In McDonald's Corporation, 2017 BL 84444 (March 16, 2017), McDonald's Corp. ("McDonald's") asked the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to permit the omission of a shareholder proposal submitted by Marco Consulting Group Trust I ("Shareholder") requesting that McDonald's adopt a plan to issue a new series of preferred stock, entitling franchise owners to elect a franchise director. The SEC issued a no-action letter denying the exclusion of the proposal under Rules 14a-8(i)(7), 14a-8(i)(2), and 14a-8(i)(6). 

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