l{"id":1180901,"date":"2023-01-09T16:26:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/former-mcdonalds-boss-fined-400000-over-employee-relationship\/"},"modified":"2023-01-09T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T16:26:20","slug":"former-mcdonalds-boss-fined-400000-over-employee-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesstelegraph.co.uk\/former-mcdonalds-boss-fined-400000-over-employee-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Former McDonald\u2019s boss fined $400,000 over employee relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- newscabal uk text -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8162386273903324\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3688094655\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">The former boss of McDonald\u2019s, Steve Easterbrook, has been fined $400,000 (\u00a3328,000) by the US regulator for \u201cconcealing the extent of his misconduct\u201d over a relationship with an employee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">McDonald\u2019s fired<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2019\/nov\/03\/mcdonalds-chief-executive-steve-easterbrook-relationship-employee\" data-link-name=\"in body link\"> Easterbrook in 2019<\/a> after directors discovered he had been having a secret relationship with a senior female employee, which it said showed \u201cpoor judgment\u201d and \u201cviolated company policy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/news\/press-release\/2023-4\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on Monday<\/a> it had \u201ccharged\u201d Easterbrook, who is British, with making \u201cfalse and misleading statements to investors about the circumstances leading to his termination\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">The regulator said Easterbrook and McDonald\u2019s were not honest with investors about the reason that led to Easterbrook\u2019s termination, and this \u201callowed him to retain substantial equity compensation that otherwise would have been forfeited\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">Easterbrook, who is 55 and from Watford, walked away from McDonald\u2019s with more than $40m in a \u201cseparation agreement\u201d, the SEC said. \u201cIn making this conclusion, McDonald\u2019s exercised discretion that was not disclosed to investors,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">Gurbir Grewal, the director of the SEC\u2019s division of enforcement, said: \u201cWhen corporate officers corrupt internal processes to manage their personal reputations or line their own pockets, they breach their fundamental duties to shareholders, who are entitled to transparency and fair dealing from executives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">\u201cBy allegedly concealing the extent of his misconduct during the company\u2019s internal investigation, Easterbrook broke that trust with \u2013 and ultimately misled \u2013 shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">The SEC said it found that Easterbrook violated the anti-fraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. \u201cWithout admitting or denying its findings, Easterbrook has consented to entry of the SEC\u2019s cease-and-desist order, which imposes a five-year officer and director bar and a $400,000 civil penalty,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-h26idz\">The SEC\u2019s order also found that McDonald\u2019s violated Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and Exchange Act rule 14a-3, and the company has consented to the SEC\u2019s cease-and-desist order.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" 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