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    Wendy's Company filed SEC Form 8-K: Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits

    5/2/25 7:07:49 AM ET
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    8-K
    Wendy's Co false 0000030697 0000030697 2025-05-02 2025-05-02
     
     

    UNITED STATES

    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

    WASHINGTON, DC 20549

     

     

    FORM 8-K

     

     

    CURRENT REPORT

    Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

    of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

    Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): May 2, 2025

     

     

    THE WENDY’S COMPANY

    (Exact name of registrant, as specified in its charter)

     

     

     

    Delaware   1-2207   38-0471180

    (State or other jurisdiction

    of incorporation)

     

    (Commission

    File Number)

     

    (I.R.S. Employer

    Identification No.)

     

    One Dave Thomas Boulevard, Dublin, Ohio   43017
    (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

    (614) 764-3100

    (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

    Not Applicable

    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

     

     

    Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

     

      ☐

    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

     

      ☐

    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

     

      ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

     

      ☐

    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

    Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     

    Title of each class

     

    Trading
    Symbol(s)

     

    Name of each exchange
    on which registered

    Common Stock, $.10 par value   WEN   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

    Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

    Emerging growth company ☐

    If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

     

     
     


    Item 2.02

    Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

    On May 2, 2025, The Wendy’s Company (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2025 and other information. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

    The information in this Item 2.02, including the Exhibit 99.1 furnished under Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Furthermore, the information in this Item 2.02, including the Exhibit 99.1 furnished under Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

     

    Item 9.01

    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

    (d) Exhibits.

     

    Exhibit No.

      

    Description

    99.1    Press release issued by The Wendy’s Company on May 2, 2025.
    104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

     

     

    2


    SIGNATURES

    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     

        THE WENDY’S COMPANY
    Date: May 2, 2025     By:  

    /s/ Mark L. Johnson

          Mark L. Johnson
         

    Director – Corporate & Securities Counsel, and

      Assistant Secretary

     

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