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To "create shareholder value" anon.
>After a thorough evaluation of financial opportunities, management announced plans to optimize the Company's capital structure and increased the cash return to shareholders target to about $30 billion for the three-year period ending 2016 -- a $10 billion increase over the previous target with incremental debt funding the vast majority of the increase. This proactive move in the Company's leverage metrics and credit ratings still enables McDonald's to efficiently and cost effectively access capital globally, while allowing for continued investment in the business. These actions, together with the decision of the Board of Directors to raise the dividend in 2015, reflect the Board and management's confidence in McDonald's future
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