Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Announces Ralph Bower Resignation
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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. Announces Ralph Bower Resignation

ATLANTA - August 04, 2014 - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLKI), the franchisor and operator of Popeyes® restaurants, today announced that Ralph Bower, the company’s President-U.S., has resigned effective August 8, 2014 to accept a new position. The company has commenced a process to identify Mr. Bower’s successor.

"Our exceptional people, together with our strong business strategies make me confident that our momentum will continue through this transition of leadership."

"On behalf of everyone at Popeyes, I want to thank Ralph for his contributions over the past six years. Ralph has been an important member of the Leadership Team that has led the transformation of the Company’s performance – improving franchise profitability, remodeling the system, accelerating new unit growth and strengthening our company-restaurant operating competencies," said Cheryl Bachelder, Popeyes Chief Executive Officer. "Our exceptional people, together with our strong business strategies make me confident that our momentum will continue through this transition of leadership."

Ms. Bachelder will oversee Mr. Bower’s responsibilities during the transition.

About Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. is the franchisor and operator of Popeyes® restaurants, the world's second-largest quick-service chicken concept based on number of units. As of April 20, 2014, Popeyes had 2,248 operating restaurants in the United States, three territories, and 27 foreign countries. The Company’s primary objective is to deliver sales and profits by offering excellent investment opportunities in its Popeyes brand and providing exceptional franchisee support systems and services to its owners. Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. can be found at www.popeyes.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding future events and developments and our future performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements are: competition from other restaurant concepts and food retailers, continued disruptions in the financial markets, the loss of franchisees and other business partners, labor shortages or increased labor costs, increased costs of our principal food products, changes in consumer preferences and demographic trends, as well as concerns about health or food quality, instances of avian flu or other food-borne illnesses, general economic conditions, the loss of senior management and the inability to attract and retain additional qualified management personnel, limitations on our business under our credit facility, our ability to comply with the repayment requirements, covenants, tests and restrictions contained in our credit facility, failure of our franchisees, a decline in the number of franchised units, a decline in our ability to franchise new units, slowed expansion into new markets, unexpected and adverse fluctuations in quarterly results, increased government regulation, effects of volatile gasoline prices, supply and delivery shortages or interruptions, currency, economic and political factors that affect our international operations, inadequate protection of our intellectual property and liabilities for environmental contamination and the other risk factors detailed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other documents we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

Contacts: 

Rebecca Gardy
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
Investor Relations
(404) 459-4673
Director, Finance & Investor Relations
investor.relations@popeyes.com

Todd Burke
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
Media Relations
(404) 459-4737
Vice President
Popeyes Communications & Public Relations
todd.burke@popeyes.com

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