Burger King 2012 Annual Report Download - page 31

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Our global restaurant support center and U.S. headquarters is located in Miami, Florida and consists of approximately 213,000 square feet which we
lease. We extended the Miami lease for our global restaurant support center in May 2008 through September 2018 with an option to renew for one five-year
period. We lease properties for our EMEA headquarters in Zug, Switzerland and our APAC headquarters in Singapore. We believe that our existing
headquarters and other leased and owned facilities are adequate to meet our current requirements.
The following table presents information regarding our restaurant properties as of December 31, 2012:
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Company restaurants 34 55 94 149 183
Franchisee-operated properties 721 468 552 1,020 1,741
Non-operating restaurant locations 33 9 7 16 49
Offices and other(2) — — 6 6 6
Total 788 532 659 1,191 1,979
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Company restaurants 12 50 173 223 235
Franchisee-operated properties 6 2 124 126 132
Non-operating restaurant locations — 1 4 5 5
Offices and other(2) 1 — 10 10 11
Total 19 53 311 364 383
(1) Owned refers to properties where we own the land and the building.
(2) Other properties include a consumer research center and storage facilities.
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Castenada v. Burger King Corp. and Burger King Corporation., No. CV08-4262 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California). On
September 10, 2008, a class action lawsuit was filed against the Company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The
complaint alleged that all 96 restaurants in California leased by the Company and operated by franchisees violate accessibility requirements
under federal and state law. In September 2009, the court issued a decision on the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. In its decision, the court limited the
class action to the 10 restaurants visited by the named plaintiffs, with a separate class of plaintiffs for each of the 10 restaurants and 10 separate trials. In
March 2010, the Company agreed to settle the lawsuit with respect to the 10 restaurants and, in July 2010, the court gave final approval to the settlement. In
February 2011, a class action lawsuit styled Vallabhapurapu v. Burger King Corporation, No. C11-00667 (U.S. District Court for the Northern District of
California) was filed with respect to the other 86 restaurants. In January 2012, we agreed to settle the lawsuit. Under the settlement, $19.0 million was paid
for the benefit of the class members, with $5.0 million funded by our franchisees, $3.9 million by BKC, and the balance by BKC’s insurance carrier. These
amounts were funded in December 2012.
From time to time, we are involved in other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business relating to matters including, but not limited to,
disputes with franchisees, suppliers, employees and customers, as well as disputes over our intellectual property.
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Not applicable.
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Source: Burger King Worldwide, Inc., 10-K, February 22, 2013 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠
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