Restaurant Brands International - the parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King – has announced it’s expanding its presence in the United States through a new partnership.

RBI says Restaurant Development Partners will grow the Tim Hortons brand across the state of Minnesota through a 14-year arrangement. Details of the expansion weren’t disclosed.

The news comes the same day RBI rejected a proposal to create a formal diversity policy, aimed at increasing the number of women on its all-male board of directors.

RDP’s new president will be Mark Holly, who has a decade of corporate experience with the Tim Hortons brand.

The Minnesota partnership is the latest move to spread the Tim Hortons brand in the United States. RBI signed the Luke Family of Brands in February to expand its presence in the state of Indiana.

Tim Hortons currently has the bulk of its 4,400 restaurants in Canada, where it began in 1964 with a single location.