Day 125 - 12 May 95 - Page 49
1 the attention of McDonald's. We indicated to them that we
2 would like to see a minority of black, Hispanic or an Asian
3 to have ownership of that business and encouraged them to
4 consider that which they did.
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6 Q. When was that?
7 A. That was I wanted to say in the early 90s that
8 negotiations that took place.
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10 Q. Which minority is it you are speaking of?
11 A. John Lopez is the operator of record of -----
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13 Q. He sounds as though he is Hispanic?
14 A. He is Hispanic, yes, he is.
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16 Q. What size of company is it?
17 A. It is a major; it is a billion dollar company.
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19 Q. Thank you. Only one other thing, Mr. Beavers: Do you
20 think you could kindly find the pink file III, the
21 McDonald's profile file?
22 A. I have it, yes.
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24 Q. Could you turn to tab 4 at page 130, please? Here is a
25 list -- are these called "officers", these people, the
26 Board of Directors, the top management team, the Vice
27 Presidents, the Regional Vice Presidents and Assistant Vice
28 Presidents, are those officers of the Company?
29 A. Yes, they are. Page 104, you say?
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31 Q. 130.
32 A. I am sorry. Yes. All of the officers of the Company
33 as well as the top management team, the top officers, yes.
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35 Q. Apart from the advisory directors under the line on the
36 left-hand column, are the first three columns of that page
37 all officers?
38 A. Yes, they are.
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40 Q. Thank you. You told us, I cannot remember when it was,
41 earlier this week, which ones were minority people, ethnic
42 minority people, and which ones were women and some of them
43 were both; that is right, is it not?
44 A. That is correct.
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46 Q. I got in a muddle about Terry Savage who is on the Board of
47 Directors with you. You told us that is a woman?
48 A. That is correct.
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50 Q. Is it a white woman or a black woman?
51 A. She is white.
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53 Q. One other thing about this: Look down the third column,
54 please -----
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56 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Can you just recall, Terry Savage is an
57 addition to those then or is she there?
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59 MR. RAMPTON: No, she was there, my Lord. I got in a muddle and
60 thought she might be a black woman. I knew she was a woman
