SEC Comment Letter for Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR) (CIK 0001618756) (QSR) — Jun 22, 2016
Restaurant Brands International Inc. (QSR) (CIK 0001618756)
Date: June 22, 2016 · CIK: 0001618756 · Accession: 0000000000-16-081602
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Mail Stop 3561 June 22, 2016 Joshua Kobza Chief Financial Officer Restaurant Brands International, Inc. 226 Wyecroft Road Oakville, Ontario Canada L6K 3X7 Re: Restaurant Brands International, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 Filed February 26, 2016 File No. 001 -36786 Dear Mr. Kobza : We have limited our review of your filing to the financial statements and related disclosures and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten busine ss days by providing the requested information or advis e us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Form 10 -K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations Non-GAAP Reconciliations, page 41 1. We note that you disclose the non -GAAP financial measure s EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. Please revise to disclose the reasons why you believe that presentation of these measures provides useful information to investors regarding your financial condition and results of operations, as required by Item 10(e)(1)(i)( C). Please provide similar revisions in your Forms 10 -Q. Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, page 67 2. We note that in connection with the transactions that occurred in December 2014, the carrying amount of equity attributable to you was adjusted to refle ct the change in your Joshua Kobza Restaurant Brands International, Inc. June 22, 2016 Page 2 ownership interest of your subsidiaries and you recorded $2,918 as noncontrolling interests. Please explain to us how you determined or calculated this initial amount of noncontrolling interest. We urge all persons who are respons ible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing includes the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable Exchange Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in posses sion of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our comments, please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that: the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. You may contact Kristin Shifflett at 202 -551-3381, Claire Erlanger at 202 -551-3301 or me at 202-551-3377 with any questions. Sincerely, /s/ Lyn Shenk for Andrew Mew Senior Assistant Chief Accountant