Current Report Filing (8-k)

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, by its general partner RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.

/s/ Jill M. Granat

Jill M. Granat

Date: November 1
5
, 2019

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

November 14, 2019

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC.

RESTAURANT BRANDS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Canada Ontario	001-36786 001-36787	98-1202754 98-1206431
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership

130 King Street West, Suite 300

Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E1

(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(905)

845-6511

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form

8-K

filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, without par value	QSR	New York Stock Exchange
		Toronto Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class B exchangeable limited partnership units	QSP	Toronto Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule

12b-2

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§

240.12b-2

of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

☐

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Purchase Agreement

On November 14, 2019, 1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Company, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of British Columbia (the “Issuer”), and New Red Finance, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Issuer (the

“Co-Issuer”

and, together with the Issuer, the “Issuers”), each a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of Canada (the “Company”), entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”) and Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 thereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), relating to the sale by the Issuers of $750 million aggregate principal amount of their 4.375% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2028 (the “Notes”), in a private placement to “qualified institutional buyers” in the United States, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Notes will be the second lien senior secured obligations of the Issuers guaranteed on a senior secured basis by each of the Company’s subsidiaries that guarantees the Issuers’ obligations under the Issuers’ existing senior secured credit facilities (the “Senior Secured Credit Facilities”).

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Issuers and the Guarantors together with customary closing conditions. Under the terms of the Purchase Agreement, the Issuers and the Guarantors have agreed to indemnify the Initial Purchasers against certain liabilities. The Notes Offering is expected to close on or about November 19, 2019, in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement.

The Issuers expect to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (the “Notes Offering”), together with cash on hand, to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under the Company’s Term Loan B Facility (as defined below) and to pay related fees and expenses.

Item 8.01

Other Events

On November 14, 2019, the Company issued a press release to announce the launch of the Notes Offering. The press release also announced that the Issuers intend to enter into an amendment to their existing credit agreement, (the “Amendment”) providing for, among other things, a maturity extension of the existing term loan B facility (the “Term Loan B Facility”) and the reduction of the interest rate margins and the interest rate floors applicable to the Term Loan B Facility. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Also on November 14, 2019, the Company issued a press release to announce (i) the pricing of the Notes and (ii) the intention to enter into the Amendment. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits


Exhibit Number		Description

	99.1	Press Release dated November 14, 2019

	99.2	Press Release dated November 14, 2019

	104	Cover Page Interactive File (the cover page tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.