. SCC's primary operating activities include (1) providing loans to qualifying U.S. franchisees to purchase existing restaurant businesses as well as finance equipment, buildings and working capital, (2) contracting for construction of restaurant buildings and selling them to U.S. franchisees, (3) purchasing accounts receivable and financing inventory and other needs of eligible suppliers and distributors, and (4) acquiring and leasing land to McDonald's Corporation for new restaurants, primarily in the U.S. The Company's commitments under these leases are included in operating lease commitments on pages 19 and 31 and total approximately $14 million annually based on current interest rates.
SCC funds itself in the capital markets on an independent basis. Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch periodically review SCC, including reviews of key performance indicators and asset quality. These rating agencies currently rate SCC's funding subsidiary's commercial paper A-1, P-1 and F1; and its long-term debt Aa2, AA and AA, respectively. SCC competes with other lenders who provide similar financing to franchisees and suppliers.
SCC is not permitted to hold McDonald's stock, and McDonald's has no commitments or guarantees that provide for the potential issuance of its stock to SCC. SCC does not engage in speculative derivative activities, and SCC does not hedge McDonald's positions. In addition, no McDonald's employee is permitted to invest in SCC.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Capital expenditures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ New restaurants $ 1,198 $ 1,308 $ 1,231 Existing restaurants/(1)/ 571 507 515 Other properties/(2)/ 137 130 122 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $ 1,906 $ 1,945 $ 1,868 ================================================================================ Total assets $22,535 $21,684 $20,983 ================================================================================ |
(1) Includes technology to improve service and food quality and enhancements to older facilities in order to achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction.
(2) Primarily for computer equipment and furnishings for office buildings.
Average development costs outside the U.S. vary widely by market depending on the types of restaurants built and the real estate and construction costs within each market. These costs, which include land, buildings and equipment owned by the Company, are managed through the use of optimally sized restaurants, construction and design efficiencies, standardization and global sourcing. In addition, foreign currency fluctuations affect average development costs.
Average development costs for new traditional restaurants in major markets outside the U.S. excluding Japan were approximately $1.5 million in 2001, $1.6 million in 2000 and $1.8 million in 1999. Average annual sales for new traditional restaurants in the same markets were about $1.4 million in 2001, $1.5 million in 2000 and $1.7 million in 1999. Average development costs for new satellite restaurants located in Canada and Japan, which comprise more than 90% of the satellites outside the U.S., were about $200,000 (excluding lease costs) in 2001, 2000 and 1999. The use of these small, limited-menu restaurants, for which the land and building generally are leased, has allowed expansion into areas that otherwise would not have been feasible.
The Company and its affiliates owned 38% of the land for its restaurant sites at year-end 2001 and 40% at year-end 2000.
Capital expenditures by affiliates, which were not included in consolidated amounts, were about $181 million in 2001, $204 million in 2000 and $259 million in 1999. The decrease in 2000 was primarily due to the consolidation of Argentina in 2000.
2001 2000 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. 13,099 12,804 12,629 Europe 5,794 5,460 4,943 APMEA 7,321 6,771 6,097 Latin America 1,581 1,510 1,299 Canada 1,223 1,154 1,125 Partner Brands 1,075 1,008 216 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 30,093 28,707 26,309 ================================================================================ |
(1) Includes satellite units at December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 as follows:
U.S.--1,004, 999, 1,048; Europe--63, 46, 44; APMEA (primarily
Japan)--1,879, 1,681, 1,354; Latin America--46, 45, 41; and Canada--307,
280, 259.
McDonald's continues to focus on managing capital outlays effectively through selective expansion. In 2001, the Company added 1,319 McDonald's restaurants Systemwide, compared with 1,606 in 2000 and 1,598 in 1999. In addition, the Company added 67 restaurants in 2001 operated by Partner Brands, compared with 792 restaurants in 2000, 707 of which were the result of the Boston Market acquisition. In 2002, the Company expects to add 1,300 to 1,400 McDonald's restaurants and open 100 to 150 new Partner Brands' restaurants.
In 2001, more than 60% of McDonald's restaurant additions was in the major markets, and we anticipate a similar percent for 2002. Almost 50% of Company-operated restaurants and nearly 85% of franchised restaurants were located in the major markets at the end of 2001. Franchisees and affiliates operated 74% of McDonald's restaurants at year-end 2001. Partner Brands' restaurants are primarily Company-operated.
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SHARE REPURCHASES AND DIVIDENDS
The Company uses free cash flow and credit capacity to repurchase shares, as we believe this enhances shareholder value. During 2001, the Company purchased 36.1 million shares for approximately $1.1 billion. Cumulative share purchases over the past five years totaled $6.0 billion or 187.4 million shares. In 2002, the Company began purchasing shares under a new $5.0 billion share repurchase program announced in October 2001. We expect to purchase shares under this program over the next four years, depending on free cash flow.
To reduce the overall cost of treasury stock purchases, the Company sells common equity put options in connection with its share repurchase program and receives premiums for these options. The Company sold 12.2 million common equity put options in 2001 and 16.8 million in 2000 and received premiums of $32 million in 2001 and $56 million in 2000. These premiums were reflected in shareholders' equity as a reduction of the cost of treasury stock purchased. At December 31, 2001, 12.2 million common equity put options were outstanding, of which 3.0 million were exercised in February 2002 at a cost of $87 million. The remaining options expire at various dates through November 2002, with exercise prices between $26.37 and $30.23.
During 2001, the Company also entered into equity forward contracts in connection with its share repurchase program. The equity forward contracts, totaling $151 million for 5.5 million shares, settled in March 2002 at an average price of $27.41 per share.
Given the Company's returns on equity and assets, management believes it is prudent to reinvest a significant portion of earnings back into the business and use free cash flow for share repurchases. Accordingly, the common stock dividend yield is modest. However, the Company has paid dividends on common stock for 26 consecutive years and has increased the dividend amount every year. Additional dividend increases will be considered after reviewing returns to shareholders, profitability expectations and financing needs. Cash dividends are declared and paid on an annual basis. As in the past, future dividends will be declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
Total assets grew by $851 million or 4% in 2001 and $700 million or 3% in 2000. At year-end 2001 and 2000, more than 60% of consolidated assets was located in the major markets excluding Japan. Net property and equipment rose $242 million in 2001 and represented 77% of total assets at year end.
Operating income is used to compute return on average assets, while net income is used to calculate return on average common equity. Month-end balances are used to compute both average assets and average common equity.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Returns on assets and equity -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001/(1)/ 2000 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return on average assets 14.1% 15.9% 16.6% Return on average common equity 19.1 21.6 20.8 ================================================================================ |
(1) Excludes the special items noted in footnote 2 to the table on page 9. Including the special items, return on average assets was 12.3% and return on average common equity was 17.5%.
Both return on average assets and return on average common equity declined in 2001, primarily due to lower operating income as a result of consumer confidence issues regarding the European beef supply and weak operating results in APMEA and Latin America previously discussed. In general, returns benefited from the Company's continued focus on more efficient capital deployment. This included a more prudent site selection process, leasing a higher proportion of new sites, the U.S. building program and the use of free cash flow for share repurchases. In 2000, return on average common equity benefited from an increase in the average amount of common equity put options outstanding compared with 1999, which reduced average common equity.
FINANCINGS AND MARKET RISK
The Company generally borrows on a long-term basis and is exposed to the impact of interest-rate changes and foreign currency fluctuations. In managing the impact of these changes, the Company uses interest-rate exchange agreements and finances in the currencies in which assets are denominated. All derivatives used to minimize these risks were recorded at fair value in the Company's Consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001, and totaled $213 million in miscellaneous other assets and $134 million in other long-term liabilities. See summary of significant accounting policies related to financial instruments on pages 27-28 for additional information regarding their use and the impact of SFAS No.133 regarding derivatives.
The Company uses major capital markets, bank financings and derivatives to meet its financing requirements and reduce interest expense. For example, foreign currency exchange agreements in conjunction with borrowings help obtain desired currencies at attractive rates and maturities. Interest-rate exchange agreements effectively convert fixed-rate to floating-rate debt, or vice versa. The Company also manages the level of fixed-rate debt to take advantage of changes in interest rates.
The Company uses foreign currency debt and derivatives to hedge certain foreign currency royalties, intercompany financings and long-term investments in foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. This reduces the impact of fluctuating foreign currencies on net income and shareholders' equity. Total foreign currency denominated debt, including the effects of foreign currency exchange agreements, was $5.0 billion and $5.1 billion at year-end 2001 and 2000, respectively.
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The Company does not have significant exposure to any individual counterparty and has master agreements that contain netting arrangements. Certain of these agreements also require each party to post collateral if credit ratings fall below, or aggregate exposures exceed, certain contractual limits. At December 31, 2001, neither the Company nor its counterparties was required to post collateral for any obligation.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debt highlights/(1)/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ Fixed-rate debt as a percent of total debt 45% 58% 70% Weighted-average annual interest rate of total debt 5.4 5.8 5.9 Foreign currency-denominated debt as a percent of total debt 57 60 76 Total debt as a percent of total capitalization (total debt and total shareholders' equity) 48 48 43 ================================================================================ |
(1) All percentages are as of December 31, except for the weighted-average annual interest rate, which is for the year.
Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch currently rate McDonald's debt Aa3, A+ and AA, respectively. A strong rating is important to the Company because of its global development plans. The Company has not experienced, and does not expect to experience, difficulty in obtaining financing or in refinancing existing debt. Certain of the Company's debt obligations contain cross-default provisions and restrictions on Company and subsidiary mortgages and the long-term debt of certain subsidiaries. There are no provisions in the Company's debt obligations that would accelerate repayment of debt as a result of a change in credit ratings.
At year-end 2001, the Company had $1.3 billion available under committed line of credit agreements (see debt financing note on page 31) as well as $1.2 billion under a U.S. shelf registration and $1.1 billion under a Euro Medium-Term Notes program for future debt issuance. In early 2002, the Company issued $450 million of Medium-Term Notes ($150 million at a rate of 4.15% due 2005 and $300 million at a rate of 5.75% due 2012) under the U.S. shelf registration to pay down commercial paper. At the time of these issuances, the Company entered into interest-rate exchange agreements to convert fixed-rate interest payments on the debt to a floating-rate based on LIBOR. Also in early 2002, the Company redeemed $50 million of 6.0% Medium-Term Notes originally due 2008. The notes were redeemed at 100% of principal plus accrued interest.
The Company manages its debt portfolio in response to changes in interest rates and foreign currency rates by periodically retiring, redeeming and repurchasing debt, terminating exchange agreements and using derivatives. The Company does not use derivatives with a level of complexity or with a risk higher than the exposures to be hedged and does not hold or issue derivatives for trading purposes. All exchange agreements are over-the-counter instruments.
The Company actively hedges selected currencies to minimize the cash exposure of foreign currency royalty and other payments received in the U.S. In addition, where practical, McDonald's restaurants purchase goods and services in local currencies resulting in natural hedges, and the Company typically finances in local currencies, creating economic hedges.
Foreign currency exposures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS 2001 2000 ================================================================================ Euro $1,251 $1,185 British Pounds Sterling 786 638 Canadian Dollars 738 763 Australian Dollars 516 329 Brazilian Reais 490 491 ================================================================================ |
The Company prepared sensitivity analyses of its financial instruments to determine the impact of hypothetical changes in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates on the Company's results of operations, cash flows and the fair value of its financial instruments. The interest-rate analysis assumed a one percentage point adverse change in interest rates on all financial instruments but did not consider the effects of the reduced level of economic activity that could exist in such an environment. The foreign currency rate analysis assumed that each foreign currency rate would change by 10% in the same direction relative to the U.S. Dollar on all financial instruments; however, the analysis did not include the potential impact on sales levels or local currency prices or the effect of fluctuating currencies on the Company's anticipated foreign currency royalties and other payments received in the U.S. Based on the results of these analyses of the Company's financial instruments, neither a one percentage point adverse change in interest rates from 2001 levels nor a 10% adverse change in foreign currency rates from 2001 levels would materially affect the Company's results of operations, cash flows or the fair value of its financial instruments.
CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS
The Company has long-term contractual obligations primarily in the form of lease and debt obligations. In addition, the Company has long-term contractual revenue and cash flow streams that relate to its franchise arrangements. Cash provided by operations (including cash provided by these franchise arrangements) along with our borrowing capacity and other sources of cash will be used to satisfy the obligations. The following table summarizes the Company's contractual obligations and their aggregate maturities as well as future minimum contractual rent payments due to the Company under existing franchise arrangements as of December 31, 2001 (see discussions of cash flows, financial position and capital resources in
McDonald's Corporation 19 Management's discussion and analysis as well as the Notes to the consolidated financial statements for further details): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contractual cash flows -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outflows Inflows ----------------------------- ---------------------- Operating Debt Minimum rent under IN MILLIONS leases obligations/(1)/ franchise arrangements -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 $ 841 $ 363 $ 1,669 2003 815 796 1,651 2004 779 1,621 1,624 2005 722 1,072 1,576 2006 690 844 1,532 Thereafter 6,069 4,128 13,368 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total $9,916 $8,824 $21,420 ================================================================================ |
(1) The maturities reflect reclassifications of short-term obligations to long-term obligations of $750 million in 2004 and $500 million in 2007 as they are supported by long-term line of credit agreements. Debt obligations do not include $94 million of fair value adjustments recorded as a result of SFAS No.133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
In addition to long-term obligations, the Company had certain other commitments at December 31, 2001. In connection with its share repurchase program, the Company had 12.2 million common equity put options outstanding at December 31, 2001, with a total exercise price of $350 million, of which 3.0 million were exercised in February 2002 at a cost of $87 million. The remaining options expire at various dates through November 2002 with exercise prices between $26.37 and $30.23. In addition, the Company entered into equity forward contracts, in connection with its share repurchase program, totaling $151 million for 5.5 million shares that settled in March 2002. The Company also guaranteed certain affiliate and other loans totaling $148 million.
Management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations are based upon the Company's consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. The preparation of these financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosures. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates and judgments based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
The Company annually reviews its financial reporting and disclosure practices and accounting policies to ensure that its financial reporting and disclosures provide accurate and transparent information relative to the current economic and business environment. The Company believes that of its significant accounting policies (see summary of significant accounting policies more fully described on pages 26-28), the following policies involve a higher degree of judgment and/or complexity.
Property and equipment
Property and equipment are depreciated or amortized over their useful lives based on management's estimates of the period over which the assets will generate revenue. The Company periodically reviews these lives relative to physical factors, economic factors and industry trends.
Asset impairment
In assessing the recoverability of the Company's fixed assets, goodwill and other non-current assets, the Company considers changes in economic conditions and makes assumptions regarding estimated future cash flows and other factors. If these estimates or their related assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to record impairment charges.
Restructuring and litigation accruals
In 2001, the Company recorded a $200 million pretax special charge related to strategic changes and ongoing restaurant initiatives in the U.S. and certain international markets. The accrual recorded included estimates pertaining to employee termination costs and remaining lease obligations for closed facilities. Although we do not anticipate significant changes, the actual costs may differ from these estimates.
From time to time, the Company is subject to proceedings, lawsuits and other claims primarily related to franchisees, suppliers, employees, customers and competitors. We are required to assess the likelihood of any adverse judgments or outcomes to these matters as well as potential ranges of probable losses. A determination of the amount of accrual required, if any, for these contingencies is made after careful analysis of each matter. The required accrual may change in the future due to new developments in each matter or changes in approach such as a change in settlement strategy in dealing with these matters. The Company does not believe that any such matter will have a material adverse effect on its financial condition or results of operations.
Financial instruments
The Company's derivatives are recorded in the Consolidated balance sheet at fair value. Fair value is estimated using various pricing models or discounted cash flow analyses that incorporate quoted market prices. The use of different pricing models or assumptions could produce different results.
Income taxes
The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce its deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred assets will not be realized. While the Company has considered future taxable income and ongoing feasible tax strategies in assessing the need for the valuation allowance, if these estimates and assumptions change in the future, the Company may be required to adjust its valuation allowance. This could result in a charge to, or an increase in, income in the period such determination is made.
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Deferred U.S. income taxes have not been recorded for basis differences totaling $2.7 billion related to investments in certain foreign subsidiaries or affiliates. The basis differences consist primarily of undistributed earnings considered permanently invested in the businesses. If management's intentions change in the future, deferred taxes may need to be provided.
In addition, the Company operates within multiple taxing jurisdictions and is subject to audit in these jurisdictions. The Company records accruals for the estimated outcomes of these audits, and the accruals may change in the future due to new developments in each matter.
NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
Goodwill
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.141, Business Combinations, effective for acquisitions initiated on or after July 1, 2001, and No.142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS No.141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001, and includes guidance on the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets arising from business combinations. SFAS No.142 indicates that goodwill (and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives) will no longer be amortized but will be subject to annual impairment tests. Other intangible assets will continue to be amortized over their useful lives.
The Company began applying the new rules on accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets January 1, 2002. Application of the nonamortization provisions of SFAS No.142 would have increased 2001 net income by approximately $30 million ($0.02 per share) and is expected to result in a similar increase in 2002. The Company is performing the first of required goodwill impairment tests as of January 1, 2002, and expects to record a non-cash charge of about $100 million after tax ($0.08 per share), primarily in certain Latin American markets. The impairment charge required to be recognized upon adoption of SFAS No.142 will be reflected as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the first quarter of 2002.
Long-lived assets
In August 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which provides additional guidance on the financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. The Company adopted the new rules as of January 1, 2002, and the adoption will not have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
EFFECTS OF CHANGING PRICES--INFLATION
The Company has demonstrated an ability to manage inflationary cost increases effectively. This is because of rapid inventory turnover, the ability to adjust menu prices, cost controls and substantial property holdings--many of which are at fixed costs and partly financed by debt made less expensive by inflation. In hyperinflationary markets, menu board prices typically are adjusted to keep pace with inflation, mitigating the effect on reported results.
EURO CONVERSION
Twelve member countries of the European Union have established fixed conversion rates between their existing currencies ("legacy currencies") and one common currency, the Euro. Since January 1, 2002, the new Euro-denominated notes and coins are in circulation, and legacy currencies have been withdrawn from circulation. The Company has restaurants located in all member countries, and the conversion to the Euro has eliminated currency exchange rate risk for transactions among the member countries, which for the Company primarily consists of payments to suppliers. In addition, because the Company uses foreign-denominated debt and derivatives to meet its financing requirements and to reduce its foreign currency risks, certain of these financial instruments are denominated in Euro. The Company successfully addressed all issues involved with converting to the new currency, and the conversion did not have a significant impact on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain forward-looking statements are included in this report. They use such words as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "plan" and other similar terminology. These statements reflect management's current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this report. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements: the effectiveness of operating initiatives and advertising and promotional efforts as well as changes in: global and local business and economic conditions; currency exchange and interest rates; food, labor and other operating costs; political or economic instability in local markets; competition; consumer preferences, spending patterns and demographic trends; legislation and governmental regulation; and accounting policies and practices. The foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk are included in Part II, Item 7, pages 17-18 of this Form 10-K.
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Index to consolidated financial statements ==================================================================================================================================== PAGE REFERENCE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Consolidated statement of income for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 22 Consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001 and 2000 23 Consolidated statement of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 24 Consolidated statement of shareholders' equity for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001 25 Notes to consolidated financial statements 26 Quarterly results (unaudited) 35 Management's report 36 Report of independent auditors 36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
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Consolidated statement of income
=================================================================================================================== IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA Years ended December 31, 2001 2000 1999 =================================================================================================================== Revenues Sales by Company-operated restaurants $11,040.7 $10,467.0 $ 9,512.5 Revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants 3,829.3 3,776.0 3,746.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues 14,870.0 14,243.0 13,259.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating costs and expenses Food and packaging 3,802.1 3,557.1 3,204.6 Payroll and employee benefits 2,901.2 2,690.2 2,418.3 Occupancy and other operating expenses 2,750.4 2,502.8 2,206.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Company-operated restaurant expenses 9,453.7 8,750.1 7,829.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franchised restaurants-occupancy expenses 800.2 772.3 737.7 Selling, general & administrative expenses 1,661.7 1,587.3 1,477.6 Special charge-global change initiatives 200.0 Other operating (income) expense, net 57.4 (196.4) (105.2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total operating costs and expenses 12,173.0 10,913.3 9,939.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Operating income 2,697.0 3,329.7 3,319.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest expense-net of capitalized interest of $15.2, $16.3 and $14.3 452.4 429.9 396.3 McDonald's Japan IPO gain (137.1) Nonoperating expense, net 52.0 17.5 39.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before provision for income taxes 2,329.7 2,882.3 2,884.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision for income taxes 693.1 905.0 936.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income $ 1,636.6 $ 1,977.3 $ 1,947.9 =================================================================================================================== Net income per common share $ 1.27 $ 1.49 $ 1.44 Net income per common share-diluted $ 1.25 $ 1.46 $ 1.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dividends per common share $ .23 $ .22 $ .20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Weighted-average shares 1,289.7 1,323.2 1,355.3 Weighted-average shares-diluted 1,309.3 1,356.5 1,404.2 =================================================================================================================== See notes to consolidated financial statements. |
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Consolidated balance sheet ============================================================================================================= IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA December 31, 2001 2000 ============================================================================================================= Assets Current assets Cash and equivalents $ 418.1 $ 421.7 Accounts and notes receivable 881.9 796.5 Inventories, at cost, not in excess of market 105.5 99.3 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 413.8 344.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total current assets 1,819.3 1,662.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other assets Investments in and advances to affiliates 990.2 824.2 Goodwill, net 1,419.8 1,278.2 Miscellaneous 1,015.7 871.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total other assets 3,425.7 2,973.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Property and equipment Property and equipment, at cost 24,106.0 23,569.0 Accumulated depreciation and amortization (6,816.5) (6,521.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net property and equipment 17,289.5 17,047.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total assets $22,534.5 $21,683.5 ============================================================================================================= Liabilities and shareholders' equity Current liabilities Notes payable $ 184.9 $ 275.5 Accounts payable 689.5 684.9 Income taxes 20.4 92.2 Other taxes 180.4 195.5 Accrued interest 170.6 149.9 Other accrued liabilities 824.9 608.4 Current maturities of long-term debt 177.6 354.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total current liabilities 2,248.3 2,360.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Long-term debt 8,555.5 7,843.9 Other long-term liabilities and minority interests 629.3 489.5 Deferred income taxes 1,112.2 1,084.9 Common equity put options and forward contracts 500.8 699.9 Shareholders' equity Preferred stock, no par value; authorized--165.0 million shares; issued-none Common stock, $.01 par value; authorized--3.5 billion shares; issued-1,660.6 million shares 16.6 16.6 Additional paid-in capital 1,591.2 1,441.8 Unearned ESOP compensation (106.7) (115.0) Retained earnings 18,608.3 17,259.4 Accumulated other comprehensive income (1,708.8) (1,287.3) Common stock in treasury, at cost; 379.9 and 355.7 million shares (8,912.2) (8,111.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total shareholders' equity 9,488.4 9,204.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $22,534.5 $21,683.5 ============================================================================================================= |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated statement of cash flows ============================================================================================================ IN MILLIONS Years ended December 31, 2001 2000 1999 ============================================================================================================ Operating activities Net income $ 1,636.6 $ 1,977.3 $ 1,947.9 Adjustments to reconcile to cash provided by operations Depreciation and amortization 1,086.3 1,010.7 956.3 Deferred income taxes (87.6) 60.5 52.9 Changes in operating working capital items Accounts receivable (104.7) (67.2) (81.9) Inventories, prepaid expenses and other current assets (62.9) (29.6) (47.7) Accounts payable 10.2 89.7 (23.9) Taxes and other liabilities 160.0 (45.8) 270.4 Other 50.4 (244.1) (65.1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash provided by operations 2,688.3 2,751.5 3,008.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Investing activities Property and equipment expenditures (1,906.2) (1,945.1) (1,867.8) Purchases of restaurant businesses (331.6) (425.5) (340.7) Sales of restaurant businesses and property 375.9 302.8 262.4 Other (206.3) (144.8) (315.7) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash used for investing activities (2,068.2) (2,212.6) (2,261.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Financing activities Net short-term borrowings (repayments) (248.0) 59.1 116.7 Long-term financing issuances 1,694.7 2,381.3 902.5 Long-term financing repayments (919.4) (761.9) (682.8) Treasury stock purchases (1,068.1) (2,023.4) (891.5) Common stock dividends (287.7) (280.7) (264.7) Other 204.8 88.9 193.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash used for financing activities (623.7) (536.7) (626.8) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash and equivalents increase (decrease) (3.6) 2.2 120.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash and equivalents at beginning of year 421.7 419.5 299.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cash and equivalents at end of year $ 418.1 $ 421.7 $ 419.5 ============================================================================================================ Supplemental cash flow disclosures Interest paid $ 446.9 $ 469.7 $ 411.5 Income taxes paid 773.8 854.2 642.2 ============================================================================================================ |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Consolidated statement of shareholders' equity =================================================================================================================================== Accumulated other comprehensive income -------------------- Common Stock Addi- Unearned Deferred Foreign Common stock Total issued tional ESOP hedging currency in treasury share- IN MILLIONS, ------------- paid-in compen- Retained adjust- trans- ----------------- holders' EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA Shares Amount capital sation earnings ment lation Shares Amount equity =================================================================================================================================== Balance at December 31,1998 1,660.6 $16.6 $ 989.2 $ (148.7) $13,879.6 $ -- $ (522.5) (304.4) $(4,749.5) $9,464.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income 1,947.9 1,947.9 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation adjustments (including taxes of $53.5) (364.3) (364.3) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comprehensive income 1,583.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock cash dividends ($.20 per share) (264.7) (264.7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESOP loan payment 15.8 15.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasury stock purchases (24.2) (932.7) (932.7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common equity put option issuances and expirations, net (665.9) (665.9) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock option exercises and other (including tax benefits of $185.3) 299.1 (0.4) 18.8 139.6 438.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balance at December 31, 1999 1,660.6 16.6 1,288.3 (133.3) 15,562.8 -- (886.8) (309.8) (6,208.5) 9,639.1 =================================================================================================================================== Net income 1,977.3 1,977.3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation adjustments (including taxes of $65.1) (400.5) (400.5) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comprehensive income 1,576.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock cash dividends ($.22 per share) (280.7) (280.7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESOP loan payment 20.1 20.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasury stock purchases (56.7) (2,002.2) (2,002.2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common equity put option issuances and expirations, net 25.5 25.5 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock option exercises and other (including tax benefits of $80.3) 153.5 (1.8) 10.8 74.1 225.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balance at December 31, 2000 1,660.6 16.6 1,441.8 (115.0) 17,259.4 -- (1,287.3) (355.7) (8,111.1) 9,204.4 =================================================================================================================================== Net income 1,636.6 1,636.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Translation adjustments (including taxes of $65.7) (412.2) (412.2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFAS No. 133 transition adjustment (including tax benefits of $9.2) (17.0) (17.0) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fair value adjustments-cash flow hedges (including taxes of $1.4) 7.7 7.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comprehensive income 1,215.1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common stock cash dividends ($.23 per share) (287.7) (287.7) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESOP loan payment 8.0 8.0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treasury stock purchases (36.1) (1,090.2) (1,090.2) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common equity put option issuances and expirations, net and forward contracts 199.2 199.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stock option exercises and other (including tax benefits of $70.0) 149.4 0.3 11.9 89.9 239.6 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Balance at December 31, 2001 1,660.6 $16.6 $1,591.2 $ (106.7) $18,608.3 $ (9.3) $(1,699.5) (379.9) $(8,912.2) $9,488.4 =================================================================================================================================== |
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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NATURE OF BUSINESS
The Company operates in the food service industry and primarily operates quick-service restaurant businesses under the McDonald's brand. To capture additional meal occasions, the Company operates other restaurant concepts under its Partner Brands: Aroma Cafe, Boston Market, Chipotle and Donatos Pizzeria. In addition, the Company has a minority ownership in Pret A Manger. In fourth quarter 2001, the Company approved a plan to dispose of its Aroma Cafe business in the U.K. and expects to complete the sale in the first half of 2002.
All restaurants are operated by the Company or, under the terms of franchise arrangements, by franchisees who are independent entrepreneurs, or by affiliates operating under joint-venture agreements between the Company and local business people.
CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. Substantially all investments in affiliates owned 50% or less are accounted for by the equity method.
ESTIMATES IN FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
REVENUE RECOGNITION
Sales by Company-operated restaurants are recognized on a cash basis. Revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants include continuing rent and service fees as well as initial fees. Continuing fees are recognized in the period earned. Initial fees are recognized upon opening of a restaurant, which is when the Company has performed substantially all initial services required by the franchise arrangement.
FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
The functional currency of substantially all operations outside the U.S. is the respective local currency, except for a small number of countries with hyperinflationary economies, where the functional currency is the U.S. Dollar.
ADVERTISING COSTS
Production costs for radio and television advertising, which are primarily in the U.S., are expensed when the commercials are initially aired. Advertising expenses included in costs of Company-operated restaurants and in selling, general & administrative expenses were (in millions): 2001-$600.9; 2000-$595.3; 1999-$522.9.
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company accounts for stock options as prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No.25 and includes pro forma information in the stock options note, as provided by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No.123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment are stated at cost, with depreciation and amortization provided using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives: buildings-up to 40 years; leasehold improvements-the lesser of useful lives of assets or lease terms including option periods; and equipment-three to 12 years.
GOODWILL
Goodwill represents the excess of cost over the value of net tangible assets of acquired restaurant businesses and, for acquisitions prior to July 1, 2001, is amortized using the straight-line method over an average life of about 30 years.
In June 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.141, Business Combinations, effective for acquisitions initiated on or after July 1, 2001, and No.142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. SFAS No.141 requires that the purchase method of accounting be used for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001, and includes guidance on the initial recognition and measurement of goodwill and other intangible assets arising from business combinations. SFAS No.142 indicates that goodwill (and intangible assets deemed to have indefinite lives) will no longer be amortized but will be subject to annual impairment tests. Other intangible assets will continue to be amortized over their useful lives.
The Company began applying the new rules on accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets January 1, 2002. Application of the nonamortization provisions of SFAS No.142 would have increased 2001 net income by approximately $30 million ($0.02 per share) and is expected to result in a similar increase in 2002.
In the first quarter of 2002, the Company is performing the first of required goodwill impairment tests as of January 1, 2002. The impairment test compares the fair value of a reporting unit, generally based on discounted cash flows, with its carrying amount including goodwill (we have defined reporting units as each individual country for McDonald's restaurant business and each individual Partner Brand). If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is measured as the difference between the fair value of reporting unit goodwill and the carrying amount of the goodwill.
Based on the Company's preliminary analysis, the Company expects to record a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of about $100 million after tax ($0.08 per share), primarily in certain Latin American markets. Any impairment
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that is required to be recognized when adopting SFAS No. 142 will be reflected as the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle in the first quarter of 2002.
LONG-LIVED ASSETS
In accordance with SFAS No.121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of, long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. For purposes of reviewing McDonald's restaurant assets for potential impairment, assets are grouped together at a television market level in the U.S. and at a country level for each of the international markets. For Partner Brands, assets are grouped by each individual brand. If an indicator of impairment (e.g., negative operating cash flows for the most recent calendar year) exists for any grouping of assets, an estimate of undiscounted future cash flows produced by each restaurant within the asset grouping is compared to its carrying value. If a restaurant is determined to be impaired, the loss is measured by the excess of the carrying amount of the restaurant over its fair value as determined by an estimate of discounted future cash flows.
Losses on assets held for disposal are recognized when management has approved and committed to a plan to dispose of the assets, and the assets are available for disposal. Generally, such losses relate to either restaurants that have closed and ceased operations or businesses that are available for sale.
In August 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued SFAS No.144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, which provides additional guidance on the financial accounting and reporting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets. The Company will adopt the new rules as of January 1, 2002, and the adoption will not have a material effect on the Company's results of operations or financial position.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
The Company generally borrows on a long-term basis and is exposed to the impact of interest-rate changes and foreign currency fluctuations. In managing the impact of these changes, the Company uses interest-rate exchange agreements and finances in the currencies in which assets are denominated. The Company uses foreign currency denominated debt and derivatives to hedge foreign currency royalties, intercompany financings and long-term investments in foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. This reduces the impact of fluctuating foreign currencies on net income and shareholders' equity. The Company does not use derivatives with a level of complexity or with a risk higher than the exposures to be hedged and does not hold or issue derivatives for trading purposes.
The counterparties to these agreements consist of a diverse group of financial institutions. The Company continually monitors its positions and the credit ratings of its counterparties, and adjusts positions as appropriate. The Company did not have significant exposure to any individual counterparty at December 31, 2001 and has master agreements that contain netting arrangements. Certain of these agreements also require each party to post collateral if credit ratings fall below, or aggregate exposures exceed, certain contractual limits. At December 31, 2001, neither the Company nor its counterparties was required to post collateral for any obligation.
Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS No.133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended. SFAS No.133 requires companies to recognize all derivatives as either assets or liabilities in the balance sheet at fair value. SFAS No.133 also requires companies to designate all derivatives that qualify as hedging instruments as either fair value hedges, cash flow hedges or hedges of net investments in foreign operations. This designation is based upon the exposure being hedged.
The Company recorded a transition adjustment at January 1, 2001 related to cash flow hedges, which reduced accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity by $17.0 million, after tax. This adjustment was primarily related to interest-rate exchange agreements used to lock in long-term borrowing rates. The cumulative effect of adopting SFAS No.133 at January 1, 2001 was not material to the Company's statement of income.
All derivatives, primarily interest-rate exchange agreements and foreign currency exchange agreements, were classified in the Company's Consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2001 as either miscellaneous other assets or other long-term liabilities (excluding accrued interest) and totaled $212.6 million and $134.2 million, respectively.
Fair value hedges
The Company enters into fair value hedges to reduce the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset or a liability, or an identified portion thereof, which is attributable to a particular risk. The types of fair value hedges the Company enters into include: (1) interest-rate exchange agreements to convert a portion of its fixed-rate debt to floating-rate debt and (2) foreign currency exchange agreements for the exchange of various currencies and interest rates. The foreign currency exchange agreements are entered into to hedge the currency risk associated with debt and intercompany loans denominated in foreign currencies, and essentially result in floating-rate assets or liabilities denominated in U.S. Dollars or appropriate functional currencies.
For fair value hedges, the gains or losses on derivatives as well as the offsetting gains or losses on the related hedged items are recognized in current earnings. During the year ended December 31, 2001, there was no significant impact to the Company's earnings related to the ineffective portion of fair value hedging instruments.
Cash flow hedges
The Company enters into cash flow hedges to mitigate the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows attributable to a particular risk. The types of cash flow hedges
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the Company enters into include: (1) interest-rate exchange agreements that effectively convert a portion of floating-rate debt to fixed-rate debt and are designed to reduce the impact of interest-rate changes on future interest expense, (2) forward foreign exchange contracts and foreign currency options that are designed to protect against the reduction in value of forecasted foreign currency cash flows such as royalties and other payments denominated in foreign currencies, and (3) foreign currency exchange agreements for the exchange of various currencies and interest rates. The foreign currency exchange agreements are entered into to hedge the currency risk associated with debt and intercompany loans denominated in foreign currencies, and essentially result in fixed-rate assets or liabilities denominated in U.S. Dollars or appropriate functional currencies.
For cash flow hedges, the effective portion of the gains or losses on derivatives is reported in the deferred hedging adjustment component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods in which the hedged transaction affects earnings. The remaining gain or loss in excess of the cumulative change in the present value of future cash flows of the hedged item, if any, is recognized in current earnings during the period of change. During the year ended December 31, 2001, there was no significant impact to the Company's earnings related to the ineffective portion of cash flow hedging instruments.
Subsequent to the transition adjustment recorded at January 1, 2001, the Company recorded increases to the deferred hedging adjustment component of accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity of $7.7 million, after tax, related to cash flow hedges during the year ended December 31, 2001. Based on interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates at December 31, 2001, no significant amount of deferred hedging adjustments, after tax, included in accumulated other comprehensive income in shareholders' equity at December 31, 2001, will be recognized in earnings in 2002 as the underlying hedged transactions are realized. The maximum maturity date of any cash flow hedge of forecasted transactions at December 31, 2001 was 15 months, excluding instruments hedging forecasted payments of variable interest on existing financial instruments that have various maturity dates through 2011.
Hedges of net investments in foreign operations
The Company uses forward foreign exchange contracts and foreign currency denominated debt to hedge its investments in certain foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. Realized and unrealized translation adjustments from these hedges are included in shareholders' equity in the foreign currency translation component of accumulated other comprehensive income and offset translation adjustments on the underlying net assets of foreign subsidiaries and affiliates, which also are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income.
During the year ended December 31, 2001, the Company recorded increases in translation adjustments in accumulated other comprehensive income of $168.5 million, after tax, related primarily to foreign currency denominated debt designated as hedges of net investments.
COMMON EQUITY PUT OPTIONS AND FORWARD CONTRACTS
During 2001, 2000 and 1999, the Company sold 12.2 million, 16.8 million and 27.0 million common equity put options, respectively, in connection with its share repurchase program. Premiums received are recorded in shareholders' equity as a reduction of the cost of treasury stock purchased and were $31.8 million in 2001, $56.0 million in 2000 and $97.5 million in 1999. At December 31, 2001, 12.2 million common equity put options were outstanding. The options expire at various dates through November 2002 at exercise prices between $26.37 and $30.23. At December 31, 2001, the $350.0 million total exercise price of these outstanding options was classified in common equity put options and forward contracts in the Consolidated balance sheet, and the related offset was recorded in common stock in treasury, net of the premiums received.
During 2001, the Company also entered into equity forward contracts in connection with its share repurchase program. The forward contracts, for 5.5 million shares, settle in March 2002 and have an average purchase price of $27.41. At December 31, 2001, the $150.8 million total purchase price of these outstanding forward contracts was classified in common equity put options and forward contracts, and the related offset was recorded in common stock in treasury.
SALES OF STOCK BY SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
As permitted by Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 51 issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, when a subsidiary or affiliate sells unissued shares in a public offering, the Company records an adjustment to reflect an increase or decrease in the carrying value of its investment and a resulting gain or loss in nonoperating (income) expense.
PER COMMON SHARE INFORMATION
Diluted net income per common share is calculated using net income divided by diluted weighted-average shares. Diluted weighted-average shares include weighted-average shares outstanding plus the dilutive effect of stock options, calculated using the treasury stock method. The dilutive effect of stock options was (in millions of shares): 2001-19.6; 2000-33.3; 1999-48.9. Stock options that were not included in dilutive weighted-average shares because they would have been antidilutive were (in millions of shares): 2001-83.1; 2000-49.2; 1999-9.9. The dilutive effect of common equity put options and forward contracts was not significant.
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
The Company considers short-term, highly liquid investments to be cash equivalents. The impact of fluctuating foreign currencies on cash and equivalents was not material.
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Other operating (income) expense, net
=============================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 =============================================================================== Gains on sales of restaurant businesses $(112.4) $ (86.9) $ (75.0) Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates (61.5) (120.9) (138.3) Charges for underperforming restaurant closings 91.2 Asset impairment charges 44.0 Other, net 96.1 11.4 108.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other operating (income) expense, net $ 57.4 $(196.4) $(105.2) =============================================================================== |
CHARGES FOR UNDERPERFORMING RESTAURANT CLOSINGS
In third and fourth quarters 2001, the Company recorded $91.2 million of pretax
charges ($68.8 million after tax) related to the closing of 163 underperforming
restaurants in international markets. The charges primarily consist of asset
write-offs and lease termination payments.
ASSET IMPAIRMENT CHARGES
In second quarter 2001, the Company recorded a $24.0 million asset impairment
charge (pre and after tax) due to an assessment of the ongoing impact of
significant currency devaluation on McDonald's cash flows in Turkey.
In fourth quarter 2001, the Company recorded a pretax charge of $20.0 million ($13.6 million after tax) related to the anticipated disposal of Aroma Cafe in the U.K.
OTHER, NET
Other, net includes miscellaneous operating income and expense items including
net gains or losses from property dispositions, provisions for bad debts and
other transactions related to franchising and the food service business.
In third quarter 2001, the Company recorded a pretax charge of $17.4 million ($12.0 million after tax) primarily related to the write-off of certain technology costs in the Corporate segment.
In fourth quarter 2001, the Company recorded a pretax charge of $25.0 million ($17.0 million after tax) in the U.S. primarily related to unrecoverable costs incurred in connection with the theft of winning game pieces from the Company's Monopoly and certain other promotional games over an extended period of time, and the related termination of the supplier of the game pieces. Fifty-one people (none of whom were Company employees) were subsequently indicted on conspiracy and mail fraud charges.
In 1999, the Company wrote off $24.0 million ($16.3 million after tax) of software not used in the business.
In connection with these initiatives, the Company eliminated approximately 850 positions, consisting of 700 positions in the U.S., primarily in the divisions and regions, and 150 positions in international markets.
The special charge consisted of $114.4 million of severance and other employee-related costs; $68.8 million of lease cancellation and other costs related to the closing of region and division facilities; and $16.8 million of other cash costs, primarily consisting of payments made to facilitate a timely and smooth change of ownership from franchisees who have had a history of financial difficulty and consequently were unable to deliver the level of operational excellence needed to succeed in the future.
Of the original $200.0 million pretax special charge, the remaining accrual of approximately $126.0 million at year-end 2001 primarily related to employee severance and lease payments for facilities that have been closed and was included in other accrued liabilities in the Consolidated balance sheet. Employee severance is paid in installments over a period of up to one year after termination, and the remaining lease payments for facilities that have been closed will be paid through 2010. No significant adjustments have been made to the original plan approved by management.
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new restaurant buildings, while leasing the land from McDonald's. In addition, franchisees outside the U.S. generally pay a refundable, noninterest-bearing security deposit. Foreign affiliates pay a royalty to the Company based upon a percent of sales.
The results of operations of restaurant businesses purchased and sold in transactions with franchisees, affiliates and others were not material to the consolidated financial statements for periods prior to purchase and sale.
Revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants consisted of:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ Minimum rents $ 1,477.9 $ 1,465.3 $ 1,473.8 Percent rent and service fees 2,290.2 2,247.0 2,208.8 Initial fees 61.2 63.7 64.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants $ 3,829.3 $ 3,776.0 $ 3,746.8 ================================================================================ |
Future minimum rent payments due to the Company under existing franchise arrangements are:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Owned Leased IN MILLIONS sites sites Total ================================================================================ 2002 $ 948.7 $ 707.5 $ 1,656.2 2003 935.9 701.4 1,637.3 2004 920.3 689.3 1,609.6 2005 895.7 666.7 1,562.4 2006 870.8 647.2 1,518.0 Thereafter 7,384.0 5,771.9 13,155.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total minimum payments $11,955.4 $9,184.0 $21,139.4 ================================================================================ |
At December 31, 2001, net property and equipment under franchise arrangements totaled $9.0 billion (including land of $2.7 billion) after deducting accumulated depreciation and amortization of $3.4 billion.
Income before provision for income taxes, classified by source of income, was as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ U.S. $ 958.2 $1,280.6 $1,222.2 Outside the U.S. 1,371.5 1,601.7 1,661.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before provision for income taxes $2,329.7 $2,882.3 $2,884.1 ================================================================================ |
The provision for income taxes, classified by the timing and location of payment, was as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ U.S. federal $ 357.3 $ 361.1 $ 347.4 U.S. state 59.7 77.0 68.9 Outside the U.S. 363.7 406.4 467.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current tax provision 780.7 844.5 883.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. federal 57.7 75.2 31.3 U.S. state 4.3 9.5 12.3 Outside the U.S. (149.6) (24.2) 9.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred tax provision/(1)/ (87.6) 60.5 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Provision for income taxes $ 693.1 $ 905.0 $ 936.2 ================================================================================ |
(1) Includes the one-time benefit of tax law changes in certain international markets: 2001-$(147.3) million; amounts in 2000 and 1999 were not significant.
Net deferred tax liabilities consisted of:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS December 31, 2001 2000 ================================================================================ Property and equipment basis differences $ 1,304.4 $ 1,202.6 Other 429.9 353.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total deferred tax liabilities 1,734.3 1,555.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance/(1)/ (899.9) (646.9) Valuation allowance 180.1 124.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net deferred tax liabilities/(2)/ $ 1,014.5 $ 1,033.0 ================================================================================ |
(1) Includes tax effects of loss carryforwards (in millions): 2001-$166.0; 2000-$129.4, and foreign tax credit carryforwards: 2001-$21.6; 2000-$41.2.
(2) Net of current tax assets included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the Consolidated balance sheet (in millions): 2001-$97.7; 2000-$51.9.
The statutory U.S. federal income tax rate reconciled to the effective income tax rates as follows:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ================================================================================ Statutory U.S. federal income tax rate 35.0% 35.0% 35.0% State income taxes, net of related federal income tax benefit 1.8 1.9 1.8 Benefits and taxes related to foreign operations/(1)/ (7.8) (4.8) (4.4) Other, net .8 (.7) .1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Effective income tax rates 29.8% 31.4% 32.5% ================================================================================ |
(1) Includes the one-time benefit of tax law changes.
Deferred U.S. income taxes have not been recorded for basis differences related to investments in certain foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. These basis differences were approximately $2.7 billion at December 31, 2001, and consisted primarily of undistributed earnings considered permanently invested in the businesses. Determination of the deferred income tax liability on these unremitted earnings is not practicable because such liability, if any, is dependent on circumstances existing if and when remittance occurs.
Segment information reflects the Company's current management structure. The new APMEA segment includes results for McDonald's restaurant operations in Asia/Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The Partner Brands segment includes results for Aroma Cafe, Boston Market, Chipotle, Donatos and Pret A Manger. In addition, U.S. and Corporate selling, general & administrative
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expenses have been restated to reflect a realignment of certain home office departments' responsibilities.
Corporate general & administrative expenses are included in the corporate segment of operating income and consist of home office support costs in areas such as facilities, finance, human resources, information technology, legal, supply chain management and training. Corporate assets include corporate cash and equivalents, asset portions of financing instruments, home office facilities and deferred tax assets.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS 2001 2000 1999 =================================================================================== U.S. $ 5,395.6 $ 5,259.1 $ 5,093.0 Europe 4,751.8 4,753.9 4,924.9 APMEA 2,203.3 2,101.8 1,928.8 Latin America 971.3 949.3 680.3 Canada 608.1 615.1 575.6 Partner Brands 939.9 563.8 56.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total revenues $14,870.0 $14,243.0 $13,259.3 =================================================================================== U.S. $ 1,622.5 $ 1,795.7 $ 1,678.6 Europe 1,063.2 1,180.1 1,256.5 APMEA 325.0 451.2 433.5 Latin America 10.9 102.3 133.0 Canada 123.7 126.3 113.3 Partner Brands (66.5) (41.5) (7.5) Corporate (381.8) (284.4) (287.8) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total operating income $ 2,697.0/(1)/ $ 3,329.7 $ 3,319.6 =================================================================================== U.S. $ 8,213.7 $ 7,798.1 $ 7,607.4 Europe 7,139.1 7,083.7 6,966.8 APMEA 3,144.5 2,983.4 3,030.5 Latin America 1,898.3 1,855.6 1,477.5 Canada 574.2 552.0 573.6 Partner Brands 637.1 450.7 203.2 Corporate 927.6 960.0 1,124.2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total assets $22,534.5 $21,683.5 $20,983.2 =================================================================================== U.S. $ 545.9 $ 468.6 $ 426.4 Europe 635.8 797.6 881.8 APMEA 275.7 253.5 221.3 Latin America 197.5 245.7 213.2 Canada 80.4 52.5 63.0 Partner Brands 153.3 79.6 16.4 Corporate 17.6 47.6 45.7 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total capital expenditures $ 1,906.2 $ 1,945.1 $ 1,867.8 =================================================================================== U.S. $ 449.9 $ 417.6 $ 399.7 Europe 313.7 296.5 305.2 APMEA 133.2 129.8 123.5 Latin America 79.3 69.4 45.5 Canada 32.9 34.9 35.3 Partner Brands 36.8 16.6 2.3 Corporate 40.5 45.9 44.8 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total depreciation and amortization $ 1,086.3 $ 1,010.7 $ 956.3 =================================================================================== |
(1) Includes $377.6 million of pretax special charges (U.S.-$181.0; Europe-$45.8; APMEA-$41.5; Latin America-$40.4; Canada-$9.8; Partner Brands-$24.9 and Corporate-$34.2) primarily related to the U.S. business reorganization and other global change initiatives, the closing of 163 underperforming restaurants in international markets and asset impairment charges. See other operating (income) expense, net and special charge-global change initiatives notes for further discussion.
Total long-lived assets, primarily property and equipment and goodwill, were (in millions)--Consolidated: 2001-$20,355.3; 2000-$19,798.3; 1999-$19,082.8. U.S. based: 2001-$8,670.4; 2000-$8,373.2; 1999-$7,984.9.
At December 31, 2001, the Company was lessee at 6,866 restaurant locations through ground leases (the Company leases the land and the Company or franchisee owns the building) and at 7,089 restaurant locations through improved leases (the Company leases land and buildings). Lease terms for most restaurants are generally for 20 to 25 years and, in many cases, provide for rent escalations and renewal options, with certain leases providing purchase options. For most locations, the Company is obligated for the related occupancy costs including property taxes, insurance and maintenance. In addition, the Company is lessee under noncancelable leases covering offices and vehicles.
Future minimum payments required under existing operating leases with initial terms of one year or more are:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN MILLIONS Restaurant Other Total ================================================================================ 2002 $ 772.3 $ 69.1 $ 841.4 2003 756.8 57.7 814.5 2004 731.1 48.2 779.3 2005 681.1 41.1 722.2 2006 653.5 36.4 689.9 Thereafter 5,901.6 166.8 6,068.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total minimum payments $9,496.4 $419.3 $9,915.7 ================================================================================ |
Rent expense was (in millions): 2001-$958.6; 2000-$886.4; 1999-$796.3.
These amounts included percent rents in excess of minimum rents (in millions):
2001-$119.6; 2000-$133.0; 1999-$117.1.
LINE OF CREDIT AGREEMENTS
At December 31, 2001, the Company had several line of credit agreements with
various banks totaling $1.3 billion, all of which remained unused at year-end
2001. Subsequent to year end, the Company renegotiated these line of credit
agreements as follows: a $750.0 million line expiring in 2003 with a term of 364
days and fees of .045% per annum on the total commitment, with a feature that
allows the Company to convert the borrowings to a one-year term loan at any time
prior to expiration; a $500.0 million line expiring in February 2007 with fees
of .065% per annum on the total commitment; and a $25.0 million line expiring in
2003 with a term of 364 days and fees of .07% per annum on the total commitment.
Borrowings under the agreements bear interest at one of several specified
floating rates selected by the Company at the time of borrowing. In addition,
certain subsidiaries outside the U.S. had unused lines of credit totaling $785.3
million at December 31, 2001; these were principally short term and denominated
in various currencies at local market rates of interest.
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The weighted-average interest rate of short-term borrowings, consisting of U.S. Dollar and Euro commercial paper and foreign currency bank line borrowings, was 3.4% at December 31, 2001 and 6.9% at December 31, 2000.
FAIR VALUES
At December 31, 2001, the fair value of the Company's debt and notes payable obligations was estimated at $9.1 billion, compared to a carrying amount of $8.9 billion. This fair value was estimated using various pricing models or discounted cash flow analyses that incorporated quoted market prices. The Company has no current plans to retire a significant amount of its debt prior to maturity.
The carrying amounts for both cash and equivalents and notes receivable approximate fair value. Foreign currency and interest-rate exchange agreements, foreign currency options and forward foreign exchange contracts were recorded in the Consolidated balance sheet at fair value estimated using various pricing models or discounted cash flow analyses that incorporated quoted market prices. No fair value was estimated for noninterest-bearing security deposits by franchisees, because these deposits are an integral part of the overall franchise arrangements. Given the market value of its common stock and its significant real estate holdings, the Company believes that the fair value of its total assets was substantially higher than the carrying value at December 31, 2001.
ESOP LOANS AND OTHER GUARANTEES
The Company has guaranteed and included in total debt at December 31, 2001 $26.8 million of Notes issued by the Leveraged Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) with payments through 2006. Borrowings related to the ESOP at December 31, 2001, which include $89.1 million of loans from the Company to the ESOP and the $26.8 million of Notes guaranteed by the Company, are reflected as long-term debt with a corresponding reduction of shareholders' equity (unearned ESOP compensation). The ESOP is repaying the loans and interest through 2018 using Company contributions and dividends from its McDonald's common stock holdings. As the principal amount of the borrowings is repaid, the debt and the unearned ESOP compensation are being reduced.
The Company also has guaranteed certain affiliate and other loans totaling $148.0 million at December 31, 2001.
DEBT OBLIGATIONS
The Company has incurred debt obligations principally through public and private offerings and bank loans. There are no provisions in the Company's debt obligations that would accelerate repayment of debt as a result of a change in credit ratings. Certain of the Company's debt obligations contain cross-default provisions and restrictions on Company and subsidiary mortgages and the long-term debt of certain subsidiaries. Under certain agreements, the Company has the option to retire debt prior to maturity, either at par or at a premium over par. The following table summarizes the Company's debt obligations (the interest rates reflected in the table include the effects of interest-rate and foreign currency exchange agreements):
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interest rates(1) Amounts outstanding December 31 December 31 Maturity ----------- ------------------------ IN MILLIONS OF U.S. DOLLARS dates 2001 2000 2001 2000 =========================================================================================== Fixed-original issue(2) 6.2% 6.8% $ 3,293.8 $ 2,793.2 Fixed-converted via exchange agreements(3) 5.3 6.1 (1,829.9) (351.5) Floating 2.3 6.6 2,364.8 914.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total U.S. Dollars 2002-2033 3,828.7 3,355.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 5.7 5.7 629.7 679.1 Floating 3.5 4.8 1,724.9 1,609.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Euro 2002-2015 2,354.6 2,288.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 6.1 6.2 698.8 524.6 Floating 5.6 7.2 150.3 233.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total British Pounds Sterling 2002-2021 849.1 757.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 4.5 5.5 276.9 346.5 Floating 6.2 6.7 58.9 25.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total other European currencies(4) 2002-2006 335.8 372.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 2.3 2.7 584.0 589.0 Floating 0.1 0.5 227.9 262.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Japanese Yen 2005-2030 811.9 851.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 7.1 8.6 317.6 322.0 Floating 6.2 7.6 300.0 453.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total other Asia/Pacific currencies(5) 2002-2006 617.6 775.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fixed 5.8 5.6 3.2 4.1 Floating 15.5 12.8 23.2 68.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total other currencies 2002-2021 26.4 72.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debt obligations before fair value adjustments(6) 8,824.1 8,473.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fair value adjustments(7) 93.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total debt obligations $ 8,918.0 $ 8,473.9 =========================================================================================== |
(1) Weighted-average effective rate, computed on a semiannual basis.
(2) Includes $150 million of debentures that mature in 2027 ($500 million of
debentures in 2000), which are subordinated to senior debt and provide for
the ability to defer interest payments up to five years under certain
conditions.
(3) A portion of U.S. Dollar fixed-rate debt effectively has been converted
into other currencies and/or into floating-rate debt through the use of
exchange agreements. The rates shown reflect the fixed rate on the
receivable portion of the exchange agreements. All other obligations in
this table reflect the net effects of these and other interest-rate
exchange agreements.
(4) Primarily consists of Swiss Francs, Swedish Kronor and Danish Kroner in
2001 (Swiss Francs in 2000).
(5) Primarily consists of Korean Won, Chinese Renminbi and New Taiwanese
Dollars in 2001 (Australian Dollars and New Taiwanese Dollars in 2000).
(6) Aggregate maturities for debt balances at December 31, 2001, before fair
value adjustments, were as follows: 2002-$362.5; 2003-$796.4;
2004-$1,621.6; 2005-$1,072.0; 2006-$843.9; and thereafter-$4,127.7. These
amounts include reclassifications of short-term obligations to long-term
obligations of $750.0 in 2004 and $500.0 in 2007 as they are supported by
long-term line of credit agreements discussed on page 31.
(7) Effective January 1, 2001, the Company adopted SFAS 133. As a result, debt
obligations are adjusted to fair value to the extent of related hedging
instruments. The related hedging instruments are also recorded at fair
value in either miscellaneous other assets or long-term liabilities.
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IN MILLIONS December 31, 2001 2000 =============================================================================== Land $ 3,975.6 $ 3,932.7 Buildings and improvements on owned land 8,127.0 8,250.0 Buildings and improvements on leased land 8,020.2 7,513.3 Equipment, signs and seating 3,371.7 3,172.2 Other 611.5 700.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 24,106.0 23,569.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Accumulated depreciation and amortization (6,816.5) (6,521.4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net property and equipment $ 17,289.5 $ 17,047.6 =============================================================================== |
Depreciation and amortization expense was (in millions): 2001-$945.6; 2000-$900.9; 1999-$858.1.
Participant 401(k) contributions, profit sharing contributions and any related earnings can be invested in McDonald's common stock or among several other investment alternatives. The Company's matching contributions and ESOP allocations are generally invested in McDonald's common stock. Beginning in first quarter 2002, the Company's matching contributions can be invested in McDonald's common stock or among the other investment alternatives.
In addition, the Company maintains a nonqualified, unfunded Supplemental Plan that allows participants to make tax-deferred contributions and receive Company-provided allocations that cannot be made under the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan because of Internal Revenue Service limitations. The investment alternatives in the Supplemental Plan include certain of the same investments as the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan. Total liabilities under the Supplemental Plan were $301.1 million at December 31, 2001 and $288.8 million at December 31, 2000, and were included in other long-term liabilities in the Consolidated balance sheet.
The Company has entered into derivative contracts to hedge the changes in these liabilities. At December 31, 2001, derivatives with a fair value of $68.2 million indexed to the Company's stock and $18.5 million indexed to certain market indices were included in miscellaneous other assets in the Consolidated balance sheet. All changes in Plan liabilities and in the fair value of the derivatives are recorded in selling, general & administrative expenses. Changes in fair value of the derivatives indexed to the Company's stock are recorded in the income statement because the contracts provide the counterparty with a choice of cash settlement or settlement in shares.
Total U.S. costs for the Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, including
nonqualified benefits and related hedging activities, were (in millions):
2001-$54.6; 2000-$49.6; 1999-$49.4.
Certain subsidiaries outside the U.S. also offer profit sharing, stock purchase or other similar benefit plans. Total plan costs outside the U.S. were (in millions): 2001-$39.7; 2000-$38.1; 1999-$37.2.
Other postretirement benefits and postemployment benefits, excluding severance benefits related to the global change initiatives, were immaterial.
Substantially all of the options become exercisable in four equal installments, beginning a year from the date of the grant, and expire 10 years from the grant date. In 2001, the Board of Directors approved a three-year extension to the term of 44.2 million options granted between May 1, 1999 and December 31, 2000 with an exercise price greater than $28.90. Because the market value of the stock was less than the exercise price of the options at the time of extension, no compensation expense was required to be recorded.
Also in 2001, the Board of Directors approved a special grant of 11.9 million options at a price of $28.90 as an incentive to meet an operating income performance goal for calendar year 2003. The options vest on January 31, 2004, and if the performance goal is met, the options will retain their original 10-year term; otherwise, they will expire on June 30, 2004.
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At December 31, 2001, the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plans was 263.5 million including 70.6 million available for future grants. A summary of the status of the Company's plans as of December 31, 2001, 2000 and 1999, and changes during the years then ended, is presented in the following table.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2000 1999 ----------------------- ----------------------- ---------------------- Weighted- Weighted- Weighted- average average average Shares exercise Shares exercise Shares exercise Options IN MILLIONS price IN MILLIONS price IN MILLIONS price ========================================================================================================= Outstanding at beginning of year 175.8 $25.34 164.7 $23.06 164.0 $ 19.32 Granted(1) 38.6 29.37 26.5 35.16 25.4 40.35 Exercised (11.9) 13.70 (10.8) 13.68 (18.8) 13.89 Forfeited (9.6) 29.03 (4.6) 27.81 (5.9) 18.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Outstanding at end of year 192.9 $26.65 175.8 $25.34 164.7 $ 23.06 ========================================================================================================= Exercisable at end of year 98.2 79.3 69.4 ========================================================================================================= |
(1) Includes the special grant in 2001 of 11.9 million options discussed on page 33.
Options granted each year were 3.0%, 2.0% and 1.9% of weighted average common shares outstanding for 2001, 2000 and 1999, representing grants to approximately 15,100, 14,100 and 12,700 employees in those three years.
When stock options are exercised, shares are issued from treasury stock. The average per share cost of treasury stock issued for option exercises over the last three years was $7.29, while the average option exercise price over this period was $13.79. In addition, stock option exercises resulted in $335.6 million of tax benefits for the Company during the three years ended December 31, 2001.
The following table presents information related to options outstanding and options exercisable at December 31, 2001, based on ranges of exercise prices.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Options outstanding Options exercisable --------------------------------------- ------------------------ Weighted- average remaining Weighted- Weighted- Range Number contractual average Number average of exercise of options life exercise of options exercise prices IN MILLIONS IN YEARS price IN MILLIONS price =================================================================================== $10 to 15 26.9 1.7 $ 13.58 26.9 $ 13.56 16 to 23 36.1 4.4 20.64 22.3 20.05 24 to 34 83.6 7.2 27.25 29.9 25.64 35 to 46 46.3 10.6 37.85 19.1 38.60 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $10 to 46 192.9 6.7 $ 26.65 98.2 $ 23.60 =================================================================================== |
Pro forma net income and net income per common share were determined as if the Company had accounted for its employee stock options under the fair value method of SFAS No. 123. For pro forma disclosures, the options' estimated fair value was amortized over their expected seven-year life. SFAS No. 123 does not apply to grants before 1995. As a result, the pro forma disclosures for 2000 and 1999 do not include a full seven years of grants and, therefore, may not be indicative of anticipated future disclosures. The fair value for these options was estimated at the date of grant using an option pricing model. The model was designed to estimate the fair value of exchange-traded options that, unlike employee stock options, can be traded at any time and are fully transferable. In addition, such models require the input of highly subjective assumptions including the expected volatility of the stock price. Therefore, in management's opinion, the existing models do not provide a reliable single measure of the value of employee stock options. The following tables present the pro forma disclosures and the weighted-average assumptions used to estimate the fair value of these options:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pro forma disclosures 2001 2000 1999 ============================================================================================= Net income-pro forma IN MILLIONS $ 1,481.8 $ 1,842.4 $ 1,844.0 Net income per common share- pro forma Basic 1.15 1.39 1.36 Diluted 1.13 1.36 1.31 Weighted-average fair value per option granted 10.66 14.11 14.06 ============================================================================================= --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assumptions 2001 2000 1999 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expected dividend yield .65% .65% .65% Expected stock price volatility 29.9% 38.8% 22.9% Risk-free interest rate 5.03% 6.39% 5.72% Expected life of options IN YEARS 7 7 7 ============================================================================================= |
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Quarterly results (unaudited) ==================================================================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quarters ended Quarters ended Quarters ended Quarters ended December 31 September 30 June 30 March 31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ IN MILLIONS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Systemwide sales $10,112.7 $9,924.5 $10,629.2 $10,512.4 $10,238.8 $10,237.6 $9,649.7 $9,506.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Revenues Sales by Company-operated restaurants $ 2,811.4 $2,676.6 $ 2,876.9 $ 2,768.5 $ 2,738.2 $ 2,582.0 $2,614.2 $2,439.9 Revenues from franchised and affiliated restaurants 960.1 913.0 1,002.4 980.5 969.3 978.6 897.5 903.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total revenues 3,771.5 3,589.6 3,879.3 3,749.0 3,707.5 3,560.6 3,511.7 3,343.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Company-operated margin 383.5 404.2 436.1 470.9 396.6 435.0 370.8 406.8 Franchised margin 758.1 721.1 799.0 788.5 771.4 784.0 700.6 710.1 Operating income 482.7(1) 774.0 746.6(2) 910.8 772.5(4) 876.3 695.2 768.6 Net income $ 271.9(1) $ 452.0 $ 545.5(3) $ 548.5 $ 440.9(4) $ 525.9 $ 378.3 $ 450.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Net income per common share $ .21(1) $ .35 $ .42(3) $ .42 $ .34(4) $ .40 $ .29 $ .34 Net income per common share-diluted .21(1) .34 .42(3) .41 .34(4) .39 .29 .33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dividends per common share $ .225 $ -- $ -- $ .215 $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weighted-average shares 1,282.7 1,307.0 1,286.1 1,315.6 1,289.7 1,327.1 1,300.7 1,343.4 Weighted-average shares-diluted 1,299.3 1,335.8 1,305.8 1,346.0 1,311.1 1,365.5 1,325.3 1,383.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Market price per common share High $ 30.10 $ 34.50 $ 31.00 $ 34.25 $ 30.96 $ 39.94 $ 35.06 $ 43.63 Low 25.00 27.56 26.00 26.38 25.39 31.00 24.75 29.81 Close 26.47 34.00 27.14 30.19 27.06 32.94 26.55 37.38 ==================================================================================================================================== |
(1) Includes the following pretax special charges totaling $0.13 of expense per
share:
. $200.0 million ($136.1 million after tax) related to the U.S. business
reorganization and global change initiatives.
. $25.0 million ($17.0 million after tax) related to unrecoverable
costs incurred in connection with the theft of promotional game pieces
and the related termination of a supplier.
. $20.0 million ($13.6 million after tax) related to the anticipated
disposition of Aroma Cafe in the U.K.
. $7.1 million ($4.8 million after tax) related to the closing of an
additional nine underperforming restaurants in international markets.
(2) Includes $101.5 million of pretax special charges ($76.0 million after tax)
related primarily to the closing of 154 underperforming restaurants in
international markets and the write-off of certain technology costs.
(3) In addition to the $101.5 million of pretax special charges noted in (2)
above, includes $137.1 million gain (pre and after tax) on the initial
public offering of McDonald's Japan and $12.4 million of pretax special
charges ($8.1 million after tax) primarily related to the write-off of a
corporate investment (totaling $0.04 of income per share).
(4) Includes $24.0 million asset impairment charge (pre and after tax or $0.02
per share) in Turkey.
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Management is responsible for the preparation, integrity and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements and financial comments. The financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and include certain amounts based on management's judgment and best estimates. Other financial information presented is consistent with the financial statements.
The Company maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting including safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition, which is designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company's management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation of reliable published financial statements and asset safeguarding. The system includes a documented organizational structure and appropriate division of responsibilities; established policies and procedures that are communicated throughout the Company; careful selection, training, and development of our people; and utilization of an internal audit program. Policies and procedures prescribe that the Company and all employees are to maintain high standards of proper business practices throughout the world.
There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of internal control, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of controls. Accordingly, even an effective internal control system can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and safeguarding of assets. Furthermore, the effectiveness of an internal control system can change with circumstances. The Company believes that it maintains an effective system of internal control over financial reporting and safeguarding of assets against unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition.
The consolidated financial statements have been audited by independent auditors, Ernst & Young LLP, who were given unrestricted access to all financial records and related data. The audit report of Ernst & Young LLP is presented herein.
The Board of Directors, operating through its Audit Committee composed entirely of independent Directors, provides oversight to the financial reporting process. Ernst & Young LLP has unrestricted access to the Audit Committee and regularly meets with the Committee to discuss accounting, auditing and financial reporting matters.
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
January 24, 2002
The Board of Directors and Shareholders McDonald's Corporation
We have audited the accompanying Consolidated balance sheet of McDonald's Corporation as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related Consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001. These financial statements are the responsibility of McDonald's Corporation management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the U.S. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of McDonald's Corporation at December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the consolidated results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2001, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.
As discussed in the Notes to the consolidated financial statements, effective January 1, 2001, the Company changed its method for accounting for derivative financial instruments to conform with SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
January 24, 2002
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None.
Part III
Information regarding directors is incorporated herein by reference from the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2001.
Information regarding all of the Company's executive officers is included in Part I, Item 4, page 6 of this Form 10-K.
Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2001.
Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2001.
Incorporated herein by reference from the Company's definitive proxy statement, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 31, 2001.
Part IV
(a) 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Consolidated financial statements filed as part of this report are listed under
Part II, Item 8, pages 22-25 of this Form 10-K.
2.FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
No schedules are required because either the required information is not present or is not present in amounts sufficient to require submission of the schedule, or because the information required is included in the consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.
(b) REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
The following reports on Form 8-K were filed for the last quarter covered by this report, and subsequently up to March 25, 2002.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial statements Date of report Item number required to be filed ================================================================================ 10/17/2001 Item 5 and 7 No 10/29/2001 Item 5 and 7 No 12/14/2001 Item 5 and 7 No 1/24/2002 Item 5 and 7 No 2/12/2002 Item 5 and 7 No -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
(c) EXHIBITS
The exhibits listed in the accompanying index are filed as part of this report.
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(ii) By-Laws, effective as of June 1, 2000, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2000.
(4) Instruments defining the rights of security holders, including Indentures: **
(a) Senior Debt Securities Indenture dated as of October 19, 1996 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(a) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-14141).
(i) 6 3/8% Debentures due January 8, 2028. Supplemental Indenture No. 1 dated as of January 8, 1998, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(a) of Form 8-K dated January 5, 1998.
(ii) 6% REset Put Securities due 2012. Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated as of June 23, 1998, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(a) of Form 8-K dated June 18, 1998.
(iii) Medium-Term Notes, Series F, due from 1 year to 60 years from the Date of Issue. Supplemental Indenture No. 4 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(c) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-59145) dated July 15, 1998.
(iv) Medium-Term Notes, Series G, due from 1 Year to 60 Years from Date of Issue. Supplemental Indenture, No. 6 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(c) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 333-60170) dated May 3, 2001.
(b) Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture dated as of October 18, 1996, incorporated herein by reference from Form 8-K dated October 18, 1996.
(i) 7.31% Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures due 2027. Supplemental Indenture No. 3 dated September 24, 1997, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4)(b) of Form 8-K dated September 19, 1997.
(c) Debt Securities. Indenture dated as of March 1, 1987 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(a) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 33-12364).
(i) Medium-Term Notes, Series B, due from nine months to 30 years from Date of Issue. Supplemental Indenture No. 12 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4) of Form 8-K dated August 18, 1989 and Forms of Medium-Term Notes, Series B, incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4)(b) of Form 8-K dated September 14, 1989.
(ii) Medium-Term Notes, Series C, due from nine months to 30 years from Date of Issue. Form of Supplemental Indenture No. 15 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(b) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 33-34762) dated May 14, 1990.
(iii) Medium-Term Notes, Series C, due from nine months (U.S. Issue) /184 days (Euro Issue) to 30 years from Date of Issue. Amended and restated Supplemental Indenture No. 16 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4) of Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 1991.
(iv) 8-7/8% Debentures due 2011. Supplemental Indenture No. 17 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4) of Form 8-K dated April 22, 1991.
(v) Medium-Term Notes, Series D, due from nine months (U.S. Issue) /184 days (Euro Issue) to 60 years from Date of Issue. Supplemental Indenture No. 18 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(b) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 33-42642) dated September 10, 1991.
(vi) 7-3/8% Debentures due July 15, 2033. Form of Supplemental
Indenture No. 21 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit
(4)(a) of Form 8-K dated July 15, 1993.
(vii) Medium-Term Notes, Series E, due from nine months (U.S. Issue) /184 days (Euro Issue) to 60 years from the Date of Issue. Supplemental Indenture No. 22 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 4(b) of Form S-3 Registration Statement (File No. 33-60939) dated July 13, 1995.
(viii) 6-5/8% Notes due September 1, 2005. Form of Supplemental
Indenture No. 23 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit
(4)(a) of Form 8-K dated September 5, 1995.
(ix) 7.05% Debentures due 2025. Form of Supplemental Indenture No. 24 incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit (4)(a) of Form 8-K dated November 13, 1995.
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(a) Directors' Stock Plan, as amended and restated, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001.*
(b) Profit Sharing Program, as amended and restated, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999.*
(i) First Amendment to the McDonald's Profit Sharing Program, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.*
(ii) Second Amendment to the McDonald's Profit Sharing Program, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.*
(iii) Third Amendment to the McDonald's Profit Sharing Program, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.*
(c) McDonald's Corporation Supplemental Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, filed herewith.*
(d) 1975 Stock Ownership Option Plan, as amended and restated, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001.*
(e) 1992 Stock Ownership Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.*
(f) 1999 Non-Employee Director Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2000.*
(g) Executive Retention Plan, as amended and restated March 20, 2002, filed herewith.*
(h) Senior Director Letter Agreement between Gordon C. Gray and the Company, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001.*
(i) Senior Director Letter Agreement between Donald R. Keough and the Company, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001.*
(j) McDonald's Corporation 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Plan, incorporated herein by reference from Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001.*
(k) Form of McDonald's Corporation Tier I Change of Control Employment Agreement authorized by the Board of Directors and expected to be entered into between the Company and certain key executives, and filed herewith.* The Agreement will be described in the Proxy Statement circulated in connection with the Company's 2002 Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
(l) Written description of oral arrangement between Jack M. Greenberg and the Company, dated March 21, 2002, filed herewith.
(12) Statement re: computation of ratios
(21) Subsidiaries of the registrant
(23) Consent of independent auditors
* Denotes compensatory plan. ** Other instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term debt of the registrant and all of its subsidiaries for which consolidated financial statements are required to be filed and which are not required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are not included herein as the securities authorized under these instruments, individually, do not exceed 10% of the total assets of the registrant and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. An agreement to furnish a copy of any such instruments to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request has been filed with the Commission.
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McDonald's Corporation
(Registrant)
/S/ Matthew H. Paull ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Matthew H. Paull Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer March 25, 2002 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in their capacities indicated below on the 25th day of March, 2002:
Signature, Title
/S/ Hall Adams, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Hall Adams, Jr. Director /S/ James R. Cantalupo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By James R. Cantalupo Vice Chairman, Emeritus and President, Emeritus and Director /S/ Jack M. Greenberg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jack M. Greenberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Director /S/ Enrique Hernandez, Jr. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Enrique Hernandez, Jr. Director /S/ Jeanne P. Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Jeanne P. Jackson Director /S/ Donald G. Lubin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Donald G. Lubin Director /S/ Walter E. Massey ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Walter E. Massey Director /S/ Andrew J. McKenna ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Andrew J. McKenna Director /S/ Michael R. Quinlan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Michael R. Quinlan Director /S/ Terry L. Savage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Terry L. Savage Director /S/ Roger W. Stone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Roger W. Stone Director /S/ Robert N. Thurston ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Robert N. Thurston Director /S/ Fred L. Turner ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Fred L. Turner Senior Chairman and Director /S/ Matthew H. Paull ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Matthew H. Paull Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer /S/ David M. Pojman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By David M. Pojman Senior Vice President - Controller |
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1.1 The Plan; the Plan Merger; History.
(a) The McDonald's Corporation Supplemental Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the "Plan") as set forth herein is the result of the merger of the McDonald's Profit Sharing Plan Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McEqual"), the McDonald's 1989 Executive Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McCAP I") and the McDonald's Supplemental Employee Benefit Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McCAP II") into the McDonald's Corporation Deferred Income Plan (the "DIP") pursuant to a Merger Document executed by McDonald's Corporation ("McDonald's" or the "Company") as of September 1, 2001 (the "Merger Document"), attached hereto as Exhibit A. The effective date of that merger is January 1, 2002; provided, that this Plan shall be considered to be in effect as of September 1, 2001 for purposes of permitting Participants (as defined below) to make Deferral Elections with respect to compensation that would otherwise be paid to them on or after January 1, 2002 and to make investment elections, Payment Elections, Installment Elections and beneficiary designations to take effect under this Plan on or after January 1, 2002.
(b) The DIP, formerly known as the McDonald's Corporation Deferred Incentive Plan, was established November 1, 1993. The DIP was amended and restated effective September 1, 1994 and was subsequently amended by the first amendment thereof effective as of February 1, 1996 and the second amendment thereof effective as of August 15, 1996. The DIP was subsequently amended and restated effective several times, including amendments and restatements effective as of January 1, 1997, July 15, 1997, August 1, 1998, December 1, 1998, September 1, 1999 and September 1, 2000.
(c) McEqual was established, effective January 1, 1989, by the merger, amendment and restatement of the McDonald's Supplemental Employee Benefit Equalization Plan, established effective January 1, 1983, approved by the shareholders on May 19, 1983, and amended and restated effective January 1, 1987, and the McDESOP Equalization Plan, established effective January 1, 1986, approved by the shareholders on May 23, 1986, and amended and restated effective January 1, 1987. McEqual was further amended and restated effective January 1, 1989, January 1, 1990 and January 1, 1996.
(d) McCAP I was established effective January 1, 1989, and amended and restated from time to time thereafter, with the most recent amendment and restatement being effective January 1, 1996.
(e) McCAP II (formerly, the McDonald's 1986 Tax Reform Equalization Plan) was amended and restated, effective January 1, 1989, January 1, 1990 and amended and restated, effective January 1, 1996, and provided certain benefits previously provided by McDonald's 1986 Tax Reform Equalization Plan with respect to years before January 1, 1989 and certain additional benefits.
1.2 Purposes and Features of Plan.
(a) The purposes of the Plan are (i) to provide to certain highly-compensated employees the opportunity to elect to defer compensation under the "Deferred Income Feature" of the Plan, and (ii) to provide, under the "McCAP Feature" of the Plan, certain participants in the McDonald's Corporation Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the "Profit Sharing Plan") with benefits that they would have received under the Profit Sharing Plan, absent the Limits (as defined in Section 1.2(b) below). These two purposes are implemented under the Plan's two features. The Deferred Income Feature represents a continuation of the DIP. The "Participants" in the Deferred Income Feature shall be a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as more fully provided in Section 2 below. The McCAP Feature represents a continuation of McEqual, McCAP I and McCAP II. The "Participants" in the McCAP Feature shall be certain employees whose employer and/or employee contributions under the Profit Sharing Plan have been or are expected to be limited by the Limits, as more fully provided in Section 3 below.
(b) The Profit Sharing Plan has, as of September 1, 2001, three main
features, the Profit Sharing Feature, the 401(k) Feature (which
includes participant deferrals and the employer match), and the ESOP,
and is intended to meet the requirements of a qualified plan under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"). Code Section 415 places limits on the maximum amount of
contributions and benefits that may be paid under a qualified plan
(the "415 Limits") and Code Section 401(a)(17) limits the amount of
compensation that may be taken into account for a Plan Year under a
qualified plan (the
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"Compensation Limit"). In addition, Code Section 402(g) generally limits the maximum amount of employee elective deferrals under a qualified plan ("Elective Contribution Limit"); and elective deferrals to a nonqual-ified plan are not taken into account in determining compensation and benefits under the qualified plans ("Elective Deferral Exclusion") (these limits and exclusion are collectively referred to herein as the "Other Limits" and, together with the 415 Limits and the Compensation Limit, as the "Limits").
1.3 Administration. The Plan shall be administered by a committee of three officers of the Company (the "Committee"), the members of which shall be appointed from time to time by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Compensation Committee"). The Committee shall have the powers set forth in the Plan and the power to interpret its provisions. Any decisions of the Committee shall be final and binding on all persons with regard to the Plan.
1.4 Initial Participants, Beneficiaries and Accounts. The Merger Document sets forth provisions for individuals who are, as of September 1, 2001, participants in or beneficiaries under McEqual, McCAP I, McCAP II and/or the DIP to become Participants in, or beneficiaries under, the Plan, and specifies the manner in which their Accounts initially shall be deemed invested and the Payment Elections and beneficiary designations that initially shall apply to their Accounts. The provisions of the Merger Document shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan.
1.5 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Plan that are not defined herein have the same meaning as the same term in the McDonald's Profit Sharing Plan. An index of terms defined in the Plan is attached as Exhibit B to the Plan.
2.1 Eligibility and Participation. Subject to the conditions and limitations of
the Plan, the following individuals shall be eligible to participate in the
Deferred Income Feature of the Plan ("Deferred Income Eligible Employees"):
(a) all officers, regional managers, department directors and other
employees who are in the Senior Direction Compensation Band of the Company;
(b) international country heads who are on United States payroll of the
Company and who are identified as eligible by the Committee; and (c)
employees of Brands meeting the requirements set forth on Exhibit C to the
Plan. Any Deferred Income Eligible Employee who makes a Deferred Income
Deferral Election as described in Section 2.2 below and in accordance with
the requirements of Sections 2.3 and 4 below shall become a Participant,
and shall remain a Participant until the entire balance of the
Participant's Account is distributed.
2.2 Deferral Elections. Subject to Sections 2.3 and 4 below:
(a) Any Deferred Income Eligible Employee may make an election (a "Deferred Income Deferral Election") to defer receipt of all or any portion (in 1% increments) of his or her compensation under the McDonald's Target Incentive Plan, any successor annual bonus plan of McDonald's, or any annual bonus plan of a Brand, in which the Deferred Income Eligible Employee participates (collectively, the "Annual Bonus Plan") that is to be paid in a subsequent calendar year. Any Deferred Income Eligible Employee also may make a Deferred Income Deferral Election to defer a percentage (in 1% increments) of his or her base salary for the following calendar year in accordance with the following schedule:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compensation Band (or Category of Deferred Income Eligible Employee) Maximum Deferral Percentage ============================================================================================== Highest paid five officers of McDonald's (ranked by the total of base pay and the target incentive under the Annual Bonus Plan for the current year) 90% Executive Management Band (includes Executive Vice Presidents) 80% Senior Leadership and Leadership Bands (includes all other officers and regional managers) 70% Senior Direction Band (includes Department Directors) 60% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
provided, however, that the Committee may, in its discretion, grant individual requests for higher deferral percentages of base salary; and provided, further, that the Committee may, in its discretion, authorize Deferred Income Eligible Employees to modify their deferral percentages of base salary as may be necessary to reflect organizational, title or compensation band changes. Such modification may only be made with respect to base salary earned and paid after the effective date of the modification. The first elections
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under this Section 2.2(a) shall be permitted with respect to payments under the Annual Bonus Plan and base salary that are payable on or after January 1, 2002.
(b) If applicable, any Deferred Income Eligible Employee may also make a Deferred Income Deferral Election to defer all or a portion (in 1% increments) of his or her Three-Year Incentive award under the McDonald's Corporation 1992 Omnibus Stock Ownership Incentive Plan or the McDonald's Corporation 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Incentive Plan, in either case payable in 2002 or later.
(c) No other forms of compensation, including, but not limited to exit bonuses, severance bonuses or bonuses paid under the Executive Retention Plan during a transition or retention period, may be deferred under the Deferred Income Feature of the Plan.
2.3 Rules for Deferred Income Deferral Elections. Deferred Income Deferral Elections shall be made in accordance with Section 4 below. An individual shall be eligible to make a Deferred Income Deferral Election only if he or she is a Deferred Income Eligible Employee on the Due Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an individual who becomes a Deferred Income Eligible Employee after the Due Date, by reason of being hired or promoted into an eligible position under Section 2.1 above after the Due Date, will be eligible to make a Deferred Income Deferral Election, to defer base salary only, within 60 days after the date he or she becomes a Deferred Income Eligible Employee. Such a Deferred Income Deferral Election shall become effective, and the individual making it shall become a Participant, as soon as administratively feasible after the Deferred Income Deferral Election is made.
3.1 Eligibility for Benefits.
(a) 415 Limits. If an employee of the Company or of any Adopting Subsidiary who
is a participant in the Profit Sharing Plan has the amount of employer
contributions (including Participant Elected Contributions) and forfeitures
that would have been allocated to his accounts under the Profit Sharing
Plan for 2002 or a later calendar year reduced pursuant to the 415 Limits,
the amount of each such reduction shall be credited to the employee's
Account as provided in Section 5.1.
(b) Compensation Limit. If an employee of the Company or of any Adopting Subsidiary who is a participant in the Profit Sharing Plan has the amount of employer contributions (including Participant Elected Contributions) and forfeitures that would have been allocated to his accounts under the Profit Sharing Plan for 2002 or a later calendar year limited as a result of the Compensation Limit, the amount of each such reduction shall be credited to the employee's Account as provided in Section 5.1 below.
(c) Other Limits.
(i) Each employee of the Company or of any Adopting Subsidiary who is a participant in the Profit Sharing Plan as of the first day of 2002 or of a later calendar year (the "Specified Year") whose Specified Compensation exceeds the dollar amount in effect under Code Section 414(q)(1)(B)(i) and the Treasury Regulations thereunder during August of the year immediately preceding the Specified Year (the "Prior Year") shall be entitled to the credits provided for in Section 3.1(c)(ii) below, so long as he or she remains an employee of the Company or such Adopting Subsidiary as of the first day of the Specified Year. For these purposes, the term "Specified Compensation" for a Participant for a Specified Year shall mean the sum of (A) the amount of the Participant's annual base salary at the rate in effect for one of the payroll periods during August of the Prior Year, as specified by the Committee, and (B) the amount of the bonus, if any, payable to the Participant under the Annual Bonus Plan during the Prior Year (in each case, without regard to any elective deferrals thereof under the Plan, the Profit Sharing Plan or otherwise).
(ii) There shall be credited to the Account of each Participant who is eligible for credits under Section 3.1(c)(i) above for a Specified Year an amount equal to (A) the amount, if any, the Participant would have received under the Profit Sharing Plan for that year (including, if the Participant so elects pursuant to Section 3.1(d) below, the amount of any elections of Participant Elected Contributions made by the Participant and any associated Matching Contributions) in the absence of the Other Limits, reduced by (B) the sum of the amounts allocated to the Participant's accounts under the Profit Sharing Plan and to the Participant's Account under Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(b) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participant who does not have an election in effect under Section 3.1(d) below of the Plan for a calendar year shall not be credited with any Participant Elected Contributions or Employer Matching Contributions hereunder for that calendar year.
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(d) Deferral Elections. The following provisions apply to each Participant who is eligible for credits under Section 3.1(c)(i) above for a Specified Year:
(i) Each such Participant may elect, by filing a written election (a
"McCAP Deferral Election" and, together with the Deferred Income
Deferral Elections, the "Deferral Elections") with the Committee
before the beginning of the Specified Year, in accordance with
Section 4 below, to have the Participant Elected Contributions
and Employer Matching Contributions described in Section
3.1(c)(ii) above, if any, credited to his Account.
(ii) If such a Participant has a McCAP Deferral Election in effect for a calendar year, the McCAP Deferral Election and the Participant's elected deferrals under the 401(k) Feature of the Profit Sharing Plan may not be changed during the year. If such a Participant does not have a McCAP Deferral Election in effect for the calendar year, any amounts of Participant Elected Contributions in excess of the Elective Contribution Limit that are elected by the Participant under the 401(k) Feature of the Profit Sharing Plan either shall not be contributed or shall be returned to him or her as provided thereunder and no benefit shall be credited to him or her hereunder with respect to his or her Participant Elected Contributions and Employer Matching Contributions under the Profit Sharing Plan.
3.2 Equalization. Base salary and compensation payable under the Annual Bonus Plan that are deferred under the Deferred Income Feature of the Plan shall be considered compensation for the McCAP Feature of the Plan, including, without limitation, for purposes of elections to contribute a percentage of compensation as Section 401(k) contributions. Three-Year Incentive awards that are deferred under the Deferred Income Feature of the Plan shall not be considered compensation for the McCAP Feature of the Plan.
4.1 Timing for Deferral Elections. All Deferral Elections must be returned to the Committee no later than the date specified by the Committee (the "Due Date"). In no event will the Due Date be later than the end of the year that precedes the year that the amount deferred would otherwise be made available to the Participant making the Deferral Election.
4.2 Tax Withholding and Other Special Rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee determines that it is necessary or appropriate for administrative, legal or other appropriate reasons, the Committee may decide not to apply any Deferral Election in whole or in part. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may decide not to apply a Deferral Election to the extent necessary or appropriate in order to comply with applicable laws regarding tax withholding, after application of Section 6.4 below.
5.1 Accounts.
(a) A bookkeeping account shall be established in each Participant's name (an "Account"). The Account of each individual who is a Participant in both the Deferred Income Feature and the McCAP Feature of the Plan shall be divided into two subaccounts, one representing the amounts credited to the Participant's Account pursuant to Section 2 above of the Plan, and the other representing the amounts credited to the Participant's Account pursuant to Section 3 above, in each case, as adjusted pursuant to Section 5.2 below and as a result of distributions from the Account.
(b) The Participants' Accounts may be further subdivided as the Committee may from time to time determine to be necessary or appropriate, including without limitation to reflect different sources of credits to the Accounts and different deemed investments thereof.
(c) Amounts deferred pursuant to a Deferral Election shall be credited to the applicable Account as of the date the Participant would otherwise have received the deferred amounts in the absence of a Deferral Election. Any Equalization Amounts shall be credited to the applicable Account as soon as administratively feasible after the date when the amount of the corresponding employer contributions to the Profit Sharing Plan is determined. Any amount credited under the McCAP Feature of the Plan shall be credited to the applicable Account as of the date the amount would have been allocated under the Profit Sharing Plan if the Limits had not applied. Adjustments of a Participant's various subaccounts to reflect investment experience and distributions shall in all cases be done on a pro-rata basis, and such subaccounts shall be treated in the same manner for all other purposes of the Plan, except as specifically provided in Section 9.2 below.
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5.2 Investment Elections and Earnings Credits.
(a) Each Participant in the Plan shall be permitted from time to time to make an investment election regarding the manner in which his or her Account shall be deemed invested. Subject to the following, the Committee shall establish and communicate to Participants the investment choices that will be available to Participants and the procedures for making and changing investment elections, as it may from time to time determine to be appropriate. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant's investment election may be split among the available choices in increments of 1%, totaling 100%. The procedures as in effect as of January 1, 2002 are attached as Exhibit D to the Plan.
(b) As of January 1, 2002, the available investment choices under the Plan are:
(i) a rate of return based upon the McDonald's Common Stock Equivalent under the Profit Sharing Plan, after adjustment for expenses under the Plan (the "Supplemental McDonald's Common Stock Return");
(ii) a rate of return based upon the Stable Value Equivalent under the Profit Sharing Plan, after adjustment for expenses under the Plan (the "Supplemental Stable Value Return"); and
(iii) a rate of return based upon the S&P 500 Index Equivalent under the Profit Sharing Plan, after adjustment for expenses under the Plan (the "Supplemental S&P 500 Index Return").
(c) For any period during which a Participant has failed to make an investment election, the Participant's Account shall be credited with the Supplemental Stable Value Return. A Participant's investment election will continue in effect until the Participant files a new investment election.
5.3 Vesting. A Participant shall be fully vested at all times in the balance of his or her Account, except as specifically provided in Section 6.3 below.
6.1 Time and Method of Payment. Payments of a Participant's Account shall be made to a Participant, or the Participant's beneficiary if the Participant is deceased, in accordance with the rules set forth below:
(a) Time of Payment. Each payment under the Plan shall be made in a particular calendar month as provided below. The payments under the Plan that are to be made in a particular calendar month shall in all cases be made as soon as administratively feasible after the first business day of such calendar month.
(b) Default Rule and Participant Elections. Unless the Participant has elected otherwise as provided for below, payment of the Participant's Account shall be made in a single lump sum in April of the year following the year in which the Participant terminates employment. Participants shall be permitted to elect different times to receive payments ("Payment Elections") and forms of payment other than a lump sum ("Installment Elections"), subject to the rules set forth below. Any filing, change or revocation of a Payment Election that occurs after the applicable deadline set forth below shall be void and of no effect. In each case, the most recent such filing, change or revocation by a Participant on or before the applicable deadline shall govern the Participant's entire Account except as expressly provided below.
(c) Termination Distributions. Distributions from a Participant's Account after termination of employment (other than distributions made pursuant to Section 6.1(f) below) are referred to as "Termination Distributions." A Participant may elect to have his or her Termination Distributions paid, or begin to be paid in installments, later than April of the year following the year in which the Participant terminates employment. Such a Payment Election shall be made no later than December 31 of the year in which the Participant terminates employment.
(d) Installment Payments of Termination Distributions. A Participant may make an Installment Election selecting one of the following installment payment methods to apply to his or her Termination Distributions:
(i) Monthly, quarterly or annual installments over a period ending not later than the first April that begins after the 25th anniversary of the date of the Participant's termination of employment, as specified in the Installment Election. Such installment payments shall be made in substantially equal installments over the installment period specified. Each such installment payment shall be computed by dividing the then-balance of the Account by the number of payments remaining in the installment period.
(ii) Monthly, quarterly or annual installments of a dollar amount specified in the Installment Payment Election; provided, however, that in any event, the last such installment must be paid not later than the first April that begins after the 25th anniversary of the date of the Participant's termination of employment.
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(iii) An initial partial lump sum payment with subsequent monthly, quarterly or annual installment payments, which shall be either (A) made over a period of years (as described in Section 6.1(d)(i) above) or (B) of a specified dollar amount (as described in Section 6.1(d)(ii) above), as specified in the Installment Payment Election.
An Installment Election shall be made on or before the December 31 of the calendar year preceding the date when the Participant's Termination Distributions are scheduled to begin, and, once made with respect to a Participant's Account, may not be revoked or changed by the Participant or the Participant's beneficiary, except to the extent permitted under Section 6.3 below.
(e) In-Service Withdrawals. A Participant may elect (an "In-Service Withdrawal Election") to have all or a specified portion of his or her Account paid in a specified month before termination of employment (such payments being called "In-Service Withdrawals"), subject to the following rules:
(i) such an election must be made before the Participant's termination of employment, and once made, shall be irrevocable;
(ii) the month so elected for an In-Service Withdrawal must (A) occur during a calendar year beginning subsequent to the date of the election and (B) begin at least six months after the date of the election; and
(iii) the amount distributed in an In-Service Withdrawal may not
include any amounts credited to the Participant's Account under
Section 2 or Section 3 on or after January 1 of the year
preceding the year in which the In-Service Withdrawal occurs,
nor any earnings on such amounts.
(f) Termination Before In-Service Withdrawal. If the Participant's employment terminates at a time when one or more In-Service Withdrawal Elections are in effect, the In-Service Withdrawals shall continue to be paid in accordance with such elections, except that all In-Service Withdrawals that remain unpaid at the earlier of (i) the beginning of April of the year following the year in which the Participant terminates employment, and (ii) the date when the Participant's Termination Distributions are paid or begin to be paid, shall be treated as Termination Distributions and paid in accordance with Sections 6.1(a) through (d).
(g) Small Balance Rule. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, and notwithstanding any election that the Participant may have made, if the balance in a Participant's Account as of the end of the month during which the Participant's employment terminates is less than $50,000, then such Participant's Account shall be paid in a single lump sum as soon as administratively feasible after the end of such month.
(h) Change in Control. The Committee may (but shall not be required to) establish procedures under which Participants may be permitted to elect to have all or a specified portion of their Accounts paid in a single lump sum upon a Change in Control, as that term is defined in the McDonald's Corporation 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Incentive Plan, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, and notwithstanding any other election that the Participant may have made.
6.2 Form of Payment. All payments shall be made in cash. However, a Participant who has elected a McDonald's Common Stock Equivalent return and who uses amounts that have been deemed so invested and then distributed in cash to purchase shares of McDonald's common stock on the open market in one or more transactions within seven months after the date such amounts were distributed, shall be entitled to receive reimbursement from the Company for all reasonable brokerage fees and other transaction costs incurred by him or her in connection with such purchases, upon presentation to the Committee not later than 60 days after the date of each transaction of satisfactory evidence thereof.
6.3 Hardship Withdrawals and Acceleration of Installment Payments. The Company recognizes that there will be circumstances in which a Participant will need to withdraw amounts from his or her Account more quickly than is permitted for In-Service Withdrawals under Section 6.1(e) above. Therefore, a Participant shall have the right to withdraw in cash any portion of the balance of his or her Account at any time before his or her termination of employment, subject to the Committee's consent and a 10% forfeiture penalty on the amount requested. A Participant who is receiving Termination Distributions in installments may also accelerate payment of any unpaid amount, subject to the Committee's consent and 10% forfeiture penalty on the amount accelerated. Any withdrawals or accelerated payments pursuant to this Section 6.3 (reduced by the 10% forfeiture penalty) shall be paid as soon as administratively feasible after the election to withdraw or accelerate payments is approved by the Committee.
6.4 Withholding of Taxes. The Company shall withhold any applicable Federal, state or local income tax from payments due under the Plan in accordance with such procedures as the Company may establish. Generally, any Social Security taxes, including the Medicare portion of such taxes, shall be withheld from other compensation to the Participant in question, or paid by the Participant in question to the Company, at the time amounts are credited to the Participant's Account. The Company shall also withhold any other employment taxes as necessary to comply with applicable laws.
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6.5 Beneficiary.
(a) A Participant shall have the right to name a beneficiary or beneficiaries who shall receive the balance of a Participant's Account in the event of the Participant's death prior to the payment of his or her entire Account (a "Beneficiary Designation"). A beneficiary may be an individual, a trust or an entity that is tax-exempt under Code Section 501(c)(3). If no beneficiary is named by a Participant or if the Participant survives all of the named beneficiaries, the Participant's Account shall be paid to the Participant's estate. A Participant may change or revoke an existing Beneficiary Designation by filing another Beneficiary Designation with the Committee. The latest Beneficiary Designation received by the Committee shall be controlling.
(b) A beneficiary designated by a Participant or another beneficiary who has not yet received payment of the entire benefit payable to him or her under the Plan shall have the right to name a beneficiary or beneficiaries to receive the balance of such benefit in the event of the beneficiary's death prior to the payment of the entire amount of such benefit, in accordance with Section 6.5(a) above, as if the beneficiary were a Participant (regardless of whether the Participant or such other beneficiary is still alive).
(c) In addition, after the death of a Participant or a beneficiary thereof, any beneficiary designated by the Participant or such deceased beneficiary, as applicable, who has not yet received payment of the entire benefit payable to him or her under the Plan shall be treated for all purposes of Sections 5 through 10 of the Plan in the same manner as the Participant with respect to the Account or portion thereof of which such person is the beneficiary, including, without limitation, for purposes of making investment elections, Payment Elections and Installment Elections.
7.1 Funding. Benefits payable under the Plan to any Participant shall be paid directly by the Company. The Company shall not be required to fund, or otherwise segregate assets to be used for payment of benefits under the Plan. While the Company may, in the discretion of the Committee, make investments (a) in shares of McDonald's Common Stock through open market purchases or (b) in other investments in amounts equal or unequal to amounts payable hereunder, the Company shall not be under any obligation to make such investments and any such investment shall remain an asset of the Company subject to the claims of its general creditors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may maintain one or more trusts (each, a "Trust") to hold assets to be used for payment of benefits under the Plan. Any payments by a Trust of benefits provided to a Participant under the Plan shall be considered payment by the Company and shall discharge the Company of any further liability under the Plan for such payments.
7.2 Account Statements. The Company shall provide Participants with statements of the balances of their Accounts under the Plan at least annually.
7.3 Employment Rights. Establishment of the Plan shall not be construed to give any employee or Participant the right to be retained in the Company's service or that of its subsidiaries and affiliates, or to any benefits not specifically provided by the Plan.
7.4 Interests Not Transferable. Except as to withholding of any tax under the
laws of the United States or any state or locality and the provisions of
Section 6.5 above, no benefit payable at any time under the Plan shall be
subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge,
attachment, or other legal process, or encumbrance of any kind. Any attempt
to alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber any such
benefits, whether currently or thereafter payable, shall be void. No person
shall, in any manner, be liable for or subject to the debts or liabilities
of any person entitled to such benefits. If any person shall attempt to, or
shall alienate, sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber
benefits under the Plan, or if by any reason of the Participant's
bankruptcy or other event happening at any time, such benefits would
devolve upon any other person or would not be enjoyed by the person
entitled thereto under the Plan, then the Company, in its discretion, may
terminate the interest in any such benefits of the person entitled thereto
under the Plan and hold or apply them to or for the benefit of such person
entitled thereto under the Plan or such individual's spouse, children or
other dependents, or any of them, in such manner as the Company may deem
proper.
7.5 Forfeitures and Unclaimed Amounts. Unclaimed amounts shall consist of the amount of the Account of a Participant that cannot be distributed because of the Committee's inability, after a reasonable search, to locate a Participant or the Participant's beneficiary, as applicable, within a period of two years after the Payment Date upon which the payment of benefits become due. Unclaimed amounts shall be forfeited at the end of such two-
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year period. Penalties charged for withdrawals under Section 6.3 shall also be forfeited in the year in which the penalty is charged. These forfeitures will reduce the obligations of the Company under the Plan. After an unclaimed amount has been forfeited, the Participant or beneficiary, as applicable, shall have no further right to the Participant's Account.
7.6 Controlling Law. The law of Illinois, except its law with respect to choice of law, shall be controlling in all matters relating to the Plan to the extent not preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA").
7.7 Action by the Company. Except as otherwise specifically provided in the Plan, any action required of or permitted by the Company under the Plan shall be by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or by action of any member of the Committee or person(s) authorized by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company.
7.8 Section 16. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Compensation Committee may impose such restrictions, rules and regulations on the terms and conditions of participation in the Plan by any Participant who has been deemed by the Board of Directors of the Company to be subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as the Compensation Committee may determine to be necessary or appropriate. Any transaction that would result in liability or potential liability under said Section 16 shall be void ab initio.
8.1 Adoption of Plan. Any entity in which the Company directly or through intervening subsidiaries owns 25% or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock, or, in the case of an unincorporated entity, a 25% or more interest in the capital and profits (a "Subsidiary") may, with the approval of the Compensation Committee and under such terms and conditions as the Compensation Committee may prescribe, adopt the corresponding portions of the Plan by resolution of its board of directors and thereby become an "Adopting Subsidiary," except that the Brands shall automatically be considered Adopting Subsidiaries. The Compensation Committee may amend the Plan as necessary or desirable to reflect the adoption of the Plan by an Adopting Subsidiary, provided, however, that an Adopting Subsidiary shall not have the authority to amend or terminate the Plan under Section 9 below.
8.2 Withdrawal from the Plan by Subsidiary. Any Adopting Subsidiary shall have the right, at any time, upon the approval of and under such conditions as may be provided by the Compensation Committee, to withdraw from the Plan by delivering to the Compensation Committee written notice of its election so to withdraw, upon which it shall be considered a "Withdrawing Subsidiary." Upon receipt of such notice, the Compensation Committee may (but need not) determine that notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan and without regard to any Payment Elections made by the affected Participants, the Company shall pay out the portion of the Accounts of Participants and beneficiaries attributable to credits made while the Participants were employees of such Withdrawing Subsidiary, plus any net earnings, gains and losses on such credits.
8.3 Special Rule for Sales or Other Dispositions of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if an Adopting Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary (thereby becoming a "Disaffiliated Subsidiary") as a result of (a) a sale, spinoff, public offering or other transaction involving the Disaffiliated Subsidiary, or if one or more businesses conducted by an Adopting Subsidiary are sold to another entity (a "Buyer"), any Participant who as a result of such transaction ceases to be employed by the Company or one of its remaining Subsidiaries shall be considered to have experienced a termination of employment for purposes of the Plan, unless the next sentence applies. If in connection with such a transaction, a Participant remains an employee of the Disaffiliated Subsidiary or becomes an employee of the Buyer or one of its subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable, and the Disaffiliated Subsidiary or the Buyer, as applicable, assumes all liabilities to the Participant under this Plan, then the Participant shall not be considered to have experienced a termination of employment for purposes of the Plan, but the Company and its remaining Subsidiaries and affiliates shall have no further obligations to the Participant or any of his or her beneficiaries under the Plan.
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9.1 Amendment and Termination. The Company intends the Plan to be permanent, but reserves the right at any time by action of its Board of Directors of the Company or the Compensation Committee to modify, amend or terminate the Plan; provided, however, that any amendment or termination of the Plan shall not reduce or eliminate any Account accrued through the date of such amendment or termination; and provided, further, that no such amendment made after a Change in Control or in contemplation of a Change in Control may eliminate any of the Participants' choices as to the timing and method of payments of Accounts under Section 6 with respect to amounts credited to Accounts before the date of the Change in Control. The Compensation Committee shall provide notice of amendments adopted by the Compensation Committee to the Board of Directors of the Company on a timely basis.
9.2 ERISA Issues. It is the intention of the Company that the Plan be viewed, for purposes of ERISA, as comprising three distinct plans (each, a "Subplan"), each of which is unfunded within the meaning of ERISA and therefore exempt from the reporting, disclosure and fiduciary rules of ERISA: (a) an "excess benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(36) of ERISA, covering Participants whose Accounts contain only amounts credited pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of the Plan; (b) a plan described in Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA (a "Top Hat Plan") covering Participants not described in the preceding clause (a) but whose Accounts contain only amounts credited under the McCAP Feature of the Plan; and (c) a Top Hat Plan covering Participants whose Accounts contain amounts credited under the Deferred Income Feature of the Plan. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 9, the Company reserves the right to terminate any Subplan, and to pay out the Accounts of Participants under the Subplan in connection with such termination, without regard to any Payment Elections made by such Participants, if it is determined by any competent authority, or by the Company with the advice of counsel, that such Subplan does not qualify as an excess benefit plan or Top Hat Plan.
10.1 Actions of Committees. Any actions by the Committee or the Compensation Committee shall be taken upon the approval of a majority of the members thereof at any in-person or telephonic meeting or in writing.
10.2 Electronic Elections. Anything in the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, the Committee may in its discretion may make disclosure or give information to Participants and beneficiaries and permit Participants or their beneficiaries to make electronic elections in lieu of written disclosure, information or elections provided in the Plan. In making such a determination, the Committee shall consider the availability of electronic disclosure of information and elections to Participants and beneficiaries, the protection of the rights of Participants and their beneficiaries, the appropriateness of the standards for authentication of identity and other security considerations involved in the electronic election system and any guidance issued by any relevant governmental authorities.
Executed in multiple originals this 1st day of October, 2001.
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
By: /s/ Stanley R. Stein --------------------------------------- Name: Stanley R. Stein Title: Executive Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A Index of Defined Terms ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defined Term Section Account 5.1(a) Adopting Subsidiary 8.1 Annual Bonus Plan 2.2(a) Beneficiary Designation 6.5(a) Brands Exhibit C Buyer 8.3 Change in Control 6.1(h) Code 1.2(b) Company 1.1(a) Committee 1.3 Compensation Committee 1.3 Compensation Limit 1.2(b) Deferral Elections 3.1(d)(i) Deferred Income Deferred Election 2.2(a) Deferred Income Eligible Employees 2.1 Deferred Income Feature 1.2(a) DIP 1.1(a) Disaffiliated Subsidiary 8.3 Due Date 4.1 Elective Contribution Limit 1.2(a) ERISA 7.6 415 Limits 1.2(b) In-Service Withdrawal Election 6.1(e) In-Service Withdrawals 6.1(e) Installment Elections 6.1(b) Limits 1.2(b) Merger Document 1.1(a) McDonald's 1.1(a) McCap I 1.1(a) McCap II 1.1(a) McCap Deferral Election 3.1(d)(i) McCap Feature 1.2(a) McEqual 1.1(a) Other Limits 1.2(b) Participants 1.2(a) Payment Elections 6.1(b) Plan 1.1(a) Prior Year 3.1(c)(i) Profit Sharing Plan 1.2(a) Specified Compensation 3.1(c)(i) Specified Year 3.1(c)(i) Subplan 9.2 Subsidiary 8.1 Supplemental McDonald's Common Stock Return 5.2(b)(i) Supplemental S&P 500 Index Return 5.2(b)(iii) Supplemental Stable Value Return 5.2(b)(ii) Termination Distributions 6.1(c) Top Hat Plan 9.2(b) Trust 7.1 Withdrawing Subsidiary 8.2 |
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(a) WHEREAS, McDonald's Corporation (the "Company") has established and maintained the following four non-qualified deferred compensation plans (collectively, the "Plans"): the McDonald's Profit Sharing Program Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McEqual"); the McDonald's 1989 Executive Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McCAP I"); the McDonald's Supplemental Employee Benefit Equalization Plan as amended and restated effective January 1, 1996 ("McCAP II"); and the McDonald's Corporation Deferred Income Plan (the "DIP"); and
(b) WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has approved the merger of McEqual, McCAP I and McCAP II into the DIP, and the amendment and restatement of the DIP under the new name of the McDonald's Corporation Supplemental Profit Sharing and Savings Plan (the "Combined Plan"), all as more fully set forth below;
(c) NOW, THEREFORE, the following actions are hereby approved, effective as of September 1, 2001:
1. The Combined Plan is hereby adopted substantially in the form presented to the Board. Capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Plans or in the Combined Plan, as applicable.
2. Each Participant in any of the Plans whose combined account balances under the Plans equals $5,000 or less as of September 1, 2001 and either (i) has terminated employment before September 1, 2001 or (ii) has 2001 Compensation (as defined below) of not more than $85,000, and each beneficiary of such a Participant, shall be paid the entire balance in all of his or her accounts under the Plans in a single lump sum payment not later than December 31, 2001, and shall have no further rights under the Plans. For these purposes the term "2001 Compensation" shall mean the sum of (A) the amount of the Participant's annual base salary at the rate in effect for one of the payroll periods during August of the Prior Year, as specified by the Committee, and (B) the amount of the bonus, if any, payable to the Participant under the McDonald's Target Incentive Plan during 2001 (in each case without regard to any elective deferrals thereof under the Plans, the Profit Sharing Plan or otherwise).
3. Each Participant in and each beneficiary under McEqual, McCAP I or McCAP II
whose account balances under those Plans are not paid out pursuant to
Section 2 above shall automatically become a Participant in or a
beneficiary under the McCAP Feature of the Combined Plan, as applicable,
and his or her McEqual Account, McCAP I Account and/or McCAP II Account, as
applicable, shall be included in his or her Account under the Combined
Plan.
4. Each Participant in and each beneficiary under the DIP whose Deferral Account under the DIP is not paid out pursuant to Section 2 above shall automatically become a Participant in or a beneficiary under the Deferred Income Feature of the Combined Plan, as applicable, and his or her Deferral Account shall be included in his or her Account under the Combined Plan.
5. Each Participant in any of the Plans whose employment has terminated on or before December 31, 2001, but whose account balances under the Plans are not paid out pursuant to Section 2 above, and each beneficiary of such a Participant, shall be paid the entire balance in his or her Accounts under the Combined Plan in a single lump sum payment in March of 2002, unless he or she has previously elected a later payment date under Section 6.1(c) of the Combined Plan or made an Installment Election under Section 6.1(d) of the Combined Plan, in accordance with the rules set forth in the Combined Plan; provided, that the due date for either such election shall be December 15, 2001.
6. Effective as of January 1, 2002, except as specifically provided in Section 5 above, the provisions of Section 6 of the Combined Plan relating to the time and method of payments of Accounts shall apply to the initial balances of Participants' Accounts under the Combined Plan that are carried over from accounts under the Plans (the "Prior Accounts") as provided in Sections 4 and 5 above (such initial balances, the "Initial Combined Accounts"), superseding all prior elections made under the Plans (including without limitation Delinking Elections under the Prior Plans) and all rules regarding the time and method of payments under the Plans as previously in effect.
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7. The Initial Combined Accounts shall be deemed invested, as of January 1, 2002, based upon how the corresponding account or accounts in the Plans were invested immediately as of December 31, 2001, as follows: (a) the portion of the Initial Combined Accounts that were invested in the Stable Value or Money Market Equivalents shall be deemed invested in the Supplemental Stable Value Return under the Combined Plan; (b) the portion of the Initial Combined Accounts that were invested in the International Stock, Diversified Stock, S&P 500 or Blended Stock and Bond Equivalents shall be deemed invested in the Supplemental S&P 500 Return under the Combined Plan; and (c) the portion of the Initial Combined Accounts that were invested in the McDonald's Common Stock Equivalent shall be deemed invested in the Supplemental McDonald's Common Stock Return under the Combined Plan.
8. Any beneficiary designation that is in effect with respect to a Prior Account as of December 31, 2001 (a "Prior Designation") shall apply as of January 1, 2002 to the corresponding portion of the corresponding Initial Combined Account in which such Prior Account is included, subject to any subsequent beneficiary designations that may be made after January 1, 2002 by the applicable Participant or beneficiary under the terms of the Combined Plan; provided, that the Committee may determine that in any event, all Prior Designations shall cease to be effective as to Accounts under the Combined Plan, upon reasonable advance notice to the individuals who made such Prior Designations.
9. As soon as practicable after the date hereof, The McDonald's Profit Sharing Program Equalization Trust, The McDonald's 1989 Executive Equalization Trust, and The McDonald's Supplemental Employee Benefit Equalization Trust shall be merged into a single trust, subject to the agreement of the trustee of each such trust and the execution of a new trust agreement. Such new trust agreement shall require full funding of the trust in connection with a Change in Control as defined in the Combined Plan.
10. All actions and determinations that are necessary or appropriate to implement the foregoing shall be taken by the Committee, as defined in the Combined Plan, or its delegee.
Executed in multiple originals this 1st day of October, 2001.
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
/s/ Stanley R. Stein ------------------------------------ By: Stanley R. Stein Title: Executive Vice President |
McDonald's Corporation 53
The "Brands" means Chipotle, Boston Market, Donatos and their respective subsidiaries.
The Deferred Income Eligible Employees of the Brands and McDonald's Corporation are as follows:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Maximum Salary Deferral % McDonald's Boston Market Donatos Chipotle ================================================================================================================ 60% Senior Direction Band Officers Vice President Band C - Executives 70% Leadership & Sr. Leadership Team Sr. Vice President, Band B - Officers/ Leadership Bands CFO, CEO, COO Vice Presidents 80% Executive Management N/A N/A Band A - CEO Band 90% 5 Highest Paid Officers N/A N/A N/A of McDonald's ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
[Attached]
Exhibit 10g
McDonald's Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby establishes the Executive Retention Plan (the "Plan") effective as of October 1, 1998 (the "Effective Date"). The Plan was amended and restated on March 20, 2001 and March 20, 2002.
Article 1
Purpose
It is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to assure that the Company has the continued dedication of its key executives in a highly competitive global marketplace. This Plan is established to promote the retention of these key executives and provide the Company with a smooth succession process. This Plan is also intended to provide these key executives with incentives that are designed to focus their energy on contributing to the ultimate success of the Company.
Article 2
Plan Administration
(i) subject to any limitations under this Plan or applicable law, to make and enforce such rules and regulations of this Plan and prescribe the use of such forms as it shall deem necessary for the efficient administration of this Plan;
(ii) to require any person to furnish such information as it may reasonably request as a condition to receiving any benefit under this Plan;
(iii) to decide on questions concerning this Plan and the eligibility of the persons identified as "Tier I Executives" and "Tier II Executives" (collectively, the "Executives") on Appendix A to participate in this Plan, in accordance with the provisions of this Plan;
(iv) to compute or cause to be computed the amount of benefits which shall be payable to any person in accordance with the provisions of this Plan; and
(v) to appoint and remove, as it deems advisable, the Plan Administrator.
omission made by them in good faith nor from any action or omission made in reliance upon (a) the advice or opinion of any accountant, legal counsel, medical adviser or other professional consultant or (b) any resolutions of the Board (or the Committee) certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company. Each member of the Committee and the Plan Administrator shall be indemnified, defended and held harmless by the Company and its respective successors against all claims, liabilities, fines and penalties and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements and other professional costs incurred in enforcing this provision) reasonably incurred by or imposed upon such individual which arise as a result of his or her actions or failure to act in connection with the operation and administration of this Plan, to the extent lawfully allowable and to the extent that such claim, liability, fine, penalty or expense is not paid for by liability insurance purchased by or paid for by the Company or an affiliate thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not indemnify any person for any such amount incurred through any settlement or compromise of any action unless the Company consents in writing to such settlement or compromise, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
When a Claim has been filed properly, it shall be evaluated and the
Claimant shall be notified of the approval or the denial of the Claim within 45
days after the receipt of such Claim unless special circumstances require an
extension of time for processing the Claim. If such an extension is required,
written notice of the extension shall be furnished to the Claimant prior to the
end of the initial 45-day period, which notice shall specify the special
circumstances requiring an extension and the date by which a final decision will
be reached (which date shall not be later than 90 days after the date on which
the Claim was filed). A Claimant shall be given a written notice in which the
Claimant shall be advised as to whether the Claim is granted or denied, in whole
or in part. If a Claim is denied, in whole or in part, the notice shall contain
(a) the specific reasons for the denial, (b) references to pertinent Plan
provisions upon which the denial is based, (c) a description of any additional
material or information necessary to perfect the Claim and an explanation of why
such material or information is necessary, and (d) the Claimant's right to seek
review of the denial.
If a Claimant shall fail to file a request for review in accordance with the procedures herein outlined, such Claimant shall have no right to obtain such a review or to bring an action in any court, and the denial of the Claim shall become final and binding on all persons for all purposes except upon a showing of good cause for such failure.
Article 3
Retention Period
As a condition of receiving the Transition Benefits (as defined in
Section 4.02) and the Continued Employment Benefits (as defined in Section
5.02), an Executive must provide services to the Company as an Executive Officer
(as defined below) throughout the Retention Period. During the Retention Period,
(i) an Executive's employment shall be on an at-will basis and (ii) the
Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company's benefits and
compensation plans, practices, policies and programs as in effect from time to
time.
For purposes of this Plan:
(a) an Executive's "Retention Period" shall mean the period commencing on the Executive's Start Date (as specified on Appendix A) and ending five years thereafter (in the case of Jack Greenberg) or three years thereafter (in the case of all other Executives); and
(b) "Executive Officer" means an executive officer (as defined by Rule 3b-7 (or any successor rule) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as in effect from time to time) of the Company.
Article 4
Transition Period
For purposes of this Plan:
(a) an Executive's "Change-in-Status Date" shall mean the date specified in the Executive's Transition Documents, provided that the Committee may accelerate such date in its sole discretion; and
(b) an Executive's "Years of Service" shall equal the number of consecutive complete 12-month intervals during the period beginning on the earlier of the Executive's historical service date or company service date and ending on the Change-in-Status Date rounded down to the nearest complete 12-month interval (e.g., a period of 10 years, 8 months and 3 days shall equal 10 "years of service").
(b) Annual Bonus. In respect of each calendar year which ends during the Transition Period, the Company shall pay to the Executive an Annual Bonus (as defined below), which bonus shall be payable in a lump sum on April 1st of the year following the year in which it was earned (or such other date, as determined by the Committee in accordance with the Company's Target Incentive Program or any successor plan ("TIP")). In respect of any calendar year in which the Transition Period ends, the Company shall pay to the Executive (in lieu of an Annual Bonus) a Prorated Annual Bonus (as defined below), which Prorated Bonus shall be payable in a lump sum within 60 days after the end of the Transition Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Annual Bonus shall be reduced to the extent that the Executive previously elected to defer or reduce such bonus under the terms of any deferred compensation plan or other employee benefit plan or arrangement maintained or established by the Company. The Executive shall not be entitled to defer any portion of the Prorated Bonus.
For purposes of this Plan,
(i) "Annual Bonus" shall mean an annual bonus pursuant to TIP which is equal to the product of the Annual Base Salary and the Full Target Percentage (as defined below);
(ii) "Full Target Percentage" shall mean the target percentage which the Executive was eligible to receive under TIP on the day immediately
preceding the Change-in-Status Date without any adjustment, but in no event lower than the Executive's highest target percentage in effect at any time between the Effective Date and the Change-in-Status Date, provided that the target percentage shall be reduced to reflect any across-the-board reductions implemented by the Committee prior to the Change-in-Status Date which reductions affect Company officers generally, and
(iii) "Prorated Annual Bonus" shall mean a bonus in an amount equal to the Annual Bonus multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days which have elapsed during such calendar year through the last day of the Transition Period, and the denominator of which is 365.
(c) Three-Year Incentive Plan Awards. During the Transition Period, any outstanding awards under the Company's Three-Year Incentive Plan or any successor plan ("LTIP") will continue to vest and become payable in accordance with the Company's policies as in effect from time to time. Such LTIP awards ("LTIP Awards") shall be computed by reference to 100% of the target percentage the Executive would have received pursuant to the terms of the original LTIP grant without any adjustment. During the Transition Period, the Executive shall not be eligible to participate in any new cycles under LTIP or other long-term incentive plan.
(d) Continued Vesting and Exercisability of Stock Options. During the Transition Period, stock options will continue to vest, expire and otherwise be subject to the express terms of the related stock option plan and the applicable Golden M Certificate (or other applicable award agreement). During the Transition Period, an Executive shall retain the right to exercise any unexercised stock option to the extent vested on the date of exercise, provided, however, that an Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional stock option grants and in no event shall the term of any stock option extend beyond its original term.
(e) Benefit Programs and Policies. During the Transition Period,
all benefit plans, policies, fringe benefits and practices in effect from time
to time shall continue to apply to the Executive in accordance with the terms of
the benefit plans sponsored by the Company and the Company's policies and
procedures established for officers of the Company who are not Executive
Officers, except that: (i) the Executive will not be eligible for any pay
increase, (ii) the Executive will not be eligible to participate in TIP during
any year if the Transition Period ends prior to the end of a calendar year,
(iii) no new stock option grants will be given to the Executive, and (iv) no new
awards will be granted under LTIP. Amounts paid during the Transition Period
shall be treated as "compensation" for purposes of determining any benefits
provided under McDonald's Corporation Profit Sharing Program and the related
non-qualified benefit plans known as McCAP I, McCAP II or McEQUAL, and
McDonald's Corporation Deferred Income Plan and life insurance benefit plans
sponsored by McDonald's Corporation (collectively, the "Benefit Plans") to the
extent permitted by the terms of such Benefit Plans as in effect from time to
time. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to limit the ability of the
Company to amend or terminate any of the plans, programs or arrangements under
which benefits are provided to officers and employees of the Company, and any
such terminations or amendments shall be effective as to the Executives.
Article 5
Continued Employment Period
(b) Target Incentive Awards. During the Continued Employment Period, an Executive shall not be eligible to participate in TIP or any other annual incentive plan of the Company.
(c) LTIP Awards. During the Continued Employment Period, any outstanding awards under LTIP will continue to vest and become payable in accordance with the Company's then current policies notwithstanding the Executive's staff employee status during this period. Such LTIP Awards shall be computed by reference to 100% of the target percentage the Executive would have received pursuant to the terms of the original LTIP grant without any adjustment. During the Continued Employment Period, the Executive shall not be eligible to participate in any new cycles under LTIP or other long-term incentive plan.
(d) Continued Vesting and Exercisability of Stock Options. During the Continued Employment Period, stock options will continue to vest, expire and otherwise be governed by the express terms of the related stock option plan and the applicable Golden M Certificate (or other applicable award agreement). During the Continued Employment Period, an Executive shall retain the right to exercise any unexercised stock option to the extent vested on the date of exercise, provided, however, that an Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional stock option grants and, in no event, shall the term of any stock option extend beyond its original term.
(e) Benefit Programs and Policies. During the Continued Employment Period, all benefit plans, policies, fringe benefits and practices in effect from time to time shall continue to apply to the Executive in accordance with the terms of the benefit plans sponsored by McDonald's and McDonald's policies and procedures established for staff employees of the Company, except that: (i) the Executive will not be eligible for any pay increase, (ii) the Executive will not be eligible to participate in the TIP, (iii) no new stock option grants will be given to the Executive, and (iv) no new awards will be granted under LTIP. Amounts paid during the Continued Employment Period shall be treated as "compensation" for purposes of determining any benefits provided under the Benefit Plans to the extent permitted by the terms of such Benefit Plans as in effect from time to time. Nothing in this Plan shall be construed to limit the ability of the Company to amend or terminate any of the plans, programs or arrangements under which benefits are provided to officers or employees of the Company, and any such terminations or amendments shall be effective as to the Executives.
Article 6
Termination of Employment
of McDonald's rules and policies as in effect from time to time; or (iii) the commission of any act or acts involving dishonesty, fraud, illegality or moral turpitude. For purposes of this provision, no act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered "willful", unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the Executive's action or omission was in the best interests of the Company. Any act, or failure to act, based upon authority given pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board or upon the instructions of the CEO or an officer of the Company senior in rank to the Executive to whom the Executive reports or based upon the advice of counsel for the Company shall be conclusively presumed to be done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in good faith and in the best interests of the Company. The cessation of employment of the Executive shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board at a meeting of the Board called and held upon appropriate notice (after reasonable notice is provided to the Executive and the Executive is given an opportunity, together with counsel, to be heard before the Board), finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Board, the Executive is guilty of the conduct described in this paragraph, and specifying the particulars thereof in detail.
(i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any respect with the Executive's position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities as of the Effective Date, or any other action by the Company which results in a diminution in such position, authority, duties or responsibilities, excluding for this purpose an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action, provided that any change in status, duties and responsibilities resulting from a change in status from Executive Officer to Transition Officer pursuant to the provisions of this Plan shall not constitute Good Reason; or
(ii) the relocation of the Executive's principal place of employment to a location outside the greater Chicago metropolitan area.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Tier I Executive cannot terminate employment for Good Reason (i) if the Executive consented in writing to the occurrence of the event giving rise to the claim of Good Reason or (ii) unless the Executive shall have delivered a written notice to the Committee within 30 days of his having actual knowledge of the occurrence of such event stating that he intends to terminate his employment for Good Reason and specifying the factual basis for such termination, and such event is not cured within 30 days of the receipt of such notice.
Article 7
Obligations of the Company upon Termination
(i) the Company shall pay the following amounts (collectively, the "Termination Payment") to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 60 days after the Date of Termination:
A. the Accrued Obligations (as defined below), and
B. the Severance Benefit (as defined below), and
C. the Welfare Benefit (as defined below); and
(ii) the Executive shall have the right to exercise the following categories of stock options as of his or her Date of Termination and for five years thereafter: (i) all options exercisable as of the Executive's Date of Termination, and (ii) all options that will become exercisable within
five years following the Executive's Date of Termination (collectively, the "Exercisable Options"), provided that in no event shall any option be exercised more than ten years after the date of grant.
For purposes of this Plan:
(a) "Accrued Obligations" shall mean the sum of (1) any unpaid base salary accrued through the Date of Termination unless previously deferred by the Executive pursuant to the terms of an employee benefit plan or arrangement maintained by the Company ("Accrued Salary"), (2) any unpaid annual bonus amounts in respect of any calendar year ended before the Date of Termination (computed by reference to the Target Percentage (as defined below)) ("Earned Bonus"), unless previously deferred by the Executive pursuant to the terms of an employee benefit plan or arrangement maintained by the Company, (3) the product of (x) any annual bonus in respect of any incomplete calendar year (computed by reference to the Target Percentage and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the current fiscal year through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 ("Prorated Bonus"), and (4) any accrued vacation pay, in each case to the extent not previously paid;
(b) "Discount Rate" shall mean the interest rate equal to the Prime Rate as reported in The Wall Street Journal, Midwest Edition, as in effect on the Date of Termination;
(c) "Severance Benefit" means (x) in the case of a termination of employment which occurs prior to the commencement of the Transition Period, a lump sum payment equal to the aggregate of the amounts of the Annual Base Salary, the Annual Bonus and Continued Employment Period Salary which would have been receivable by the Executive if his or her Transition Period commenced on the Date of Termination and he or she had remained employed during the Transition Period and the Continued Employment Period, and (y) in the case of a termination of employment which occurs during the Transition Period or the Continued Employment Period, a lump sum payment equal to the aggregate of the amounts of the Annual Base Salary, the Annual Bonus and Continued Employment Period Salary which otherwise would have been receivable by the Executive if he or she had remained employed during the Transition Period and the Continued Employment Period; with the applicable amount being discounted from its scheduled payment date to the Date of Termination by reference to the Discount Rate,
(d) "Target Percentage" shall mean the target percentage which the Executive was eligible to receive under TIP on the day immediately preceding the Change-in-Status Date (or in the absence of a Change-In
Status Date, the day immediately preceding the Date of Termination) without any adjustment, but in no event lower than the Executive's highest target percentage in effect at any time between the Effective Date and the Change-in-Status Date (or in the absence of a Change-In-Status Date, the Date of Termination), provided that the target percentage shall be reduced to reflect any across-the-board reductions implemented by the Committee prior to the Change-in-Status Date (or in the absence of a Change-In-Status Date, the Date of Termination) which reductions affect Company officers generally; and
(e) "Welfare Benefit" shall mean a lump sum payment (in lieu of continued participation in the Benefit Plans) equal to an amount equal to the Company's estimated cost of providing the Benefit Plans to the Executive throughout the Transition Period and the Continued Employment Period (as reasonably determinable by the Committee in its sole discretion on the Date of Termination).
The term "Other Benefits" as utilized in this Section shall mean benefits equal to the benefits provided by the Company to the estates and beneficiaries of:
(i) other Executive Officers of the Company if the Executive dies during the Retention Period,
(ii) other officers of the Company who are non-Executive Officers if the Executive dies during the Transition Period, or
(iii) other staff employees of the Company if the Executive dies during the Continued Employment Period,
under such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to death benefits, if any, as in effect on the date of the Executive's death.
Executive, other than for payment of Accrued Salary, any Earned Bonus and payment or provision of Other Benefits (as defined in this Section 7.03). Such amounts shall be paid to the Executive in a lump sum in cash within 60 days of the Disability Effective Date unless deferred in accordance with the terms of an employee benefit plan or arrangement maintained by the Company. In the event of Disability, the Executive's unexercised stock options shall remain subject to the applicable provisions of the related stock option plans and applicable Golden M Certificates (or other applicable award agreements).
The term "Other Benefits" as utilized in this Section shall mean disability and other benefits equal to those generally provided by the Company to:
(i) disabled Executive Officers and/or their families if the Executive becomes disabled during the Retention Period,
(ii) disabled officers who are not Executive Officers and/or their families if the Executive becomes disabled during the Transition Period, or
(iii) disabled staff employees and/or their families if the Executive becomes disabled during the Continued Employment Period,
in accordance with such plans, programs, practices and policies relating to disability, if any, as in effect on the Disability Effective Date.
Article 8
Requirement of Effective Releases;
Integration with Other Separation Benefits
(i) in the case of Transition Benefits, a Release with respect to the period ended on the Change-in-Status Date,
(ii) in the case of Continued Employment Benefits, a Release with respect to all periods ended on or before the last day of the Transition Period, and
(iii) in the case of the Termination Payment, a Release with respect to all periods ended on the Date of Termination.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, the Illinois Human Rights Act, or any other state, Federal or local law prohibiting discrimination, and claims based on any other law, regulation, or common law, whether before any Federal, state or local agency, in any court of law or before any other forum.
Article 9
Requirement of Noncompetition Agreement
(a) Confidentiality. Each Executive's Noncompetition Agreement shall provide that:
(i) the Executive acknowledges that it is the policy of McDonald's to maintain as secret and confidential all valuable and unique tangible and intangible information and techniques acquired, developed or used by McDonald's relating to its business, operations, employees and customers, which gives McDonald's a competitive advantage in the businesses in which McDonald's is engaged ("Confidential Information").
(ii) the Executive recognizes that all such Confidential Information is the sole and exclusive property of McDonald's, and that disclosure of Confidential Information would cause significant damage to McDonald's; and
(iii) the Executive shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use, disclose, furnish or make accessible to any person, firm, corporation, partnership or other entity of any kind (collectively, "Person") any Confidential Information obtained during the Executive's employment with McDonald's at any time (including, without limitation, during or after the Retention Period, the Transition Period or the Continued Employment Period) for so long as such information is valuable and unique except (A) with the prior written consent of McDonald's in respect of such disclosure, (B) as required by the duties of the Executive's employment with McDonald's, (C) in connection with the Executive's good-faith enforcement of his or her rights under this Plan, or (D) if the Executive reasonably and in good faith believes that he or she is compelled by law or by a court or governmental agency by a proper proceeding; provided that the Executive, to the extent not prohibited from doing so by applicable law or court order, shall give the Company written notice of the Confidential Information to be so disclosed pursuant to clause (C) or (D) of this sentence as far in advance of its disclosure as is lawful and practicable, shall cooperate (at the Company's sole expense) with the Company in its efforts to protect the information from disclosure, and shall limit his or her disclosure of such Confidential Information to the minimum disclosure required by law or court order unless the Company agrees in writing to a greater level of disclosure.
(b) Noncompetition. Each Executive's Noncompetition Agreement will also provide that the Executive will not, at any time during the period specified in Section 9.02(c), directly or indirectly:
(i) in any capacity, engage or participate in, or become employed by or render advisory or consulting or other services in connection with any Prohibited Business (as defined in Section 9.03), provided that nothing in this Section 9.02(b) shall preclude an Executive from performing services on behalf of an investment banking or commercial banking, auditing or consulting firm so long as he or she is not engaged in rendering services to or soliciting business of a Prohibited Business;
(ii) make any financial investment, whether in the form of equity or debt, or own any interest, directly or indirectly, in any Prohibited Business, provided that nothing in this Section 9.02(b) shall restrict the Executive from owning, of record or beneficially, up to one percent of the outstanding voting securities of any publicly traded corporation; provided
that such investment does not create a conflict of interest between the Executive's duties hereunder and the Executive's interest in such investment;
(iii) employ any employee of McDonald's (with the exception of the Executive's administrative assistant) or any Person who was employed by the Company within 180 days of such hiring; or
(iv) interfere with McDonald's relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from McDonald's any employees (other than the Executive's administrative assistant), customers, vendors or suppliers, franchisees or business partners of the Company.
(c) Restrictive Period. The Noncompetition Agreement shall provide that the covenants described in Section 9.02(b) shall remain in effect (i) at all times during an Executive's Transition Period and Continued Employment Period and (ii) if the Executive's employment is terminated by the Company or by the Executive for any reason or for no reason during the Transition Period or the Continued Employment Period, for two years after the Date of Termination (but in no event after the end of the Continued Employment Period).
(i) in recognition of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and in recognition of the necessity of the limited restrictions imposed by the Noncompetition Agreement, it would be impossible to measure solely in money the damages which the Company would suffer if the Executive were to breach any of his obligations under such Agreement;
(ii) any breach of any such provisions of the Noncompetition Agreement would irreparably injure the Company;
(iii) if the Executive breaches any of the provisions of the Noncompetition Agreement, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled under the Noncompetition Agreement or otherwise, to an injunction issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to restrain any breach or threatened breach, of such provisions, and the Executive waives any right to assert
any claim or defense that the Company has an adequate remedy at law for any such breach.
(b) Effect on Other Benefits. Each Executive's Noncompetition
Agreement shall also provide that, in the event of a breach by such Executive of
the provisions of his or her Noncompetition Agreement excluding for this purpose
an isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action, the Company shall be entitled
to (i) discontinue any and all payments and other benefits to which the
Executive or his or her beneficiaries would otherwise be entitled pursuant to
this Plan, (ii) terminate any and all unexercised stock options then held by the
Executive or by any transferee of the Executive, (iii) require the Executive to
repay to the Company the aggregate amount of cash payments received by the
Executive from the Company pursuant to this Plan during the period commencing on
the Executive's Change-in-Status Date and ending on the date on which the
Company requests such repayment (the "Recovery Period") and (iv) require the
Executive to pay to the Company (A) with respect to stock options that were not
vested as of the Executive's Change-in-Status Date, the aggregate amount of gain
recognized by the Executive during the Recovery Period as the result of the
exercise by the Executive or by any transferee of the Executive of such stock
options, and (B) with respect to stock options that were vested as of the
Executive's Change-in-Status Date, an amount equal to the positive difference,
if any, of (I) the aggregate amount of gain recognized by the Executive during
the Recovery Period as the result of the exercise by the Executive or by any
transferee of the Executive of such stock options ("Exercised Options"), minus
(II) the amount of gain that would have been recognized by the Executive had the
Exercised Options been exercised as of the Executive's Change-in-Status Date.
Article 10
Legal Fees and Other Expenses
If an Executive incurs legal and other fees or other expenses in a good faith effort to obtain benefits under this Plan, regardless of whether the Executive ultimately prevails, the Company shall reimburse the Executive on a monthly basis upon the written request for such fees and expenses to the extent not reimbursed under the Company's officers and directors liability insurance policy, if any. The existence of any controlling case or regulatory law which is directly inconsistent with the position taken by the Executive shall be evidence that the Executive did not act in good faith.
Reimbursement of legal fees and expenses shall be made monthly upon the written submission of a request for reimbursement together with evidence that such fees and expenses are due and payable or were paid by the Executive. If the Company shall have reimbursed the Executive for legal fees and expenses and it is later determined that the Executive was not acting in good faith, all amounts paid on behalf of, or reimbursed to, the Executive shall be promptly refunded to the Company.
Article 11
Amendment and Termination of this Plan
This Plan shall be effective on the Effective Date and shall remain in effect until the later of (i) October 1, 2004, or (ii) a date that is two years after the date on which the Company gives written notice to all Executives of its intention to terminate the Plan. The Company has the right to amend this Plan in whole or in part at any time; provided that no amendment of this Plan shall be effective as to any Executive who is or may reasonably be expected to be materially adversely affected thereby (an "Affected Executive") until the later of (i) October 1, 2004, or (ii) a date that is two years after the date on which the Company gives written notice to all Affected Executives of its intention to adopt such amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Plan termination or amendment shall become effective during the Transition Period or Continued Employment Period as to any Affected Executive. Any purported Plan termination or amendment in violation of this Section 11 shall be void and of no effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Executive may consent in writing to any amendment or termination of this Plan.
Article 12
Miscellaneous Provisions
Appendix A
Jack Greenberg
Jim Cantalupo
Claire Babrowski
Mike Conley
Alan Feldman
Jeff Kindler
Jim Skinner
Stan Stein
Tier I Executives: April 29, 1998
Tier II Executives: October 1, 1998
Exhibit 10(k)
Form of
McDonald's Corporation
Tier I
Change of Control Employment Agreement
(Authorized by the Board of Directors and expected to be entered into between the Company and certain key executives)
McDonald's Corporation
Tier I
Change of Control Employment Agreement
RECITALS
The Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to assure that the Company will have the continued service of Executive. The Company also believes it is imperative to reduce the distraction of Executive that would result from the personal uncertainties caused by a pending or threatened change of control of the Company, to encourage Executive's full attention and dedication to the Company, and to provide Executive with compensation and benefits arrangements upon a change of control which ensure that the expectations of Executive will be satisfied and are competitive with those of similarly-situated corporations. This Agreement is intended to accomplish these objectives.
ARTICLE I.
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
As used in this Agreement, the terms specified below shall have the following meanings:
(a) Executive's conviction of a felony or other crime involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude, excluding Limited Vicarious Liability;
(b) Executive's willful or reckless material misconduct in the performance of Executive's duties;
(c) Executive's willful habitual neglect of material duties; or
(d) Executive's willful or intentional material breach of this Agreement;
provided, however, that for purposes of clauses (b), (c), and (d), Cause shall not include any one or more of the following:
(i) bad judgment or negligence;
(ii) any act or omission believed by Executive in good faith to have been in or not opposed to the interest of the Company (without intent of Executive
to gain, directly or indirectly, a profit to which Executive was not legally entitled);
(iii) any act or omission with respect to which a determination could properly have been made by the Board that Executive met the applicable standard of conduct for indemnification or reimbursement under the Company's by-laws, any applicable indemnification agreement, or applicable law, in each case in effect at the time of such act or omission; or
(iv) any act or omission with respect to which the Company gives Executive a Notice of Consideration more than six (6) months after the earliest date on which any member of the Board, not a party to the act or omission, knew or should have known of such act or omission; and
further provided that, if a breach of this Agreement involved an act, or a failure to act, which was done, or omitted to be done, by Executive in good faith and with a reasonable belief that Executive's act, or failure to act, was in the best interests of the Company or was required by applicable law or administrative regulation, such breach shall not constitute Cause if, within thirty (30) days after Executive is given written notice of such breach that specifically refers to this Section, Executive cures such breach to the fullest extent that it is curable.
(a) the acquisition by any Person of "beneficial ownership"
(within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) of
20% or more of either (A) the then-outstanding shares of Stock
("Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (B) the combined voting power
of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to
vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company
Voting Securities"); provided, however, that, for purposes of this
Section 1.16(a), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a
Change of Control: (1) any acquisition directly from the Company, (2)
any acquisition by the Company, (3) any acquisition by any employee
benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company
or any entity controlled by the Company, or (4) any acquisition by any
entity pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections
1.16(c)(i), (ii) and (iii); or
(b) individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board; or
(c) consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange of consolidation or similar corporate transaction involving the Company and/or any entity controlled by the Company, or a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any entity controlled by the Company (each, a "Business Combination"), in each case, unless, following such Business Combination, (i) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (ii) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 20% or more of, respectfully, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (iii) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement, or of the action of the Board, providing for such Business Combination; or
(d) approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.
(a) relates to one or more of the following:
(i) trade secrets of the Company or any customer or supplier of the Company;
(ii) existing or contemplated products, services, technology, designs, processes, formulae, algorithms, research or product developments of the Company or any customer or supplier of the Company;
(iii) business plans, sales or marketing methods, methods of doing business, customer lists, customer usages and/or requirements, supplier information of the Company or any customer or supplier of the Company; or
(iv) information obtained by the Company from a third party and which the Company is required to preserve as confidential pursuant to a confidentiality agreement, applicable law or court or administrative order;
(b) the Company or any customer or supplier of the Company may reasonably have the right to protect by patent, copyright or by keeping it secret and confidential; or
(c) otherwise offers the Company a competitive advantage in the relevant industry or in any other business in which the Company is engaged.
Confidential Information does not include any information that is or may become publicly known other than through the improper actions of Executive.
(a) any failure to pay Executive's Base Salary or Annual Bonus in violation of Section 2.2 or any failure to increase Executive's Base Salary to the extent, if any, required by such Section;
(b) any failure by the Company to comply with any provision of Article II;
(c) any material adverse change in Executive's position (including offices, titles, reporting requirements or responsibilities), authority, duties or other terms and conditions of Executive's employment;
(d) requiring Executive to be based at any office or location other than the location specified in Section 2.1(a);
(e) any material breach of this Agreement by the Company;
(f) any Termination of Employment by the Company that purports to be for Cause, but is not in full compliance with all of the substantive and procedural requirements of this Agreement (any such purported termination shall be treated as a Termination of Employment without Cause for all purposes of this Agreement);
(g) the failure at any time of a successor to the Company or a Parent Corporation of a successor to the Company explicitly to assume and agree to be bound by this Agreement; or
(h) a Termination of Employment by Executive for any reason or no reason at any time during the 30-day period commencing on the first anniversary of the Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of the events or circumstances
constituting Good Reason described in (a) through (e), above, Executive may
terminate for Good Reason only if the Company fails to cure such events or
circumstances within thirty (30) days after receiving written notice from
Executive of Executive's intent to terminate for Good Reason. No such written
notice or opportunity to cure must be provided by Executive if Executive
terminates for Good Reason as provided in (f) through (h), above, or in the
event that the Company has caused repeated events or circumstances described in
(a) through (e), above, or if the Company's
action(s) and/or omission(s) entitling Executive to terminate for Good Reason were either intentional or willful.
Article IV hereof), as applicable, occurs, an amount equal to the product of Executive's Target Annual Bonus (determined as of the Effective Date or Termination Date, as applicable) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which equals the number of days from and including the first day of such fiscal year through and including the Effective Date or the Termination Date, as applicable, and the denominator of which equals 365.
(a) if Executive's employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Termination Date shall be the date of Executive's death or the Disability Effective Date (as defined in Section 3.1), as applicable; and
(b) if no Notice of Termination is given, the Termination Date shall be the last date on which Executive is employed by the Company.
ARTICLE II.
POST-CHANGE EMPLOYMENT PERIOD
(a) During the Post-Change Employment Period, Executive's position (including offices, titles, reporting requirements and responsibilities), authority and duties shall be at least commensurate in all material respects with the most significant of those held, exercised and assigned at any time during the 90-day period immediately before the Effective Date and Executive's services shall be performed at the location where Executive was employed immediately before the Effective Date or any other location no more than 30 miles from such former location.
(b) During the Post-Change Employment Period (other than any periods of vacation, sick leave or disability to which Executive is entitled), Executive agrees to devote Executive's full attention and time to the business and affairs of the Company and, to the extent necessary to discharge the duties assigned to Executive in accordance with this Agreement, to use Executive's best efforts to perform such duties. During the Post-Change Employment Period, Executive may (i) serve on corporate, civic or charitable boards or committees, (ii) deliver lectures, fulfill speaking engagements or teach at educational institutions, and (iii) manage personal investments, so long as such activities are consistent with the Policies of the Company at the Effective Date and do not significantly interfere with the performance of Executive's duties under this Agreement. To the extent that any such activities have been conducted by Executive immediately prior to the Effective Date and were consistent with the Policies of the Company at the Effective Date, the continued conduct of such activities (or activities similar in nature and scope) after the Effective Date shall not be deemed to interfere with the performance of Executive's duties under this Agreement.
annually and shall be increased at any time and from time to time as shall be substantially consistent with increases in base salary awarded to other peer executives of the Company. Any increase in Base Salary shall not limit or reduce any other obligation of the Company to Executive under this Agreement. After any such increase, the Base Salary shall not be reduced and the term "Base Salary" shall thereafter refer to the increased amount.
ARTICLE III.
TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) During the Post-Change Employment Period, the Company may terminate Executive's employment for Cause solely in accordance with all of the substantive and procedural provisions of this Section.
(b) The Company shall strictly observe each of the following procedures in connection with any Termination of Employment for Cause:
(i) The issue of determining whether Executive's acts or
omissions satisfy the definition of "Cause" as set forth in
Section 1.15 and, if so, whether to terminate Executive's
employment for Cause shall be raised and discussed at a meeting
of the Board.
(iii) Executive shall have the opportunity to appear before the Board at such meeting in person and, at Executive's option, with legal counsel, and to present to the Board a written and/or oral response to the Notice of Consideration.
(iv) Executive's employment may be terminated for Cause only if (x) the acts or omissions specified in the Notice of Consideration did in fact occur and do constitute Cause, (y) the Board makes a specific determination to such effect and to the effect that Executive's employment should be terminated for Cause, and (z) the Company thereafter provides Executive with a Notice of Termination which specifies in specific detail the basis of such Termination of Employment for Cause and which Notice shall be based upon one or more of the acts or omissions set forth in the Notice of Consideration. The Board's determination specified in clause (y) of the preceding sentence shall require the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the members of the Board.
(v) In the event that the issue of whether Executive was properly terminated for Cause becomes a disputed issue in any action or proceeding between
the Company and Executive, the Company shall, notwithstanding the determination referenced in clause (iv) of this Section 3.3(b), have the burden of establishing by clear and convincing evidence that the actions or omissions specified in the Notice of Termination did in fact occur, do constitute Cause, were the basis for Executive's termination and that the Company has, in each and every respect, satisfied the procedural requirements of this Section 3.3(b).
(a) During the Post-Change Employment Period, Executive may terminate his or her employment for Good Reason in accordance with the substantive and procedural provisions of this Section.
(b) In the event Executive determines there is Good Reason to terminate, Executive shall notify the Company of the events constituting such Good Reason by a Notice of Termination. A delay in the delivery of such Notice of Termination or a failure by Executive to include in the Notice of Termination any fact or circumstance which contributes to a showing of Good Reason shall not waive any right of Executive under this Agreement or preclude Executive from asserting such fact or circumstance in enforcing rights under this Agreement; provided, that no act or omission by the Company shall qualify as Good Reason if Executive's Termination of Employment occurs more than 12 months after Executive first obtains actual knowledge of such act or omission.
(c) If the Termination Date occurs during any portion of a Post-Change Employment Period, any reasonable determination by Executive that any of the events specified in the definition of Good Reason in Section 1.33 above, has occurred and constitutes Good Reason shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, unless the Company establishes by clear and convincing evidence that Executive did not have any reasonable basis for such determination.
(d) In the event that the Company conceals any act or omission by the Company that occurs during the Post-Change Employment Period and qualifies as Good Reason, any subsequent Termination of Employment (whether by the Company or by Executive and regardless of the circumstances of such termination) that occurs at any time after such act or omission shall conclusively be deemed to be a Termination of Employment by Executive for Good Reason, notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary.
ARTICLE IV.
COMPANY'S OBLIGATIONS UPON A TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT
(a) The Company shall pay Executive, in addition to all vested rights arising from Executive's employment as specified in Article II, a lump-sum cash amount equal to the sum of the following:
(i) all Accrued Obligations;
(ii) Executive's Pro-Rata Annual Bonus reduced (but not below zero) by the amount of any Annual Bonus paid to Executive, with respect to the Company's fiscal year in which the Termination Date occurs;
(iii) an amount equal to:
(A) the number of years in the Severance Period times the sum of:
(I) Base Salary,
(II) the Target Annual Bonus, and
(III) Employer Defined Contribution Plan Contribution;
each determined as of the Termination Date, provided, however, that any reduction in Executive's Base Salary or Target Annual Bonus that would qualify as Good Reason shall be disregarded for purposes of this clause.
Such lump-sum amount shall be paid no more than thirty (30) days after the later of the Termination Date or the date on which Executive delivers an executed Non-Competition and Release Agreement to the Company.
(b) Until a number of years subsequent to the Termination Date equal to the length of the Severance Period or such later date as any Plan may specify, the Company shall continue to provide to Executive and Executive's family with medical and life insurance benefits which are at least as favorable as the most favorable Plans of the Company applicable to other peer executives and their families as of the Termination Date, but which are in no event less favorable than the most favorable Plans of the Company applicable to other peer executives and their families during the 12-month period imme-
diately before the Effective Date. The cost of such medical and life insurance benefits to Executive shall not exceed the cost of such benefits to Executive immediately before the Termination Date or, if less, the Effective Date. Executive's rights under this Section shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any post-termination continuation coverage or conversion rights Executive may have pursuant to applicable law, including continuation coverage required by Section 4980 of the Code. Notwithstanding any of the above, such medical benefits shall be secondary to any similar medical benefits provided by Executive's subsequent employer.
(c) Until a number of years subsequent to the Termination Date equal to the length of the Severance Period or such later date as any Plan may specify, the Company shall continue to provide Executive with fringe and other benefits which are at least as favorable as the most favorable Plans of the Company applicable to other peer executives as of the Termination Date, but which are in no event less favorable than the most favorable Plans of the Company applicable to other peer executives during the 12-month period immediately before the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Executive who is receiving benefits under the Company's short-term disability plan as of the Termination Date, the Company must provide actual long term disability benefits or a cash amount equal to the amount of benefits that Executive would have received under such benefit plans.
(d) For purposes of determining Executive's eligibility under the Company's Post-Retirement Medical Plan or any other plan or arrangement providing retiree medical benefits, Executive shall be credited with a length of service that includes both the period of Executive's actual service and Executive's Severance Period. Executive shall also be treated for purposes of the Company's Post-Retirement Medical Plan as having already attained the age that Executive will attain upon the conclusion of Executive's Severance Period.
(e) If Executive has a Termination of Employment and has completed at least eight (8) years of service towards his entitlement to paid sabbatical leave under the Company's policies concerning sabbatical leave (and has not yet taken such sabbatical leave), Executive shall receive an additional amount, in a lump sum payment, equal to eight (8) weeks of Executive's Base Salary.
(f) If Executive is a participant in the Executive Retention Plan the Executive will have the right to receive severance benefits under either the Executive Retention Plan or this Agreement. Executive's election to receive benefits under one arrangement will be a waiver of entitlement to benefits under the other.
If Executive has a Termination of Employment that would entitle Executive to benefits under this Section 4.1 but Executive fails to deliver an executed Non-Competition and Release Agreement to the Company (or having delivered an executed Non-Competition and Release Agreement rescinds such agreement during the rescission period set forth in the Non-Competition and Release Agreement), the Company's sole obligation to Executive under Articles II and IV shall be to pay Executive a lump-sum cash amount equal to all Accrued Obligations determined as of the Termination Date.
(a) to pay Executive a lump-sum cash amount equal to all Accrued Obligations determined as of the Termination Date; and
(b) to provide Executive disability and other benefits after the Termination Date that are not less than the most favorable of such benefits then available under Plans of the Company to disabled peer executives of the Company or, if more favorable, those such benefits provided by the Company at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date.
(a) to pay Executive's estate or Beneficiary a lump-sum cash amount equal to all Accrued Obligations; and
(b) to provide Executive's estate or Beneficiary survivor and other benefits that are not less than the most favorable survivor and other benefits then available under Plans of the Company to the estates or the surviving families of peer executives of the Company or, if more favorable, those such benefits provided by the Company at any time during the 12-month period immediately preceding the Effective Date.
ARTICLE V.
CERTAIN ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS BY THE COMPANY
(i) the amount of such Excise Taxes
multiplied by
(ii) the Gross-up Multiple (as defined in Section 5.4).
The Gross-up Payment is intended to compensate the Executive for the Excise Taxes and any federal, state, local or other income or excise taxes or other taxes payable by the Executive with respect to the Gross-up Payment. For all purposes of this Article V, Executive shall be deemed to be subject to the highest effective marginal rate of Taxes.
The Executive or the Company may at any time request the preparation and delivery to the Executive of a Certificate. The Company shall, in addition to complying with Section 5.2, cause all determinations and certifications under the Article to be made as soon as reasonably possible and in adequate time to permit the Executive to prepare and file the Executive's individual tax returns on a timely basis.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement:
(b) If the Executive does not make a request for, and the Company does not deliver to the Executive, a Certificate, the Company shall be deemed to have determined that no Gross-up Payment is due; provided that the absence of such request by Executive or the Certificate by the Company shall not preclude Executive from making such request at any future date.
(a) the sum of (1) such additional Excise Taxes, and (2) any interest, fines, penalties, expenses or other costs incurred by the Executive as a result of having taken a position in accordance with a determination made pursuant to Section 5.1
multiplied by
(b) the Gross-up Multiple.
(a) give the Company any information that it reasonably requests relating to such claim;
(b) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as the Company reasonably requests in writing from time to time, including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Company;
(c) cooperate with the Company in good faith to contest such claim; and
(d) permit the Company to participate in any proceedings relating to such claim;
provided, however, that the Company shall bear and pay directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or income tax, including related interest and penalties, imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs and expenses. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company shall control all proceedings in connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or forego any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may, at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner. The Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in one or more appellate courts, as the Company shall determine; provided, however, that if the Company directs the Executive to pay such claim and sue for a refund, the Company shall advance the amount of such payment to the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify the Executive, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise Tax or Taxes, including related interest or penalties, imposed with respect to such advance; and further provided that any extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of Taxes for the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount. The Company's control of the contest shall be limited to issues with respect to which a Gross-up Payment would be payable. The Executive shall in Executive's discretion be entitled to settle or contest, as the case may be, any other issue raised by the IRS or other taxing authority.
ARTICLE VI.
EXPENSES AND INTEREST
(a) If Executive incurs legal fees or other expenses (including expert witness and accounting fees) on or after the Effective Date, in an effort to enforce this Agreement, or to secure, preserve, establish entitlement to, or obtain benefits under this Agreement (including the fees and other expenses of Executive's legal counsel in connec-
tion with the delivery of an Executive Counsel Opinion), the Company shall, regardless of the outcome of such effort, reimburse Executive on a current basis (in accordance with Section 6.1(b)) for such reasonable fees and expenses, and shall also pay Executive an additional payment such that, after payment of all Taxes and Excise Taxes on such amount, there remains a balance sufficient to pay all such fees and other expenses.
(b) Reimbursement of legal fees and expenses and Gross-up Payments shall be made monthly within ten (10) days after Executive's written submission of a request for reimbursement together with evidence that such fees and expenses were incurred.
(c) If Executive does not prevail (after exhaustion of all available judicial remedies) in respect of a claim by Executive or by the Company hereunder, and the Company establishes before a court of competent jurisdiction, by clear and convincing evidence, that Executive had no reasonable basis for his claim hereunder, or for his response to the Company's claim hereunder, or acted in bad faith, no further reimbursement for legal fees and expenses shall be due to Executive in respect of such claim and Executive shall refund any amounts previously reimbursed hereunder with respect to such claim.
(d) If there is a dispute between the Executive and the Company as to Executive's rights to reimbursement of legal or other fees and expenses under this Agreement or the amount of such reimbursement, any amount of reimbursement requested by Executive and accompanied by legal opinion of nationally recognized executive compensation counsel that such amount should be paid under the Agreement shall be final, binding and controlling on the Company unless and to the extent the Company establishes otherwise by clear and convincing evidence.
ARTICLE VII.
NO SET-OFF OR MITIGATION
following termination. Except as specifically otherwise provided in this Agreement, all amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be paid without reduction regardless of any amounts of salary, compensation or other amounts which may be paid or payable to Executive as the result of Executive's employment by another employer or self-employment.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONFIDENTIALITY
(a) Executive acknowledges that it is the policy of the Company to maintain as secret and confidential all Confidential Information, and that Confidential Information has been and will be developed at substantial cost and effort to the Company. Executive acknowledges that he will have access to Confidential Information with respect to the Company which information is a valuable and unique asset of the Company and that disclosure of such Confidential Information would cause irreparable damage to the Company's business and operations.
(c) Both during Executive's employment by the Company and at any time after the Termination Date, Executive:
(i) shall not, directly or indirectly, divulge, furnish or make accessible to any Person, except:
(A) to the extent Executive reasonably and in good faith believes that such actions are related to, and required by, Executive's performance of his duties under this Agreement; or
(B) as may be compelled by applicable law or administrative regulation; provided that Executive, to the extent not prohibited from doing so by applicable law or administrative regulation, shall give the Company written notice of the information to be so disclosed pursuant to clause (B) of this sentence as far in advance of its disclosure as is practicable, shall cooperate with the Company in its efforts to protect the information from disclosure, and shall limit Executive's disclosure of such information to the minimum disclosure required by law or administrative regulation (unless the Company agrees in writing to a greater level of disclosure);
(ii) shall not use for his own benefit in any manner, any Confidential Information;
(iii) shall not cause any such Confidential Information to become publicly known; and
(iv) shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard such Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, loss and theft.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information represents trade secrets subject to protection under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, or to any comparable protection afforded by other applicable laws.
(a) Executive acknowledges that the covenants contained in Section 8.1 are reasonable in the scope of the activities restricted, and that such covenants are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's legitimate interests in its Confidential Information. Executive further acknowledges such covenants are essential elements of this Agreement and that, but for such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement.
(b) The Company and Executive have each consulted with their respective legal counsel and have been advised concerning the reasonableness and propriety of such covenants.
(a) In recognition of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and in recognition of the necessity of the limited restrictions imposed by Section 8.1, the parties agree that it would be impossible to measure solely in money the damages which the Company would suffer if Executive were to breach any of his obligations under such Sections. Executive acknowledges that any breach of any provision of such Section
would irreparably injure the Company. Accordingly, Executive agrees that if he breaches any of the provisions of such Section, the Company shall be entitled, in addition to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled under this Agreement or otherwise, to an injunction to be issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to restrain any breach, or threatened breach, of such provisions, and Executive hereby waives any right to assert any claim or defense that the Company has an adequate remedy at law for any such breach.
(b) If a court determines that any of the covenants included in this Article VIII is unenforceable in whole or in part, such court shall have the power to modify the provision, as necessary, so as to cause such covenant as so modified to be enforceable.
(c) All of the provisions of this Article VIII shall survive any Termination of Employment without regard to (i) the reasons for such termination, or (ii) the expiration of the Agreement Term.
8.4 If Executive breaches the restrictive covenants contained in this Article VIII, such violation shall be remedied as provided herein, but shall not affect the Company's obligation to pay benefits or otherwise fulfill its obligations under this Agreement except and to the extent that such violation is the basis for Executive's Termination with Cause.
ARTICLE IX.
NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS
Agreement, such termination shall also be treated as a termination without cause for purposes of the Executive Retention Plan, thus permitting Executive to elect to receive severance benefits under either the Executive Retention Plan for a termination without cause or under this Agreement for a termination for Good Reason. If Executive elects to receive such severance benefits under the Executive Retention Plan, the golden parachute Excise Tax gross-up provisions in Article V of this Agreement shall apply to provide gross-up protection to Executive under the Executive Retention Plan.
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS
If to Executive:
at Executive's most recent home address on file
with the Company.
If to the Company:
McDonald's Corporation
One McDonald's Plaza
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Attention: General Counsel
or to such other address as either party shall have furnished to the other in writing. Notice and communications shall be effective when actually received by the addressee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Executive and the Company have executed this Change of Control Employment Agreement as of the date first above written.
EXECUTIVE
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
By: ___________________________
Title: ________________________
ANNEX A
FORM OF
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive have previously entered into a Change-of-Control Supplement and Amendment to Employment Agreement, dated as of _________________, 200_ ("Change of Control Agreement");
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration for receiving benefits and severance under
Section 4.1 of the Change of Control Agreement and in consideration of the
representations, covenants and mutual promises set forth in this Agreement, the
parties agree as follows:
(a) Executive acknowledges that it is the policy of the Company to maintain as secret and confidential all Confidential Information, and that Confidential Information has been and will be developed at substantial cost and effort to the Company. Executive acknowledges that he will have access to Confidential Information with respect to the Company which information is a valuable and unique asset of the Company and that disclosure of such Confidential Information would cause irreparable damage to the Company's business and operations.
(c) Both during Executive's employment by the Company and at any time after the Termination Date, Executive:
(i) shall not, directly or indirectly, divulge, furnish or make accessible to any Person confidential information, except:
(A) to the extent Executive reasonably and in good faith believes that such actions are related to, and required by, Executive's performance of his duties under this Agreement; or
(B) as may be compelled by applicable law or administrative regulation; provided that Executive, to the extent not prohibited from doing so by applicable law or administrative regulation, shall give the Company written notice of the information to be so disclosed pursuant to clause (B) of this sentence as far in advance of its disclosure as is practicable, shall cooperate with the Company in its efforts to protect the information from disclosure, and shall limit Executive's disclosure of such information to the minimum disclosure required by law or administrative regulation (unless the Company agrees in writing to a greater level of disclosure);
(ii) shall not use for his own benefit in any manner, any Confidential Information;
(iii) shall not cause any such Confidential Information to become publicly known; and
(iv) shall take all reasonable steps to safeguard such Confidential Information and to protect it against disclosure, misuse, loss and theft.
(d) For purposes of this Agreement, Confidential Information represents trade secrets subject to protection under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, or to any comparable protection afforded by other applicable laws.
(a) other than in connection with the good-faith performance of his duties as an officer of the Company, encourage any employee of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries to terminate his or her relationship with the Company and/or its Subsidiaries;
(b) solicit the employment or engagement as a consultant or adviser, of any employee of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries (other than by the Company or its Subsidiaries), or cause or encourage any Person to do any of the foregoing;
(c) establish (or take preliminary steps to establish) a business with, or encourage others to establish (or take preliminary steps to establish) a business with, any employee of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries; or
(d) interfere with the relationship of the Company and/or its Subsidiaries with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company and/or its Subsidiaries, any Person who or which at any time (whether before or after Executive's Termination Date) was or is an employee, customer, vendor or supplier of, or maintained a business relationship (whether as a franchisee or otherwise) with, the Company and/or its Subsidiaries.
(i) directly or indirectly, in any capacity, engage or participate in, or become employed by or render advisory or consulting services in connection with any Prohibited Business, provided that nothing in this clause (i) shall preclude Executive from performing services on behalf of an investment banking or commercial banking, auditing or consulting firm so long as he or she is not engaged in rendering services to or soliciting business of a Prohibited Business; or
(ii) make any financial investment, whether in the form of equity or debt, or own any interest, directly or indirectly, in any Prohibited Business, provided that nothing in this clause (ii) shall restrict Executive from making any investment not in excess of 5% of the Common Stock in any company whose stock is listed on a national securities exchange or actively traded in the over-the-counter market if such investment does not give Executive the right or ability to control or influence the policy decisions of any Prohibited Business.
For purposes of this Section "Prohibited Business" shall mean any Person and any branches, offices or operations thereof, which is a direct and material competitor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in any country of the world or in any state of the United States, which is one of the ten (10) or fewer Persons designated as a Prohibited Business on Exhibit 1 to this Agreement at the time this Agreement is executed.
(a) Executive acknowledges that the covenants contained in Sections 4, 5 and 6 are reasonable in the scope of the activities restricted, the geographic area covered by the restrictions, and the duration of the restrictions, and that such covenants are reasonably necessary to protect the Company's legitimate interests in its Confidential Information and in its relationships with its employees, customers and suppliers. Executive further acknowledges such covenants are essential elements of this Agreement and that, but for such covenants, the Company would not have entered into this Agreement.
(b) The Company and Executive have each consulted with their respective legal counsel and have been advised concerning the reasonableness and propriety of such covenants.
(a) In recognition of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information, and in recognition of the necessity of the limited restrictions imposed by Sections 4, 5 and 6, the parties agree that it would be impossible to measure solely in money the damages which the Company would suffer if Executive were to breach any of his obligations under such Sections. Executive acknowledges that any breach of any provision of such Sections would irreparably injure the Company. Accordingly, Executive agrees that if he breaches any of the provisions of such Sections, the Company shall be entitled, in addi-
tion to any other remedies to which the Company may be entitled under this Agreement or otherwise, to an injunction to be issued by a court of competent jurisdiction, to restrain any breach, or threatened breach, of such provisions, and Executive hereby waives any right to assert any claim or defense that the Company has an adequate remedy at law for any such breach.
(b) If a court determines that any of the covenants included in Sections 4, 5 and 6 is unenforceable in whole or in part because of such covenant's duration or geographical or other scope, such court shall have the power to modify the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, so as to cause such covenant as so modified to be enforceable.
(c) All of the provisions of Sections 4, 5 and 6 shall survive any Termination of Employment without regard to (i) the reasons for such termination or (ii) the expiration of the Agreement Term.
9. If Executive breaches the restrictive covenants contained in Sections 4, 5 and 6, such violation shall be remedied as provided herein, but shall not affect the Company's obligation to pay benefits or otherwise fulfill its obligations under this Agreement except and to the extent that such violation is the basis for Executive's Termination with Cause.
(i) Executive received a copy of this Agreement on ____________, 200_.
(ii) Executive has read this Agreement, and understands its legal and binding effect. Executive is acting voluntarily and of Executive's own free will in executing this Agreement.
(iii) Executive has been advised to seek and has had the opportunity to seek legal counsel in connection with this Agreement.
(iv) Executive was given [21/45] days (the "Consideration Period") to consider the terms of this Agreement before signing it.
(v) If Executive does not deliver a signed copy of this Agreement to the Company on or before the last day of the Consideration Period, this Agreement shall be void and Executive will not receive the benefits described in Section 4.1 of the Change of Control Agreement.
Executive understands that, if Executive timely signs this Agreement and delivers it to the Company, Executive may rescind this Agreement at any time within seven (7) days
after signing it by delivering a written notice to the Company. Executive understands that this Agreement will not be effective until after the seven-day rescission period has expired.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the dates specified below.
EXECUTIVE
McDONALD'S CORPORATION
By:____________________________________
Title:_________________________________
DATE: ______________
ANNEX B
FORM OF
EXHIBIT 1 TO NON-COMPETITION AND RELEASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10(l)
The following is a written description of an oral arrangement entered into on March 21, 2002 with a Named Executive Officer.
"Following a thorough annual review of the Company's leadership team and the many initiatives that are in place to grow the business and increase shareholder value, the Board of Directors has asked Jack M. Greenberg to commit to continuing as McDonald's Chief Executive Officer for at least three more years and he agreed to do so."
76 McDonald's Corporation
DOLLARS IN MILLIONS Years ended December 31, 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 ==================================================================================================================================== Earnings available for fixed charges Income before provision for income taxes $ 2,329.7/(1)/ $2,882.3 $2,884.1 $2,307.4/(3)/ $2,407.3 Minority interest expense (income) in operating results of majority-owned subsidiaries, including fixed charges related to redeemable preferred stock, less equity in undistributed operating results of less than 50% owned affiliates (15.4) 16.2 21.9 23.7 28.3 Provision for income taxes of 50% owned affiliates included in consolidated income before provision for income taxes 51.0 93.7 72.8 99.9 69.0 Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* 252.5 207.0 178.5 161.3 145.9 Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and depreciation of capitalized interest* 510.3 470.3 440.1 461.9 424.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 3,128.1 $3,669.5 $3,597.4 $3,054.2 $3,075.3 ==================================================================================================================================== Fixed charges Portion of rent charges (after reduction for rental income from subleased properties) considered to be representative of interest factors* $ 252.5 $ 207.0 $ 178.5 $ 161.3 $ 145.9 Interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs, and fixed charges related to redeemable preferred stock* 492.9 457.9 431.3 453.4 426.1 Capitalized interest* 15.4 16.5 14.7 18.3 23.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 760.8 $ 681.4 $ 624.5 $ 633.0 $ 595.7 ==================================================================================================================================== Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 4.11/(2)/ 5.39 5.76 4.82/(4)/ 5.16 ==================================================================================================================================== |
* Includes amounts of the registrant and its majority-owned subsidiaries, and one-half of the amounts of 50% owned affiliates.
(1) Includes $252.9 million of special items noted in the footnote to the table on page 9.
(2) Excluding the special items in (1) above, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 2001 would have been 4.45.
(3) Includes $161.6 million of Made For You costs and the $160.0 million special charge related to the home office productivity initiative for a total of $321.6 million.
(4) Excluding Made For You costs and the special charge, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the year ended December 31, 1998 would have been 5.33.
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The names of certain subsidiaries have been omitted as follows:
(a) 49 wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, each of which operates one or
more McDonald's restaurants within the United States.
(b) Additional subsidiaries, including some foreign, other than those mentioned
in (a), because considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, they
would not constitute a significant subsidiary.
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We consent to the incorporation by reference in the following Registration Statements of McDonald's Corporation and in the related prospectuses of our report dated January 24, 2002 with respect to the Consolidated financial statements of McDonald's Corporation included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 2001.
------------------------------------- Commission File No. ------------------------------------- Form S-8 Form S-3 ------------------------------------- 33-09267 33-00001 33-24958 33-64873 33-49817 333-25899 33-50701 333-59145 33-58840 333-60170 333-03409 333-82920 333-65033 333-36776 333-36778 333-71656 ------------------------------------- |
ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
March 25, 2002
Exhibit 99
McDONALD'S FIRST QUARTER 2002 UPDATE
OAK BROOK, IL - McDonald's Corporation expects first quarter 2002 earnings per share to be $.29 - $.30 excluding the charges noted below. Jack Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer noted, "Based on expected first quarter results and our outlook for the year, we expect annual earnings per share to be toward the lower end of our previously announced range of $1.47 - $1.54 in constant currencies*, excluding the charges noted below. If foreign currency exchange rates remain where they are today, we expect annual 2002 earnings per share to be negatively impacted by about 2 cents. In the first quarter, we expect the per share currency impact to be neutral to negative one cent."
The Company expects to record a first quarter non-cash charge of approximately $45 million, pre and after tax ($.03 per share), primarily related to the impairment of assets in Latin America and the closing of 32 underperforming restaurants in Turkey, as a result of continued economic weakness. Including this $45 million charge, we expect first quarter earnings per share to be $.26 - $.27, before the cumulative effect of the accounting change described below.
The Company is required to adopt SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," effective January 1, 2002. SFAS 142 indicates that goodwill will no longer be amortized but will be subject to annual impairment tests. In 2001, amortization of goodwill was approximately $30 million after tax ($.02 per share). We expect the elimination of goodwill amortization to benefit 2002 net income by a similar amount. As a result of our initial goodwill impairment tests, we expect a non-cash charge of approximately $100 million after tax ($.08 per share), in the first quarter for the cumulative effect of this accounting change. The impaired goodwill is primarily in Latin America, where economies have weakened significantly over the last several years.
McDonald's Systemwide sales for the first two months of 2002 were $6.2 billion, up 3 percent in constant currencies over the same period last year. We expect sales to improve as the year progresses and expect constant currency sales to increase 6 - 7 percent for the year.
Greenberg also commented, "Our European business is performing well. European sales increased 8 percent for the first two months of the year in constant currencies. We are pleased with the progress in Europe and expect high-single digit increases in this segment's constant currency sales and operating income for the first quarter. For the year, Europe's constant currency sales are expected to increase in high-single digits while their constant currency operating income is expected to increase in high-single to low double-digits (excluding special charges of $45.8 million in 2001).
"In the U.S., sales grew 3 percent for the first two months of 2002. Throughout the U.S., the Company and its owner/operators are focused on delivering QSC superiority, value and great tasting food to customers every day. We believe our U.S. initiatives will drive the business forward, and expect sales to increase in the low-single digits for the quarter, and mid-single digits for the year as we gain momentum. In the first quarter, we expect U.S. operating income to decline in the low to mid-single digits, as a result of about $22 million of payments to owner/operators to facilitate the introduction of a front counter team service system. Excluding these payments, we expect U.S. operating income to increase in the low-single digits for the first quarter. For the year, we expect U.S. operating income to increase in mid-single digits (including the $22 million of payments to owner/operators in 2002 and excluding special charges of $181.0 million in 2001).
"Sales in our Asia/Pacific/Middle East/Africa segment (APMEA) continue to be affected by weak economies in several markets. In addition, concerns about the safety of Japanese beef continue to impact sales, even though McDonald's Japan only uses beef from Australia and New Zealand. APMEA's constant currency sales declined 2 percent for the first two months of the year. In the second half of the year, we expect improvement in this segment as we are hopeful consumer concerns in Japan will ease and we face easier comparisons."
In Latin America, which continues to be affected by weak economies, constant currency sales declined 3 percent for the first two months of the year. Constant currency sales in Canada increased 2 percent quarter-to-date. Partner Brands' sales increased 11 percent quarter-to-date, primarily due to expansion and positive comparable sales.
In conjunction with its first quarter 2002 interim update, McDonald's Corporation will broadcast its conference call with members of management live over the Internet on Friday, March 22, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. Central Time. Interested parties are invited to listen by logging on to http://www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor and clicking "Latest Investor Webcast," which appears below the stock quote.
McDonald's is the world's leading food service retailer with over 30,000 restaurants in 121 countries serving 46 million people each day.
Certain forward-looking statements are included in this release. They use such words as "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "plan" and other similar terminology. These statements reflect management's current expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date of this release. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying our forward-looking statements: the effectiveness of operating initiatives and advertising and promotional efforts, as well as changes in: global and local business and economic conditions; currency exchange and interest rates; food, labor and other operating costs; political or economic instability in local markets; competition; consumer preferences, spending patterns and demographic trends; legislation and governmental regulation; and accounting policies and practices. The foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive.
The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
* Information in constant currencies excludes the effect of foreign currency translation on reported results, except for hyperinflationary economies, such as Russia, whose functional currency is the U.S. Dollar. Constant currency results are calculated by translating the current year results at prior year monthly average exchange rates.
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