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Restaurant Brands International modified nine of its 31 risk factor disclosures between 2024 and 2025, with substantive changes concentrated in operational and regulatory areas including global business risks, franchise model vulnerabilities, real estate acquisition challenges, labor and joint employer liability exposure, and intellectual property protection. No new risks were introduced and no previously disclosed risks were eliminated, indicating the company refined existing risk narratives rather than adjusting its fundamental risk profile. The modifications suggest RBI intensified its disclosure around franchise-related operational dependencies and employment classification risks, likely reflecting evolving regulatory scrutiny and operational pressures in these domains.
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The global scope of our business subjects us to risks and costs that may cause our profitability to decline.
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Our franchised business model presents a number of disadvantages and risks.
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We and our franchisees may be unable to secure and renew desirable restaurant locations to maintain and grow our restaurant portfolios.
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Labor challenges for franchisees and Company restaurants or being liable as a joint employer could adversely affect our business.
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If we are unable to protect the personal information that we gather or fail to comply with privacy and data protection laws and regulations, we could be subject to civil and criminal penalties, suffer reputational harm and incur substantial costs.
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Future changes to Canadian, U.S. and other foreign tax laws, including future regulations and other interpretive guidance of such tax laws, could materially affect RBI and/or Partnership, and adversely affect their anticipated financial positions and results.
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Information technology system failures or interruptions or breaches of our network security may interrupt our operations, cause reputational harm, subject us to increased operating costs and expose us to litigation.
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We and our franchisees may be adversely affected by changes in climate and weather patterns.
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Operating Company restaurants, including in the Restaurant Holdings segment, exposes us to additional risk and could adversely affect our operating margins and cash flows.
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