Section # Plan Funding. The Severance Benefits described in this Plan are funded through Employer contributions. No Participant or beneficiary thereof shall acquire by reason of the Plan any right in or title to any assets, funds, or property of McDonald’s Corporation or any Employer. Any Severance Benefits that become payable under the Plan are unfunded obligations of the Participant’s Employer, and shall be paid from the general assets of such Employer. No employee, Officer, director, or agent of McDonald’s Corporation or any Related Entity guarantees in any manner the payment of Severance Benefits.

Section # Plan Funding. No Qualifying Employee or beneficiary thereof shall acquire by reason of the Plan any right in or title to any assets, funds, or property of McDonald’s Corporation or any Employer. Any Severance Benefits that become payable under the Plan are unfunded obligations of the Qualifying Employee’s Employer, and shall be paid from the general assets of such Employer. No employee, Officer, director or agent of McDonald’s Corporation or any Related Entity guarantees in any manner the payment of Severance Benefits.