---
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"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T04:57:50.489625+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Dennis M. Kass will not stand for re-election at Wendy's 2022 annual meeting

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-21-343740.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dennis M. Kass departed as Director at Wendy's Co.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312521343740/0001193125-21-343740-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.