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Risk Overview Q2, 2026
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- Economy & Political Environment - Risk 1Economic conditions have adversely affected and could continue to adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our business, financial condition, and results of operations have been, and could continue to be, adversely affected by changes in macroeconomic conditions beyond our control, which have impacted consumer behavior, including consumers' ability or willingness to spend discretionary income on dining away from home. As a restaurant company dependent on consumer discretionary spending, our business and financial results are sensitive to changes in, or uncertainty about, macroeconomic conditions. An economic slowdown or recession may cause consumers to reduce dining frequency, limit or reduce overall spending, or shift toward lower-priced alternatives. Consumer discretionary spending may be adversely affected by factors such as changes in income, job losses, inflation, changes in interest rates, reduced access to credit, changes in economic policy, or geopolitical instability. If adverse economic conditions or uncertainty persist or worsen, consumers may make longer-lasting changes to their discretionary purchasing behavior, including dining out less frequently. These and other macroeconomic factors could adversely affect restaurant sales, growth, franchisee profitability, and our development plans, which could harm our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
Risk Highlights Q2, 2026
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Risk Factors Full Breakdown - Total Risks 37
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 1Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation designates the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders' ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware will be the sole and exclusive forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors, officers and employees to us or our stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws or (iv) any action asserting a claim that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each case subject to the Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of our capital stock shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to this provision of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This choice of forum provision may limit our stockholders' ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and employees even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders. Stockholders who do bring a claim in the Court of Chancery could face additional litigation costs in pursuing any such claim. The Court of Chancery may also reach different judgments or results than would other courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments or results may be more favorable to us than to our stockholders. In addition, the enforceability of similar choice of forum provisions in other companies' certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings, and it is possible that, in connection with any applicable action brought against us, a court could find the choice of forum provisions contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in such action.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 2Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of us more difficult, limit attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management and limit the market price of our common stock.
Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws may have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or changes in our management. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws include provisions that: - authorize our board of directors to issue, without further action by the stockholders, up to 15,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock;- require that any action to be taken by our stockholders be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting and not by written consent;- specify that special meetings of our stockholders can be called only upon the request of a majority of our board of directors or by the chairman of the board of directors;- establish an advance notice procedure for stockholder proposals to be brought before an annual meeting, including proposed nominations of persons for election to our board of directors; and - prohibit cumulative voting in the election of directors. These provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors, which is responsible for appointing the members of our management, and may discourage, delay, or prevent a transaction involving a change of control of our company that is in the best interest of our minority stockholders. Even in the absence of a takeover attempt, the existence of these provisions may adversely affect the prevailing market price of our common stock if stockholders view them as discouraging future takeover attempts. In addition, we have opted out of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") Section 203, relating to business combinations with interested stockholders, but our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that engaging in any of a broad range of business combinations with any "interested" stockholder (any stockholder with 15% or more of our capital stock) for a period of three years following the date on which the stockholder became an "interested" stockholder is prohibited, subject to certain exceptions.
- Share Price & Shareholder Rights - Risk 3Our stock price may be volatile or may decline regardless of our operating performance.
The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, most of which we cannot control, including those described under "Risks Related to Our Business and Our Industry" and the following: - potential fluctuation in our annual or quarterly operating results;- changes in capital market conditions that could affect valuations of restaurant companies in general or our goodwill in particular or other adverse economic conditions;- changes in financial estimates by any securities analysts who follow our common stock, our failure to meet these estimates or failure of those analysts to initiate or maintain coverage of our common stock;- downgrades by any securities analysts who follow our common stock;- changes in our dividend policy or any share repurchase program;- future sales of our common stock by our officers, directors and significant stockholders;- global economic, legal, and regulatory factors unrelated to our performance;- investors' perceptions of our prospects;- announcements by us or our competitors of significant contracts, acquisitions, joint ventures, or capital commitments; and - investor perceptions of the investment opportunity associated with our common stock relative to other investment alternatives. In addition, the stock markets, and in particular Nasdaq, have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have affected and continue to affect the market prices of equity securities of many food service companies. In the past, stockholders have instituted securities class action litigation following periods of market volatility. If we were involved in securities litigation, we could incur substantial costs and our resources and the attention of management could be diverted from our business.
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