Popeye's 2012 Annual Report Download - page 11

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Annual Meeting
AFC’s 2013 Annual Meeting will
be held at:
Hilton Garden Inn—Atlanta
Perimeter Center
1501 Lake Hearn Drive
Atlanta, GA 30319
8:30 AM ET, May 22, 2013
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Form 10-K
The Company’s 2012 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 on Form 10-K 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 on Form 10-K include discussions regarding the Company’s planned
implementation of its strategic plan, projections and expectations regarding same-store sales for fi scal 2013 and beyond, the
Company’s ability to improve restaurant level margins, guidance for new restaurant openings and closures, and the Company’s
anticipated 2013 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 our Annual Report on
Form 10-K 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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