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Issuer:     Wendy's Co (WEN)
CIK:        0000030697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-17T20:02:29+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-354008
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Wendy's President U.S. Pete Suerken resigns effective Aug 31, 2026; COO role created
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- Pete Suerken, President U.S., departs to become President & CEO of QSCC, Wendy's purchasing co-op.
- Company eliminates President U.S. position and creates new Chief Operations Officer reporting to CEO.
- Suerken receives pro-rated accelerated vesting of 80,481 RSUs (originally granted July 2025) and pro-rated 2026 cash incentive.
- All other outstanding equity awards forfeited; no other departure benefits provided.
- Restructuring and reorganization efforts previously disclosed on Q2 2026 earnings call.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526354008/0001193125-26-354008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312526354008/d126117d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-354008

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