$WEN
Wendy's Co Stock $wen

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2012 Q1 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000003069713000003 Filed on February 28, 2013

Income Statement

Concept	2012 Q1	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
Revenue	$615.0M	$611.4M	$622.5M
YoY Change	5.57%	1.78%	2.47%
Cost Of Revenue	$454.4M	$458.0M	$464.8M
YoY Change	5.2%	1.48%	5.08%
Gross Profit	$160.6M	$153.4M	$157.7M
YoY Change	6.63%	2.7%	-4.52%
Gross Profit Margin	26.11%	25.09%	25.33%
Selling, General & Admin	$77.20M	$66.00M	$74.50M
YoY Change	-4.81%	-10.81%	0.54%
% of Gross Profit	48.08%	43.02%	47.25%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$32.20M	$30.82M	$29.84M
YoY Change	-28.12%	-33.15%	-33.68%
% of Gross Profit	20.05%	20.09%	18.93%
Operating Expenses	$111.7M	$97.20M	$104.8M
YoY Change	-0.36%	-10.17%	-0.85%
Operating Profit	$29.28M	$32.39M	$47.43M
YoY Change	-12.72%	59.64%	-19.53%
Interest Expense	-$27.90M	$28.38M	$28.09M
YoY Change	-2.45%	-197.54%	-214.65%
% of Operating Profit	-95.29%	87.63%	59.22%
Other Income/Expense, Net	$200.0K	$304.0K	$337.0K
YoY Change	-33.33%	52.0%	-62.56%
Pretax Income	$1.600M	$4.310M	$19.68M
YoY Change	-69.23%	-150.12%	113.93%
Income Tax	-$2.700M	$1.766M	$8.308M
% Of Pretax Income	-168.75%	40.97%	42.21%
Net Earnings	$3.984M	-$3.966M	$11.27M
YoY Change	-137.03%	336.3%	4.88%
Net Earnings / Revenue	0.65%	-0.65%	1.81%
Basic Earnings Per Share
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$10.20K	-$10.05K	$26.96K
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	390.0M shares	395.7M shares	417.7M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		397.9M shares	419.2M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012 Q1	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$475.2M	$488.8M	$492.4M
YoY Change	-7.28%	-6.09%	-3.15%
Cash & Equivalents	$475.2M	$488.8M	$499.5M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$179.0M	$162.7M	$246.0M
YoY Change	634.03%	-27.5%	21.96%
Inventory	$12.90M	$12.50M	$13.20M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$68.30M	$71.70M	$71.00M
Other Receivables	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
Total Short-Term Assets	$735.4M	$735.7M	$822.5M
YoY Change	-2.57%	-13.92%	-0.8%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.192B	$1.153B	$1.142B
YoY Change	-23.15%	-25.86%	-27.19%
Goodwill	$870.4M
YoY Change	-1.5%
Intangibles	$1.304B
YoY Change	-4.0%
Long-Term Investments	$119.3M	$119.2M	$110.8M
YoY Change	11.29%	11.51%	6.44%
Other Assets	$67.54M	$68.80M	$486.0M
YoY Change	-12.47%	-7.77%	563.03%
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.554B	$3.518B	$3.929B
YoY Change	-10.66%	-12.06%	-2.03%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$735.4M	$735.7M	$822.5M
Total Long-Term Assets	$3.554B	$3.518B	$3.929B
Total Assets	$4.289B	$4.253B	$4.752B
YoY Change	-9.37%	-12.39%	-1.82%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$81.30M	$69.60M	$71.00M
YoY Change	-0.07%	-21.36%	-10.35%
Accrued Expenses	$178.3M	$192.7M	$192.0M
YoY Change	-27.27%	-22.27%	-25.23%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due	$6.600M	$8.100M	$8.200M
YoY Change	-64.16%	-54.75%	-54.44%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$336.7M	$342.5M	$456.5M
YoY Change	-20.11%	-25.07%	4.32%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$1.350B	$1.349B	$1.347B
YoY Change	-13.1%	-13.52%	-13.49%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$147.8M	$122.8M	$375.2M
YoY Change	-13.18%	-36.5%	81.26%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$147.8M	$1.472B	$1.722B
YoY Change	-91.43%	-16.06%	-2.37%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$336.7M	$342.5M	$456.5M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$147.8M	$1.472B	$1.722B
Total Liabilities	$484.6M	$2.256B	$2.624B
YoY Change	-77.42%	-15.83%	-1.76%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	-$435.0M
YoY Change	5.46%
Common Stock	$47.04M
YoY Change	0.0%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$395.9M
YoY Change	58.67%
Treasury Stock Shares	80.70M shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.996B	$1.997B	$2.127B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$4.289B	$4.253B	$4.752B
YoY Change	-9.37%	-12.39%	-1.82%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012 Q1	2011 Q4	2011 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$3.984M	-$3.966M	$11.27M
YoY Change	-137.03%	336.3%	4.88%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$32.20M	$30.82M	$29.84M
YoY Change	-28.12%	-33.15%	-33.68%
Cash From Operating Activities	$64.60M	$49.50M	$79.10M
YoY Change	9.86%	-24.08%	17.88%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$54.90M	-$35.90M	-$27.40M
YoY Change	3.0%	-14.52%	7.03%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$9.400M	$103.1M	-$2.500M
YoY Change	370.0%	17083.33%	-107.49%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$64.30M	$67.20M	-$29.90M
YoY Change	16.49%	-262.71%	-483.33%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-15.30M	-123.6M	-50.00M
YoY Change	24.39%	858.14%	-30.84%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	64.60M	49.50M	79.10M
Cash From Investing Activities	-64.30M	67.20M	-29.90M
Cash From Financing Activities	-15.30M	-123.6M	-50.00M
Net Change In Cash	-15.00M	-6.900M	-800.0K
YoY Change	72.41%	-162.73%	-130.77%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$64.60M	$49.50M	$79.10M
Capital Expenditures	-$54.90M	-$35.90M	-$27.40M
Free Cash Flow	$119.5M	$85.40M	$106.5M
YoY Change	6.6%	-20.34%	14.89%

Facts In Submission

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CY2011	us-gaap	Other Comprehensive Income Loss Net Of Tax OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossNetOfTax	12702000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Profit Loss ProfitLoss	9467000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	2431358000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesExpense	425000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Sales Revenue Goods Net SalesRevenueGoodsNet	2079081000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Share Based Compensation ShareBasedCompensation	16990000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	416000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	1922000	USD
CY2012	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Decreases Resulting From Settlements With Taxing Authorities UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsDecreasesResultingFromSettlementsWithTaxingAuthorities	1327000	USD
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CY2011	us-gaap	Stock Issued During Period Value Stock Options Exercised StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueStockOptionsExercised	1278000	USD
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	us-gaap	Stock Repurchase Program Authorized Amount StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount	495000000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Other StockholdersEquityOther	189000	USD
CY2011	us-gaap	Stockholders Equity Other StockholdersEquityOther	206000	USD
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CY2012	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	3410000	USD
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CY2012	wen	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Adjustment IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearAdjustment	-7620000	USD
CY2012	wen	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Adjustment IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearAdjustment	0	USD
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CY2012	wen	Schedule Of Cost And Equity Method Investments ScheduleOfCostAndEquityMethodInvestments	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;text-indent:24px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following is a summary of the carrying value of our investments:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;width:99.80506822612085%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="8" rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="74%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="2%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="7" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Year End</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2012</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">2011</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Equity investments:</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Joint venture with THI</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">89,370</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">91,742</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Joint venture in Japan (a)</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(1,750</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-right:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">77</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Cost investments:</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Arby’s</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">19,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">19,000</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Jurlique</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">—</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">325</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:20px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Other cost investments</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">4,913</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">8,127</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">111,533</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">119,271</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:3px double #000000;background-color:#cceeff;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">_____________________</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt;"><tr><td style="width:48px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;padding-left:24px;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">(a)</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In 2012, our equity investment in the Japan JV was included in “Other liabilities;” Wendy’s has provided certain guarantees and the partners have agreed on a plan to finance anticipated future cash requirements of the Japan JV as further described below.</font></div></td></tr></table></div>
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