Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
OnJune 16, 2021 ,Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the "Company") held its 2021 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 2022 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) approved, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers every one year, and (iv) appointedKPMG LLP as the Company's auditors to serve until the close of the 2022 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 twelve (12) directors specifically named in the Proxy Statement, each to serve until the close of the 2022 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 351,642,792 43,462,754 8,025,908 João M. Castro-Neves 393,376,973 1,728,944 8,025,908 Maximilien de Limburg Stirum 393,073,605 2,032,313 8,025,907 Paul J. Fribourg 374,012,467 21,093,064 8,025,907 Neil Golden 393,393,880 1,712,038 8,025,908 Ali Hedayat 393,231,126 1,874,791 8,025,908 Golnar Khosrowshahi 394,123,544 982,364 8,025,908 Marc Lemann 394,687,365 418,554 8,025,907 Jason Melbourne 394,882,713 223,204 8,025,907 Giovanni (John) Prato 393,391,082 1,714,835 8,025,908 Daniel S. Schwartz 391,824,621 3,281,298 8,025,907 Carlos Alberto Sicupira 377,080,542 18,025,007 8,025,907
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 389,243,788 5,669,045 193,440 8,025,924
Proposal 3: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the frequency of future shareholder votes on the compensation of the Company's named executive officers (every one, two or three years):
1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 392,775,634 204,772 2,024,981 100,895 8,025,915
Proposal 4: Appointment of
Number of Votes For Number of Votes Withheld Broker Non-Votes 396,366,604 6,743,471 1
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