The Wendy's Company (WEN) Form 4 Wendy's / NELSON PELTZ ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PELTZ NELSON

(Last) (First) (Middle)

223 SUNSET AVENUE

(Street)

PALM BEACH FL 33480

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Wendy's Co [ WEN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	X	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/22/2023

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

	Form filed by One Reporting Person
X	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/22/2023		S		529,417	D	$22.7335(1)	21,176,353	I	By Trian Partners(2)(3)
Common Stock								9,963,804	D
Common Stock								132,397	I	By Peltz 2009 Family Trust(4)(5)
Common Stock								81,104	I	By Children(5)(6)
Common Stock								44,169	I	By Spouse(5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

PELTZ NELSON

(Last) (First) (Middle)

223 SUNSET AVENUE

(Street)

PALM BEACH FL 33480

(City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

TRIAN FUND MANAGEMENT, L.P.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

280 PARK AVENUE

41ST FLOOR

(Street)

NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price shown in Column 4 is a weighted average sale price. The price range for the sales is $22.655 - $23.125. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

2. Trian Fund Management, L.P. ("Trian Management") serves as the management company for Trian Partners, L.P., Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P., Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G III, L.P., and Trian Partners Strategic Fund-K, L.P. (collectively, the "Trian Funds"), and as such determines the investment and voting decisions of the Trian Funds with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by them. Mr. Peltz is a member of Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Trian Management, and as such is in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by Trian Management on behalf of the Trian Funds.

3. (FN 2, contd.) Mr. Peltz is also a member of Trian Partners General Partner, LLC ("Trian GP LLC"), the general partner of Trian Partners GP, L.P. ("Trian GP"), and as such is in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by Trian GP LLC on behalf of Trian GP. Accordingly, Mr. Peltz and Trian Management may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) the shares owned by the Trian Funds and Trian GP (collectively, "Trian Partners"). The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting persons are the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

4. All such shares are owned by the Peltz 2009 Family Trust for the benefit of Mr. Peltz's children. Mr. Peltz's spouse is a trustee of the trust.

5. Mr. Peltz disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that Mr. Peltz is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.

6. Owned by children living in the reporting person's household.

Remarks:

The shares which are reported on this filing as being indirectly held by Nelson Peltz and Trian Management through their relationship with Trian Partners, and the transactions with respect to such shares, are also reported in the filings made by Peter May and Trian Management, and Matthew Peltz and Trian Management, respectively, and represent the same shares and transactions.

	/s/ Daniel R. Marx, Attorney-In-Fact for Nelson Peltz	05/24/2023
	/s/ Peter W. May, member of the general partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P.	05/24/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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