Burger King 2008 Annual Report Download - page 18

SHAREHOLDER & CONTACT INFORMATION
CORPORATE INFORMATION
Stock Listing
New York Stock Exchange, Symbol: BKC
Transfer Agent
The Bank of New York Mellon
Shareowner Services
Church Street Station
P.O. Box 11258
New York, NY 10286-1258
Phone: [phone]
Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
KPMG LLP, Miami, Florida
Annual Meeting
The fi scal 2008 Annual Meeting of Share-
holders will be held at 9 a.m. Eastern time
on November 20, 2008, at the Hilton
Miami Airport, 5101 Blue Lagoon Drive,
Miami, Florida 33126.
Certifications
The Company’s Chairman and Chief
Executive Offi cer, John W. Chidsey, certi-
fi ed to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
on December 27, 2007, pursuant to Section
303A.12(a) of the NYSE’s listing standards,
that he was not aware of any violation by the
company of the NYSE’s corporate gover-
nance listing standards as of that date.
John W. Chidsey and Ben K. Wells, Chief
Financial Offi cer, have issued the certifi ca-
tions required by Sections 302 and 906 of
the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and appli-
cable Securities and Exchange Commission
regulations with respect to the company’s
fi scal 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The full text of the certifi cations is set
forth in Exhibits 31 and 32 to the company’s
fi scal 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Shareholders may obtain a copy of these
certifi cations and/or a complete copy of
the company’s Annual Report on Form
10-K free of charge through the Investor
Relations—SEC Filings section of its
Internet Web site at www.bk.com.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John W. Chidsey
Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer, BKC
Brian T. Swette
Private Investor
Richard W. Boyce
Partner, TPG Capital
David A. Brandon
Chairman and
Chief Executive Offi cer,
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
Ronald M. Dykes
Former CFO,
BellSouth Corporation
Peter R. Formanek
Private Investor
Manuel A. Garcia
President and Chief Executive Offi cer,
Atlantic Coast Management
Sanjeev K. Mehra
Managing Director,
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Stephen G. Pagliuca
Managing Director,
Bain Capital Partners
Kneeland C. Youngblood
Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Pharos Capital Group
EXECUTIVE TEAM
John W. Chidsey
Chairman and Chief Executive Offi cer
Anne Chwat
General Counsel and Secretary
Gladys DeClouet
Senior Vice President, North America
Company Operations
Charles M. Fallon, Jr.
President, North America
Armando Jacomino
President, Latin America
Russell B. Klein
President, Global Marketing, Strategy,
and Innovation
Julio A. Ramirez
Executive Vice President, Global Operations
Raj Rawal
Senior Vice President and
Chief Information Offi cer
Peter Robinson
President, Europe, the Middle East
and Africa
Peter C. Smith
Chief Human Resources Offi cer
Peter Tan
President, Asia Pacifi c
Amy E. Wagner
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations
and Global Communications
Ben K. Wells
Chief Financial Offi cer
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This Annual Report to shareholders contains management’s expectations, beliefs, projections, plans and strategies regarding future events and
operating performance that are forward-looking by nature and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements
include statements regarding our plans and expectations regarding net restaurant growth in fi scal 2009 and beyond; our plan to manage growth
strategically to generate the best return on investment; our intention and expectations regarding our ability to continue to offer innovative concepts
and products; our ability to continue to employ creative marketing strategies and advertising; our ability to execute on our operational platforms; our
expectations regarding our restaurant reimaging program; our ability to roll out new technological improvements to Burger King® restaurants
worldwide and our expectations regarding the impact of these improvements; our intention and efforts to reduce the environmental footprint of our
restaurants; and our ability to deliver best-in-class results based on our multiple growth drivers. These forward-looking statements are based on our
current expectations and projections about future events. Important factors could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achieve-
ments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those
risk factors set forth in fi lings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual and quarterly reports, and the following: our
ability to compete domestically and internationally in an intensely competitive industry; our ability to realize our growth opportunities and success-
fully implement our international growth strategy; increases in our operating costs, including food and paper products, energy costs and labor costs;
infl ationary pressures and declines in consumer confi dence and consumer discretionary spending; our continued ability, and the ability of our
franchisees, to obtain suitable locations and fi nancing for new restaurant development; changes in consumer preferences, perceptions of dietary health
and food safety and negative publicity relating to our products; the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising programs and franchisee support
of these programs; our ability to execute on our reimaging program, our continued good relationship with our franchisees; and our ability to bring
more guests into our restaurants through operational excellence.
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