Restaurant Brands International Inc. (NYSE: QSR) (TSX: QSR) has announced the results of the election of directors at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders, held on June 3, 2026. The meeting saw a total of 403,178,212 eligible votes represented in person or by proxy, accounting for 88.29% of all eligible votes.
Director Election Results
RBI’s proxy circular provided for ten nominees to the Board of Directors. All ten individuals nominated by the Board were elected, each to hold office until the close of the next annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected or appointed. Notably, each nominee other than Ms. Smith was an incumbent director.
The votes cast with respect to each nominee were as follows:
- Alexandre Behring: 386,544,846 votes for (97.21%), 10,905,772 against (2.74%)
- Maximilien de Limburg Stirum: 396,984,644 votes for (99.83%), 616,474 against (0.16%)
- J. Patrick Doyle: 393,548,187 votes for (98.97%), 4,058,404 against (1.02%)
- Cristina Farjallat: 396,848,192 votes for (99.80%), 759,417 against (0.19%)
- Ali Hedayat: 393,457,494 votes for (98.95%), 4,142,830 against (1.04%)
- Marc Lemann: 391,720,662 votes for (98.51%), 5,882,501 against (1.48%)
- Jason Melbourne: 396,839,982 votes for (99.80%), 763,563 against (0.19%)
- Daniel S. Schwartz: 396,469,148 votes for (99.70%), 1,131,612 against (0.28%)
- Marcia Smith: 397,229,186 votes for (99.90%), 376,898 against (0.09%)
- Thecla Sweeney: 394,889,035 votes for (99.31%), 2,671,526 against (0.67%)
Final voting results on all matters at the Annual Meeting will be filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.
About Restaurant Brands International Inc.
Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies, with nearly $48 billion in annual system-wide sales and approximately 33,000 restaurants in more than 120 countries and territories. RBI owns four iconic quick service restaurant brands: Tim Hortons, Burger King, Popeyes, and Firehouse Subs. These independently operated brands have served their guests, franchisees, and communities for decades. Through its Restaurant Brands for Good framework, RBI is improving sustainable outcomes related to its food, the planet, and people and communities.
RBI’s principal executive offices are in Miami, Florida. In North America, RBI’s brands are headquartered in their home markets where they were founded: Canada for Tim Hortons and the U.S. for Burger King, Popeyes and Firehouse Subs. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.rbi.com.
