UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 11, 2019
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Canada Ontario |
001-36786 001-36787 |
98-1202754 98-1206431 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Restaurant Brands International Inc.
Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership
130 King Street West, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E1
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(905) 845-6511
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class |
Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Common Shares, without par value | QSR | New York Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange | ||
| Class B exchangeable limited partnership units |
QSP | Toronto Stock Exchange | ||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
| Item 5.07 | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders. |
On June 11, 2019, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected the twelve (12) directors specifically named in the Company’s management information circular and proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), each to serve until the close of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected or appointed, (ii) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers, (iii) appointed KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration, (iv) did not approve a shareholder proposal to report on the Company’s minimum requirements and standards related to workforce practices, (v) did not approve a shareholder proposal to issue an annual report to investors regarding supply chain impacts on deforestation, and (vi) did not approve a shareholder proposal to develop a comprehensive policy on plastic pollution and sustainable packaging and issue a report to investors. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of the twelve (12) directors specifically named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve until the close of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected or appointed:
| Nominees |
Number of Votes For |
Number of Votes Withheld |
Broker Non-Votes | |||||||||
| Alexander Behring |
343,855,806 | 27,597,634 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Marc Caira |
370,430,692 | 1,022,756 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| João M. Castro-Neves |
370,794,144 | 659,304 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Martin E. Franklin |
302,172,248 | 69,281,200 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Paul J. Fribourg |
302,550,815 | 68,902,625 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Neil Golden |
370,794,487 | 658,961 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Ali Hedayat |
303,084,009 | 68,369,439 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Golnar Khosrowshahi |
367,481,755 | 3,971,693 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Daniel S. Schwartz |
370,374,791 | 1,078,657 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Carlos Alberto Sicupira |
358,786,558 | 12,666,890 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Roberto Moses Thompson Motta |
358,683,881 | 12,769,567 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
| Alexandre Van Damme |
364,384,105 | 7,069,343 | 11,054,920 | |||||||||
Proposal 2: Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers:
| Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 353,332,359 | 17,927,662 | 193,463 | 11,054,884 |
Proposal 3: Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorization of the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration:
| Number of |
Number of |
Broker Non-Votes | ||
| 299,639,105 | 82,868,474 | 96 |
Proposal 4: Consider a shareholder proposal to report on Company’s minimum requirements and standards related to workforce practices:
| Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 95,781,853 | 275,291,458 | 380,124 | 11,054,933 |
Proposal 5: Consider a shareholder proposal to issue an annual report to investors regarding supply chain impacts on deforestation:
| Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 82,114,442 | 289,034,457 | 304,541 | 11,054,928 |
Proposal 6: Consider a shareholder proposal to develop a comprehensive policy on plastic pollution and sustainable packaging and issue a report to investors:
| Number of |
Number of |
Number of |
Broker Non-Votes | |||
| 82,201,366 | 288,848,696 | 403,377 | 11,054,929 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.
RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its general partner RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC. | ||||
| /s/ Jill Granat | ||||
| Date: June 11, 2019 | Name: | Jill Granat | ||
| Title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | |||