| FOOTNOTE | Latest-Year 1,988.6-percent growth reflects full year of revenue after creation in December 2014 through Burger King Worldwide Inc.'s $11.4-billion purchase of Tim Hortons Inc. That business combination resulted in Restaurant Brands International Inc., in which former Burger King Worldwide majority shareholder 3G Capital Partners' share of voting stock was diluted from a pre-merger 69 percent to about 48 percent. Top 100 methodology calls for a change in ownership to RBI. Preceding-Year revenue of $23.6 million is an estimate of post-merger revenue from U.S. Burger King and Tim Hortons operations. Latest-Year revenue is an estimate of Burger King U.S. revenue of $446.3 million and Tim Hortons U.S. revenue of $46.7 million. In comparison, under all owners, estimated Preceding-Year U.S. revenue was $409.3 million at Burger King and $43.3 million at Tim Hortons. |
