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Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. filings document the company's foreign private issuer reporting, McDonald's franchise operations and governance matters. Annual Form 20-F reporting and related financial statements cover consolidated income, cash flows, equity, balance sheet items and notes for a restaurant business organized around Brazil, the North Latin American Division and the South Latin American Division.
Form 6-K reports record material updates such as operating and financial results, shareholder meeting notices and results, proxy materials, auditor appointments and board elections. The filings also disclose capital-structure matters involving subsidiary borrowings, derivative instruments, long-term debt and Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2029, along with the risks and reporting topics associated with operating a franchised quick-service restaurant network across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Executive Chairman Staton Woods reported compensation-related transactions involving Class A shares and Phantom Restricted Stock Units (Phantom RSUs) on May 10, 2026. He exercised 58,207 Phantom RSUs into Class A common shares and then disposed of 58,207 Class A shares back to the issuer at $9.02 per share.
These Phantom RSUs vested and were settled in cash automatically under the company’s Phantom RSU Award Agreement, without any instruction from Woods. On the same date he also received a new grant of 70,427 Phantom RSUs, each linked to one Class A share. Following these transactions, he directly holds 164,336 Class A common shares and 70,427 Phantom RSUs.
Velez Cadavid Jose Alberto reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Jose Alberto Velez Cadavid received a grant of 4,435 Phantom Restricted Stock Units as compensation. Each Phantom RSU represents the cash equivalent of one Class A common share on the vesting date, plus any dividends since grant, and was issued under the company’s Phantom RSU compensation policy without his instruction.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Francisco Alberto Staton reported an automatic vesting and cash settlement of Phantom Restricted Stock Units (Phantom RSUs). On May 10, 2026, 13,033 Phantom RSUs were exercised into 13,033 Class A common shares at a conversion price of $0.00 per share, then disposed of to the issuer at $9.02 per share. According to the award agreement, the Phantom RSUs were settled in cash without any instruction from the reporting person, and the filing shows zero Class A shares and zero Phantom RSUs remaining afterward.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Jose Alberto Velez Cadavid reported the vesting and cash settlement of 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units on April 30, 2026. Each Phantom RSU represented the cash equivalent of the closing price of one Class A common share, plus any dividends since grant.
The Phantom RSUs were exercised at $0.00 and valued using a Class A common share price of $8.92 per share. The award vested and was settled in cash automatically under the company’s Phantom RSU Award Agreement, without any instruction from the reporting director, indicating a routine, compensation-related event rather than an open-market trade.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Cristina Presz Palmaka De Luca reported the vesting of 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units on April 30, 2026. These Phantom RSUs were exercised as an in-the-money derivative and, according to the award terms, were automatically settled in cash, with no open-market share purchases or sales.
Hernandez Artigas Carlos reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Carlos Hernandez Artigas reported the vesting and cash settlement of Phantom Restricted Stock Units. On April 30, 2026, 4,988 Phantom RSUs vested and were settled in cash based on the closing price of one Class A common share plus any dividends since grant.
Following these compensation events, he directly holds 49,774 Class A common shares, and indirectly holds 2,569 shares in a Simplified Employee Pension account and 291,211 shares through Marlies Capital LLC.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Annette Franqui exercised 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units on April 30, 2026. Each Phantom RSU represents the cash equivalent of one Class A common share’s closing price on the vesting date, plus any dividends since grant. The units vested and were automatically settled in cash under the Phantom RSU Award Agreement, without instructions from the director. Following the transactions, she directly holds 30,940 Class A common shares.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Jose Raul Fernandez exercised 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units on April 30, 2026. Each Phantom RSU represents the cash equivalent of one Class A common share’s closing price on the vesting date, plus any dividends since grant.
The Phantom RSUs vested and were settled in cash automatically under the company’s Phantom RSU Award Agreement, without any instruction from Fernandez. Following these transactions, he directly held 44,203 Class A common shares.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Michael Chu reported compensation-related equity activity rather than open-market trading. On April 30, 2026, 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units vested and, according to the award terms, were automatically settled in cash, based on the Class A common share closing price plus any dividends since grant.
Following these transactions, the filing shows that Chu directly holds 4,988 Class A common shares and indirectly holds 10,796 Class A common shares through The Michael Chu Trust. The Phantom RSUs were fully exercised and no derivative balance remains.
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. director Karla Paola Berman reported the vesting and cash settlement of 4,988 Phantom Restricted Stock Units tied to the company’s Class A common shares. Each Phantom RSU represents the cash equivalent of the closing price of one Class A share on the vesting date plus any dividends since grant.
On April 30, 2026, these Phantom RSUs vested and were automatically settled in cash under the issuer’s Phantom RSU Award Agreement, without any instruction from the reporting person. The filing reflects a routine, compensation-related derivative exercise rather than open-market share purchases or sales.