Exhibit 99.1

Restaurant Brands International Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2016 Results

Oakville, Ontario – August 4, 2016 – Restaurant Brands International Inc. (TSX/NYSE: QSR, TSX: QSP) today reported financial results for second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Daniel Schwartz, Chief Executive Officer of Restaurant Brands International Inc. (“RBI”) commented, “We ended the second quarter with solid system-wide sales growth at both of our iconic brands, TIM HORTONS^® and BURGER KING^®, driven by growth in our global restaurant footprint and compelling product launches. We continued to achieve strong earnings growth versus prior year results and believe that the execution of our brand-specific strategies by our franchisees and employees will drive sustainable value for years to come.”

Second Quarter 2016 Highlights:

Consolidated Operational Highlights

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Consolidated Financial Highlights

RBI Total Revenues for the quarter were $1,040.2 million compared to $1,042.2 million in the prior year period primarily as a result of unfavorable FX movements, partially offset by system-wide sales growth at both TH and BK. On a GAAP basis, RBI reported Net Income Attributable to Common Shareholders of $90.9 million in the second quarter, versus $11.0 million in the prior year, and Diluted Earnings per Share of $0.38, compared to $0.05 in the prior year, primarily due to the non-recurrence of one-time expenses arising from the 2015 debt refinancing, effective cost management, and the non-recurrence of one-time expenses arising from the Tim Hortons transaction. Adjusted EBITDA growth of 16.2%, excluding the impact of FX movements, was driven by organic growth at both brands combined with cost discipline.

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TH Segment Results

At TH, year-over-year restaurant count growth of 3.3% combined with comparable sales growth of 2.7% resulted in system-wide sales growth of 4.8% in constant currency. Impactful new product launches drove favorable comparable sales at TH. TH ended the second quarter with 4,464 restaurants, opening 26 net new restaurants during the period.

TH experienced a 4.2% FX headwind to Total Revenues for the second quarter. Compared to prior year results, TH Total Revenues of $759.8 million declined 0.5% but grew 3.8% excluding the impact of FX movements. TH Adjusted EBITDA of $279.0 million grew 18.8% and 24.1% excluding the impact of FX movements, primarily driven by system-wide sales growth and cost discipline.

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BK Segment Results

At BK, system-wide sales grew 5.9% year-over-year in constant currency. Strength in Asia Pacific (“APAC”) and Latin America and the Caribbean (“LAC”), partially offset by softness in the U.S. and Canada (“US&C”), contributed to comparable sales growth of 0.6% at BK. Year-over-year, BK achieved restaurant count growth of 3.9% with 92 net new restaurants added during the quarter, ending the quarter with 15,100 restaurants.

BK experienced a 2.0% FX headwind to Total Revenues for the second quarter. Compared to prior year results, BK Total Revenues of $280.4 million grew 0.8% and 2.8% excluding the impact of FX movements. BK Adjusted EBITDA of $200.1 million grew 3.7% and 6.5% excluding the impact of FX movements, driven by system-wide sales growth and discipline on costs.

Cash and Liquidity

As of June 30, 2016, total debt was $8.9 billion, and net debt, excluding total cash and cash equivalents of $1.0 billion, was $7.9 billion. On August 3, 2016, the RBI Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.16 per common share and Class B exchangeable partnership unit of Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership for the third quarter of 2016. The dividend will be payable on October 4, 2016 to shareholders and unitholders of record at the close of business on September 6, 2016.

On August 2, 2016, the RBI Board of Directors approved a share repurchase authorization whereby RBI may purchase up to $300 million of its common shares over the next 5 years. Repurchases under the company’s new authorization will be made in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.

Investor Conference Call

We will host an investor conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, August 4, 2016, to review financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016. The earnings call will be broadcast live via our investor relations website at http://investor.rbi.com and a replay will be available for 30 days following the release. The dial-in number is (877) 317-6711 for U.S. callers, (866) 450-4696 for Canadian callers, and (412) 317-5475 for callers from other countries.

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Contacts

Investors

Andrea John, Investor Relations

investor@rbi.com

Media

Patrick McGrade, Communications and Corporate Affairs

media@rbi.com

About Restaurant Brands International Inc.

Restaurant Brands International Inc. (“RBI”) is one of the world’s largest quick service restaurant companies with more than $23 billion in system-wide sales and over 19,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and U.S. territories. RBI owns two of the world’s most prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS^® and BURGER KING^®. These independently operated brands have been serving their respective guests, franchisees and communities for over 50 years. To learn more about RBI, please visit the company’s website at www.rbi.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements and information, which reflect management’s current beliefs and expectations regarding future events and operating performance and speak only as of the date hereof. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements about RBI’s current beliefs regarding the ability of its franchisees and employees to execute on its brand-specific strategies to drive sustainable value for years to come. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from RBI’s expectations are detailed in filings of RBI with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities, such as its annual and quarterly reports and current reports on Form 8-K, and include the following: risks related to RBI’s ability to successfully implement its domestic and international growth strategy; and risks related to RBI’s ability to compete domestically and internationally in an intensely competitive industry. Other than as required under U.S. federal securities laws or Canadian securities laws, we do not assume a duty to update these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or circumstances, change in expectations or otherwise.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

Memo: Basic earnings per common share is determined by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For the three months ended June 30, 2016, diluted EPS of $0.38 per share includes $90.9 million net income attributable to common shareholders and $88.3 million net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related to the Class B exchangeable limited partnership units of Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership (“Partnership exchangeable units”) and assumes conversion of Partnership exchangeable units to RBI common shares. For the three months ended June 30, 2015, diluted EPS of $0.05 per share includes $11.0 million net income attributable to common shareholders and $14.3 million net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related to the Partnership exchangeable units and assumes conversion of Partnership exchangeable units to RBI common shares. The diluted earnings per share calculation assumes conversion of 100% of the Partnership exchangeable units under the “if converted” method.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

Memo: Basic earnings per common share is determined by dividing net income attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. For the six months ended June 30, 2016, diluted EPS of $0.59 per share includes $140.9 million net income attributable to common shareholders and $138.2 million net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related to the Class B exchangeable limited partnership units of Restaurant Brands International Limited Partnership (“Partnership exchangeable units”) and assumes conversion of Partnership exchangeable units to RBI common shares. For the six months ended June 30, 2015, diluted EPS of $0.01 per share includes $2.7 million net income attributable to common shareholders and $3.5 million net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related to the Partnership exchangeable units and assumes conversion of Partnership exchangeable units to RBI common shares. The diluted earnings per share calculation assumes conversion of 100% of the Partnership exchangeable units under the “if converted” method.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In millions of U.S. dollars, except share data)

(Unaudited)

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In millions of U.S. dollars)

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Key Business Metrics

We evaluate our restaurants and assess our business based on the following operating metrics.

System-wide sales growth refers to the change in sales at all company-owned and franchise restaurants in one period from the same period in the prior year. Comparable sales growth refers to the change in restaurant sales in one period from the same prior year period for restaurants that have been open for thirteen months or longer. Company-owned restaurants refranchised during a quarterly period are included with franchise restaurants for the purpose of calculating comparable sales growth for the quarter. Comparable sales and sales growth are measured on a constant currency basis, which means that results exclude the effect of foreign currency translation and are calculated by translating prior year results at current year monthly average exchange rates. We analyze key operating metrics on a constant currency basis as this helps identify underlying business trends, without distortion from the effects of currency movements.

System-wide sales represent sales at all company-owned restaurants and franchise restaurants. We do not record franchise sales as revenues; however, our franchise revenues include royalties based on a percentage of franchise sales.

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Key Business Metrics by Brand Market

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Supplemental Disclosure

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Selling, general and administrative expenses

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

(Unaudited)

Below, we define the non-GAAP financial measures, provide a reconciliation of each non-GAAP financial measure to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), and discuss the reasons that we believe this information is useful to management and may be useful to investors. These measures may differ from similarly captioned measures of other companies in our industry.

Non-GAAP Measures

To supplement our condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, RBI reports the following non-GAAP financial measures: EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Diluted Earnings per Share (“Adjusted Diluted EPS”), Organic revenue growth and Organic Adjusted EBITDA growth. We believe that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors in assessing our operating performance, as it provides them with the same tools that management uses to evaluate our performance and is responsive to questions we receive from both investors and analysts. By disclosing these non-GAAP measures, we intend to provide investors with a consistent comparison of our operating results and trends for the periods presented.

EBITDA is defined as earnings (net income or loss) before interest, (gain) loss on early extinguishment of debt, taxes, and depreciation and amortization and is used by management to measure operating performance of the business.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA excluding the non-cash impact of share-based compensation and non-cash incentive compensation expense and (income) loss from equity method investments, net of cash distributions received from equity method investments, as well as other operating expenses (income), net. Other specifically identified costs associated with non-recurring projects are also excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, including acquisition accounting impact on cost of sales, Tim Hortons transaction and restructuring costs and integration costs, each of which is associated with the acquisition of Tim Hortons. Adjusted EBITDA is used by management to measure operating performance of the business, excluding these non-cash and other specifically identified items that management believes are not relevant to management’s assessment of operating performance or the performance of an acquired business. Adjusted EBITDA, as defined above, also represents our measure of segment income.

Adjusted Net Income is defined as net income excluding (i) franchise agreement amortization, which is a non-cash expense arising as a result of acquisition accounting that may hinder the comparability of our operating results to our industry peers, (ii) amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount, a non-cash component of interest expense, and (gains) losses on early extinguishment of debt, which are non-cash charges that vary by the timing, terms and size of debt financing transactions, (iii) (income) loss from equity method investments, net of cash distributions received from equity method investments, (iv) other operating expenses (income), net, and (v) other specifically identified costs associated with non-recurring projects. Adjusted Net Income includes preferred share dividends.

Adjusted Diluted EPS is calculated by dividing Adjusted Net Income by the number of diluted shares of RBI during the reporting period. Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS are used by management to evaluate the operating performance of the business, excluding certain non-cash and other specifically identified items that management are not relevant to management’s assessment of operating performance or the performance of an acquired business.

Revenue growth and Adjusted EBITDA growth, on an organic basis, are non-GAAP measures that exclude the impact of FX movements. Management believes that organic growth is an important metric for measuring the operating performance of our business as it excludes the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. We calculate the impact of FX movements by translating current year results at prior year monthly average exchange rates.

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Organic Growth in Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA

Three Months Ended June 30, 2016

(Unaudited)

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA to Net Income

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted EPS

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Footnotes to Reconciliation Tables

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