8-K

 

 

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 9, 2016

 

 

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

226 Wyecroft Road

Oakville, Ontario L6K 3X7

(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)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On June 9, 2016, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2016 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders: (i) elected the eleven (11) directors specifically named in the Company’s management information circular and proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”), each to serve until the close of the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his 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 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration, (iv) approved amendments to the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan that would permit common shares not used to settle awards under prior plans to be used under the 2014 Omnibus Plan and make other administrative changes, and (v) did not approve a shareholder proposal to adopt a written board diversity policy. The voting results for each proposal are as follows:

Proposal 1: Election of the eleven (11) directors specifically named in the proxy statement, each to serve until the close of the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his successor is elected or appointed:

 

Nominees

   Number of
Votes For
     Number of
Votes Withheld
     Broker Non-
Votes
 

Alexander Behring

     434,844,151         11,413,550         16,406,212   

Marc Caira

     445,699,049         558,652         16,406,212   

Martin E. Franklin

     443,720,891         2,536,810         16,406,212   

Paul J. Fribourg

     443,532,192         2,725,509         16,406,212   

Neil Golden

     446,056,477         201,223         16,406,213   

John A. Lederer

     446,081,530         176,171         16,406,212   

Thomas V. Milroy

     445,530,541         727,160         16,406,212   

Daniel S. Schwartz

     446,035,441         222,259         16,406,213   

Carlos Alberto Sicupira

     442,030,937         4,226,764         16,406,212   

Roberto Moses Thompson Motta

     444,400,349         1,857,352         16,406,212   

Alexandre Van Damme

     443,029,685         3,228,016         16,406,212   

Proposal 2: Approval, on an 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
433,681,691   12,436,572   145,545   16,400,105

Proposal 3: Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2017 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
458,522,522   4,132,973   7,020

Proposal 4: Approval of amendments to the 2014 Omnibus Incentive Plan that would permit common shares not used to settle awards under prior plans to be used under the 2014 Omnibus Plan and make other administrative changes:

 

Number of

Votes For

  Number of
Votes Against
  Broker Non-Votes
437,799,809   8,454,165   16,407,231

Proposal 5: Consideration of a shareholder proposal to adopt a written board diversity policy:

 

Number of

Votes For

  Number of
Votes Against
  Number of
Votes Withheld
  Broker Non-Votes
72,840,783   357,113,358   10,344,110   22,365,662


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 13, 2016       Name: Jill Granat
      Title:   General Counsel and Corporate Secretary