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Mr. Wunsch has served as our President, International since June 2024. He previously served as the Company's Chief Legal Officer and Secretary from when he joined the Company in October 2016 until June 2024. Previously, Mr. Wunsch worked for 17 years at The Procter & Gamble Company, where he held several key leadership positions, including Vice President and General Counsel-North America and Go-To-Market and Global Practices from July 2015 to September 2016, Associate General Counsel-Global Baby, Feminine & Family Care and Asia Innovation, Commerce & Brand Equity from September 2013 to July 2015, Associate General Counsel-ASEAN, India, Australia/New Zealand & Asia Developing Markets from August 2011 to September 2013, Assistant Secretary and Associate General Counsel-Corporate, Securities & Employee Benefits from November 2006 to August 2011, and Associate Director and Senior Counsel-M&A/Licensing and Baby, Feminine & Family Care from April 2004 to November 2006, Senior Counsel and Counsel-Corporate, Securities & Employee Benefits from November 2000 to April 2004 and Counsel-Beauty Care from November 1999 to November 2000. Prior to joining The Procter & Gamble Company, Mr. Wunsch was an associate attorney with the Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP law firm from 1997 to 1999 and a law clerk for the Honorable Richard F. Suhrheinrich from 1996 to 1997.

Mr. Min has served as our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since he joined the Company in September 2024. Previously, Mr. Min served as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Kellanova from October 2023 to June 2024 following the separation of Kellogg Company, a global food products company (Kellogg), into two companies. Prior to the separation of Kellogg, Mr. Min worked 13 years at Kellogg, where he held several key leadership positions, including Chief Legal Officer Designate from January 2023 to October 2023, General Counsel - Asia, Middle East, and Africa from January 2022 to January 2023, General Counsel - Europe from April 2017 to January 2022, and various corporate legal roles from July 2010 to February 2017. Prior to joining Kellogg, Mr. Min was an associate attorney with the law firm of Jenner & Block LLP from March 2006 to July 2010 and the law firm of Jones Day from September 2004 to March 2006. Mr. Min is a member of the board of directors of QSCC.

Mr. Peltz has been a director of the Company since September 2008 when the Company commenced its current business, the ownership and franchising of the Wendy's restaurant system. He served as a director of the Company's predecessor companies from April 1993 until September 2008, when Wendy's International, Inc. merged with Triarc Companies, Inc. Mr. Peltz has served as our non-executive Chairman since June 2007. He also served as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and as a director or manager and an officer of certain of our subsidiaries from April 1993 through June 2007. Additionally, Mr. Peltz has been Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian Partners, a management company for various investment funds and accounts, since November 2005. From January 1989 to April 1993, Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Trian Group, Limited Partnership, which provided investment banking and management services for entities controlled by Mr. Peltz and Peter W. May. From 1983 to December 1988, Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc., a metals and packaging company. Mr. Peltz has also served as a director of Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (formerly The Madison Square Garden Company) since September 2015 and Unilever PLC since July 2022. Mr. Peltz previously served as a director of H. J. Heinz Company from September 2006 to June 2013, Ingersoll-Rand plc from August 2012 to June 2014, Legg Mason, Inc. from October 2009 to December 2014 and May 2019 to July 2020, MSG Networks Inc. from December 2014 to September 2015, Mondelez International, Inc. from January 2014 to March 2018, Sysco Corporation from August 2015 to August 2021, The Procter & Gamble Company from March 2018 to October 2021, Invesco Ltd. from October 2020 to February 2022 and Janus Henderson Group plc from February 2022 to November 2022. Mr. Peltz is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, a member of the Board of Trustees of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a member of the Board of Governors of NewYork-Presbyterian Foundation, Inc., a member of the Board of Overseers of The Milken Institute, a member of the Honorary Board of Directors of the Prostate Cancer Foundation (formerly known as CaP CURE), a member of the Intrepid Advisory Council, a member of the Board of Directors of the Avon Old Farms School and a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Museum Foundation. Mr. Peltz is the father of Matthew H. Peltz, the non-executive Vice Chairman and a director of the Company. On September 6, 2024, Nelson Peltz resignation from the Board and appointed as Chairman Emeritus effective immediately.

Mr. Winkleblack has been a director of the Company since May 2016 and has served as the non-executive Chairman of the Board since September 2024. He previously served as the Company's Lead Independent Director from October 2023 to September 2024. From June 2014 to July 2019, Mr. Winkleblack provided financial, strategic planning and capital markets consulting services for Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, a global leader in asset management and disposition and the world's largest industrial auctioneer, where he served as Senior Advisor to the CEO. In June 2013, he retired from H. J. Heinz Company, a global packaged food manufacturer, where he had been employed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2002. Prior to his tenure with Heinz, Mr. Winkleblack held senior executive positions with various private-equity owned businesses from 1996 to 2001, including Perform.com and Freeride.com as part of Indigo Capital, C. Dean Metropolous Group and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. He was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Commercial Avionics Systems, a division of AlliedSignal Inc., from 1994 to 1996. Previously, he held various finance, strategy and business planning roles at PepsiCo, Inc. from 1982 to 1994. Mr. Winkleblack has served as a director of Church & Dwight Co., Inc. since January 2008. He previously served as a director of Aramark from November 2019 until January 2024, Performance Food Group Company from March 2015 until November 2019 and RTI International Metals, Inc. from December 2013 until the company was acquired by Alcoa Corporation in July 2015.

01, and he served as President and CEO of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Daroth Capital Advisors LLC, a securities broker-dealer, from 2002 to 2018 until its merger with East Wind Advisors, LLC. Prior to founding Daroth Capital LLC, Mr. Rothschild was a Managing Director and co-head of the Leveraged Finance and Industrial Finance groups at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and its predecessor Wasserstein Perella, an investment bank, where he worked from 1996 to 2001. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Rothschild was a Senior Managing Director and head of the Natural Resources Group at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. and one of the founders of the firm's Leveraged Finance and Financial Buyer Coverage groups. From 1984 to 1990, he was a Managing Director at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Rothschild previously served as a director of Deerfield Capital Corp., predecessor to CIFC Corp. (acquired by F.A.B. Partners, n/k/a Centricus, a global investment firm), from December 2004 to April 2011 and as Interim Chairman of Deerfield Capital Corp.'s board of directors from April 2007 to April 2011. Mr. Rothschild is also actively involved with various civic organizations and serves as a member of The Mount Sinai Medical Center Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine advisory board, the board of directors of the Middle Market Alliance of Long Island and the Tufts University Derby Entrepreneurial Center's advisory board.

Mr. May has been a director of the Company since September 2008 when the Company commenced its current business, the ownership and franchising of the Wendy's restaurant system. He served as a director of the Company's predecessor companies from April 1993 until September 2008, when Wendy's International, Inc. merged with Triarc Companies, Inc. Mr. May has served as our non-executive Senior Vice Chairman since November 2021. He previously served as our non-executive Vice Chairman from June 2007 to November 2021. He also served as our President and Chief Operating Officer and as a director or manager and an officer of certain of our subsidiaries from April 1993 through June 2007. Additionally, Mr. May has been President and a Founding Partner of Trian Partners since November 2005. From January 1989 to April 1993, Mr. May was President and Chief Operating Officer of Trian Group, Limited Partnership. From 1983 to December 1988, he was President and Chief Operating Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc. Mr. May previously served as a director of Tiffany & Co. from May 2008 to May 2017 and Mondelez International, Inc. from March 2018 to May 2022. Mr. May is actively involved with various civic organizations and serves as Chairman Emeritus and a member of the board of trustees of The Mount Sinai Health System in New York, Co-Chairman of the New York Philharmonic, a trustee of the New-York Historical Society, an emeritus trustee of The University of Chicago, a life member of the advisory council of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a director of the Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts and a partner of the Partnership for New York City.

Ms. Arlin has been a director of the Company since December 2023. From August 2021 through July 2023, Ms. Arlin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bath & Body Works, Inc. (BBWI), a home fragrance, body care and soaps and sanitizer products retailer. Prior to her role as Chief Financial Officer of BBWI and prior to the spin-off of BBWI, Ms. Arlin served as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller of L Brands, Inc., where she led the corporate finance, financial reporting, accounting and financial shared services functions from 2005 to 2021. Ms. Arlin is a certified public accountant and, prior to joining L Brands, she spent 12 years at KPMG LLP in the audit practice and ultimately held the position of partner in charge of the central Ohio consumer and industrial/information, communications and entertainment business practices. Ms. Arlin has also served as a director of WK Kellogg Co since October 2023 and Kohl's Corporation since December 2023.

Ms. Mathews-Spradlin has been a director of the Company since February 2015. From 1993 until her retirement in 2011, Ms. Mathews-Spradlin worked at Microsoft Corporation, where she served as Chief Marketing Officer and previously held several other key leadership positions. Prior to her employment with Microsoft, Ms. Mathews-Spradlin worked in the United Kingdom as a communications consultant for Microsoft from 1989 to 1993. She also held various roles at General Motors Co. from 1986 to 1989. Ms. Mathews-Spradlin has served as chair of the board of directors of iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. since June 2022 and also serves as a board member of several private companies, including Jacana Holdings Inc., The Bouqs Company and Brandtech Group. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the California Institute of Technology and a member of the executive board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

Mr. Gomez has been a director of the Company since November 2021. Since July 2024, Mr. Gomez has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer for Target Corporation, one of the largest mass retailers in the United States. He previously served as Target's Executive Vice President and Chief Food, Essentials and Beauty Officer from February 2024 to July 2024. Prior to that, Mr. Gomez served as Executive Vice President and Chief Food and Beverage Officer from February 2021 to February 2024, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing, Digital & Strategy Officer from December 2019 to February 2021, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing & Digital Officer from January 2019 to December 2019, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer from January 2017 to January 2019 and Senior Vice President, Brand and Category Marketing from April 2013 to January 2017. Prior to his tenure with Target, Mr. Gomez spent more than 20 years managing multibillion-dollar consumer packaged goods brands, including serving as Vice President of Brand Marketing at MillerCoors from 2009 to 2013 and multiple leadership positions at PepsiCo, Inc., including Chief Marketing Officer of the non-carbonated beverage portfolio from 2007 to 2009. Mr. Gomez began his career in brand management at the Quaker Oats Company. A graduate of Dartmouth College, Mr. Gomez currently serves on the board of the National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian.

Ms. Caruso-Cabrera has been a director of the Company since March 2023. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of MCC Global Enterprises, the media production company she founded in September 2018, as well as a contributor to CNBC since September 2022. Previously, Ms. Caruso-Cabrera spent Peter over 20 years at CNBC, where she was the network's first Latina anchor and long-time Chief International Correspondent. Throughout her career, Ms. Caruso-Cabrera reported live from around the world, covering a wide range of stories, including the 2008 financial crisis, U.S. elections, the debt crisis in Greece, the Brexit vote, the European banking crisis and Russia's first invasion of Ukraine in 2014. She has reported live from Ukraine, Russia, Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico and throughout Europe. She joined CNBC from WTSP-TV in St. Petersburg, Florida, where she spent four years as a general assignment reporter. Prior to that, Ms. Caruso-Cabrera was a special projects producer for Univision where covered Latin America, winning an Emmy for coverage of the AIDS crisis. She began her career in 1990 while at Wellesley College, as a stringer for The New York Times, reporting for the education section. Ms. Caruso-Cabrera has also been published in the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, among other publications. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists awarded her Broadcaster of the Year and Hispanic Business magazine named her one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the country. Ms. Caruso-Cabrera serves as President of the Ballet Hispanico Board of Directors and serves on the international advisory board of the IE Business School in Madrid, one of Europe's top business schools. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a member of the Economics Club of New York and an active supporter of Manna of Life Ministries in The Bronx. She previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Del Real Foods, a privately-held food company, from August 2023 to December 2024. Ms. Caruso-Cabrera was a candidate for federal and city-level political office from February 2020 to June 2021. She served on the transition committee for New York City Mayor Eric Adams in 2021.

The Board of Directors appointed Bradley G. Peltz to serve as a director of the Company, effective on July 8, 2025. Mr. B. Peltz is the son of Nelson Peltz, the former non-executive Chairman of the Company and the brother of Mr. Matthew H. Peltz, a former director of the Company. Mr. B. Peltz is a Managing Director of, and holds a minority ownership interest in, Yellow Cab Holdings, LLC (Yellow Cab), a Wendy's franchisee that owns and operates 89 Wendy's restaurants, and/or certain of the operating companies managed by Yellow Cab.

On June 19, 2026, the Board of Directors of The Wendy's Company appointed Steven W. Cirulis as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of the Company, effective June 23, 2026.Mr. Cirulis, previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer of Potbelly Sandwich Works, LLC from April 2020 until December 2025. Prior to that, Mr. Cirulis served in a strategic planning, finance and analytical consulting role for Potbelly Sandwich Works, LLC from December 2019 until April 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Cirulis provided venture capital consulting services under his firm, Intrepid Advisory, LLC, from August 2018 to December 2019. Mr. Cirulis previously served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Projects at Panera Bread Company from April 2017 to July 2018. Prior to his role at Panera Bread Company, Mr. Cirulis was the Global Vice President, Corporate Strategy at McDonald's Corporation from August 2011 to September 2016. Prior to joining McDonald's Corporation, Mr. Cirulis was Senior Director of Strategy, Business Development and Insights for Gap Brand at Gap, Inc. from October 2006 to May 2011.

On June 7, 2026, Aaron M. Kale, currently Vice President, Tax, was appointed as the Company's Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President, Tax , effective as of June 8, 2026. Mr. Kale has served in his current position as Vice President, Tax since April 2019 and, since July 2025, has also been providing interim support and leadership to the Company's accounting function. Mr. Kale joined the Company in July 2012, serving as Director - Global Income Tax Compliance from August 2017 to April 2019, Director - International and Property Tax from August 2014 to August 2017 and Director - International Tax from July 2012 to August 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kale held various positions in tax at L Brands, Inc. and previously worked in public accounting with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Mr. Kale is a certified public accountant.

On May 17, 2026, the Board of Directors of The Wendy's Company appointed Robert D. Wright as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective May 21, 2026. The Board also elected Mr. Wright to serve as a director of the Company, as of the Effective Date. Mr. Wright brings extensive leadership experience across the quick-service restaurant industry and a strong track record of driving operational performance, business transformation and growth. He most recently served as President and Chief Executive Officer, as well as a member of the board of directors, of Potbelly Corporation from July 2020 until December 2025. Mr. Wright previously served as the Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer from December 2018 until May 2019, a role that he also previously held from December 2014 to May 2016. Mr. Wright also served as the Company's Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer and International from May 2016 to December 2018 and as Chief Operations Officer from March 2014 to December 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Wright served in other roles with the Company and leadership roles with other restaurant brands, including Charleys Philly Steaks, Checkers Drive-In Restaurants, Inc. and Domino's Pizza, Inc. Mr. Wright serves as a director of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., having joined the board in January 2026. He also serves as a board member of Xenia Platforms, a privately-held software development company and as a member of the Board of Trustees of Taylor University.

Mr. O'Brien joined the Company in May 2007 and has served as our Chief People Officer since March 2018. Previously, he served as our Vice President of Human Resources and Field Capability from August 2013 to December 2017, Vice President of Training from April 2011 to July 2013 and National Director of Operations Training from May 2007 to March 2011. Prior to his tenure with the Company, Mr. O'Brien worked at Sears Holdings Corporation for five years, where he served as Director of Retail Training from 2005 to 2007 and as Manager of Curriculum Development for Sears University from 2002 to 2004. Before joining Sears Holdings Corporation, he was employed from 1999 to 2002 as a Senior Consultant with Arthur Andersen Performance and Learning, a corporate educational institution that developed performance improvement strategies and organizational development opportunities. Mr. O'Brien is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is an active member of the HR Policy Association. He also serves as a trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and is a board member of the Women's Foodservice Forum.

Mr. Spessard joined the Company in June 2020 and has served as our Chief Information Officer since February 2024. He previously served as our Senior Vice President, Global Chief Technology Officer from August 2022 to February 2024, Vice President - Digital and Restaurant Technology from September 2020 to August 2022 and Vice President - Restaurant Technology from June 2020 to September 2020. Prior to his tenure with the Company, Mr. Spessard worked for the Sonic Drive-In brand for six years where he held positions of increasing accountability, including Vice President, Head of Technology from November 2019 to June 2020, Senior Director, Retail Technology and Strategy from June 2018 to October 2019, Senior Director, Implementation from June 2017 to May 2018, Director, Integrated Customer Engagement from July 2015 to May 2017 and Managing Partner from April 2014 to June 2015. Mr. Spessard previously served as Operations Leader for Braum's Ice Cream & Dairy Stores from December 2011 to April 2014 and as Director of Operations for Church's Chicken from November 2008 to October 2011. Prior to joining Church's Chicken, Mr. Spessard worked for Yum! Brands, Inc., serving in various operations and technology leadership roles from May 1999 to October 2008.

Ms. Esposito joined the Company in June 2014 and has served as our Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer since February 2021. She previously served as our Chief Communications Officer from June 2014 to February 2021. Previously, Ms. Esposito worked at Dean Foods Company, where she served as Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs from January 2012 to March 2014 and Senior Director of Public Affairs from January 2010 to December 2011. Prior to her tenure with Dean Foods, she worked at Mercury Public Affairs, a public strategy firm, where she served as Senior Vice President from January 2008 to January 2010 and Vice President from July 2005 to December 2007. Before joining Mercury Public Affairs, Ms. Esposito served as Public Affairs Manager at Mars, Incorporated from July 2000 to July 2005. Previously, she served as a Senior Associate with Burson-Marsteller, a global public relations and communications firm. Ms. Esposito is a member of the board of directors of Quality Supply Chain Co-op, Inc. (QSCC), the independent purchasing cooperative for the Company and Wendy's system. She is also a member of the board of trustees of the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and a member of the board of directors of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Esposito previously served as a trustee of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption from January 2015 to December 2022.

Ms. Radkoski joined the Company in November 2011 and has served as our Chief Marketing Officer, U.S. since August 2024. She previously served as our Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer, U.S. from March 2023 to August 2024, Vice President - National Marketing from January 2019 to March 2023, Director - Marketing & Innovation Finance from January 2015 to January 2019, Manager - Marketing & Innovation Finance from November 2013 to December 2014 and Manager - Investor Relations from November 2011 to November 2013. Prior to her tenure with the Company, Ms. Radkoski worked at Bob Evans Farms, Inc., where she served in a variety of finance and marketing roles from July 2008 to October 2011.