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McDonald's Investor Calendar Preview

PRNewswire-FirstCall
OAK BROOK, Ill.
Oct 15, 2002

Today, McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD) announced the following investor activities:

  October 22:   McDonald's will release third quarter 2002 earnings and host
                an investor webcast at 10:30 a.m. Central Time. To access
                this webcast, go to www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor
                and click on "Webcast."  A replay will be available for a
                limited time.

  November 11:  McDonald's will present at the Morgan Stanley Investor
                Conference in New York, NY.  This presentation will be
                webcast live and available for replay for a limited time.
                This webcast's start time and a link to it will be posted
                on www.mcdonalds.com/corporate/investor by November 6.

McDonald's is the world's leading food service retailer with more than 30,000 local restaurants in 121 countries serving 46 million customers each day.

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SOURCE: McDonald's Corporation

CONTACT: Investors, Mary Healy, +1-630-623-6429, or Media, Anna
Rozenich, +1-630-623-7316, both of McDonald's Corporation

Web site: http://www.mcdonalds.com/