{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-21-343740","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WEN","cik":"0000030697","company_name":"Wendy's Co","filed_at":"2021-11-30T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:15.033437+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-28T04:57:50.489625+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.15,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.15,"confidence":"high","headline":"Director Dennis M. Kass will not stand for re-election at Wendy's 2022 annual meeting","bullets":["Dennis M. Kass notified the board on November 23, 2021, of his decision not to stand for re-election.","His departure is effective at the 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders expected in May 2022.","Mr. Kass confirmed his decision is not due to any disagreement with the company on operations, policies, or practices.","No replacement has been named; the board's remaining directors will continue."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312521343740/0001193125-21-343740-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312521343740/d246647d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-28T04:57:50.489625+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"ad527ec216","claim":"Dennis M. Kass departed as Director at Wendy's Co.","evidence_excerpt":"On November 23, 2021, Dennis M. Kass informed The Wendy’s Company (the “Company”) and its Board of Directors that he will not stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which is expected to be held in May 2022.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312521343740/0001193125-21-343740-index.htm","confidence":1.0,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"will not stand for re-election"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}