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accession: "0001193125-25-169324"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEN"
cik: "0000030697"
company_name: "Wendy's Co"
filed_at: "2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:17:00.803666+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Wendy's grants $2.22M in retention awards to exec team excluding interim CEO Cook

## Summary
- Retention awards approved July 24, 2025, effective August 12, 2025, for executive leadership excluding Ken Cook.
- E.J. Wunsch, President International, receives $1,520,000; Lindsay Radkoski, CMO US, receives $700,000.
- Awards consist of 75% RSUs and 25% stock options, vesting equally over two years subject to continued employment.
- Grants made under 2020 Omnibus Award Plan to ensure smooth transition and retain key executives.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-169324
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEN
- cik: 0000030697
- company_name: Wendy's Co
- filed_at: 2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312525169324/0001193125-25-169324-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312525169324/d935236d8k.htm

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