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Amended and Restated 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Plan

 Exhibit (10)(h) 
 McDONALD’S CORPORATION 
 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 OMNIBUS STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN 
 Approved by shareholders May 20, 2004 
  
  
 THE PLAN 
 McDonald’s Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), established the McDonald’s Corporation 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Plan (as in effect
from time to time through February 11, 2009, the “Plan”), and the Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the May 17, 2001 Annual Meeting. The Plan as originally so established became effective as of May 17,
2001 and permitted the grant of stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, performance units, stock bonuses and other stock-based awards. 
 The Plan was amended and restated effective as of March 18, 2004 and, as so amended and restated, was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the May 20, 2004 Annual Meeting. The Plan as so amended permits the grant of
stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights, stock bonuses, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards. The Plan is amended as of July 1, 2008 and, as so amended, incorporates updates to conform to applicable tax
regulations and administrative modifications. 
 This Plan as amended through July 1, 2008 applies to all Awards (as hereinafter defined) granted on or
after July 1, 2008 and to all Awards outstanding as of July 1, 2008, subject in each case to variations as required to comply with local laws and regulations applicable outside the United States; provided, however, that the requirement to
execute and deliver a release of claims as set forth in Sections 12(d)(2) and 12(f) of the Plan applies only to Awards granted on or after February 13, 2008. 
  

	1.	Purpose 

 The purpose of this Plan is to advance the interest of the
Company by encouraging and enabling the acquisition of a larger personal financial interest in the Company by those employees and non-employee directors and senior directors upon whose judgment and efforts the Company is largely dependent for the
successful conduct of its operations. It is anticipated that the acquisition of such financial interest and Stock ownership will stimulate the efforts of such employees and directors on behalf of the Company, strengthen their desire to continue in
the service of the Company, and encourage shareholder and entrepreneurial perspectives through Stock ownership. It is also anticipated that the opportunity to obtain such financial interest and Stock ownership will prove attractive to promising new
employees and will assist the Company in attracting such employees. 
  

	2.	Definitions 

 As used in this Plan, the terms set forth below shall
have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): 
 (a)          “Affiliate Service” of a Grantee who is an employee of the Company means the Grantee’s Company Service plus the Grantee’s aggregate number of years of
employment with any Subsidiary during the period before it became a Subsidiary, unless the Committee determines otherwise in connection with an entity’s becoming a Subsidiary. 
 (b)          “Award” means any stock options, shares of restricted stock, stock
appreciation rights, stock bonuses, dividend equivalents and other stock-based awards granted under this Plan. In addition, for purposes of Section 3(d) only, “Award” means any award granted under any Prior Plan. 
 (c)          “Award Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4(c)(iv).

 (d)          “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 (e)          “Business Combination” has the meaning specified in
Section 2(g)(iii). 
 (f)          “Business Day” means any day on
which the principal securities exchange on which the shares of the Company’s common stock are then listed or admitted to trading is open. 
 (g)          “Cause” means (i) in the case of a Grantee who is an employee of the Company or a Subsidiary, the Grantee’s commission of any act or acts involving
dishonesty, fraud, illegality or moral turpitude, and (ii) in the case of a Grantee who is a non-employee director or senior director of the Company, cause pursuant to Article Thirteenth (c) of the Company’s Restated Certificate of
Incorporation. 

 (h)          “Change in Control” means
the happening of any of the following events: 
 (i)        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 2(g)(i), the
following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in 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 2(g)(iii)(A), (B) and (C); or 
 (ii)        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

 (iii)        consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or 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, (A) 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, (B) 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, respectively, 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 (C) 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 
 (iv)        approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 (i)          “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a particular section of, or rule under, the Code shall include references to successor provisions. 
 (j)          “Committee” has the meaning specified in Section 4(a). 
 (k)          “Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph. 
 (l)          “Company Service” of a Grantee who is an employee of the Company or a
Subsidiary means the Grantee’s aggregate number of years of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries during periods when those entities were Subsidiaries. 
 (m)          “Disability” as it regards employees, shall mean (a) a mental or physical condition for which the employee is receiving or is
eligible to receive benefits under the McDonald’s Corporation Long-Term Disability Plan or other long-term disability plan maintained by the employee’s employer or (b) a mental or physical condition which, with or without reasonable
accommodations, renders an employee permanently unable or incompetent to carry out the job responsibilities he held or tasks to which he was assigned at the time the condition was incurred, with such determination to be made by the Committee on the
basis of such medical and other competent evidence as the Committee in its sole discretion shall deem relevant. 
  

 “Disability” as it regards non-employee directors and senior directors means a physical or
mental condition that prevents the director from performing his or her duties as a member of the Board or a senior director, as applicable, and that is expected to be permanent or for an indefinite duration exceeding one year. 
 (n)          “Disaffiliation” of a Subsidiary means the Subsidiary’s ceasing to
be a Subsidiary for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary). 
 (o)          “Dividend equivalent” means an Award made pursuant to Section 6(g). 
 (p)          “Effective Date” means March 18, 2004. 
 (q)          “Fair Market Value” of any security of the Company means, as of any
applicable date, the closing price of the security at the close of normal trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange, or, if no such sale of the security shall have occurred on such date, on the next preceding date on which there was such a sale.

 (r)          “Foreign Equity Incentive Plan” has the meaning specified
in Section 14. 
 (s)          “Grant Date” has the meaning specified in
Section 6(a)(i). 
 (t)          “Grantee” means an individual who
has been granted an Award. 
 (u)          “Immediate Family” means a
Grantee’s spouse, children, grandchildren, stepchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, siblings, nieces, nephews and in-laws. 
 (v)          “including” or “includes” means “including, without limitation,” or “includes, without limitation.” 
 (w)          “Incumbent Board” has the meaning specified in Section 2(g)(ii).

 (x)          “Minimum Consideration” means $.01 per share or such
larger amount determined pursuant to resolution of the Board to be “capital” (within the meaning of Section 154 of the Delaware General Corporation Law). 
 (y)          “Minimum Vesting Requirement” means a requirement that (A) in the case of Awards to which the Minimum Vesting Requirement applies
covering up to an aggregate of 2.5 million shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 22), that such Awards become nonforfeitable not sooner than the first anniversary of the Grant Date; and (B) in the case of all other
Awards to which the Minimum Vesting Requirement applies, that such Awards become nonforfeitable not more rapidly than in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the Grant Date; in either case, subject to Sections 12, 13
and 21. 
 (z)          “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a particular section of, or rule under, the 1934 Act shall include references to successor provisions. 
 (aa)          “non-employee director” means a member of the Board who is not an
employee of the Company. 
 (bb)          “Option Price” means the
per-share purchase price of Stock subject to a stock option. 
 (cc)          “other stock-based award” means an Award made pursuant to Section 6(h). 
 (dd)          “Outstanding Company Common Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 2(g)(i). 
 (ee)          “Outstanding Company Voting Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section 2(g)(i). 
 (ff)          “Performance Percentage” has the
meaning specified in Section 6(f)(i)(C). 
 (gg)          “Permissible
Transferee” has the meaning specified in Section 8. 
 (hh)          “Person” means any “individual,” “entity” or “group,” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of
the 1934 Act. 

 (ii)          “Policy Violation” means
termination resulting from the commission of any act or acts which violate the Standards of Business Conduct. 
 (jj)          “Prior Plan” means the McDonald’s Corporation 1992 Stock Ownership Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, and the McDonald’s Corporation 1975 Stock
Ownership Option Plan, as amended and restated. 
 (kk)          “Qualified
Performance-Based Award” means any Award that is intended to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, as provided in Section 23. 
 (ll)          “Qualified Performance Goal” means a performance goal established by the Committee in connection with the grant of a Qualified
Performance-Based Award, which (i) is based on the attainment of specified levels of one or more Specified Performance Goals, and (ii) is set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by Section 162(m) of the Code; provided,
that in the case of a stock option or stock appreciation right, the Qualified Performance Goal shall be considered to have been established without special action by the Committee, by virtue of the fact that the Stock subject to such Award must
increase in value over its Fair Market Value on the Grant Date (or over a higher value) in order for the Grantee to realize any compensation from exercising the stock option or stock appreciation right. 
 (mm)        “Retirement” as it regards employees means a Termination of Employment any time
after attaining either (i) age 60 with at least 20 years of Affiliate Service, or (ii) combined age and years of Affiliate Service equal to or greater than 70, other than a Termination of Employment for Cause (including a Termination of
Employment for Cause as a result of a Policy Violation). 
 “Retirement” as it regards non-employee directors and senior
directors means Termination of Directorship with at least 10 years of service as a member of the Board and/or a senior director or after age 70. 
 (nn)          “Section 16 Grantee” means an individual subject to potential liability under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act with respect to transactions involving
equity securities of the Company. 
 (oo)          “Section 162(m) Exemption”
means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. 
 (pp)          “Service-Vesting Award” means an Award, the vesting of which is contingent solely on the continued service of the Grantee as an employee
of the Company and its Subsidiaries or as a non-employee director or a senior director of the Company. 
 (qq)          “Special Circumstances” for a Termination of Employment of a Grantee means (i) the Grantee’s employment was terminated by the Company or a Subsidiary
without Cause, or (ii) the Grantee becomes an owner-operator of a McDonald’s restaurant in connection with the Termination of Employment. 
 (rr)          “Specified Performance Goal” means any of the following measures as applied to the Company as a whole or to any Subsidiary, division or other unit of the
Company: revenue; operating income; net income; basic or diluted earnings per share; return on revenue; return on assets; return on equity; return on total capital; or total shareholder return. 
 (ss)          “Standards of Business Conduct” means the Standards of Business Conduct
of the Company or a Subsidiary or any successor thereto (including underlying polices or policies specifically referenced therein), as the same is effect and applicable to the Grantee at of the time of the Grantee’s violation. 
 (tt)          “Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share.

 (uu)        “Subsidiary” means 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. 
 (vv)        “Tendered Restricted Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 9(a).

 (ww)        “Termination of Directorship” means the first date upon which a
non-employee director or a senior director is neither a member of the Board nor a senior director. 
 (xx)        “Termination of Employment” of a Grantee means the termination of the Grantee’s employment with the Company and the Subsidiaries. A Grantee employed by a Subsidiary
also shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if there occurs a Disaffiliation of that Subsidiary, unless either (i) the Grantee is, immediately after the Disaffiliation, an employee of the Company or one of the remaining
Subsidiaries, or (ii) in connection with the Disaffiliation, the Awards held by the Grantee are assumed, or replaced with new awards, by the former Subsidiary or an entity that controls the former Subsidiary following the Disaffiliation.

 (yy)          “Unit Value” has the
meaning specified in Section 9(c)(iii). 
  

	3.	    Scope of this Plan 

 (a)          The total number of shares of Stock delivered to Grantees pursuant to this Plan shall not exceed 116.5 million, subject to the other provisions of this Section 3 and
to adjustment as provided in Section 22. Such shares may be treasury shares or newly-issued shares or both, as may be determined from time to time by the Board or by the Committee appointed pursuant to Section 4. 
 (b)          Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 22, the maximum number of shares of
Stock for which stock options and stock appreciation rights may be granted to any Grantee in any one-year period shall be 2 million, and the maximum number of shares of Stock that may be granted to any Grantee in any one-year period in the form
of restricted stock, dividend equivalents (other than dividend equivalents that are part of another Award), and other stock-based awards, in each case that are Qualified Performance-based Awards, shall be 500,000 (provided, that in the case of
dividend equivalents, the number of shares taken into account for this purpose shall be the number of shares with respect to which the dividend equivalents are calculated). Subject to the other provisions of this Section 3 and subject to
adjustment as provided in Section 22, not more than 500,000 bonus shares of Stock may be granted under this Plan. 
 (c)          If and to the extent an Award granted under this Plan shall, after the Effective Date, expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, or shall be
forfeited or settled for cash, the shares of Stock (including restricted stock) associated with the expired, terminated or forfeited portion of such Award shall become available for other Awards. In no event shall the number of shares of Stock
considered to be delivered pursuant to the exercise of a stock appreciation right include the shares that represent the grant or exercise price thereof, which shares are not delivered to the Grantee upon exercise. 
 (d)          If and to the extent an Award granted under a Prior Plan shall, after the Effective Date,
expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, or shall be forfeited or settled for cash, the shares of Stock (including restricted stock) associated with the expired, terminated or forfeited portion of such Award shall
become available for Awards under this Plan. If, after the Effective Date, a Grantee uses shares of Stock owned by the Grantee (by either actual delivery or by attestation) to pay the Option Price of any stock option granted under this Plan or a
Prior Plan or to satisfy any tax-withholding obligation with respect to an Award granted under this Plan or a Prior Plan, the number of shares of Stock delivered or attested to shall be added to the number of shares of Stock available for delivery
under this Plan. To the extent any shares of Stock subject to a stock option granted under this Plan are withheld, after the Effective Date, to satisfy the Option Price of that stock option, or any shares of Stock subject to an Award granted under
this Plan are withheld to satisfy any tax-withholding obligation, such shares shall not be deemed to have been delivered for purposes of determining the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery under this Plan. To the extent any
shares of Stock subject to an Award granted under a Prior Plan are withheld, after the Effective Date, to satisfy any tax-withholding obligation, such shares shall be added to the maximum number of shares of Stock available for delivery under this
Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no shares of Stock that become available for Awards granted under this Plan pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(d) shall be available for grants of incentive stock options pursuant to
Section 6(c). 
  

	4.	    Administration 

 (a)          Subject to Section 4(b), this Plan shall be administered by a committee appointed by the Board (the “Committee”). All members of the Committee shall be
“outside directors” (as defined or interpreted for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption). The composition of the Committee also shall be subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate to permit transactions in Stock
pursuant to this Plan to be exempt from liability under Rule 16b-3 under the 1934 Act and to satisfy the “independence” requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Stock is listed. 
 (b)          The Board may, in its discretion, reserve to itself any or all of the authority and
responsibility of the Committee. To the extent that the Board has reserved to itself the authority and responsibility of the Committee, all references to the Committee in this Plan shall be deemed to refer to the Board. 
 (c)          The Committee shall have full and final authority, in its discretion, but subject to the
express provisions of this Plan (including without limitation Section 23(e)), as follows: 
 (i)          to grant Awards, 

 (ii)          to determine (A) when Awards may be
granted, and (B) whether or not specific Awards shall be identified with other specific Awards, and, if so, whether they shall be exercisable cumulatively with or alternatively to such other specific Awards, 
 (iii)          to interpret this Plan and to make all determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of this Plan, 
 (iv)          to determine all terms and provisions of all
Awards, including without limitation any restrictions or conditions (including specifying such performance criteria as the Committee deems appropriate, and imposing restrictions with respect to Stock acquired upon exercise of a stock option, which
restrictions may continue beyond the Grantee’s Termination of Employment or Termination of Directorship, as applicable), which shall be set forth in a written agreement for each Award (the “Award Agreements”), which need not be
identical, and, with the consent of the Grantee, to modify any such Award Agreement at any time, 
 (v)          to adopt or to authorize foreign Subsidiaries to adopt Foreign Equity Incentive Plans as provided in Section 14, 
 (vi)          to delegate any or all of its duties and responsibilities under this Plan to any
individual or group of individuals it deems appropriate, except its duties and responsibilities with respect to Section 16 Grantees and with respect to Qualified Performance-Based Awards, and (A) the acts of such delegates shall be treated
hereunder as acts of the Committee and (B) such delegates shall report to the Committee regarding the delegated duties and responsibilities, 
 (vii)          to accelerate the exercisability of, and to accelerate or waive any or all of the restrictions and conditions applicable to, any Award or any group of Awards, other than the
Minimum Vesting Requirement, for any reason, solely to the extent that any such acceleration or waiver would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code, 
 (viii)          subject to Section 6(a)(ii), to extend the time during which any Award or group
of Awards may be exercised or earned, solely to the extent that any such extension would not cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code, 
 (ix)          to make such adjustments or modifications to Awards to Grantees working outside the United States as are necessary and advisable to fulfill the purposes
of this Plan, 
 (x)          to impose such additional conditions, restrictions and
limitations upon the grant, exercise or retention of Awards as the Committee may, before or concurrently with the grant thereof, deem appropriate, including requiring simultaneous exercise of related identified Awards and limiting the percentage of
Awards that may from time to time be exercised by a Grantee, and 
 (xi)          to
prescribe rules and regulations concerning the transferability of any Awards, and to make such adjustments or modifications to Awards transferable pursuant to Section 8 as are necessary and advisable to fulfill the purposes of this Plan.

 (d)          The determination of the Committee on all matters relating to this Plan or
any Award Agreement shall be made in its sole discretion, and shall be conclusive and final. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award. 
  

	5.	    Eligibility 

 Awards may be granted to any
employee (including any officer) of the Company or any of its domestic Subsidiaries, any employee, officer or director of any of the Company’s foreign Subsidiaries (provided, that in the case of an employee, officer or director of a domestic or
foreign Subsidiary in which the Company owns less than 50% of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock, Awards may be granted only where there is a sufficient nexus between such employee, officer or director and the Company
so that the grant serves a genuine business purpose of the Company) and to any non-employee director or senior director of the Company. In selecting the individuals to whom Awards may be granted, as well as in determining the number of shares of
Stock subject to, and the other terms and conditions applicable to, each Award, the Committee shall take into consideration such factors as it deems relevant in promoting the purposes of this Plan. 
  

	6.	    Conditions to Grants 

 (a)          General conditions. 
 (i)          The “Grant Date” of an Award shall be the date on which the Committee grants the Award or such later date as specified in advance by the Committee. 

 (ii)          The term of each Award shall be a period
of 10 years from the Grant Date; provided, that the Committee may determine not later than the Grant Date that the term of an Award will be a different period, not longer than 15 years from the Grant Date; and provided, further, that in any
event the term of each Award shall be subject to earlier termination as herein provided. 
 (iii)          A Grantee may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional Awards in any combination. 
 (b)          Grant of Stock Options and Option Price. A stock option represents the right to purchase a share of Stock at a predetermined Option Price. No later
than the Grant Date of any stock option, the Committee shall establish the Option Price of such stock option. The per-share Option Price of a stock option shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of a share of the Stock on the Grant
Date. Such Option Price shall be subject to adjustment as provided in Section 22. The applicable Award Agreement may provide that the stock option shall be exercisable for restricted stock. 
 (c)          Grant of Incentive Stock Options. At the time of the grant of any stock option, the
Committee may designate such stock option as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code. Any stock option not so designated shall not be an incentive stock option, even if it otherwise meets the requirements of
Section 422 of the Code. Any stock option so designated that nevertheless fails (either at the time of grant or at any time thereafter as a result of accelerated vesting or otherwise) to meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, in
whole or in part, shall be treated as a stock option that is not an incentive stock option to the extent of such failure. The terms of any incentive stock option shall require the Grantee to notify the Committee or its designee of any
“disqualifying disposition” (as defined in Section 421(b) of the Code) of any Stock issued pursuant to the exercise of the incentive stock option within 10 days after such disposition. 
 (d)          Grant of Shares of Restricted Stock. 
 (i)            Shares of restricted stock are shares of Stock that are awarded to a Grantee
and that, during a restricted period, may be forfeitable to the Company upon such conditions as may be set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Restricted stock may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered during the
restricted period. 
 (ii)            The Committee shall, in its discretion,
determine the amount, if any, that a Grantee shall pay for shares of restricted stock, subject to the following sentence. Except with respect to shares of restricted stock that are treasury shares, for which no payment need be required, the
Committee shall require the Grantee to pay at least the Minimum Consideration for each share of restricted stock granted to such Grantee. Such payment shall be made in full by the Grantee before the delivery of the shares and in any event no later
than 10 days after the Grant Date for such shares. 
 (iii)            The
Committee may, but need not, provide that all or any portion of a Grantee’s Award of restricted stock, or restricted stock acquired upon exercise of a stock option, shall be forfeited: 
 (A)        except as otherwise specified in the Award Agreement, upon the Grantee’s Termination of
Employment as provided in Section 12, or 
 (B)        if the Company or the Grantee does not
achieve specified performance goals (if any) within a specified time period after the Grant Date and before the Grantee’s Termination of Employment, or 
 (C)        upon failure to satisfy such other conditions as the Committee may specify in the applicable Award Agreement; provided, that each such Award that is a Service-Vesting
Award shall be subject to the Minimum Vesting Requirement. 
 (iv)            If
a share of restricted stock is forfeited, then, if the Grantee was required to pay for such share or acquired such share upon the exercise of a stock option: (A) the Grantee shall be deemed to have resold such share to the Company at the lesser
of (1) the amount paid or, if the restricted stock was acquired on exercise of a stock option, the Option Price paid by the Grantee for such share, or (2) the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of such forfeiture;
(B) the Company shall pay to the Grantee the amount determined under clause (A) of this sentence as soon as is administratively practical; and (C) such share shall cease to be outstanding, and shall no longer confer on the Grantee
thereof any rights as a stockholder of the Company, from and after the later of the date the event causing the forfeiture occurred or the date of the Company’s tender of the payment specified in clause (B) of this sentence, whether or not
such tender is accepted by the Grantee. 
 (v)            The Committee may
provide that any share of restricted stock shall be held (together with a stock power executed in blank by the Grantee) in escrow by the Secretary of the Company until such share becomes nonforfeitable or is forfeited. Any share of restricted stock
shall bear an appropriate legend specifying that such share is non-transferable and subject to the restrictions set forth in this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. If any share of restricted stock becomes nonforfeitable, the Company shall
cause the certificate for such share to be issued or reissued without such legend. 

 (e)          Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights.
A stock appreciation right represents the right to receive a payment, in cash, shares of Stock or both (as determined by the Committee) equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value, on the date such Fair Market Value is determined, of a
specified number of shares of Stock, over the Award’s grant or exercise price, if any. When granted, stock appreciation rights may, but need not, be identified with shares of Stock subject to a specific stock option or specific shares of
restricted stock of the Grantee (including any stock option or shares of restricted stock granted on or before the Grant Date of the stock appreciation rights) in a number equal to or different from the number of shares of Stock subject to the stock
appreciation rights so granted. If stock appreciation rights are identified with shares of Stock subject to a stock option or with shares of restricted stock then, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the Grantee’s
associated stock appreciation rights shall terminate upon, and to the extent of, (i) the expiration, termination, forfeiture or cancellation of such stock option or shares of restricted stock, or (ii) the date such shares of
restricted stock become nonforfeitable. 
 (f)          Grant of Stock Bonuses.
The Committee may, in its discretion, grant shares of Stock to any employee eligible under Section 5 to receive Awards, other than executive officers of the Company. 
 (g)          Grant of Dividend Equivalents. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant dividend
equivalents, which represent the right to receive cash payments or shares of Stock measured by the dividends payable with respect to specific shares of Stock or a specified number of shares of Stock. Dividend equivalents may be granted as part of
another type of Award or as a separate Award, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine; provided, that the Committee shall not provide for payment of dividend equivalents in a manner that would cause any tax
to become due under Section 409A of the Code. 
 (h)          Grant of Other
Stock-Based Awards. The Committee may, in its discretion, grant other stock-based awards. These are Awards, other than stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, stock bonuses, and dividend equivalents, that are denominated in,
valued, in whole or in part, by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Stock. The purchase, exercise, exchange or conversion of other stock-based awards granted under this Section 6(h) shall be on such terms and conditions and by
such methods as shall be specified by the Committee. If the value of an other stock-based award is based on the difference between the excess of the Fair Market Value, on the date such Fair Market Value is determined, over such Award’s exercise
or grant price, the exercise or grant price for such an Award will not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. If the value of such an Award is based on the full value of a share of Stock, and the Award is a Service-Vesting
Award, then such Award shall be subject to the Minimum Vesting Requirement. 
  

	7.	    Grantee’s Agreement to Serve 

 The
Committee may, in its discretion, require each Grantee who is granted an Award to, execute such Grantee’s Award Agreement, and to agree that such Grantee will remain in the employ of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or remain as a
non-employee director or senior director, as applicable, for at least one year after the Grant Date. No obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as to the length of any Grantee’s employment or service as a non-employee director or
senior director shall be implied by the terms of this Plan, any grant of an Award hereunder or any Award Agreement. The Company and its Subsidiaries reserve the same rights to terminate employment of any Grantee as existed before the Effective Date.

  

	8.	    Non-Transferability 

 Each Award (other
than restricted stock) granted hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution; provided, however, that a Grantee may, in a manner set forth in rules established by the Committee:
(a) designate in writing a beneficiary to exercise his or her Award after the Grantee’s death; (b) transfer a stock option (other than an incentive stock option), stock appreciation right or other stock-based award to a revocable
inter vivos trust as to which the Grantee is both the settlor and the trustee; and (c) if permitted by the Committee pursuant to its rules, transfer an Award (other than restricted stock or an incentive stock option) for no consideration
to any of the following permissible transferees (each a “Permissible Transferee”): (i) any member of the Immediate Family of the Grantee to whom such Award was granted, (ii) any trust for the benefit of members of the
Grantee’s Immediate Family, (iii) any partnership whose partners are members of the Grantee’s Immediate Family or (iv) Ronald McDonald House Charities or any Ronald McDonald House; and further provided that (A) the
transferee shall remain subject to all of the terms and conditions applicable to such Award prior to such transfer; (B) any such transfer shall be subject to and in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Committee in
accordance with Section 4(c)(xi), and (C) except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Plan or in the Transfer Rules, a Permissible Transferee shall have all the rights and obligations of the Grantee hereunder and the Grantee shall
not retain any rights with respect to the transferred Award, and further provided that the payment of any tax attributable to the exercise of an Award shall remain the obligation of the Grantee and the period during which an Award shall remain
exercisable under Section 12 shall depend upon the time and nature of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may, from time to time, in its sole discretion designate additional individuals,
persons or classes as Permissible Transferees, and permit other transfers as the Committee determines to be appropriate. 

 Each share of restricted stock shall be non-transferable until such share becomes nonforfeitable.

  

	9.	    Exercise 

 (a)          Exercise of Stock Options. Subject to Sections 4(c)(vii), 12, 13 and 21 and such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose, each stock option shall be exercisable
as and when determined by the Committee; provided that, unless the Committee determines otherwise, each stock option shall be exercisable in one or more installments commencing not earlier than the first anniversary of the Grant Date of such stock
option. 
 Each stock option shall be exercised by delivery of notice of intent to purchase a specific number of shares of Stock subject to
such stock option. Such notice shall be in a manner specified by and satisfactory to the Company. The Option Price of any shares of Stock or shares of restricted stock as to which a stock option shall be exercised shall be paid in full at the time
of the exercise. Payment may, at the election of the Grantee, be made in any one or any combination of the following: 
 (i)            cash, 
 (ii)            unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Stock owned by the Grantee, valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of exercise, 
 (iii)            with the approval of the Committee, shares of restricted stock held by the
Grantee, each valued at the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock at the time of exercise, or 
 (iv)            unless otherwise determined by the Committee, through simultaneous sale through a broker of shares acquired on exercise, as permitted under Regulation T of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 
 If shares of Stock or restricted stock are used to pay the Option Price, such shares of
Stock or restricted stock must have been held by the Grantee for more than six months prior to exercise of the stock option, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. Such payment may be made by actual delivery or attestation. 
 If restricted stock is used to pay the Option Price for Stock subject to a stock option (“Tendered Restricted Stock”), then the Committee shall
specify which of of the following two rules applies: either (i) all the shares of Stock acquired on exercise of the stock option shall be subject to the same restrictions as the Tendered Restricted Stock, determined as of the date of exercise
of the stock option, or (ii) a number of shares of Stock acquired on exercise of the stock option equal to the number of shares of Tendered Restricted Stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the Tendered Restricted Stock, determined
as of the date of exercise of the stock option. 
 (b)            Exercise of
Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to Sections 4(c)(vii), 12, 13 and 21 and such terms and conditions as the Committee may impose, each stock appreciation right shall be exercisable as and when determined by the Committee; provided that, unless
the Committee determines otherwise, each stock appreciation right shall be exercisable not earlier than the first anniversary of the Grant Date of such stock appreciation right, to the extent the stock option with which it is identified, if any, may
be exercised, or to the extent the restricted stock with which it is identified, if any, has become nonforfeitable. Stock appreciation rights shall be exercised by delivery to the Company of written notice of intent to exercise a specific number of
stock appreciation rights. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Agreement, the exercise of stock appreciation rights that are identified with shares of Stock subject to a stock option or shares of restricted stock shall result in the
cancellation or forfeiture of such stock option or shares of restricted stock, as the case may be, to the extent of such exercise. 
 The
benefit for each share as to which a stock appreciation right is exercised shall be equal to: 
 (i)            the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of such exercise, reduced by 
 (ii)            an amount equal to: 
 (A)            for any stock appreciation right identified with shares of Stock subject to a stock option, the Option Price of such stock option, unless the Committee in the grant
of the stock appreciation right specified a higher amount or 
 (B)            for any other stock appreciation right, the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Grant Date of such stock appreciation right, unless the Committee in the
grant of the stock appreciation right specified a higher amount; provided that the Committee, in its discretion, may provide that the benefit for any stock appreciation right shall not exceed such percentage of the Fair Market Value of a share of
Stock on such Grant Date as the Committee shall specify. 

 The benefit upon the exercise of a stock appreciation right shall be payable in cash, except that the
Committee, may, in its discretion, provide in the Award Agreement that benefits, with respect to any particular exercise, may be paid wholly or partly in Stock. 
  

	 	(c)	Time of Exercise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in the event that the final date on which any stock option or stock appreciation right would otherwise be
exercisable in accordance with the provisions of this Plan (including without limitation Section 12 hereof) is not a Business Day, the last day on which such stock option or stock appreciation right may be exercised is the last Business Day
immediately preceding such date. 

  

	10.	    Notification under Section 83(b) 

 The
Committee may, on the Grant Date or any later date, prohibit a Grantee from making the election described below. If the Committee has not prohibited such Grantee from making such election, and the Grantee shall, in connection with the exercise of
any stock option, or the grant of any share of restricted stock, make the election permitted under Section 83(b) of the Code (i.e., an election to include in such Grantee’s gross income in the year of transfer the amounts specified in
Section 83(b) of the Code), such Grantee shall notify the Company of such election within 10 days of filing notice of the election with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, in addition to complying with any filing and notification required
pursuant to regulations issued under the authority of Section 83(b) of the Code. 
  

	11.	    Withholding Taxes 

 (a)            Whenever, under this Plan, cash or Stock is to be delivered upon exercise or payment of an Award or a share of restricted stock becomes nonforfeitable, or any
other event occurs that results in taxation of a Grantee with respect to an Award, the Company shall be entitled to require (i) that the Grantee remit an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. federal, state and local withholding tax
requirements related thereto, (ii) the withholding of such sums from compensation otherwise due to the Grantee or from any shares of Stock due to the Grantee under this Plan, (iii) any other method prescribed by the Committee from time to
time or (iv) any combination of the foregoing; provided, however, that no amount shall be withheld from any cash payment or shares of Stock relating to an Award that was transferred by the Grantee in accordance with this Plan and such cash
payment or delivery to such Permissible Transferee shall in no way be conditioned upon the Grantee’s remittance obligation described herein. The Grantee shall be permitted to remit such amount in the form of Stock owned by the Grantee, valued
at its Fair Market Value at the time of the remittance (by actual delivery or by attestation). 
 (b)            If any disqualifying disposition (as defined in Section 421(b) of the Code) is made with respect to shares of Stock acquired under an incentive stock
option granted pursuant to this Plan or any election described in Section 10 is made, then the individual making such disqualifying disposition or election shall remit to the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. federal, state and
local withholding taxes thereby incurred; provided, that in lieu of or in addition to the foregoing, the Company shall have the right to withhold such sums from compensation otherwise due to the Grantee or from any shares of Stock due to the Grantee
under this Plan. 
 (c)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no
event shall the amount withheld or remitted in the form of shares of Stock due to a Grantee under this Plan exceed the minimum required by applicable law. 
  

	12.	    Termination of Employment 

 (a)            For Cause. If a Grantee has a Termination of Employment for Cause, 
 (i)            the Grantee’s shares of restricted stock that are forfeitable shall thereupon be forfeited, subject to the provisions of
Section 6(d)(iv) regarding repayment of certain amounts to the Grantee; 
 (ii)            any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right shall terminate immediately upon such Termination of Employment for Cause; and 
 (iii)            any other Award that has not previously vested shall thereupon be
forfeited; 
 provided, however, that if a Grantee has a Termination of Employment for Cause due solely to a Policy Violation (as determined by the Committee
or its delegee in its sole and absolute discretion), the provisions of Section 12(b) (and not the provisions of this Section 12(a)) shall apply. 

 (b)        For Policy Violation. If a Grantee has a
Termination of Employment for Cause due solely to a Policy Violation (as determined by the Committee or its delegee in its sole and absolute discretion),  
 (i)            the Grantee’s shares of restricted stock that are forfeitable shall thereupon be forfeited, subject to the provisions of
Section 6(d)(iv) regarding repayment of certain amounts to the Grantee; 
 (ii)            any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right, to the extent exercisable on the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment, may be exercised,
in whole or in part, by the Grantee or Permissible Transferee of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8, not later than the 90th day following the Grantee’s termination of employment; and 
 (iii)            any other Award that has not previously vested shall thereupon be
forfeited. 
 (c)            On Account of Death or Disability. If a
Grantee has a Termination of Employment on account of the Grantee’s death or Disability, then: 
 (i)            the Grantee’s shares of restricted stock that are Service-Vesting Awards and that were forfeitable shall thereupon become nonforfeitable; 
 (ii)            any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock
appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock), whether or not exercisable on the date of such Termination of Employment may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time within three years after such Termination of Employment (or
until the 15th anniversary of the Grant Date, if sooner) by the Grantee, or after the Grantee’s death, by (A) his or her personal representative or by the person to whom the stock option or stock appreciation right is transferred by will
or the applicable laws of descent and distribution, (B) the Grantee’s beneficiary designated in accordance with Section 8, (C) the then-acting trustee of the trust described in Section 8(b); or (D) a Permissible
Transferee of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8; and 
 (iii)            any other Awards held by the Grantee shall be treated as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. 
 (d)            On Account of Retirement. (i) If a Grantee has a Termination of
Employment on account of Retirement after age 60 with 20 years or more of Affiliate Service, any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock) that is then
exercisable or that would have become exercisable within three years of such Retirement if the Grantee had remained employed by the Company or a Subsidiary throughout such three-year period, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Grantee or
Permissible Transferee of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8, at any time within three years after the Grantee’s Retirement or until the 15th anniversary of the Grant Date, if sooner. 
 (ii)            If a Grantee has a Termination of Employment on account of Retirement with
combined age and years of Affiliate Service equal to or greater than 70, any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock) that is then exercisable or that
would have become exercisable within three years of such Retirement if the Grantee had remained employed by the Company or a Subsidiary throughout such three-year period may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Grantee or Permissible Transferee
of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8, at any time within three years after the Grantee’s Retirement or until the end of the stated term of the Award, if sooner; provided, that if and to the extent the Committee
or its delegee so determines, the Grantee shall be required, in order to receive the foregoing treatment, (A) to provide six months’ prior written notice of the Grantee’s intention to retire to the officer in charge of the Benefits
and Compensation Department in Oak Brook, Illinois, (B) to execute and deliver to the Company a non-competition agreement (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Committee or such delegee) and/or (C) solely with respect to Awards granted
on or after February 13, 2008, to execute and deliver to the Company a release of claims in a form specified by the Committee or its delegee. In the event that the extension of time to exercise stock options or stock appreciation rights as set
forth in this Section 12(d)(ii) would result in any of a Grantee’s stock options or stock appreciation rights being exercisable at any time later than the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if earlier, the original expiration date of
the Award), the requirement to provide notice, to execute and deliver a non-competition agreement and (solely in the case of Awards granted on or after February 13, 2008) to execute and deliver a release of claims, in each case as set forth in
the preceding sentence, shall be mandatory and not subject to the discretion of the Committee. If a Grantee is required to, and does, execute and deliver such a non-competition agreement, and then violates the provisions thereof, all unexercised
stock options and stock appreciation rights (other than stock appreciation rights identified with restricted stock) will immediately terminate and will not be exercisable. 
 (iii)            The nonforfeitability and exercisability of restricted stock that is a
Service-Vesting Award (and any stock appreciation rights identified therewith) held by a Grantee who has a Termination of Employment on account of Retirement shall be determined under Section 12(f), and any other Awards held by the Grantee
shall be treated as specified in the applicable Award Agreement. 
  

 (e)          On Account of Termination of Employment
After Age 60. If a Grantee has a Termination of Employment after attaining age 60, other than a Termination of Employment for Cause or on account of death, Disability or Retirement, any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other
than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock) to the extent exercisable on the date of such Termination of Employment, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Grantee or Permissible Transferee of an Award
assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8, at any time within one year after the Grantee’s Termination of Employment or until the 15th anniversary of the Grant Date, if sooner. The nonforfeitability and exercisability of the
Grantee’s restricted stock (and any stock appreciation rights identified therewith) that is a Service-Vesting Award shall be determined under Section 12(f), and any other Awards held by the Grantee shall be treated as specified in the
applicable Award Agreement. 
 (f)          Special Circumstances; Disaffiliation.
(i) If a Grantee has a Termination of Employment under Special Circumstances, the Grantee or Permissible Transferee of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8 will receive an extension of time to exercise any
unexercised stock options and stock appreciation rights (other than stock appreciation rights identified with restricted stock) and accelerated vesting of these stock options and stock appreciation rights based on the following rules that
incorporate age and years of Affiliate Service (in the case of a Termination of Employment without Cause) or Company Service (in other Special Circumstances): 
  

									
	 	  	 Age and Years of
 Company or
 Affiliate Service
	  	 Additional Vesting
 and Time to Exercise
	  	 	  	 
					
		  	70 plus years	  	3 Years	  		  	
		  	60 to 69 years	  	2 Years	  		  	
		  	50 to 59 years	  	1 Year	  		  	

 provided, that the Committee or its delegee may (and, in the event that the extension of time to exercise stock
options or stock appreciation rights as set forth in this Section 12(f) would result in any of a Grantee’s stock options or stock appreciation rights being exercisable at any time later than the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if
earlier, the original expiration date of the Award), shall) require, in the case of a Termination of Employment without Cause, that the Grantee execute and deliver to the Company a non-competition agreement (in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Committee or such delegee) in order to receive the foregoing treatment; further provided, that in the case of a Termination of Employment without Cause and with respect to any Award granted on or after February 13, 2008, the Committee shall
require that, in order to receive the foregoing treatment, the Grantee execute and deliver to the Company a release of claims in a form specified by the Committee or its delegee; and further provided, that in no event may a stock option or stock
appreciation right be exercised after the 15th anniversary of the Grant Date. If a Grantee is required to, and does, execute and deliver such a non-competition agreement, and then violates the provisions thereof, all unexercised stock options and
stock appreciation rights (other than stock appreciation rights identified with restricted stock) will immediately terminate and will not be exercisable. 
 (ii)          If a Grantee has a Termination of Employment because of a Disaffiliation, the provisions of this Section 12(f)(ii) and Section 12(f)(iii) (and
no other provision of this Section 12 that might otherwise apply) shall determine the consequences for such Grantee’s Awards. In such a case, the Grantee or Permissible Transferee of an Award assigned or transferred in accordance with
Section 8 will be permitted to exercise any stock options and stock appreciation rights (other than stock appreciation rights identified with restricted stock) that are unexercised and vested immediately before the Grantee’s Termination of
Employment for one year following the Grantee’s Termination of Employment; provided, that with respect to any Award granted on or after February 13, 2008, the Committee shall require that, in order to receive the foregoing treatment, the
Grantee execute and deliver to the Company a release of claims in a form specified by the Committee or its delegee. 
 (iii)          In addition, if a Grantee has a Termination of Employment because of Special Circumstances or Disaffiliation, the nonforfeitability and exercisability of restricted stock (and
any stock appreciation rights identified therewith) held by the Grantee that is a Service-Vesting Award shall be determined under Section 12(f)(i), and any other Awards held by the Grantee shall be treated as specified in the applicable Award
Agreement. 
 (g)          Any Other Reason. If a Grantee has a Termination of
Employment for a reason other than those specified in this Section 12, 

 (i)            the Grantee’s shares of
restricted stock (and any stock appreciation rights identified therewith), to the extent forfeitable on the date of the Grantee’s termination of employment, shall be forfeited on such date; 
 (ii)          any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock
appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock) to the extent exercisable on the date of the Grantee’s Termination of Employment, may be exercised, in whole or in part, by the Grantee or Permissible Transferee of an Award
assigned or transferred in accordance with Section 8, not later than the 90th day following the Grantee’s termination of employment; provided, that in no event may a stock option or stock appreciation right be exercised after the 15th
anniversary of the applicable Grant Date; and 
 (iii)          any other Award that has
not previously vested shall thereupon be forfeited. 
 (h)          Selection of Rule.
If a particular Grantee’s Termination of Employment is covered by more than one of the foregoing rules, then except as specifically provided in Section 12(f)(ii), for each Award held by the Grantee, the applicable rule that is the most
favorable to the Grantee shall apply; provided, that in the case of a Termination of Employment for Cause the Committee or its delegee shall have the sole and absolute discretion to determine whether the applicable Grantee is eligible for the
treatment described in Section 12(b). 
 (i)          Committee Discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine that the consequences of a Termination of Employment or a Termination of Directorship for a particular Award will differ from those outlined above, either (i) in connection with the
grant of the Award, or (ii) if the change is favorable to the Grantee, after it is granted; provided, that the Committee shall have no authority (x) after the Grant Date, to extend the time to exercise unexercised stock options or stock
appreciation rights to any date later than the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date (or, if earlier, the original expiration date of the Award) or (y) otherwise to provide for terms of an Award that would cause any tax to become due under
Section 409A of the Code. 
  

	13.	    Termination of Directorship 

 (a)          For Cause. If a Termination of Directorship occurs for Cause, any unexercised stock option or other Awards shall thereupon terminate. 
 (b)          Retirement. If a Termination of Directorship occurs because of Retirement, any
unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock), whether or not exercisable on the date of Retirement, may be exercised, in whole or in part, for a period of
three years from the Grantee’s Retirement, or until the end of its stated term, if sooner. Any other unvested Awards shall become vested and payable to the Grantee. 
 (c)          Death or Disability. If Termination of Directorship occurs
because of the death or Disability of the Grantee, any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock), whether or not exercisable on the date of such
Termination of Directorship, may be exercised by the Grantee, a Permissible Transferee or by the Grantee’s personal representative after the Grantee’s death, in whole or in part, at any time within three years after such Termination of
Directorship or until the 15th anniversary of the Grant Date, if sooner. Any other
unvested Awards shall become vested and payable to the Grantee, a Permissible Transferee or by the Grantee’s personal representative after the Grantee’s death. 
 (d)          Other Termination. If a Termination of Directorship occurs for any reason other than for Cause (as described in Section 13(a)) or the death,
Disability or Retirement of a Grantee, any unexercised stock option or stock appreciation right (other than a stock appreciation right identified with a share of restricted stock), to the extent exercisable on the date of the Termination of
Directorship, may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time within one year after the Termination of Directorship, or until the end of its stated term, if sooner. Any other Awards to the extent the Awards are unvested on the date of Termination
of Directorship shall be forfeited and cancelled. 
  

	14.	    Equity Incentive Plans of Foreign Subsidiaries 

 The Committee may adopt or authorize any foreign Subsidiary to adopt a plan for granting Awards (a “Foreign Equity Incentive Plan”). All awards granted under such Foreign Equity Incentive Plans shall be treated as grants under
this Plan. Such Foreign Equity Incentive Plans shall have such terms and provisions as the Committee permits not inconsistent with the provisions of this Plan. 
  

	15.	    Securities Law Matters 

 (a)          If the Committee deems it necessary to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the regulations and rulings thereunder, the Committee may require a written
investment intent representation by the Grantee and may require that a restrictive legend be affixed to certificates for shares of Stock. 

 (b)          If, based upon the opinion of counsel for
the Company, the Committee determines that the exercise or nonforfeitability of, or delivery of benefits pursuant to, any Award would violate any applicable provision of (i) U.S. federal, state or local securities law or (ii) the listing
requirements of any national securities exchange on which are listed any of the Company’s equity securities, then the Committee may postpone any such exercise, nonforfeitability or delivery, as the case may be, for not more than 30 days after
the date on which such exercise, nonforfeitability or delivery would no longer violate such law or requirements; provided, that the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such exercise, nonforfeitability or delivery to comply with all such
provisions at the earliest practicable date. 
  

	16.	    Funding 

 Benefits payable under this Plan
to any person 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 this Plan. 
  

	17.	    No Employment Rights 

 Neither the
establishment of this Plan, nor the granting of any Award, shall be construed to (a) give any Grantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any benefits not specifically provided by this Plan or
(b) in any manner modify the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to modify, amend, or terminate any of its employee benefit plans. 
  

	18.	    Rights as a Stockholder 

 A Grantee shall
not, by reason of any Award (other than restricted stock), have any right as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Stock that may be deliverable upon exercise or payment of such Award until such shares have been delivered to him
or her. Shares of restricted stock held by a Grantee or held in escrow by the Secretary of the Company shall confer on the Grantee all rights of a stockholder of the Company, except as otherwise provided in this Plan. The Committee, in its
discretion, at the time of grant of restricted stock, may permit or require the payment of cash dividends thereon to be deferred, and, if the Committee so determines, reinvested in additional restricted stock to the extent shares are available under
Section 3 or otherwise reinvested. Stock dividends, other non-cash dividends and distributions, and deferred cash dividends issued with respect to restricted stock shall be treated as additional shares of restricted stock that are subject to
the same restrictions and other terms as apply to the shares with respect to which such dividends are issued. The Committee may, in its discretion, provide for crediting to and payment of interest on deferred cash dividends. 
  

	19.	    Nature of Payments 

 Any and all grants,
payments of cash, or deliveries of shares of Stock hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to the Grantee, and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of salary or compensation of the Grantee for the purposes of
determining any pension, retirement, death or other benefits under (a) any pension, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) any agreement between the
Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Grantee, on the other hand, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide. 
  

	20.	    Non-Uniform Determinations 

 Neither the
Committee’s nor the Board’s determinations under this Plan need be uniform, and may be made by the Committee or the Board selectively among individuals who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such individuals are
similarly situated). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations, to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements as to (a) the
identity of the Grantees, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards, and (c) the treatment, under Section 12, of Terminations of Employment. 
  

	21.	    Change in Control Provisions 

 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan to the contrary, the provisions of this Section 21 shall apply in the event of a Change in Control, unless otherwise determined by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award
(as reflected in the applicable Award Agreement). 
 (a)          Upon a Change in Control,
all then-outstanding stock options and stock appreciation rights shall become fully vested and exercisable, and all other then-outstanding Awards that are Service-Vesting Awards shall vest in full and be free of restrictions, except to the extent
that another Award meeting the requirements of Section 21(b) (a “Replacement Award”) is provided to the Grantee pursuant to Section 22 to replace such Award (the “Replaced Award”). The treatment of any other Awards
shall be as determined by the Committee in connection with the grant thereof, as reflected in the applicable Award Agreement. 

 (b)          An Award shall meet the conditions of this
Section 21(b) (and hence qualify as a Replacement Award) if: (i) it is of the same type as the Replaced Award; (ii) it has a value at least equal to the value of the Replaced Award; (iii) it relates to publicly traded equity
securities of the Company or its successor in the Change in Control or another entity that is affiliated with the Company or its successor following the Change in Control; (iv) its terms and conditions comply with Section 23(c) below; and
(v) its other terms and conditions are not less favorable to the Grantee than the terms and conditions of the Replaced Award (including the provisions that would apply in the event of a subsequent Change in Control). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Replacement Award may take the form of a continuation of the Replaced Award if the requirements of the preceding sentence are satisfied. The determination of whether the conditions of this Section 21(b) are
satisfied shall be made by the Committee, as constituted immediately before the Change in Control, in its sole discretion. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may determine the value of Awards and Replacement Awards that
are stock options by reference to either their intrinsic value or their fair value. 
 (c)          Upon a Termination of Employment or Termination of Directorship of a Grantee occurring in connection with or during the period of two years after such Change in Control, other
than for Cause, (i) all Replacement Awards held by the Grantee shall become fully vested and (if applicable) exercisable and free of restrictions, and (ii) all stock options and stock appreciation rights held by the Grantee immediately
before the Termination of Employment or Termination of Directorship that the Grantee held as of the date of the Change in Control or that constitute Replacement Awards shall remain exercisable for not less than two years following such termination
or until the expiration of the stated term of such stock option, whichever period is shorter (provided, that if Section 12 or the applicable Award Agreement provides for a longer period of exercisability, that provision shall control).

  

	22.	    Adjustments 

 The Committee shall (in the
case of Corporate Transactions (as defined below), may) make such adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable, in its discretion, to the following: 
 a) the various numbers of shares of Stock referred to in the limitations imposed under Section 2(x) and Section 3; 
 b) the number of shares of Stock covered by an outstanding Award; 
 c) the Option Price of an outstanding
stock option; and 
 d) the Fair Market Value of Stock to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable upon exercise of outstanding
stock appreciation rights; 
 and such other adjustments to outstanding Awards as the Committee may determine to be appropriate and equitable, to reflect a
stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, share combination, recapitalization, or similar event affecting the capital structure of the Company (each, a “Share Change”), or a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares,
separation, spinoff, reorganization, stock rights offering, liquidation, other distribution of cash or property (including an extraordinary cash dividend), Disaffiliation of a Subsidiary or similar event of or by the Company (each type of event
described in this sentence other than a Share Change, a “Corporate Transaction”). Such adjustments may include, without limitation, (i) the cancellation of outstanding Awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination
thereof having an aggregate value equal to the value of such Awards, (ii) the substitution of other property (including, without limitation, other securities and securities of entities other than the Company that agree to such substitution) for
the Stock available under this Plan and/or the Stock covered by outstanding Awards, and (iii) in connection with any Disaffiliation of a Subsidiary, arranging for the assumption, or replacement with new awards, of Awards held by Grantees
employed by the affected Subsidiary by the Subsidiary or an entity that controls the Subsidiary following the Disaffiliation. 
  

	23.	    Qualified Performance-Based Awards 

 (a)          The provisions of this Plan are intended to ensure that all stock options and stock appreciation rights granted hereunder to any Grantee who is or may be a “covered
employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) at the time of exercise qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption, and all such Awards shall therefore be considered Qualified Performance-Based Awards and this Plan shall
be interpreted and operated consistent with that intention. The provisions referred to in the preceding sentence include without limitation the limitation on the total amount of such Awards to any Grantee set forth in Section 3(b); the
requirement of Section 4(a) that the Committee satisfy the requirements for being “outside directors” for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption; the limitations on the discretion of the Committee with respect to Qualified
Performance-Based Awards; and the requirements of Sections 6(b) and 6(e) that the Option Price of stock options and the base price for determining the value of stock appreciation rights be not less than the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the
Grant Date (which requirement constitutes the Qualified Performance Goal). 
 (b)          The Committee may designate any Award (other than a stock option or stock appreciation right) as a Qualified Performance-Based Award upon grant, in each case based upon a
determination that (i) the Grantee is or may be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code) with respect to such Award, and (ii) the Committee wishes such Award to qualify for the
Section 162(m) Exemption. The provisions of this Section 23 shall apply to all such Qualified Performance-Based Awards, notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, other than Section 21. 

 (c)          Each Qualified Performance-Based Award
(other than a stock option or stock appreciation right) shall be earned, vested and payable (as applicable) only upon the achievement of one or more Qualified Performance Goals, together with the satisfaction of any other conditions, such as
continued employment, as the Committee may determine to be appropriate; provided that (i) the Committee may provide, either in connection with the grant thereof or by amendment thereafter, that achievement of such Performance Goals will be
waived upon the death or Disability of the Grantee, and (ii) the provisions of Section 21 shall apply notwithstanding this sentence. 
 (d)          Qualified Performance Goals may take the form of absolute goals or goals relative to the performance of one or more other companies comparable to the Company or of an index
covering multiple companies. In establishing Qualified Performance Goals, the Committee may specify that there shall be excluded the effect of restructuring charges, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, cumulative effects of accounting
changes, and other unusual or nonrecurring items, and asset impairment and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, in each case as those terms are defined under generally accepted accounting principles and provided in each case that such
excluded items are objectively determinable by reference to the Company’s financial statements, notes to the Company’s financial statements and/or management’s discussion and analysis in the Company’s financial statements.

 (e)          Except as specifically provided in Section 23(d), no Qualified
Performance-Based Award may be amended, nor may the Committee exercise any discretionary authority it may otherwise have under this Plan with respect to a Qualified Performance-Based Award under this Plan, in any manner to waive the achievement of
the applicable Qualified Performance Goals or to increase the amount payable pursuant thereto or the value thereof, or otherwise in a manner that would cause the Qualified Performance-Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m)
Exemption. 
  

	24.	    Amendment of this Plan 

 The Board may from
time to time in its discretion amend this Plan or Awards, and the Committee may from time to time in its discretion amend Awards, without the approval of the stockholders of the Company, except (i) to the extent required under the listing
requirements of any national securities exchange on which are listed any of the Company’s equity securities and (ii) to the extent the amendment would result in the reduction of the Option Price of any Option or of the exercise price of
any stock appreciation right. No such amendment shall adversely affect any previously-granted Award without the consent of the Grantee, except for (x) amendments made to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules or accounting rules, and
(y) amendments that do not materially decrease the value of such Awards. In addition, no such amendment may be made that would cause a Qualified Performance Based Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. 
  

	25.	    Termination of this Plan 

 This Plan shall
terminate on the 10th anniversary of the Effective Date or at such earlier time as the Board may determine. Any termination, whether in whole or in part, shall not affect any Award then outstanding under this Plan. 
  

	26.	    No Illegal Transactions 

 This Plan and all
Awards granted pursuant to it are subject to all laws and regulations of any governmental authority that may be applicable thereto; and, notwithstanding any provision of this Plan or any Award, Grantees shall not be entitled to exercise Awards or
receive the benefits thereof and the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any Stock or pay any benefits to a Grantee if such exercise, delivery, receipt or payment of benefits would constitute a violation by the Grantee or the Company of any
provision of any such law or regulation. 
  

	27.	    Controlling Law 

 The law of the State of
Illinois, except its law with respect to choice of law, shall be controlling in all matters relating to this Plan. 
  

	28.	    Severability 

 If all or any part of this
Plan is declared by any court or governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or invalidity shall not serve to invalidate any portion of this Plan not declared to be unlawful or invalid. Any Section or part of a Section so
declared to be unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner that will give effect to the terms of such Section or part of a Section to the fullest extent possible while remaining lawful and valid. 
  

	29.	    Section 409A 

 No provision of this
Plan shall be given effect to the extent that such provision would cause any tax to become due under Section 409A of the Code. No action, or failure to act, pursuant to this Section 29 or to any other provision of the Plan that references
Section 409A of the Code shall subject the Committee, the Board or the Company to any claim, liability or expense, and neither the Committee, the Board nor the Company shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise protect any Grantee from
the obligation to pay any taxes pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.2009 Cash Incentive Plan

 Exhibit (10)(j) 
 McDONALD’S CORPORATION 
 2009 CASH INCENTIVE PLAN 
 THE PLAN 
  
  
 McDonald’s Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), established the McDonald’s Corporation 2009 Cash Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) effective as of May 27, 2009. This Plan is subject to approval by the Company’s stockholders at the May 27, 2009 Annual
Meeting. 
  

	1.	    Purpose 

 The purpose of this Plan is to
advance the interest of the Company by providing a means to pay performance-based short-term and long-term incentive cash compensation designed to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption (as defined below) to those employees upon whose
judgment and efforts the Company is largely dependent for the successful conduct of its operations. It is anticipated that the opportunity to earn such cash compensation will stimulate the efforts of such employees on behalf of the Company,
strengthen their desire to continue in the service of the Company, and will prove attractive to promising new employees and will assist the Company in attracting such employees. It is intended that compensatory awards to employees based on equity
securities of the Company will be granted under the Company’s 2001 Omnibus Stock Ownership Plan and any successors thereto, rather than under this Plan. 
  

	2.	    Definitions 

 As used in this Plan and in
connection with any Award, the terms set forth below shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined): 
 (a)          “Affiliate Service” means a Participant’s Company Service plus the
Participant’s aggregate number of years of employment with any Subsidiary during the period before it became a Subsidiary, unless the Committee determines otherwise in connection with an entity’s becoming a Subsidiary. 
 (b)          “Award” means the opportunity to earn cash compensation under this Plan,
subject to the achievement of one or more Performance Goals and such other terms and conditions as the Committee may impose. 
 (c)          “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 (d)          “Cause” means a Participant’s commission of any act or acts involving dishonesty, fraud, illegality or moral turpitude. 
 (e)          “Change in Control” means the happening of any of the following events:

 (i)        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 2(e)(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change
in 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 2(e)(iii)(A), (B) and (C); or 
 (ii)        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 

 (iii)        consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory
share exchange or 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, (A) 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, (B) 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, respectively, 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 (C) 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 
 (iv)        approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation
or dissolution of the Company. 
 (f)          “Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations and rulings thereunder. References to a particular section of, or rule under, the Code shall include references to successor provisions. 
 (g)          “Committee” has the meaning specified in Section 3(a). 

(h)          “Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph.

 (i)          “Company Service” means the Participant’s aggregate
number of years of employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries during periods when those entities were Subsidiaries. 
 (j)          “Disability” means a “disability” within the meaning of the Company’s Profit Sharing and Savings Plan, as amended from time to time. 

(k)          “Disaffiliation” of a Subsidiary means the Subsidiary’s ceasing
to be a Subsidiary for any reason (including, without limitation, as a result of a public offering, or a spinoff or sale by the Company, of the stock of the Subsidiary). 
 (l)          “Effective Date” means May 27, 2009. 
 (m)          “Job Loss” means a Termination of Employment resulting from a corporate restructuring or reorganization, job restructuring, reduction in
force, outsourcing or replacement of jobs by technology. 
 (n)          “Participant” means any employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries who has been granted an Award. 
 (o)          “Performance Goal” means any of the following measures as applied to the
Company as a whole or to any Subsidiary, division or other unit of the Company: revenue; operating income; net income; basic or diluted earnings per share; return on revenue; return on assets; return on equity; return on total capital; or total
shareholder return. 
 (p)          The “Performance Period” for an
Award means the period of time for the measurement of the extent to which the applicable Performance Goals are attained. 
 (q)          “Plan” means this McDonald’s Corporation 2009 Cash Incentive Plan. 
 (r)          “Retirement” means a Termination of Employment any
time after attaining either (i) age 60 with at least 20 years of Affiliate Service, or (ii) combined age and years of Affiliate Service equal to or greater than 70, other than a Termination of Employment for Cause.  
 (s)          “Section 162(m) Exemption” means the exemption from the limitation on deductibility imposed by Section 162(m) of the Code that is
set forth in Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code. 

 (t)        “Special Circumstances” for a
Termination of Employment of a Participant means (i) Job Loss or (ii) the Participant becomes an owner-operator of a McDonald’s restaurant in connection with the Termination of Employment. 
 (u)        “Subsidiary” means 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. 
 (v)        “Termination of Employment” of a Participant means the termination of the
Participant’s employment with the Company and the Subsidiaries. A Participant employed by a Subsidiary also shall be deemed to incur a Termination of Employment if there occurs a Disaffiliation of that Subsidiary, unless either (i) the
Participant is, immediately after the Disaffiliation, an employee of the Company or one of the remaining Subsidiaries, or (ii) in connection with the Disaffiliation, the Awards held by the Participant are assumed, or replaced with new awards,
by the former Subsidiary or an entity that controls the former Subsidiary following the Disaffiliation. 
  

	3.	    Administration 

 (a)        This Plan shall be administered by a committee appointed by the Board (the “Committee”). All members of the Committee shall be “outside directors” (as defined or
interpreted for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption). The Committee shall have full and final authority, in its discretion, but subject to the express provisions of this Plan, to establish the terms and conditions of Awards, to determine
the extent to which cash payments are actually earned pursuant to Awards and the amounts to be paid, and to interpret this Plan and to make all determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of this Plan. The Committee may delegate any
or all of its administrative duties and responsibilities under this Plan to any individual or group of individuals it deems appropriate, but no such delegation shall be made to the extent it would cause an Award not to qualify for the
Section 162(m) Exemption. 
 (b)        The determination of the Committee on all matters
relating to this Plan and all Awards shall be made in its sole discretion, and shall be conclusive and final. No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to this Plan or any Award.

  

	4.	    Eligibility; Maximum Awards 

 Awards may be
granted to any employee of the Company or any of its domestic Subsidiaries, and to any employee, officer or director of any of the Company’s foreign Subsidiaries. The maximum amount of cash that may be payable with respect to any one Award
shall be $8 million times the number of years and fractions thereof in the applicable Performance Period. The maximum number of Performance Periods that end in any single calendar year for which any one Participant shall be eligible to earn Awards
shall be three. 
  

	5.	    Establishment of Awards 

 (a)        Basic Terms of Awards. In connection with the grant of each Award, the Committee shall, within the time period required to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption,
(i) determine the Performance Goal(s) and Performance Period applicable to such Award, (ii) establish the formula for determining the amounts payable based upon achievement of the applicable Performance Goal, (iii) determine the
consequences for the Award of the Participant’s Termination of Employment for various reasons or the Participant’s demotion or promotion during the Performance Period, (iv) specify the consequences for the Award of the occurrence of a
Change in Control during the Performance Period and (v) establish such other terms and conditions for the Award as it may deem appropriate. 
 (b)        Performance Goals may take the form of absolute goals or goals relative to the performance of one or more other companies comparable to the Company or of an index covering multiple
companies. In establishing Performance Goals, the Committee may specify that there shall be excluded the effect of restructuring charges, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, cumulative effects of accounting changes, and other unusual or
nonrecurring items, and asset impairment and the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, in each case as those terms are defined under generally accepted accounting principles and provided in each case that such excluded items are objectively
determinable by reference to the Company’s financial statements, notes to the Company’s financial statements and/or management’s discussion and analysis in the Company’s financial statements. 
 (c)        A cash payment may be made to a Participant pursuant to an Award only upon the achievement of
the applicable Performance Goal(s), except that the Committee may provide, either in connection with the grant thereof or by amendment thereafter, that achievement of such Performance Goals will be waived in whole or in part upon the death or
Disability of the Participant, in the event of a Change in Control, or such other event as the Committee may deem appropriate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Committee may not exercise any discretionary authority it may otherwise have
under this Plan with respect to an Award, in any 

 
manner to waive the achievement of the applicable Performance Goals or to increase the amount payable pursuant thereto or the value thereof, or otherwise in
a manner that would cause the Award to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. Any payment made to a Participant pursuant to an Award shall be made no later than March 15 of the calendar year following the last day of the
applicable Performance Period. 
  

	6.	    Change in Control 

 Unless otherwise
determined by the Committee in connection with the grant of an Award and except as provided in the following sentence, upon a Change in Control during the Performance Period for any Award, the Participant shall be entitled to receive, promptly
following the Change in Control (and in any event within 30 days thereafter), a payment with respect thereto equal to (i) the amount that would be payable with respect to such Award, if the applicable Performance Goals for the Performance
Period were achieved at the level achieved during the portion of the Performance Period that precedes the Change in Control times (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the portion of the Performance Period that
precedes the Change in Control and the denominator of which is the total number of days in the Performance Period; provided, that the Participant shall forfeit his or her right to receive such payment if he or she experiences a Termination of
Employment for Cause before the payment is made. The Committee shall provide in connection with the grant of Awards that the timing of any payments to which a Participant becomes entitled in connection with a Change in Control shall comply with
Section 409A of the Code. The amount paid with respect to any Award under this Section 6 shall offset the amount (if any) that becomes payable with respect thereto following completion of the Performance Period of the Award. 
  

	7.	    Non-Transferability 

 Awards granted
hereunder shall not be assignable or transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. 
  

	8.	    Withholding Taxes 

 The Company may
withhold or cause to be withheld from any or all cash payments made under this Plan such amounts as are necessary to satisfy all U.S. federal, state and local withholding tax requirements related thereto. 
  

	9.	    Funding 

 Benefits payable under this Plan
to any person 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 this Plan. 
  

	10.	    No Employment Rights 

 Neither the
establishment of this Plan, nor the granting of any Award, shall be construed to (a) give any Participant the right to remain employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to any benefits not specifically provided by this Plan or
(b) in any manner modify the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to modify, amend, or terminate any of its employee benefit plans. 
  

	11.	    Nature of Payments 

 Any and all grants of
Awards and payments of cash hereunder shall constitute special incentive payments to the Participant, other than payments pursuant to Awards with Performance Periods of one year or less, and shall not be taken into account in computing the amount of
salary or compensation of the Participant for the purposes of determining any pension, retirement, death or other benefits under (a) any qualified, non-qualified or supplemental pension, retirement or profit-sharing plan of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (b) any bonus, life insurance or other employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (c) any agreement between the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Participant, on the other
hand, except as such plan or agreement shall otherwise expressly provide. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments of cash hereunder may be deferred under any such plan if and to the extent such plan so provides. 
  

	12.	    Non-Uniform Determinations 

 The
Committee’s determinations under this Plan need not be uniform, and may be made by the Committee selectively among individuals who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such individuals are similarly situated). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee shall be entitled, among other things, to make non-uniform and selective determinations, to enter into non-uniform and selective Award Agreements as to (a) the identity of the
Participants, (b) the terms and provisions of Awards, and (c) the treatment of Terminations of Employment. 

	13.	    Amendment and Termination of this Plan and Awards 

 The Board may from time to time in its discretion amend or modify this Plan or Awards or terminate the Plan without the approval of the stockholders of the Company; provided that except as provided in the next sentence, no such amendment or
termination shall adversely affect any previously-granted Award without the consent of the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may from time to time amend this Plan or Awards, and the Committee may from time to time amend Awards,
without the consent of affected Participants, (i) to comply with applicable law, stock exchange rules or accounting rules, and (ii) to make changes that do not materially decrease the value of such Awards. In no event may any Award be
amended in any manner that would cause it to cease to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. The material terms of the performance goals under the Plan (as defined or interpreted for purposes of the Section 162(m) Exemption) shall be
submitted to the Company’s shareholders for reapproval as required, and at such times as are required, for Awards to qualify for the Section 162(m) Exemption. 
  

	14.	    Controlling Law 

 The law of the State of
Illinois, except its law with respect to choice of law, shall be controlling in all matters relating to this Plan.

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