Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJune 15, 2022 ,Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the "Company") held its 2022 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 2023 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) appointedKPMG LLP as the Company's auditors to serve until the close of the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company's directors to fix the auditors' remuneration, and (iv) did not approve a shareholder proposal to report on the Company's business strategy in the face of labour market pressure including information on franchisee human capital management. 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 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected or appointed:
Nominee Number of Votes For Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes Alexandre Behring 356,561,313 27,616,114 6,172,935 João M. Castro-Neves 383,507,208 670,219 6,172,935 Maximilien de Limburg Stirum 382,746,014 1,431,372 6,172,935 Paul J. Fribourg 363,585,995 20,591,294 6,172,935 Neil Golden 383,537,695 639,732 6,172,935 Ali Hedayat 368,216,534 15,960,852 6,172,935 Golnar Khosrowshahi 374,822,149 9,355,278 6,172,935 Marc Lemann 383,030,420 1,146,983 6,172,935 Jason Melbourne 383,252,621 924,765 6,172,935 Giovanni (John) Prato 383,518,055 659,372 6,172,935 Daniel S. Schwartz 381,072,245 3,105,182 6,172,935 Thecla Sweeney 383,625,161 552,225 6,172,935
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 373,633,013 9,521,304 1,023,100 6,172,945
Proposal 3: Appointment of
Number of Votes For Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 375,208,218 15,142,143 1 Proposal 4: Consider a shareholder proposal to report on business strategy in the face of labour market pressure including information on franchisee human capital management: Number of Votes For Number of Votes Against Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 52,689,859 324,932,791 6,554,765 6,172,947
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