---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001618756-21-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QSR"
cik: "0001618756"
company_name: "Restaurant Brands International Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T00:33:08.172296+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RBI board director Carlos Sicupira resigns; Thecla Sweeney appointed as independent director

## Summary
- Director Carlos Sicupira resigns effective Dec 31, 2021 after over a decade of service.
- Thecla Sweeney appointed as independent director effective Jan 1, 2022.
- Sweeney is Exec Chair/CEO of Motion LP and Operating Partner at Birch Hill Equity Partners.
- Board determined Sweeney qualifies as independent under NYSE and TSX listing standards.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001618756-21-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QSR
- cik: 0001618756
- company_name: Restaurant Brands International Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618756/000161875621000070/0001618756-21-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618756/000161875621000070/qsr-20211213.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001618756-21-000070
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001618756-21-000070.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001618756-21-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Thecla Sweeney was appointed as Director at Restaurant Brands International Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Thecla Sweeney to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Sicupira’s resignation, effective January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618756/000161875621000070/0001618756-21-000070-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos Sicupira resigned as Director at Restaurant Brands International Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: was notified by Carlos Sicupira on December 13, 2021 that he had decided to resign from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of RBI effective December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1618756/000161875621000070/0001618756-21-000070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.