Burger King Holdings Inc., the second largest hamburger restaurant chain in the United States plans to offer their shares to potential investors. In recent weeks, BK actively in talks with a number of financial companies.
According to the Reuters news agency sources, one of the companies interested to buy stocks with a market capitalization of U.S. $ 2.3 billion, the UK-based 3i. But both companies have not yet commented.
As a long-term strategy to increase revenues, BK will sell more than half the restaurants are owned directly by the company in three to five years into the future. The goal, reducing the amount of direct ownership of 10 percent to 5 percent.
Last week the sale of Burger King, which has 12 thousand branches in 75 countries, announced its global sales decline of 2.3 percent. As the year 2009 value of sales rose 1.2 percent. Sales in North America fell more in the world, amounting to 3.9 percent.
While the tightening of McDonald's competitors claim to have better global sales. McD sales in the second quarter rose 4.8 percent with the increase in sales in the United States amounted to 3.7 percent.
For the fourth quarter ended June, BK net income of U.S. $ 49 million or 36 cents per share seniali. Whereas last year's value in the same period amounted to U.S. $ 58.9 million, with 43 cents per share. Revenue also dropped one percent to U.S. $ 623 million.
As a long-term strategy to increase revenues, BK will sell more than half the restaurants are owned directly by the company in three to five years into the future. The goal, reducing the amount of direct ownership of 10 percent to 5 percent.
Last week the sale of Burger King, which has 12 thousand branches in 75 countries, announced its global sales decline of 2.3 percent. As the year 2009 value of sales rose 1.2 percent. Sales in North America fell more in the world, amounting to 3.9 percent.
While the tightening of McDonald's competitors claim to have better global sales. McD sales in the second quarter rose 4.8 percent with the increase in sales in the United States amounted to 3.7 percent.
For the fourth quarter ended June, BK net income of U.S. $ 49 million or 36 cents per share seniali. Whereas last year's value in the same period amounted to U.S. $ 58.9 million, with 43 cents per share. Revenue also dropped one percent to U.S. $ 623 million.
55-year-old company officially became a public company since May 2006. Diageo, a British company, is the original owner before selling it to the Texas Pacific, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs in 2002 worth U.S. $ 1.5 million.
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