Popeye's 2011 Annual Report Download - page 11

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Annual Meeting
AFC’s 2012 Annual Meeting will
be held at:
Hilton Garden Inn—Atlanta
Perimeter Center
1501 Lake Hearn Drive
Atlanta, GA 30319
8:30 AM ET, May 15, 2012
404-459-0500
Form 10-K
The Company’s 2011 Annual Report on Form
10-K, as fi led with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, is being delivered with this Letter
to Our Stakeholders.
Copies of the Annual Report on
Form 10-K are also available without charge
upon written request to:
AFC Enterprises, Inc.
400 Perimeter Center Terrace
Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30346
Attn: Investor Relations
www.investor.afce.com
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Forward-Looking Statement: Certain statements in this Annual Report contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the
federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance, as well as management’s
current expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates, or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of
these laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Examples of such statements in this
Annual Report include discussions regarding the Company’s planned implementation of its strategic plan, the Company’s future cash
fl ows, revenues, fi nancial position, and opportunities for restaurant growth, projections, and expectations regarding same-store sales for
fi scal 2012 and beyond, the Company’s ability to improve restaurant level margins, guidance for new restaurant openings and closures,
and the Company’s anticipated 2012 and long-term performance, including projections regarding general and administrative expenses,
and net earnings per diluted share, and similar statements of belief or expectation regarding future events. Among the important factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: competition from
other restaurant concepts and food retailers, continued disruptions in the fi nancial markets, the loss of franchisees and other business
partners, labor shortages or increased labor costs, increased costs of our principal food products, changes in consumer preferences
and demographic trends, as well as concerns about health or food quality, instances of avian fl u or other food-borne illnesses, general
economic conditions, the loss of senior management and the inability to attract and retain additional qualifi ed management personnel,
limitations on our business under our credit facility, our ability to comply with the repayment requirements, covenants, tests, and
restrictions contained in our credit facility, failure of our franchisees, a decline in the number of franchised units, a decline in our ability to
franchise new units, slowed expansion into new markets, unexpected and adverse fl uctuations in quarterly results, increased government
regulation, effects of volatile gasoline prices, supply and delivery shortages or interruptions, currency, economic, and political factors
that affect our international operations, inadequate protection of our intellectual property and liabilities for environmental contamination,
and the other risk factors detailed in this Annual Report and other documents we fi le with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
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