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On June 3, 2025, Restaurant Brands International Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2025 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 2026 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 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorized the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration, and (iv) did not approve shareholder proposals regarding antibiotics policy, food waste and defining director independence. Note that Proposal 7 was withdrawn prior to the meeting.

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 2026 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 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and authorization of the Company’s directors to fix the auditors’ remuneration:

Proposal 4: Consider a shareholder proposal regarding antibiotics policy:

Proposal 5: Consider a shareholder proposal regarding food waste:

Proposal 6: Consider a shareholder proposal regarding defining director independence:

    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.