McDonald's Investor Calendar Preview

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

  January 16, 2003:  Jim Cantalupo, Chairman and CEO of McDonald's
                     Corporation and other members of senior management
                     will host an investor webcast at 10:30 a.m. Central
                     Time to discuss the Company's key priorities.  To
                     access this webcast, go to www.investor.mcdonalds.com
                     and select "Webcast."  A replay will be available for
                     a limited time.

  January 23, 2003:  McDonald's will release fourth quarter and full
                     year 2002 results and hold an investor webcast at
                     11:00 a.m. Central Time.  To access this webcast, go
                     to www.investor.mcdonalds.com and select "Webcast."
                     A replay will be available for a limited time.

McDonald's is the world's leading food service retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants in about 120 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, Walt Riker,
+1-630-623-7318, both of McDonald's

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