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This excerpt taken from the WEN DEF 14A filed Apr 30, 2007. Voting Securities All holders of record of the Companys Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the close of business on April 12, 2007 are entitled to vote on all business transacted at the Meeting. At the close of business on April 12, 2007, the Company had 28,857,341 shares of Class A Common Stock and 63,755,575 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote per share. Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one-tenth of a vote per share. Accordingly, a total of 35,232,898.5 votes may be cast at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all stockholders are entitled to cast will constitute a quorum. Broker non-votes and the shares as to which a stockholder abstains are included for purposes of determining whether a quorum of shares is present at the Meeting. A broker non-vote occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that proposal and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the Delaware Law), the state in which the Company is incorporated, the Companys Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws, if a quorum is present at the Meeting, (i) directors are elected by a plurality vote, and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the Meeting is required for approval of Proposal (4). With respect to Proposal (2), applicable New York Stock Exchange rules require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal to approve the proposed amendment to the Amended and Restated 2002 Equity Participation Plan, provided that the total votes cast on the proposal represent over 50% in interest of all securities entitled to vote on the proposal, and the Treasury Regulations under Section 162(m) (Section 162(m)) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the Code), require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the proposal to reapprove the performance based provisions of the plan. With respect to Proposal (3), the Treasury Regulations under Section 162(m) require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the issue to approve such proposal. Under the Delaware Law, an abstention is not deemed to be a vote cast. As a result, abstentions and broker non-votes are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on the election of directors (Proposal (1)) or issues requiring approval of a majority of the votes cast (Proposals (2) and (3)) and, therefore, do not have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations. Abstentions are included in the tabulation of the voting results on Proposal (4) and have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations, while broker non-votes are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on such proposal and therefore do not have the effect of votes against in such tabulation. The Company has been informed that the 10,736,315 shares of Class A Common Stock and the 13,988,053 shares of Class B Common Stock owned as of the record date by Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May, the Peltz Family Limited Partnership, the Leni and Peter May Family Foundation and two minor children of Mr. Peltz representing, in the aggregate, approximately 34.4% of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the Meeting, will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors FOR the election of each of the twelve (12) nominees for director named below and FOR Proposals (2), (3) and (4). 2
This excerpt taken from the WEN DEF 14A filed May 1, 2006. Voting Securities All holders of record of the Company's Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the close of business on April 13, 2006 are entitled to vote on all business transacted at the Meeting. At the close of business on April 13, 2006, the Company had 27,704,962 shares of Class A Common Stock and 60,294,865 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote per share. Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one-tenth of a vote per share. Accordingly, a total of 33,734,448.5 votes may be cast at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all stockholders are entitled to cast will constitute a quorum. Broker “non-votes” and the shares as to which a stockholder abstains are included for purposes of determining whether a quorum of shares is present at the Meeting. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that proposal and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Law”), the state in which the Company is incorporated, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws, if a quorum is present at the Meeting, (i) directors are elected by a plurality vote, and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the Meeting is required for approval of Proposal (3). With respect to Proposal (2), applicable New York Stock Exchange rules require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the issue to approve such proposal, provided that the total votes cast on the proposal represent over 50% in interest of all securities entitled to vote on the proposal. Under the Delaware Law, an abstention is not deemed to be a “vote cast.” As a result, abstentions and broker “non-votes” are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on the election of directors (Proposal (1)) or issues requiring approval of a majority of the votes cast (Proposal (2)) and, therefore, do not have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations. Abstentions are included in the tabulation of the voting results on Proposal (3) and have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations, while broker “non-votes” are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on such Proposal and therefore do not have the effect of votes against in such tabulation. The Company has been informed that the 10,046,142 shares of Class A Common Stock and the 12,290,333 shares of Class B Common Stock owned as of the record date by Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May, the Peltz Family Limited Partnership, the Leni and Peter May Family Foundation and two minor children of Mr. Peltz representing, in the aggregate, approximately 33.4% of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the Meeting, will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors FOR the election of each of the twelve (12) nominees for director named below and FOR Proposals (2) and (3). 2
This excerpt taken from the WEN DEF 14A filed May 2, 2005. Voting Securities All holders of record of the Company's Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the close of business on April 12, 2005 are entitled to vote on all business transacted at the Meeting. At the close of business on April 12, 2005, the Company had 23,867,225 shares of Class A Common Stock and 42,591,944 shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Meeting. Each share of Class A Common Stock entitles the holder to one vote per share. Each share of Class B Common Stock entitles the holder to one-tenth of a vote per share. Accordingly, a total of 28,126,419.4 votes may be cast at the Meeting. The presence, in person or by proxy, of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all stockholders are entitled to cast shall constitute a quorum. Broker “non-votes” and the shares as to which a stockholder abstains are included for purposes of determining whether a quorum of shares is present at the Meeting. A broker “non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that proposal and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “Delaware Law”), the state in which the Company is incorporated, the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and the By-Laws, if a quorum is present at the Meeting, (i) directors are elected by a plurality vote, and (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote at the Meeting is required for approval of Proposal (3). With respect to Proposal (2), the Treasury regulations under Section 162(m) (“Section 162(m)”) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended (the “Code”), require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the issue to approve such Proposal in accordance with such regulations. Under the Delaware Law, an abstention is not deemed to be a “vote cast.” As a result, abstentions and broker “non-votes” are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on the election of directors (Proposal (1)) or issues requiring approval of a majority of the votes cast (Proposal (2)) and, therefore, do not have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations. Abstentions are included in the tabulation of the voting results on Proposal (3) and have the effect of votes in opposition in such tabulations, while broker “non-votes” are not included in the tabulation of the voting results on such Proposal and therefore do not have the effect of votes against in such tabulation. The Company has been informed that the 8,826,149 shares of Class A Common Stock and the 9,867,649 shares of Class B Common Stock owned as of the record date by Nelson Peltz, Peter W. May, the Peltz Family Limited Partnership and two minor children of Mr. Peltz representing, in the aggregate, approximately 34.9% of votes entitled to be cast by the holders of Class A Common Stock and/or Class B Common Stock at the Meeting, will be voted in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Directors FOR the election of each of the eleven (11) nominees for director named below and FOR Proposals (2) and (3). 2
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