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This excerpt taken from the WEN DEF 14A filed Apr 14, 2009.

Other Benefits and Perquisites

Consistent with the Company’s Executive Compensation Program, and to enable the Company to attract and retain superior executives for key positions, the Company’s executives are provided with certain benefits and perquisites. For example, the Company’s executive officers are entitled to participate in the various benefits made available to the Company’s employees, such as the Company’s 401(k) plan, group health plans, vacation and sick leave, life insurance and short-term and long-term

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disability benefits, and all of the executive officers are covered by directors and officers liability insurance and indemnification agreements. Executive officers (as well as certain employees at various levels) are also provided with cellular phones, PDAs, and laptops that are intended primarily for business use.

In October 2008, the Compensation Committee approved certain expenditures in connection with the temporary living arrangements of Mr. Smith in Columbus, Ohio as a result of the Wendy’s merger. The presence of Mr. Smith in Columbus, as CEO of the Company, was viewed as critical to the successful integration of operations following the merger; particularly since one of the conditions of the merger was that the headquarters of Wendy’s remain in the vicinity of Columbus for a designated period of time. The expenditures approved include: a lease of an apartment for Mr. Smith and his wife in Columbus, Ohio (at a current rate of $7,200 per month); renter’s insurance for the apartment; $50,000 for Company-owned furniture, painting and set up costs associated with the apartment; the lease of an automobile; transportation to Atlanta for Mr. Smith and his wife (and reimbursement of the tax associated with the imputed income of his wife’s flights); moving expenses for personal items and reimbursement and a tax gross up on the tax differential resulting from the taxes associated with Ohio-related imputed income.

This excerpt taken from the WEN DEF 14A filed Apr 30, 2007.

Other Benefits and Perquisites

Consistent with our Executive Compensation Program, and to enable the Company to attract and retain superior executives for key positions, our executives are provided with certain benefits and perquisites. For example, our executive officers are entitled to participate in the various benefits made available to our employees, such as our 401(k) plan (although “highly compensated employees” (for IRS purposes) have not been eligible to participate in the 401(k) plan since January 1, 2006), group health plans, vacation and sick leave, life insurance and short-term and long-term disability benefits, and all of the officers are covered by our directors and officers liability insurance and indemnification agreements. Senior executive officers (as well as certain employees at various levels) are also provided with cellular phones, PDAs, and laptops that are intended primarily for business use.

During 2006, under their employment agreements, Messrs. Peltz and May were entitled to use of the corporate aircraft and under the Company’s security program they are required to use, and members of their respective families are encouraged to use, corporate aircraft for personal and business travel. Each of Mr. Peltz and Mr. May have waived a portion of their 2006 bonuses equal to the Company’s incremental cost of their personal non-commuting use of the aircraft in 2006. Mr. Garden has also been provided with use of Company aircraft.

During 2006, under their employment agreements, Messrs. Peltz and May were also entitled to certain other security measures under the Company’s security program to better protect them and enable them to devote their time and attention to the affairs of the Company. Their employment agreements also provide for a driver and automobile provided at the Company’s cost (and reimbursement for expenses incurred in operating and maintaining such vehicle) and reimbursement for tax and financial planning expenses (up to an annual cap of $40,000 for each of Messrs. Peltz and May).

Mr. Garden, Mr. Schorr and Mr. McCarron are also reimbursed up to $25,000, $7,500 and $7,500, respectively, for tax and financial planning expenses. During 2006, the Company continued to maintain accommodations at a New York City hotel for the use of members of the senior executive team of the Company and its subsidiaries in connection with business matters (including executives from ARG and D&C traveling to New York City for business). The Compensation Committee believes that maintenance of the accommodations has been appropriate and addressed the legitimate business needs of its senior executives. The cost of all personal overnight use of such accommodations by the named executive officers who used the accommodations in 2006 was reimbursed by such officers. As a result of

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the sale of D&C and the consolidation of its corporate operations and headquarters in Atlanta, the Company expects to enter into an agreement with the Management Company to have the Management Company assume the lease obligations relating to the accommodations commencing as of June 29, 2007. For purposes of disclosure, personal use of the corporate aircraft is considered to be a perquisite and the incremental cost of any covered executive’s use of the corporate aircraft has been included in reported compensation to the extent that the executive has not reimbursed the Company for such use (i.e., incremental cost associated with commuting use of Company aircraft for Messrs. Peltz, May and non-commuting use by Mr. Garden, is included in reported compensation).

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