Burger King Recent Developments:
February 21, 2006 | Paid a cash dividend of $367 million primarily the private equity funds controlled by the sponsors which owned approximately 95% of the outstanding shares of our common stock at that date, and members of senior management.
February 21, 2006 | Paid $33 million to holders of options and restricted stock unit awards, primarily members of senior management (refered to as the compensatory make-whole payment).
February 3, 2006 | Agreed to pay a one-time $30 million fee to terminate management agreement (approximately $9 million per year) with the sponsors effective upon becoming a publicly-traded company (refer to as the sponsor management termination fee).
INFO SOURCES
Regulatory Filing - SEC S1A
LINKED TO
Texas Pacific Group; Bain Capital Partners; Goldman Sachs Funds; TurnWorks, Inc. (Greg Brenneman, our former chairman and CEO)
HISTORY
1954 | James McLamore and David Edgerton opened the first Burger King restaurant in Miami, Florida
1967 | Founders sold Burger King Corporation to The Pillsbury Company in 1967,
1989 | The Pillsbury Company was purchased by Grand Metropolitan plc
2000 | Grand Metropolitan plc merged with Guinness plc to form Diageo plc, a British spirits company.
December 2002 | Burger King Corporation was acquired by private equity funds controlled by Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital Partners and the Goldman Sachs Funds
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