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      8-K</strong></font></div>
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      REPORT PURSUANT</strong></font></div>
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      SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</strong></font></div>
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      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</strong></font></div>
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      of
      report (Date of earliest event reported): July 24, 2007</font></div>
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      CORPORATION</strong></font></div>
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      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</font></div>
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                or Other Jurisdiction</font></div>
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                Incorporation)</font></div>
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                Employer</font></div>
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      McDonald's Plaza</strong></font></div>
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      Brook, Illinois</strong></font></div>
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      of Principal Executive Offices)</font></div>
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      Code)</font></div>
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      623-3000</strong></font></div>
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      Telephone Number, Including Area Code)</font></div>
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      Applicable</strong></font></div>
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      Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)</font></div>
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      the appropriate box below if the
      Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation
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      the registrant under any of the following provisions: </font></div>
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      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Item
      5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
      Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers.</strong></font></div>
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      July
      24, 2007, Matthew Paull, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer of McDonald's Corporation, notified McDonald's of his intention to
      retire. A copy of McDonald's press release announcing Mr. Paull's retirement
      plans is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.</font><br></font></div>
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            <td><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Press
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            <td><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">McDonald's
              Announces CFO Matthew Paull to
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            <td><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Date:&#160;
              July 24, 2007</font></td>
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Form 8K July 24 2007
UNITED
      STATES
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
      DC 20549
________________________
FORM
      8-K
CURRENT
      REPORT PURSUANT
TO
      SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES
      EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
      of
      report (Date of earliest event reported): July 24, 2007
________________________
McDONALD'S
      CORPORATION
(Exact
      Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
1-5231
36-2361282
(State
                or Other Jurisdiction
of
                Incorporation)
(Commission
File
                Number)
(IRS
                Employer
Identification
                No.)
____________________________
One
      McDonald's Plaza
Oak
      Brook, Illinois
(Address
      of Principal Executive Offices)
60523
(Zip
      Code)
_______________________________
(630)
      623-3000
(Registrant's
      Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
_______________________________
Not
      Applicable
(Former
      Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
      the appropriate box below if the
      Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation
      of
      the registrant under any of the following provisions:
[
      ]
      Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
      230.425)
[
      ]
      Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-12)
[
      ]
      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange
      Act
      (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
[
      ]
      Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange
      Act
      (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item
      5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
      Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
      Officers.
(b)
On
      July
      24, 2007, Matthew Paull, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
      Officer of McDonald's Corporation, notified McDonald's of his intention to
      retire. A copy of McDonald's press release announcing Mr. Paull's retirement
      plans is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.
Item
      9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
Exhibits.
99.1
Press
              Release of McDonald's Corporation issued July 24,
              2007:
McDonald's
              Announces CFO Matthew Paull to
              Retire
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
      to the requirements of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
      to
      be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
McDONALD'S
              CORPORATION
(Registrant)
Date: 
              July 24, 2007
By:
/s/
              Denise A. Horne
Denise
              A. Horne
Corporate
                Vice President -
Associate
                General Counsel and Assistant
                Secretary
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Exhibit
      Index
Exhibit
              No. 99.1
Press
                Release of McDonald's Corporation issued July 24, 2007:
McDonald's
                Announces CFO Matthew Paull to Retire
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