secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Wendy's Co (WEN)
CIK:        0000030697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-260972
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wendy's appoints Ken Cook as CFO replacing Gunther Plosch, effective Dec 2
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- Ken Cook joins from UPS, where he was Head of FP&A and previously CFO of $60B U.S. Domestic segment.
- Cook's base salary $600k, target bonus 85% of base, LTI target $1M for FY2025, plus $300k RSU sign-on grant.
- Gunther Plosch terminated without cause effective Dec 31, 2024; eligible for severance per company policy.
- Q4/full-year 2024 results to be released Feb 13, 2025; Investor Day scheduled for Mar 5, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524260972/0001193125-24-260972-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524260972/d823966d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-260972

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