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On May 23, 2023, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2023 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 2024 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) appointed KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration, (iv) approved the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan, (v) did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding the annual glidepath ESG disclosure, (vi) did not approve a shareholder proposal regarding the Company’s report on lobbying activities and expenditures, (vii) did not approve a shareholder proposal to report on the Company’s business strategy in the face of labour market pressure, and (vii) did not approve a shareholder proposal to report on the Company’s reduction of plastics use.

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 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until his or her successor is elected or appointed:

Proposal 2: Approval, on a non-binding advisory basis, of the compensation paid by the Company to its named executive officers:

Proposal 3: Appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s auditors to serve until the close of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorization of the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration:

Proposal 4: Approval of the 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan:

Proposal 5: Consider a shareholder proposal regarding the annual glidepath ESG disclosure:

Proposal 6: Consider a shareholder proposal regarding the Company’s report on lobbying activities and expenditures:

Proposal 7: Consider a shareholder proposal to report on the Company’s business strategy in the face of labour market pressure:

Proposal 8: Consider a shareholder proposal to report on the Company’s reduction of plastics use:

    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 thereunto duly authorized.