Burger King Company Completes Acquisition of Carrols Restaurant Group

With the close of the acquisition, RBI adds the largest Burger King® (“BK”) franchisee in the United States to its portfolio as part of the Company’s Reclaim the Flame plan. As previously announced, the Company will invest a further $500M to accelerate the reimaging of more than 600 Carrols restaurants before refranchising the majority of the acquired portfolio to new or existing smaller franchise operators over the next seven years.