Restaurant Brands International Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 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 3, 2026
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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 3, 2026, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected the ten (10) directors specifically named in the Company’s management information circular and proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), each to serve until the close of the 2027 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, and (iii) appointed KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration.
The voting results for each proposal are as follows:
Proposal 1: Election of the ten (10) directors specifically named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve until the close of the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected or appointed:
Nominee | Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | Number of Votes Abstain | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||||
Alexandre Behring | 386,544,846 | 10,905,772 | 194,526 | 5,533,068 | ||||||||||
Maximilien de Limburg Stirum | 396,984,644 | 616,474 | 44,024 | 5,533,070 | ||||||||||
J. Patrick Doyle | 393,548,187 | 4,058,404 | 38,556 | 5,533,065 | ||||||||||
Cristina Farjallat | 396,848,192 | 759,417 | 37,537 | 5,533,066 | ||||||||||
Ali Hedayat | 393,457,494 | 4,142,830 | 44,820 | 5,533,068 | ||||||||||
Marc Lemann | 391,720,662 | 5,882,501 | 41,983 | 5,533,066 | ||||||||||
Jason Melbourne | 396,839,982 | 763,563 | 41,600 | 5,533,067 | ||||||||||
Daniel S. Schwartz | 396,469,148 | 1,131,612 | 44,385 | 5,533,067 | ||||||||||
Marcia Smith | 397,229,186 | 376,898 | 39,064 | 5,533,064 | ||||||||||
Thecla Sweeney | 394,889,035 | 2,671,526 | 84,583 | 5,533,068 | ||||||||||
Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers:
Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Against | Number of Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||||
| 387,547,825 | 9,993,041 | 104,276 | 5,533,070 | ||||||||
Proposal 3: Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorization of the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration:
Number of Votes For | Number of Votes Withheld | Broker Non-Votes | ||||||
| 390,184,325 | 12,993,883 | 4 | ||||||
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |||||||
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. | |||||||||||
| Date: June 3, 2026 | /s/ Jill Granat | ||||||||||
| Name: | Jill Granat | ||||||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Corporate Secretary | ||||||||||