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Issuer:     Wendy's Co (WEN)
CIK:        0000030697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-06-09T20:17:02+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-263775
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wendy's names Aaron M. Kale as new Chief Accounting Officer; Thuerk resigns
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- Suzanne M. Thuerk, Chief Accounting Officer, resigns effective June 7, 2026 to pursue outside opportunity.
- Aaron M. Kale appointed CAO and Vice President – Tax effective June 8, 2026.
- Kale previously VP-Tax since April 2019 and interim accounting lead since July 2025; joined Wendy's in 2012.
- Thuerk will remain in non-executive capacity until July 10, 2026 to support transition.
- Kale is a CPA with prior roles at L Brands and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526263775/0001193125-26-263775-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526263775/d129353d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-263775

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