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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-236835"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEN"
cik: "0000030697"
company_name: "Wendy's Co"
filed_at: "2026-05-22T20:04:37+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T20:07:43.385752+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wendy's shareholders approve 21M share increase to 2020 Omnibus Award Plan

## Summary
- All 8 director nominees elected, including Arthur B. Winkleblack and Peter W. May.
- Amendment to 2020 Plan approved (104.7M for, 9.7M against); shares available rise by 21M to 50.5M.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2026 passed with 148.1M votes for.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved (107.7M for); stockholder proposal on blank-check preferred stock also passed (58.6M for, 55.6M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-236835
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEN
- cik: 0000030697
- company_name: Wendy's Co
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T20:04:37+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526236835/0001193125-26-236835-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526236835/d69431d8k.htm

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