form8-k_012810wag.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securites Exchange Act of 1934

 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  January 28, 2010

 
WENDY’S/ARBY’S GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
1-2207
(Commission File Number)
38-0471180
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 
1155 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, Georgia
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
30338
(Zip Code)

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (678) 514-4100
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report): Not Applicable
 

 
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Item 5.02.                      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
On January 28, 2010, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Thomas A. Garrett ceased to be a Director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (“ARG”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and the other positions he held as an officer for certain subsidiaries of the Company.  Mr. Roland C. Smith, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will assume the role as President of ARG while the Company engages in a search for a successor to Mr. Garrett.

A copy of the press release announcing the departure of Mr. Garrett is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.


Item 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                Exhibits

99.1              Press release issued by Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. dated January 28, 2010.   


 

 
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signatures
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:  January 28, 2010
 
WENDY’S/ARBY’S GROUP, INC.
 
By: /s/ Nils H. Okeson                                                                         
                     Name:  Nils H. Okeson
                     Title:    Senior Vice President, General
                        Counsel and Secretary
 
 
 
 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit Number          
Description                                                                                                       
 
99.1
 

 

 
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