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season. Our restaurant sales and Company restaurant margins are typically lowest during our third fiscal quarter, which occurs during
the winter months and includes February, the shortest month of the year. Furthermore, adverse weather conditions can have material
adverse effects on restaurant sales. The timing of religious holidays may also impact restaurant sales. Because our business is
moderately seasonal, results for any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be achieved for any other quarter
or for the full fiscal year.
Our Employees
As of June 30, 2010, we had approximately 38,884 employees in our Company restaurants, our field management offices and our
global headquarters. As franchisees are independent business owners, they and their employees are not included in our employee count.
We consider our relationship with our employees to be good.
Financial Information about Business Segments and Regions
Financial information about our business segments (U.S. & Canada, EMEA/APAC and Latin America) is incorporated herein by
reference from Selected Financial Data in Part II, Item 6; Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations in Part II, Item 7; and in Financial Statements and Supplementary Data in Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10−K.
Available Information
The Company makes available free of charge on or through the Investor Relations section of its internet website at www.bk.com,
this annual report on Form 10−K, quarterly reports on Form 10−Q, current reports on Form 8−K, annual proxy statements and
amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the “Exchange Act”), as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing such material with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). This information is also available at www.sec.gov, an internet site maintained by the SEC that contains reports,
proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. The material may also
be read and copied by visiting the Public Reference Room of the SEC at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Information on the
operation of the public reference room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1−800−SEC−0330. The references to our website address
and the SEC’s website address do not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained in these websites and should
not be considered part of this document.
Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, our Code of Conduct for Directors and our
Code of Business Ethics and Conduct for Vendors are also located within the Investor Relations section of our website. Amendments to
these documents or waivers related to our codes of conduct will be made available on our web site as soon as reasonably practicable
after the effective date of the changes. We have adopted a Code of Ethics for Executive Officers that applies to our Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. The Code of Ethics for Executive Officers is located on our internet
website at www.bk.com under “Company Info — Investor Relations — Corporate Governance — Governance Documents.” We intend
to provide disclosure of any amendments or waivers of our Code of Ethics for Executive Officers on our web site within four business
days following the date of the amendment or waiver. These documents, as well as our SEC filings and copies of financial and other
information, are available in print free of charge to any shareholder who requests a copy from our Investor Relations Department.
Requests to Investor Relations may also be made by calling (305) 378−7696, or by sending the request to Investor Relations, Burger
King Holdings, Inc., 5505 Blue Lagoon Drive, Miami, FL 33126.
The Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John W. Chidsey, certified to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on
December 15, 2009, pursuant to Section 303A.12 of the NYSE’s listing standards, that he was not aware of any violation by the
Company of the NYSE’s corporate governance listing standards as of that date.
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