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Wendy's U.S. CMO Files Tax Withholding as Trian Bid Talk and a 7% Comp Drop Pull WEN in Two Directions

8/16/2026

Wendy's (NASDAQ: WEN) is in focus after a Form 4 filing revealed U.S. Chief Marketing Officer Lindsay J.

Radkoski disposed of 8,562 shares on August 12 at a weighted average price of $8.66, generating proceeds of $74,146.92 in a non-discretionary tax withholding tied to a restricted stock unit vesting.

The filing lands as the tape weighs two forces pulling in opposite directions: reports that Nelson Peltz's Trian is preparing a bid to take the company private, and a sixth consecutive quarter of same-store sales declines with U.S.

The numbers The shares originated from restricted stock units granted August 12, 2025, scheduled to vest in equal installments over two- and three-year periods on the anniversary of the grant date.

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