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Wendy's Co Director's Dealing 2008

Oct 3, 2008

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Director's Dealing

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SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: WENDY'S/ARBY'S GROUP, INC. (WEN)
CIK: 0000030697
Period of Report: 2008-09-29

Reporting Person: Trian Fund Management, L.P. (Schedule 13D Filer)
Reporting Person: Trian Fund Management GP, LLC (Schedule 13D filer)
Reporting Person: Trian Partners General Partner, LLC (Schedule 13D filer)
Reporting Person: Trian Partners Parallel Fund I General Partner, LLC (Schedule 13D filer)
Reporting Person: Trian Partners Parallel Fund II General Partner, LLC (Schedule 13D filer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date Security Code Shares Price A/D Holdings After Ownership
2008-09-29 Class B Common Stock, Series 1 J 2686159 Disposed 0 Indirect
2008-09-29 Class A Common Stock J 2686159 Acquired 4117159 Indirect
2008-09-29 Class A Common Stock J 23110593 Acquired 27227752 Indirect

Footnotes

F1: On September 29, 2008, the Issuer (formerly known as Triarc Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation) completed the acquisition of Wendy's pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger and, as a result of a merger of Wendy's and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer in which Wendy's was the surviving corporation (the "Merger"), Wendy's is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer. As a result of the Merger, holders of Wendy's common stock received 4.25 shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock ("Class A Common Stock") in exchange for each share of Wendy's common stock held by them. In addition, as approved by the stockholders of Triarc, following the Merger each outstanding share of Triarc's Class B Common Stock, Series 1 ("Class B Common Stock") was converted into one share of Class A Common Stock of the Issuer (the "Class B Conversion").

F2: On September 29, 2009, the closing price of the Class A Common Stock, Class B Common Stock and Wendy's common stock was $5.90, $6.75 and $19.21, respectively.

F3: In connection with the Class B Conversion, 2,686,159 shares of Class B Common Stock held by the reporting persons were converted into a like number of shares of Class A Common Stock.

F4: Trian Fund Management GP, LLC ("Trian Management GP") is the general partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P ("Trian Management"), which serves as (i) the management company for Trian Partners, L.P. ("Trian Onshore"), Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P. ("Trian Offshore"), Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P. ("Parallel Fund I") and Trian Partners Parallel Fund II, L.P. ("Parallel Fund II" and collectively, the "Trian Entities") and (ii) the investment manager for a separate account owned by TCMG-MA, LLC (the "Separate Account"). Trian Management has full discretion and authority to make all investment and voting decisions in respect of the Separate Account.

F5: (FN 4, contd.) Trian Partners General Partner, LLC ("Trian GP LLC") is the general partner of Trian Partners GP, L.P. ("Trian GP"), which is the general partner of Trian Onshore and Trian Offshore. Trian Partners Parallel Fund I General Partner, LLC ("Parallel Fund I GP LLC") is the general partner of Parallel Fund I. Trian Partners Parallel Fund II General Partner, LLC ("Parallel Fund II GP LLC") is the general partner of Trian Partners Parallel Fund II GP, L.P. ("Parallel Fund II GP"), which is the general partner of Parallel Fund II.

F6: Each reporting person states that neither the filing of this statement nor anything herein shall be deemed an admission that such person is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any securities covered by this statement. Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities covered by this statement, except to the extent of the pecuniary interest of such person in such securities.

F7: In connection with the Merger, the reporting persons received an aggregate of 23,110,593 shares of Class A Common Stock in consideration for the 5,437,787 shares of Wendy's common stock held by them.