Priszm Income Fund owns one of the largest operators of quick service restaurants in the world. The Fund holds approximately a 60 percent interest in Priszm Limited Partnership, which owns and operates more than 400 KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut restaurants in seven provinces across Canada. Priszm is Canada’s largest independent restaurant operator and the world’s largest KFC franchisee.

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