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Restaurant Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick service restaurant companies with more than $30 billion in system sales and with approximately 26,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. Restaurant Brands International owns three of the world's most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands - TIM HORTONS®, BURGER KING® and POPEYES®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for over 40 years.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. shares began trading on December 2014 on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "QSR".

Your 2017 T5s for Canadian residents and Form 1099Ds for US residents were mailed out in January 2018 and NR4s for other non-residents in March 2018. Duplicate copies of tax slips can be requested from Computershare at 1-800-564-6253 or through Computershare's Online Investor portal which can be accessed through the following link: www.investorcentre.com/

Although a portion of a distribution payment may consist of U.S. source income, none of the income is effectively connected with a trade or business in the U.S. Please see the respective quarterly Qualified Notice posted in the question below for further information on U.S. withholding taxes related to a specific distribution.

Unless otherwise indicated, all distributions from Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership are considered returns of capital and are not subject to Canadian withholding tax.

If you were an owner of Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership units at any time in 2014, you will receive a T5013 Statement of Partnership Income from your broker. The partnership loss allocated to each unit holder was $0.0001 cent per unit for 2014. There were no distributions from the partnership to the unit holders in 2014.

Box 19a represents the total 2018 quarterly cash dividends you received, including fourth quarter dividends which were paid on January 4th 2019, if applicable.

Your 2018 K-1 schedules were mailed out by March 20, 2019. Electronic K-1s are also available online. For any questions or concerns regarding tax information or website help, please contact customer support at 1-855-243-1227.

Unless otherwise indicated, all dividends paid by the Company to U.S. individual shareholders are designated as qualified dividends for U.S. tax purposes and Form 1099-DIV reporting as that term is defined in section 1(h)(11) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The taxation of these dividends is dependent upon individual tax circumstances, including the holding period of the shares which generated the dividend. Therefore, U.S. shareholders should consult their tax advisors regarding this or any other taxation matter.

All dividends paid by the Company, unless otherwise indicated, are designated as eligible dividends for Canadian tax purposes in accordance with subsection 89(14) of the Income Tax Act (Canada), and any applicable corresponding provincial and territorial provisions.

A transfer agent is an agency employed by a publicly traded company that maintains records of stockholders (except those whose shares are held by a bank, broker or other holder of record), resolves questions concerning stock certificates, and effects trades on behalf of stockholders.

Computershare is Restaurant Brands International Inc.’s transfer agent and registrar. Computershare is responsible for maintaining all records of registered stockholders (including name, address and telephone number), issuing or canceling stock certificates, and resolving questions pertaining to lost, destroyed, stolen or inherited stock certificates. Should your shares be held in 'streetname' by a bank, broker or other holder of record, you will need to contact the record holder for these services.