(X)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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( )
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Delaware
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38-0471180
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
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1155 Perimeter Center West, Atlanta, GA
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30338
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(Address of principal executive offices)
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(Zip Code)
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(678) 514-4100
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(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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June 28,
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December 28,
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2009
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2008
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ASSETS
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(Unaudited)
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Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ | 616,001 | $ | 90,090 | ||||
Restricted cash equivalents
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2,481 | 20,792 | ||||||
Accounts and notes receivable
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87,719 | 97,258 | ||||||
Inventories
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24,386 | 24,646 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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40,542 | 28,990 | ||||||
Deferred income tax benefit
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57,353 | 37,923 | ||||||
Advertising fund restricted assets
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84,686 | 81,139 | ||||||
Total current assets
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913,168 | 380,838 | ||||||
Restricted cash equivalents
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7,525 | 34,032 | ||||||
Notes receivable
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34,160 | 34,608 | ||||||
Investments
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102,269 | 133,052 | ||||||
Properties
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1,701,159 | 1,770,372 | ||||||
Goodwill
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869,860 | 853,775 | ||||||
Other intangible assets
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1,402,463 | 1,411,473 | ||||||
Deferred costs and other assets
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51,811 | 27,470 | ||||||
Total assets
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$ | 5,082,415 | $ | 4,645,620 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
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Current liabilities:
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Current portion of long-term debt
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$ | 29,266 | $ | 30,426 | ||||
Accounts payable
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95,515 | 139,340 | ||||||
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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257,504 | 247,334 | ||||||
Advertising fund restricted liabilities
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84,686 | 81,139 | ||||||
Liabilities related to discontinued operations
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4,196 | 4,250 | ||||||
Total current liabilities
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471,167 | 502,489 | ||||||
Long-term debt
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1,503,035 | 1,081,151 | ||||||
Deferred income
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35,719 | 16,859 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes
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497,009 | 475,243 | ||||||
Other liabilities
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173,663 | 186,433 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies
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Equity:
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Common stock
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47,042 | 47,042 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital
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2,754,255 | 2,753,141 | ||||||
Retained deficit
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(367,642 | ) | (357,541 | ) | ||||
Common stock held in treasury
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(7,892 | ) | (15,944 | ) | ||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(23,941 | ) | (43,253 | ) | ||||
2,401,822 | 2,383,445 | |||||||
Total liabilities and equity
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$ | 5,082,415 | $ | 4,645,620 |
Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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June 28,
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June 29,
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June 28,
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June 29,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Revenues:
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Sales
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$ | 816,195 | $ | 291,340 | $ | 1,589,438 | $ | 572,919 | ||||||||
Franchise revenues
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96,492 | 21,674 | 187,233 | 42,949 | ||||||||||||
912,687 | 313,014 | 1,776,671 | 615,868 | |||||||||||||
Costs and expenses:
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Cost of sales
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686,462 | 244,992 | 1,362,404 | 478,437 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative
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112,746 | 42,122 | 222,624 | 87,033 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
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44,687 | 16,355 | 96,349 | 32,269 | ||||||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
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8,700 | 1,338 | 15,580 | 1,417 | ||||||||||||
Facilities relocation and corporate restructuring
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3,013 | (41 | ) | 7,174 | 894 | |||||||||||
Other operating expense (income), net
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572 | - | 2,099 | (487 | ) | |||||||||||
856,180 | 304,766 | 1,706,230 | 599,563 | |||||||||||||
Operating profit
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56,507 | 8,248 | 70,441 | 16,305 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense
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(31,065 | ) | (13,944 | ) | (53,214 | ) | (27,435 | ) | ||||||||
Investment expense, net
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(2,793 | ) | (5,699 | ) | (4,587 | ) | (3,535 | ) | ||||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
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(789 | ) | (3,500 | ) | (3,916 | ) | (71,586 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (expense), net
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1,581 | 1,224 | (1,016 | ) | (3,355 | ) | ||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
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23,441 | (13,671 | ) | 7,708 | (89,606 | ) | ||||||||||
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes
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(8,549 | ) | 6,766 | (3,740 | ) | 15,230 | ||||||||||
Net income (loss)
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$ | 14,892 | $ | (6,905 | ) | $ | 3,968 | $ | (74,376 | ) | ||||||
Basic and diluted income (loss) per share:
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Common stock (A)
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$ | .03 | $ | (.07 | ) | $ | .01 | $ | (.80 | ) | ||||||
Class B common stock
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N/A | (.07 | ) | N/A | (.80 | ) | ||||||||||
Dividends declared per share:
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Common stock (A)
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$ | .015 | $ | .08 | $ | .03 | $ | .16 | ||||||||
Class B common stock
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N/A | .09 | N/A | .18 |
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(A)
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In connection with the May 28, 2009 amendment and restatement of our Certificate of Incorporation, Class A common stock is now referred to as Common Stock.
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Six Months Ended
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June 28,
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June 29,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Cash flows from continuing operating activities:
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Net income (loss)
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$ | 3,968 | $ | (74,376 | ) | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by continuing operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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96,349 | 32,269 | ||||||
Net receipt of deferred vendor incentive
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19,532 | 7,295 | ||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
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15,580 | 1,417 | ||||||
Write-off and amortization of deferred financing costs
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11,824 | 6,320 | ||||||
Share-based compensation provision
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7,760 | 2,763 | ||||||
Non-cash rent expense
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6,919 | 28 | ||||||
Non-cash operating investment adjustments, net (see below)
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2,605 | 75,858 | ||||||
Equity in earnings in joint venture
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(3,643 | ) | - | |||||
Distributions received from joint venture
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7,106 | - | ||||||
Deferred income tax benefit, net
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(710 | ) | (15,315 | ) | ||||
Other, net
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(708 | ) | 107 | |||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts and notes receivable
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747 | (1,802 | ) | |||||
Inventories
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324 | 787 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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(11,646 | ) | 9,154 | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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(9,559 | ) | (21,538 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by continuing operating activities
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146,448 | 22,967 | ||||||
Cash flows from continuing investing activities:
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Capital expenditures
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(40,015 | ) | (40,443 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from dispositions
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7,680 | 80 | ||||||
Investing investment activities, net (see below)
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36,911 | 155 | ||||||
Cost of Wendy’s Merger
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- | (5,443 | ) | |||||
Cost of acquisitions, less cash acquired
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- | (9,537 | ) | |||||
Other, net
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1,166 | (168 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities
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5,742 | (55,356 | ) | |||||
Cash flows from continuing financing activities:
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Proceeds from long-term debt
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553,776 | 19,622 | ||||||
Repayments of long-term debt
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(138,402 | ) | (29,394 | ) | ||||
Deferred financing costs
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(29,613 | ) | - | |||||
Dividends
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(14,073 | ) | (16,101 | ) | ||||
Net distributions to minority interests
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- | (742 | ) | |||||
Other, net
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1,384 | - | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing financing activities
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373,072 | (26,615 | ) | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations before effect of exchange rate changes on cash
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525,262 | (59,004 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash
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703 | - | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations
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525,965 | (59,004 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations
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(54 | ) | (19 | ) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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525,911 | (59,023 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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90,090 | 78,116 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ | 616,001 | $ | 19,093 |
Six Months Ended
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June 28,
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June 29,
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2009
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2008
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(Unaudited)
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Detail of cash flows related to investments:
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Operating investment adjustments, net:
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Other than temporary losses on investments
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$ | 3,916 | $ | 71,586 | ||||
Other net recognized (gains) losses
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(1,311 | ) | 4,272 | |||||
$ | 2,605 | $ | 75,858 | |||||
Investing investment activities, net:
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Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities and other investments
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$ | 29,663 | $ | 13,782 | ||||
Decrease in restricted cash held for investment
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26,515 | 41,220 | ||||||
Payments to cover short positions in securities and cost of available-for-sale securities and other investments purchased
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(19,267 | ) | (54,847 | ) | ||||
$ | 36,911 | $ | 155 | |||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
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Cash paid during the period in continuing operations for:
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Interest
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$ | 44,459 | $ | 26,007 | ||||
Income taxes, net of refunds
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$ | 4,427 | $ | 2,337 | ||||
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
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Total capital expenditures
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$ | 44,196 | $ | 46,483 | ||||
Cash capital expenditures
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(40,015 | ) | (40,443 | ) | ||||
Non-cash capitalized lease and certain sales-leaseback transactions
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$ | 4,181 | $ | 6,040 | ||||
Non-cash additions to long-term debt from acquisitions
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$ | - | $ | 9,574 | ||||
Value of shares of Wendy’s/Arby’s common stock issued in exchange for Wendy’s common shares
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$ | 2,476,197 | ||
Value of Wendy’s stock options that have been converted into Wendy’s/Arby’s options
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18,296 | |||
Estimated Wendy’s Merger costs
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21,028 | |||
Total estimated merger consideration
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2,515,521 | |||
Net book value of Wendy’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed
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796,588 | |||
Less: Wendy’s historical goodwill acquired
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(83,794 | ) | ||
Net book value of Wendy’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed
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712,794 | |||
Excess of merger consideration over book value of Wendy’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed
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1,802,727 | |||
Change in fair values of assets and liabilities allocated to:
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(Increase)/decrease in:
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Current assets
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Accounts and notes receivable
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(694 | ) | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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985 | |||
Investments
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(64,169 | ) | ||
Properties
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(47,622 | ) | ||
Other intangible assets
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Trademark
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(900,109 | ) | ||
Franchise agreements
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(353,000 | ) | ||
Favorable leases
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(122,438 | ) | ||
Computer software
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9,572 | |||
Deferred costs and other assets
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(377 | ) | ||
Increase/(decrease) in:
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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2,035 | |||
Long-term debt, including current portion of $228
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(56,337 | ) | ||
Other liabilities
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(36,960 | ) | ||
Unfavorable leases
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70,762 | |||
Deferred income tax liability
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551,943 | |||
Total adjustments
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(946,409 | ) | ||
Goodwill
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$ | 856,318 |
Goodwill as reported at December 28, 2008
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$ | 845,631 | ||
Change in total estimated merger consideration:
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Decrease in the value of Wendy’s stock options that have been converted into Wendy’s/Arby’s options
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(199 | ) | ||
Increase in Wendy’s Merger costs
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325 | |||
Changes to fair values of assets and liabilities:
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Increase in properties
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(2,704 | ) | ||
Increase in favorable leases
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(5,170 | ) | ||
Increase in computer software
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6 | |||
Decrease in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
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(3,506 | ) | ||
Increase in other liabilities
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9,614 | |||
Increase in unfavorable leases
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6,709 | |||
Increase in deferred income tax liability
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5,612 | |||
Goodwill as reported at June 28, 2009
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$ | 856,318 |
Three months ended June 29, 2008
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Six months ended June 29, 2008
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As Reported
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As Adjusted
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As Reported
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As Adjusted
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Revenues:
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Sales
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$ | 291,340 | $ | 847,425 | $ | 572,919 | $ | 1,642,021 | ||||||||
Franchise revenues
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21,674 | 97,823 | 42,949 | 189,007 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues
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313,014 | 945,248 | 615,868 | 1,831,028 | ||||||||||||
Operating profit
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8,248 | 45,381 | 16,305 | 64,791 | ||||||||||||
Net (loss) income
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(6,905 | ) | 12,419 | (74,376 | ) | (52,664 | ) | |||||||||
Basic and diluted (loss) income per share:
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Common Stock:
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(.07 | ) | .03 | (.80 | ) | (.11 | ) | |||||||||
Class B Common Stock:
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(.07 | ) | N/A | (.80 | ) | N/A |
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(3)
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Debt
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June 28, 2009
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Carrying Amount
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Fair Value
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Financial assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents (a)
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$ | 616,001 | $ | 616,001 | ||||
Restricted cash equivalents (a):
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Current
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2,481 | 2,481 | ||||||
Non-current
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7,525 | 7,525 | ||||||
Short-term investments (b)
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134 | 134 | ||||||
Deerfield Capital Corp. (“DFR”) notes receivable (c)
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25,518 | 35,184 | ||||||
Non-current cost investments for which it is:
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Practicable to estimate fair value (d)
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9,809 | 10,710 | ||||||
Not practicable to estimate fair value (e)
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645 | |||||||
Financial liabilities:
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Long-term debt, including current portion:
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10.00% Senior Notes (b)
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551,084 | 550,875 | ||||||
Senior secured term loan, weighted average effective interest of 7.25% as of June 28, 2009 (b)
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253,463 | 247,760 | ||||||
6.20% senior notes (b)
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201,353 | 200,813 | ||||||
6.25% senior notes (b)
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190,813 | 200,000 | ||||||
Sale-leaseback obligations (f)
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124,574 | 117,773 | ||||||
Capitalized lease obligations (f)
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103,811 | 100,404 | ||||||
7% Debentures (b)
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79,526 | 72,500 | ||||||
6.54% secured bank term loan (f)
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19,351 | 18,825 | ||||||
Notes payable, weighted average interest of 7.27% as of December 28, 2008 (f)
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4,676 | 4,611 | ||||||
5% convertible notes (g)
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2,100 | 1,989 | ||||||
Other
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1,550 | 1,507 | ||||||
Total long-term debt, including current portion
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$ | 1,532,301 | $ | 1,517,057 | ||||
Guarantees of:
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Lease obligations for Arby’s restaurants not operated by the Company (h)
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413 | 413 | ||||||
Debt obligations of AmeriGas Eagle Propane, L.P. (i)
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- | 690 | ||||||
Wendy’s franchisee loans obligations (j)
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643 | 643 |
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(a)
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The carrying amounts approximated fair value due to the short-term maturities of the cash equivalents or restricted cash equivalents.
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(b)
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The fair values are based on quoted market prices.
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(c)
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The fair value of the DFR Notes received in connection with the Deerfield Sale was based on the present value of the probability weighted average of expected cash flows of the notes which could reasonably approximate their collectability. The Company established an allowance for doubtful accounts for the DFR Notes of $21,227 at December 28, 2008. The notes’ carrying amount net of the allowance was $25,518 at
June 28, 2009.
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(d)
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These consist of investments in certain non-current cost investments. The fair values of these investments, other than Jurlique
International Pty Ltd., an Australian skin and beauty products company not publicly traded (“Jurlique”)
, were based entirely on statements of account received from investment managers or investees which are principally
based on quoted market or broker/dealer prices. To the extent that some of these investments, including the underlying investments in investment limited partnerships, do not have available quoted market or broker/dealer prices, the Company relies on valuations performed by the investment managers or investees in valuing those investments or third-party appraisals.
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(e)
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It was not practicable to estimate the fair value of this cost investment because the investment is non-marketable.
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(f)
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The fair values were determined by discounting the future scheduled principal payments using an interest rate assuming the
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same original issuance spread over a current Treasury bond yield for securities with similar durations.
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(g)
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The fair values were based on broker/dealer prices since quoted ask prices close to our fiscal quarter end date were not available for the remaining convertible notes.
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(h)
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The fair value was assumed to reasonably approximate the carrying amount since the carrying amount represents the fair value as of the acquisition of RTM Restaurant Group less subsequent amortization.
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(i)
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During the third quarter of 2009, the Company sold its remaining interest in AmeriGas Eagle Propane, L.P. The Fair Value represents management’s estimate of the value of the debt payment in place prior to the sale.
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(j)
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Wendy’s provided loan guarantees to various lenders on behalf of franchisees entering into pooled debt facility arrangements for new store development and equipment financing. In accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 45 (“FIN 45”), “Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of
Indebtedness of Others”, Wendy’s has accrued a liability for the fair value of these guarantees, the calculation for which was based upon a weighed average risk percentage established at the inception of each program.
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Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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June 29,
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June 28,
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June 29,
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Arby’s restaurant segment:
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Impairment of Company-owned restaurants:
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Properties
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$ | 5,902 | $ | 1,106 | $ | 11,796 | $ | 1,154 | ||||||||
Intangible assets
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371 | 232 | 938 | 263 | ||||||||||||
6,273 | 1,338 | 12,734 | 1,417 | |||||||||||||
Wendy’s restaurant segment:
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- | - | ||||||||||||||
Impairment of surplus properties:
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251 | - | 670 | - | ||||||||||||
Corporate - aircraft
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2,176 | - | 2,176 | - | ||||||||||||
Total impairment of long-lived assets
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$ | 8,700 | $ | 1,338 | $ | 15,580 | $ | 1,417 |
Six Months Ended
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June 28, 2009
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Balance
December 28,
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Balance
June 28,
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Total
Expected to be
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Total
Incurred
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2008
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Provision
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Payments
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2009
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Incurred
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to Date
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Wendy’s restaurant segment:
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Cash obligations:
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Severance costs
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$ | 3,101 | $ | 7,246 | $ | (3,562 | ) | $ | 6,785 | $ | 12,043 | $ | 10,347 | |||||||||||
Total Wendy’s restaurant segment
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3,101 | 7,246 | (3,562 | ) | 6,785 | 12,043 | 10,347 | |||||||||||||||||
Arby’s restaurant segment:
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Cash obligations:
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Employee relocation costs
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72 | (72 | ) | - | - | 4,579 | 4,579 | |||||||||||||||||
Other
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- | - | - | - | 7,471 | 7,471 | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | (72 | ) | - | - | 12,050 | 12,050 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-cash charges
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- | - | - | - | 719 | 719 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total Arby’s restaurant segment
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72 | (72 | ) | - | - | 12,769 | 12,769 | |||||||||||||||||
Corporate:
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Cash obligations:
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Severance and retention incentive compensation
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962 | - | (257 | ) | 705 | 84,622 | 84,622 | |||||||||||||||||
Non-cash charges
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- | - | - | - | 835 | 835 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total corporate
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962 | - | (257 | ) | 705 | 85,457 | 85,457 | |||||||||||||||||
$ | 4,135 | $ | 7,174 | $ | (3,819 | ) | $ | 7,490 | $ | 110,269 | $ | 108,573 |
Balance at December 28, 2008
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$ | 89,771 | |||
Equity in earnings for the six months ended June 28, 2009
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4,958 | ||||
Amortization of purchase price adjustments
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(1,315 | ) | |||
3,643 |
(a)
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Distributions
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(7,106 | ) | |||
Currency translation adjustment included in “Comprehensive Income (loss)”
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5,255 | ||||
Balance at June 28, 2009
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$ | 91,563 |
(b)
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(a)
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Equity in earnings for the six months ended June 28, 2009 is included in “Other operating expense (income), net”.
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(b)
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Included in “Investments”.
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June 28, 2009
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(Canadian)
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Balance sheet information:
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Properties
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C$ | 85,232 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents
|
701 | |||
Accounts receivable
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4,784 | |||
Other
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2,310 | |||
C$ | 93,027 | |||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
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C$ | 1,774 | ||
Other liabilities
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10,896 | |||
Partners’ equity
|
80,357 | |||
C$ | 93,027 | |||
Six months ended June 28, 2009
|
||||
(Canadian)
|
||||
Income statement information:
|
||||
Revenues
|
C$ | 18,762 | ||
Income before income taxes and net income
|
11,935 | |||
Three Months Ended
|
Six Months Ended
|
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June 28,
|
June 29,
|
June 28,
|
June 29,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Cost method investments
|
$ | 789 | $ | 3,500 | $ | 3,115 | $ | 3,500 | ||||||||
Available-for-sale security
|
- | - | 801 | - | ||||||||||||
DFR c
ommon stock
|
- | - | - | 68,086 | ||||||||||||
$ | 789 | $ | 3,500 | $ | 3,916 | $ | 71,586 |
Three Months Ended
|
Six Months Ended
|
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June 28,
|
June 29,
|
June 28,
|
June 29,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Common Stock
|
$ | 14,892 | $ | (2,155 | ) | $ | 3,968 | $ | (23,212 | ) | ||||||
Class B Common Stock
|
N/A | $ | (4,750 | ) | N/A | $ | (51,164 | ) |
Three Months Ended
|
Six Months Ended
|
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June 28,
|
June 29,
|
June 28,
|
June 29,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
|||||||||||||
Common Stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic shares - weighted average shares outstanding
|
469,614 | 28,903 | 469,425 | 28,902 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted shares
|
1,539 | - | 2,074 | - | ||||||||||||
Diluted shares
|
471,153 | 28,903 | 471,499 | 28,902 | ||||||||||||
Class B Common Stock:
|
||||||||||||||||
Basic shares - weighted average shares outstanding
|
N/A | 63,721 | N/A | 63,707 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted shares
|
N/A | - | N/A | - | ||||||||||||
Diluted shares
|
N/A | 63,721 | N/A | 63,707 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28,
|
June 28,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Balance, beginning of year
|
$ | 2,383,291 | $ | 448,874 | ||||
Effect of change in accounting for minority interests
|
154 | 229 | ||||||
Beginning balance, as adjusted
|
2,383,445 | 449,103 | ||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) (1)
|
23,280 | (71,237 | ) | |||||
DFR stock dividend distribution
|
- | (14,464 | ) | |||||
Dividends paid
|
(14,073 | ) | (16,101 | ) | ||||
Share-based compensation expense
|
7,760 | 2,763 | ||||||
Other
|
1,410 | (161 | ) | |||||
Balance, end of period
|
$ | 2,401,822 | $ | 349,903 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28,
|
June 29,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
|||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$ | 3,968 | $ | (74,376 | ) | |||
Net change in currency translation adjustment
|
19,438 | (106 | ) | |||||
Net unrealized (losses) gains on available-for-sale
securities (a)
|
(126 | ) | 3,676 | |||||
Net unrealized gains (losses) on cash flow hedges (b)
|
- | (431 | ) | |||||
Other comprehensive income
|
19,312 | 3,139 | ||||||
Comprehensive income (loss)
|
$ | 23,280 | $ | (71,237 | ) |
Three months ended June 28, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Wendy’s
|
Arby’s
|
|||||||||||||||
Restaurants
|
Restaurants
|
Corporate
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 539,123 | $ | 277,072 | $ | - | $ | 816,195 | ||||||||
Franchise revenues
|
76,055 | 20,437 | 96,492 | |||||||||||||
$ | 615,178 | $ | 297,509 | $ | - | $ | 912,687 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$ | 28,608 | $ | 13,621 | $ | 2,458 | $ | 44,687 | ||||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 65,499 | $ | 6,959 | $ | (15,951 | ) | 56,507 | ||||||||
Interest expense
|
(31,065 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(2,793 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(789 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other income, net
|
1,581 | |||||||||||||||
Income before income tax provision
|
23,441 | |||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(8,549 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 14,892 |
Three months ended June 29, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Arby’s
|
||||||||||||
Restaurants
|
Corporate
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 291,340 | $ | - | $ | 291,340 | ||||||
Franchise revenues
|
21,674 | - | 21,674 | |||||||||
$ | 313,014 | $ | - | $ | 313,014 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$ | 15,265 | $ | 1,090 | $ | 16,355 | ||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 17,264 | $ | (9,016 | ) | $ | 8,248 | |||||
Interest expense
|
(13,944 | ) | ||||||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(5,699 | ) | ||||||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(3,500 | ) | ||||||||||
Other income, net
|
1,224 | |||||||||||
Loss before income tax benefit
|
(13,671 | ) | ||||||||||
Benefit from income taxes
|
6,766 | |||||||||||
Net loss
|
$ | (6,905 | ) |
Six months ended June 28, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Wendy’s
|
Arby’s
|
|||||||||||||||
Restaurants
|
Restaurants
|
Corporate
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 1,046,126 | $ | 543,312 | $ | - | $ | 1,589,438 | ||||||||
Franchise revenues
|
147,293 | 39,940 | 187,233 | |||||||||||||
$ | 1,193,419 | $ | 583,252 | $ | - | $ | 1,776,671 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$ | 65,295 | $ | 28,138 | $ | 2,916 | $ | 96,349 | ||||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 85,524 | $ | 4,912 | $ | (19,995 | ) | $ | 70,441 | |||||||
Interest expense
|
(53,214 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(4,587 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(3,916 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Other expense, net
|
(1,016 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Income before income tax provision
|
7,708 | |||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes
|
(3,740 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Net income
|
$ | 3,968 |
Six months ended June 29, 2008
|
||||||||||||
Arby’s
|
||||||||||||
Restaurants
|
Corporate
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 572,919 | $ | - | $ | 572,919 | ||||||
Franchise revenues
|
42,949 | - | 42,949 | |||||||||
$ | 615,868 | - | $ | 615,868 | ||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
$ | 30,103 | $ | 2,166 | $ | 32,269 | ||||||
Operating profit (loss)
|
$ | 34,613 | $ | (18,308 | ) | $ | 16,305 | |||||
Interest expense
|
(27,435 | ) | ||||||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(3,535 | ) | ||||||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(71,586 | ) | ||||||||||
Other expense, net
|
(3,355 | ) | ||||||||||
Loss before income tax benefit
|
(89,606 | ) | ||||||||||
Benefit from income taxes
|
15,230 | |||||||||||
Net loss
|
$ | (74,376 | ) |
Wendy’s Restaurants
|
Arby’s Restaurants
|
Corporate (a)
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||
Three months ended June 28, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash capital expenditures
|
$ | 7,842 | $ | 8,036 | $ | 6,934 | $ | 22,812 | ||||||||
Three months ended June 29, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash capital expenditures
|
$ | 23,673 | $ | - | $ | 23,673 | ||||||||||
Six months ended June 28, 2009
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash capital expenditures
|
$ | 16,585 | $ | 15,861 | $ | 7,569 | $ | 40,015 | ||||||||
Six months ended June 28, 2008
|
||||||||||||||||
Cash capital expenditures
|
$ | 40,443 | $ | - | $ | 40,443 |
|
·
|
Continued lack of general consumer confidence in the economy and the effect of decreases in many consumers’ discretionary income caused by factors such as volatility in the financial markets and recessionary economic conditions, including high unemployment levels, a declining real estate market, continuing unpredictability of fuel costs, and food cost inflation;
|
|
·
|
Continued and more aggressive price competition in the quick service restaurant (“QSR”) industry, as evidenced by (1) value menu concepts, which offer comparatively lower prices on some menu items, (2) the use of coupons and other price discounting, (3) many recent product promotions focused on lower prices of certain menu items and (4) combination meal concepts, which offer a complete meal at an aggregate
price lower than the price of individual food and beverage items;
|
|
·
|
Competitive pressures due to extended hours of operation by many QSR competitors, including breakfast and late night hours;
|
|
·
|
Competitive pressures from operators outside the QSR industry, such as the deli sections and in-store cafes of major grocery and other retail store chains, convenience stores and casual dining outlets offering take-out food;
|
|
·
|
Increased availability to consumers of product choices, including (1) healthy products driven by a greater consumer awareness of nutritional issues, (2) products that tend to offer a variety of portion sizes and more ingredients; (3) beverage programs which offer a wider selection of premium non-carbonated beverages, including coffee and tea products; and (4) sandwiches with perceived higher levels of freshness,
quality and customization; and
|
|
·
|
Competitive pressures from an increasing number of franchise opportunities seeking to attract qualified franchisees.
|
|
·
|
Higher commodity prices which increased our food costs during 2008, with moderation in recent months;
|
|
·
|
Changes in fuel prices which, when at much higher than current levels contributed to increases in utility, distribution, and freight costs;
|
|
·
|
Federal, state and local legislative activity, such as minimum wage increases and mandated health and welfare benefits which is expected to continue to increase wages and related fringe benefits, including health care and other insurance costs; and
|
|
·
|
Legal or regulatory activity related to nutritional content or menu labeling which results in increased operating costs.
|
|
Other
|
|
·
|
Dislocation and weakness in the overall credit markets and higher borrowing costs in the lending markets typically used to finance new unit development and remodels. These tightened credit conditions and economic pressures are negatively impacting the renewal of franchisee licenses as well as the ability of franchisees to meet their commitments under development, rental and franchise license agreements;
|
|
·
|
A significant portion of both our Wendy’s and Arby’s restaurants are franchised and, as a result, we receive revenue in the form of royalties (which are generally based on a percentage of sales at franchised restaurants), rent and other fees from franchisees. Arby’s franchisee related accounts receivable and estimated reserves for uncollectibility have increased, and may continue to increase, as
a result of the deteriorating financial condition of some of our franchisees; and
|
|
·
|
Continued competition for development sites among QSR competitors and other businesses.
|
|
·
|
Revitalizing the Wendy’s and Arby’s brands by creating innovative new menu items at Wendy’s, increasing Arby’s customer traffic by targeting our “medium Arby’s customers” and expanding our breakfast daypart at both brands;
|
|
·
|
Improving Wendy’s Company-owned restaurant profitability;
|
|
·
|
Realizing cost savings related to the Wendy’s/Arby’s integration;
|
|
·
|
Strategically growing our franchise base by leveraging our brands to expand in North America as well as into new international markets with dual branded Wendy’s and Arby’s franchised restaurants; and
|
|
·
|
Acquisitions of other restaurant companies.
|
|
·
|
Same-Store Sales
|
|
·
|
Restaurant Margin
|
Three Months Ended
|
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June 28,
|
June 29,
|
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2009
|
2008
|
Change
|
||||||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 816.2 | $ | 291.3 | $ | 524.9 | ||||||
Franchise revenues
|
96.5 | 21.7 | 74.8 | |||||||||
912.7 | 313.0 | 599.7 | ||||||||||
Costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
686.5 | 245.0 | 441.5 | |||||||||
General and administrative
|
112.7 | 42.1 | 70.6 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
44.7 | 16.4 | 28.3 | |||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
8.7 | 1.3 | 7.4 | |||||||||
Facilities relocation and corporate restructuring
|
3.0 | - | 3.0 | |||||||||
Other operating expense, net
|
0.6 | - | 0.6 | |||||||||
856.2 | 304.8 | 551.4 | ||||||||||
Operating profit
|
56.5 | 8.2 | 48.3 | |||||||||
Interest expense
|
(31.1 | ) | (13.9 | ) | (17.2 | ) | ||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(2.8 | ) | (5.7 | ) | 2.9 | |||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(0.8 | ) | (3.5 | ) | 2.7 | |||||||
Other income, net
|
1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 | |||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
23.4 | (13.7 | ) | 37.1 | ||||||||
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes
|
(8.5 | ) | 6.8 | (15.3 | ) | |||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$ | 14.9 | $ | (6.9 | ) | $ | 21.8 | |||||
Restaurant statistics:
|
|||||
Wendy’s same-store sales:
|
Second Quarter 2009
|
||||
North America Company-owned restaurants
|
(1.2)%
|
||||
North America franchised restaurants
|
(0.1)%
|
||||
North America systemwide
|
(0.4)%
|
||||
Arby’s same-store sales:
|
Second Quarter 2009
|
Second Quarter 2008
|
|||
North America Company-owned restaurants
|
(5.8)%
|
(3.7)%
|
|||
North America franchised restaurants
|
(7.4)%
|
(2.8)%
|
|||
North America systemwide
|
(6.9)%
|
(3.2)%
|
|||
Restaurant margin:
|
|||||
Second Quarter 2009
|
Second Quarter 2008
|
||||
Wendy’s
|
15.9%
|
||||
Arby’s
|
14.9%
|
15.9%
|
|||
Restaurant count:
|
Company-owned
|
Franchised
|
Systemwide
|
||
Wendy’s restaurant count:
|
|||||
Restaurant count at March 29, 2009
|
1,399
|
5,224
|
6,623
|
||
Opened
|
2
|
8
|
10
|
||
Closed
|
(5)
|
(20)
|
(25)
|
||
Sold to franchisees
|
(1)
|
1
|
-
|
||
Restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
1,395
|
5,213
|
6,608
|
||
Arby’s restaurant count:
|
|||||
Restaurant count at March 29, 2009
|
1,171
|
2,570
|
3,741
|
||
Opened
|
3
|
17
|
20
|
||
Closed
|
(4)
|
(12)
|
(16)
|
||
Restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
1,170
|
2,575
|
3,745
|
||
Total Wendy’s/Arby’s restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
2,565
|
7,788
|
10,353
|
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s restaurants, primarily properties
|
$ | 13.6 | $ | 15.3 | ||||
Wendy’s restaurants, primarily properties
|
28.6 | - | ||||||
Other
|
2.5 | 1.1 | ||||||
$ | 44.7 | $ | 16.4 |
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s restaurants, primarily properties at underperforming locations
|
$ | 6.3 | $ | 1.3 | ||||
Wendy’s restaurants
|
0.2 | - | ||||||
Corporate - aircraft (1)
|
2.2 | - | ||||||
$ | 8.7 | $ | 1.3 |
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s debt
|
$ | 18.4 | $ | 13.5 | ||||
Wendy’s debt
|
11.3 | - | ||||||
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants debt
|
1.0 | - | ||||||
Corporate debt
|
0.4 | 0.4 | ||||||
$ | 31.1 | $ | 13.9 |
Three Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Recognized net gains (losses)
|
$ | 3.0 | $ | (6.0 | ) | |||
Withdrawal Fee
|
(5.5 | ) | - | |||||
Interest income
|
- | 0.2 | ||||||
Other
|
(0.3 | ) | 0.1 | |||||
$ | (2.8 | ) | $ | (5.7 | ) |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||||||
June 28,
|
June 29,
|
|||||||||||
2009
|
2008
|
Change
|
||||||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||||||
Revenues:
|
||||||||||||
Sales
|
$ | 1,589.4 | $ | 572.9 | $ | 1,016.5 | ||||||
Franchise revenues
|
187.3 | 42.9 | 144.4 | |||||||||
1,776.7 | 615.8 | 1,160.9 | ||||||||||
Costs and expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Cost of sales
|
1,362.4 | 478.4 | 884.0 | |||||||||
General and administrative
|
222.6 | 87.0 | 135.6 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization
|
96.3 | 32.3 | 64.0 | |||||||||
Impairment of long-lived assets
|
15.6 | 1.4 | 14.2 | |||||||||
Facilities relocation and corporate restructuring
|
7.2 | 0.9 | 6.3 | |||||||||
Other operating expense (income), net
|
2.2 | (0.5 | ) | 2.7 | ||||||||
1,706.3 | 599.5 | 1,106.8 | ||||||||||
Operating profit
|
70.4 | 16.3 | 54.1 | |||||||||
Interest expense
|
(53.2 | ) | (27.4 | ) | (25.8 | ) | ||||||
Investment expense, net
|
(4.6 | ) | (3.5 | ) | (1.1 | ) | ||||||
Other than temporary losses on investments
|
(3.9 | ) | (71.6 | ) | 67.7 | |||||||
Other expense, net
|
(1.0 | ) | (3.4 | ) | 2.4 | |||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes
|
7.7 | (89.6 | ) | 97.3 | ||||||||
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes
|
(3.7 | ) | 15.2 | (18.9 | ) | |||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$ | 4.0 | $ | (74.4 | ) | $ | 78.4 | |||||
Restaurant statistics:
|
|||||
Wendy’s same-store sales:
|
First Half 2009
|
||||
North America Company-owned restaurants
|
(0.5)%
|
||||
North America franchised restaurants
|
0.5%
|
||||
North America systemwide
|
0.3%
|
||||
Arby’s same-store sales:
|
First Half 2009
|
First Half 2008
|
|||
North America Company-owned restaurants
|
(6.9)%
|
(2.7)%
|
|||
North America franchised restaurants
|
(7.8)%
|
(1.0)%
|
|||
North America systemwide
|
(7.5)%
|
(1.6)%
|
|||
Restaurant margin:
|
|||||
First Half 2009
|
First Half 2008
|
||||
Wendy’s
|
13.6%
|
||||
Arby’s
|
14.6%
|
16.5%
|
|||
Restaurant count:
|
Company-owned
|
Franchised
|
Systemwide
|
||
Wendy’s restaurant count:
|
|||||
Restaurant count at December 28, 2008
|
1,406
|
5,224
|
6,630
|
||
Opened
|
7
|
19
|
26
|
||
Closed
|
(7)
|
(41)
|
(48)
|
||
Sold to franchisees
|
(11)
|
11
|
-
|
||
Restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
1,395
|
5,213
|
6,608
|
||
Arby’s restaurant count:
|
|||||
Restaurant count at December 28, 2008
|
1,176
|
2,580
|
3,756
|
||
Opened
|
4
|
34
|
38
|
||
Closed
|
(10)
|
(39)
|
(49)
|
||
Restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
1,170
|
2,575
|
3,745
|
||
Total Wendy’s/Arby’s restaurant count at June 28, 2009
|
2,565
|
7,788
|
10,353
|
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s restaurants, primarily properties
|
$ | 28.1 | $ | 30.1 | ||||
Wendy’s restaurants, primarily properties
|
65.3 | - | ||||||
Other
|
2.9 | 2.2 | ||||||
$ | 96.3 | $ | 32.3 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s restaurants, primarily properties at underperforming locations
|
$ | 12.7 | $ | 1.4 | ||||
Wendy’s restaurants
|
0.7 | - | ||||||
General corporate, aircraft
|
2.2 | - | ||||||
$ | 15.6 | $ | 1.4 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Wendy’s severance costs
|
$ | 7.2 | $ | - | ||||
Other
|
- | 0.9 | ||||||
$ | 7.2 | $ | 0.9 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Arby’s debt
|
$ | 28.6 | $ | 27.8 | ||||
Wendy’s debt
|
22.8 | - | ||||||
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants debt
|
1.0 | - | ||||||
Corporate debt
|
||||||||
Debt
|
0.6 | 0.1 | ||||||
Other
|
0.2 | (0.5 | ) | |||||
$ | 53.2 | $ | 27.4 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 29, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Recognized net gains (losses)
|
$ | 1.4 | $ | (4.3 | ) | |||
Withdrawal Fee
|
(5.5 | ) | - | |||||
Interest income
|
0.2 | 0.7 | ||||||
Other
|
(0.7 | ) | 0.1 | |||||
$ | (4.6 | ) | $ | (3.5 | ) |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 28, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
DFR common stock
|
$ | - | $ | 68.1 | ||||
Legacy Assets
|
3.1 | 3.5 | ||||||
Available-for-sale securities
|
0.8 | - | ||||||
$ | 3.9 | $ | 71.6 |
Six Months Ended
|
||||||||
June 28, 2009
|
June 28, 2008
|
|||||||
(In Millions)
|
||||||||
Deferred costs write-off
|
$ | (4.3 | ) | $ | (5.1 | ) | ||
Other
|
3.3 | 1.7 | ||||||
$ | (1.0 | ) | $ | (3.4 | ) |
·
|
Our net income of $4.0 million;
|
·
|
Depreciation and amortization of $96.3 million;
|
·
|
The receipt of deferred vendor incentives, net of amount recognized, of $19.5 million;
|
·
|
Impairment of long-lived assets charges of $15.6 million;
|
·
|
The write off and amortization of deferred financing costs of $11.8 million;
|
·
|
Distributions received from our investment in a joint venture of $7.1 million; and
|
·
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of $20.1 million principally reflecting an $11.6 million increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets and a $9.6 million decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities primarily due to payments to vendors.
|
·
|
Proceeds of $553.8 million primarily from the issuance of the Senior Notes discussed below under “Long-term Debt”;
|
·
|
Net repayments of other long-term debt of $138.4 million including a prepayment of $132.5 million on the Term Loan in the second quarter of 2009;
|
·
|
Cash capital expenditures totaling $40.0 million, including the construction of new restaurants (approximately $11.4 million) and the remodeling of existing restaurants;
|
·
|
Deferred financing costs of $29.6 million;
|
·
|
Net investment adjustments of $36.9 million; and
|
·
|
Dividend payments of $14.1 million.
|
S&P
|
Moody’s
|
||||
Corporate family/corporate credit
|
|||||
Entity
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc.
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants
|
|||
Rating
|
B+
|
B2
|
|||
Outlook
|
Negative
|
Stable
|
|||
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants Senior Notes
|
B+
|
B2
|
|||
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants Term Loan
|
BB
|
Ba2
|
|||
Wendy’s Notes
|
B-
|
Caa1
|
|
·
|
Cash capital expenditures of approximately $94.8 million;
|
|
·
|
Quarterly cash dividends aggregating up to approximately $14.1 million;
|
|
·
|
Scheduled debt principal repayments aggregating $24.5 million;
|
|
·
|
Severance payments of approximately $4.6 million related to our Wendy’s Merger integration program;
|
|
·
|
Potential stock repurchases of up to $50.0 million; and
|
|
·
|
The costs of any potential business acquisitions or financing activities.
|
Cash equivalents included in “Cash and cash equivalents”
|
$ | 410.6 | ||
Restricted cash equivalents:
|
||||
Current
|
2.5 | |||
Non-current
|
7.5 | |||
Equity investments
|
91.8 | |||
Cost investments
|
10.5 | |||
$ | 522.9 |
At Fair Value
|
Carrying Value
|
|||||||||||||||
Type
|
At Cost
|
(a)
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
||||||||||||
Cash equivalents
|
$ | 410.6 | $ | 410.6 | $ | 410.6 | 78 | % | ||||||||
Current and non-current restricted cash equivalents
|
10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
Other non-current investments accounted for at:
|
||||||||||||||||
Equity
|
91.8 | 91.8 | 91.8 | 18 | % | |||||||||||
Cost
|
10.5 | 11.7 | 10.5 | 2 | % | |||||||||||
$ | 522.9 | $ | 524.1 | $ | 522.9 | 100 | % |
|
(a)
|
There can be no assurance that we would be able to realize these amounts.
|
Carrying Value
|
Interest Rate Risk
|
Equity Price Risk
|
Foreign Currency Risk
|
|||||||||||||
Cash equivalents
|
$ | 410.6 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | - | ||||||||
Current and non-current restricted cash equivalents
|
10.0 | - | - | - | ||||||||||||
Equity investments
|
91.8 | - | (9.2 | ) | (9.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Cost investments
|
10.5 | (0.1 | ) | (1.0 | ) | - | ||||||||||
DFR Notes
|
25.5 | (0.3 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Long-term debt, excluding capitalized lease and sale-leaseback obligations-variable rate
|
253.5 | (6.6 | ) | - | - | |||||||||||
Long-term debt, excluding capitalized lease and sale-leaseback obligations-fixed rate
|
1,050.4 | (34.0 | ) | - | - |
|
·
|
competition, including pricing pressures, aggressive marketing and the potential impact of competitors’ new unit openings on sales of Wendy’s® and Arby’s® restaurants;
|
|
·
|
consumers’ perceptions of the relative quality, variety, affordability and value of the food products we offer;
|
|
·
|
success of operating initiatives, including advertising and promotional efforts and new product and concept development by us and our competitors;
|
|
·
|
development costs, including real estate and construction costs;
|
|
·
|
changes in consumer tastes and preferences, including changes resulting from concerns over nutritional or safety aspects of beef, poultry, French fries or other foods or the effects of food-borne illnesses such as “mad cow disease” and avian influenza or “bird flu,” and changes in spending patterns and demographic trends, such as the extent to which consumers eat meals away from home;
|
|
·
|
certain factors affecting our franchisees, including the business and financial viability of franchisees, the timely payment of franchisees’ obligations due to us, and the ability of our franchisees to open new restaurants in accordance with their development commitments, including their ability to finance restaurant development and remodels;
|
|
·
|
availability, location and terms of sites for restaurant development by us and our franchisees;
|
|
·
|
delays in opening new restaurants or completing remodels of existing restaurants;
|
|
·
|
the timing and impact of acquisitions and dispositions of restaurants;
|
|
·
|
our ability to successfully integrate acquired restaurant operations;
|
|
·
|
anticipated or unanticipated restaurant closures by us and our franchisees;
|
|
·
|
our ability to identify, attract and retain potential franchisees with sufficient experience and financial resources to develop and operate Wendy’s and Arby’s restaurants successfully;
|
|
·
|
availability of qualified restaurant personnel to us and to our franchisees, and the ability to retain such personnel;
|
|
·
|
our ability, if necessary, to secure alternative distribution of supplies of food, equipment and other products to Wendy’s and Arby’s restaurants at competitive rates and in adequate amounts, and the potential financial impact of any interruptions in such distribution;
|
|
·
|
availability and cost of insurance;
|
|
·
|
adverse weather conditions;
|
|
·
|
availability, terms (including changes in interest rates) and deployment of capital;
|
|
·
|
changes in legal or self-regulatory requirements, including franchising laws, accounting standards, payment card industry rules, overtime rules, minimum wage rates, government-mandated health benefits, tax legislation and menu-board labeling requirements;
|
|
·
|
the costs, uncertainties and other effects of legal, environmental and administrative proceedings;
|
|
·
|
the impact of general economic conditions on consumer spending, including a slower consumer economy and high unemployment rates, particularly in geographic regions that contain a high concentration of Wendy’s or Arby’s restaurants, and the effects of war or terrorist activities;
|
|
·
|
the impact of our continuing investment in series A senior secured notes of Deerfield Capital Corp. following our 2007 corporate restructuring; and
|
|
·
|
other risks and uncertainties affecting us and our subsidiaries referred to in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008 (the “Form 10-K”) (see especially “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”) and in our other current and periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
|
·
|
making it more difficult to meet payment and other obligations under the Senior Notes and other outstanding debt;
|
·
|
resulting in an event of default if our subsidiaries fail to comply with the financial and other restrictive covenants contained in debt agreements, which event of default could result in all of our subsidiaries’ debt becoming immediately due and payable;
|
·
|
reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes, and limiting our ability to obtain additional financing for these purposes;
|
·
|
subjecting us to the risk of increased sensitivity to interest rate increases on our indebtedness with variable interest rates, including borrowings under the amended and restated Arby’s Credit Agreement;
|
·
|
limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, and increasing our vulnerability to, changes in our business, the industry in which we operate and the general economy; and
|
·
|
placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt or are less leveraged.
|
·
|
consolidating redundant operations, including corporate functions;
|
·
|
realizing targeted margin improvements at company-owned Wendy’s restaurants; and
|
·
|
addressing differences in business cultures between Arby’s and Wendy’s, preserving employee morale and retaining key employees, maintaining focus on providing consistent, high quality customer service, meeting our operational and financial goals and maintaining the operational goals of each of the standalone brands.
|
Period
|
Total Number of Shares Purchased (1)
|
Average Price Paid Per Share
|
||||||
March 30, 2009 through
April 26, 2009
|
6,045 | $ | 5.72 | |||||
April 27, 2009
through
May 24, 2009
|
34,872 | $ | 4.86 | |||||
May 25, 2009
through
June 28, 2009
|
30,145 | $ | 4.04 | |||||
Total
|
71,062 | $ | 4.59 |
(1)
|
Includes 71,062 shares reacquired by the Company from holders of restricted stock awards, either to satisfy tax withholding requirements, or upon forfeiture of non-vested shares. The shares were valued at the closing prices of our Common Stock on the dates of activity.
|
Nominee
|
Votes for
|
Votes Withheld
|
Nelson Peltz
|
373,191,185
|
60,169,325
|
Peter W. May
|
372,948,374
|
60,412,136
|
Hugh L. Carey
|
374,701,696
|
58,658,814
|
Clive Chajet
|
361,258,278
|
72,102,232
|
Edward P. Garden
|
373,740,248
|
59,620,262
|
Janet Hill
|
424,846,124
|
8,514,386
|
Joseph A. Levato
|
361,365,845
|
71,994,665
|
J. Randolph Lewis
|
411,547,527
|
21,812,983
|
David E. Schwab II
|
361,231,799
|
72,128,711
|
Roland C. Smith
|
375,068,798
|
58,291,712
|
Raymond S. Troubh
|
367,803,730
|
65,556,780
|
Jack G. Wasserman
|
365,136,159
|
68,224,351
|
EXHIBIT NO.
|
DESCRIPTION
|
2.1
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 23, 2008, by and among Triarc Companies, Inc., Green Merger Sub Inc. and Wendy’s International, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Triarc’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2008 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
2.2
|
Side Letter Agreement, dated August 14, 2008, by and among Triarc Companies, Inc., Green Merger Sub, Inc. and Wendy’s International, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to Triarc’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Amendment No.3, filed on August 15, 2008 (Reg. no. 333-151336).
|
2.3
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 17, 2007, by and among Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., DFR Merger Company, LLC, Deerfield & Company LLC and, solely for the purposes set forth therein, Triarc Companies, Inc. (in such capacity, the Sellers’ Representative, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Triarc’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 21, 2007 (SEC file No. 001-02207).
|
3.1
|
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 28, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
3.2
|
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., as amended and restated as of May 28, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
4.1
|
|
4.2
|
|
4.3
|
|
10.1
|
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 10, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
10.2
|
Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
10.3
|
Liquidation Services Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
10.4
|
Withdrawal Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between TCMG-MA, LLC and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
10.5
|
Aircraft Lease Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and TASCO, LLC., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
10.6
|
|
10.7
|
|
10.8
|
|
31.1
|
|
31.2
|
|
32.1
|
WENDY’S/ARBY’S GROUP, INC.
(Registrant)
|
|
Date: August 6, 2009
|
By:
/s/
Stephen E. Hare
|
Stephen E. Hare
|
|
Senior Vice President and
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
(On behalf of the Company)
|
|
Date: August 6, 2009
|
By:
/s/
Steven B. Graham
|
Steven B. Graham
|
|
Senior Vice President and
|
|
Chief Accounting Officer
|
|
(Principal Accounting Officer)
|
|
Exhibit Index
|
EXHIBIT NO.
|
DESCRIPTION
|
|
2.1
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 23, 2008, by and among Triarc Companies, Inc., Green Merger Sub Inc. and Wendy’s International, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Triarc’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 29, 2008 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
2.2
|
Side Letter Agreement, dated August 14, 2008, by and among Triarc Companies, Inc., Green Merger Sub, Inc. and Wendy’s International, Inc., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to Triarc’s Registration Statement on Form S-4, Amendment No.3, filed on August 15, 2008 (Reg. no. 333-151336).
|
|
2.3
|
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 17, 2007, by and among Deerfield Triarc Capital Corp., DFR Merger Company, LLC, Deerfield & Company LLC and, solely for the purposes set forth therein, Triarc Companies, Inc. (in such capacity, the Sellers’ Representative, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Triarc’s
Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 21, 2007 (SEC file No. 001-02207).
|
|
3.1
|
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., as filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on May 28, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
3.2
|
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc., as amended and restated as of May 28, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
4.1
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
|
10.1
|
Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of June 10, 2009, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 10, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
10.2
|
Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
10.3
|
Liquidation Services Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
10.4
|
Withdrawal Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between TCMG-MA, LLC and Trian Fund Management, L.P., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
10.5
|
Aircraft Lease Agreement dated June 10, 2009 between Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. and TASCO, LLC., incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to Wendy’s/Arby’s Group’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 11, 2009 (SEC file no. 001-02207).
|
|
10.6
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
|
10.8
|
|
|
31.1
|
||
31.2
|
||
32.1
|
*
|
Filed herewith.
|
TIA Sections
|
Indenture Sections
|
||
§
|
310
|
(a)
|
7.10
|
(b)
|
7.08
|
||
§
|
311
|
7.03
|
|
§
|
312
|
11.02
|
|
§
|
313
|
7.06
|
|
§
|
314
|
(a)
|
4, 4.02
|
(c)
|
11.04
|
||
(e)
|
11.05
|
||
§
|
315
|
(a)
|
7.01, 7.02
|
(b)
|
7.02, 7.05
|
||
(c)
|
7.01
|
||
(d)
|
7.02
|
||
(e)
|
6.12, 7.02
|
||
§
|
316
|
(a)
|
2.05, 6.02, 6.04
, 6.05
|
(b)
|
6.06, 6.07
|
||
(c)
|
11.02
|
||
§
|
317
|
(a) (1)
|
6.08
|
(a) (2)
|
6.09
|
||
(b)
|
2.03
|
||
§
|
318
|
11.01
|
ARTICLE 1
|
|
Definitions And Incorporation By Reference
|
|
Section 1.01
. Definitions.
|
2
|
ARTICLE 2
|
|
The Notes
|
|
Section 2.01
. Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends
|
36
|
Section 2.02
. Execution and Authentication; Exchange Notes; Additional Notes
|
37
|
Section 2.03
. Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
|
39
|
Section 2.04
. Replacement Notes
|
39
|
Section 2.05
. Outstanding Notes
|
40
|
Section 2.06
. Temporary Notes
|
40
|
Section 2.07
. Cancellation
|
41
|
Section 2.08
. CUSIP and CINS Numbers
|
41
|
Section 2.09
. Registration, Transfer and Exchange
|
41
|
Section 2.10
. Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange
|
44
|
Section 2.11
. Temporary Offshore Global Notes
|
46
|
ARTICLE 3
|
|
Redemption; Offer to Purchase
|
|
Section 3.01
. Optional Redemption
|
47
|
Section 3.02
. Redemption with Proceeds of Equity Offering
|
48
|
Section 3.03
. Method and Effect of Redemption
|
48
|
Section 3.04
. Offer to Purchase
|
49
|
ARTICLE 4
|
|
Covenants
|
|
Section 4.01
. Payment of Notes
|
51
|
S
ection
4.02
. Maintenance of Office or Agency
|
52
|
Section 4.03
. Existence
|
53
|
Section 4.04.
Limitation on Debt
|
53
|
Section 4.05
. Limitation on Restricted Payments
|
58
|
Section 4.06
. Limitation on Liens
|
63
|
Section 4.07
. Limitation on Dividend and other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
|
63
|
Section 4.08
. Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries
|
66
|
Section 4.09
. Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control
|
67
|
Section 4.10
. Limitation on Asset Sales
|
67
|
Section 4.11
. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
|
69
|
Section 4.12
. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
|
71
|
Section 4.13
. Financial Reports
|
73
|
Section 4.14
. Reports to Trustee
|
74
|
Section 4.15
. Limitation of Applicability of Certain Covenants if Notes Rated Investment Grade
|
74
|
ARTICLE 5
|
|
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
|
|
Section 5.01.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by the Company; No Lease of All or Substantially All Assets
|
75
|
Section 5.02.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets by a Guarantor
|
76
|
ARTICLE 6
|
|
Default and Remedies
|
|
Section 6.01
. Events of Default
|
77
|
Section 6.02
. Acceleration
|
79
|
Section 6.03
. Other Remedies
|
79
|
Section 6.04
. Waiver of Past Defaults
|
80
|
Section 6.05
. Control by Majority
|
80
|
Section 6.06
. Limitation on Suits
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80
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Section 6.07
. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment
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80
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Section 6.08
. Collection Suit by Trustee
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81
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Section 6.09
. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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81
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Section 6.10
. Priorities
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81
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Section 6.11
. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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82
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Section 6.12
. Undertaking for Costs
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82
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Section 6.13
. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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82
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Section 6.14
. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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82
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Section 6.15
. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
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82
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ARTICLE 7
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The Trustee
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Section 7.01
. General
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83
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Section 7.02
. Certain Rights of Trustee
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83
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Section 7.03
. Individual Rights of Trustee
|
85
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Section 7.04
. Trustee’s Disclaimer
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85
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Section 7.05
. Notice of Default
|
85
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Section 7.06
. Reports by Trustee to Holders
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85
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Section 7.07
. Compensation and Indemnity
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86
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Section 7.08
. Replacement of Trustee
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86
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Section 7.09
. Successor Trustee by Merger
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88
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Section 7.10
. Eligibility
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88
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Section 7.11
. Money Held in Trust
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88
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ARTICLE 8
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Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 8.01
. Discharge of Company’s Obligations
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88
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Section 8.02
. Legal Defeasance
|
89
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Section 8.03
. Covenant Defeasance
|
90
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Section 8.04
. Application of Trust Money
|
90
|
Section 8.05
. Repayment to Company
|
91
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Section 8.06
. Reinstatement
|
91
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ARTICLE 9
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|
Amendments, Supplements and Waivers
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|
Section 9.01
. Amendments Without Consent of Holders
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91
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Section 9.02
. Amendments With Consent of Holders
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92
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Section 9.03
. Effect of Consent
|
93
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Section 9.04
. Trustee’s Rights and Obligations
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93
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Section 9.05
. Conformity With Trust Indenture Act
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94
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ARTICLE 10
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|
Guarantees
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Section 10.01
. The Guarantees
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94
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Section 10.02
. Guarantee Unconditional
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94
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Section 10.03
. Discharge; Reinstatement
|
95
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Section 10.04
. Waiver by the Guarantors
|
95
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Section 10.05
. Subrogation and Contribution
|
95
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Section 10.06
. Stay of Acceleration
|
95
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Section 10.07
. Limitation on Amount of Guarantee
|
96
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Section 10.08
. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
|
96
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Section 10.09
. Release of Guarantee
|
96
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ARTICLE 11
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Miscellaneous
|
|
Section 11.01
. Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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97
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Section 11.02
. Noteholder Communications; Noteholder Actions
|
97
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Section 11.03
. Notices
|
98
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Section 11.04
. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
|
99
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Section 11.05
. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
|
99
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Section 11.06
. Payment Date Other Than a Business Day
|
99
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Section 11.07
. Governing Law
|
99
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Section 11.08
. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
|
100
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Section 11.09
. Successors
|
100
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Section 11.10
. Duplicate Originals
|
100
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Section 11.11
. Separability
|
100
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Section 11.12
. Table of Contents and Headings
|
100
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Section 11.13
. No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and Stockholders
|
100
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(b) (1)
|
Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), Section 2.10(b)(3), (b)(5), or (c) or Section 2.09(b)(4), each Initial Note or Initial Additional Note (other than a Permanent Offshore Note) will bear the Restricted Legend.
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
U.S. Global Note
|
U.S. Global Note
|
(1)
|
U.S. Global Note
|
Offshore Global Note
|
(2)
|
U.S. Global Note
|
Certificated Note
|
(3)
|
Offshore Global Note
|
U.S. Global Note
|
(4)
|
Offshore Global Note
|
Offshore Global Note
|
(1)
|
Offshore Global Note
|
Certificated Note
|
(5)
|
Certificated Note
|
U.S. Global Note
|
(4)
|
Certificated Note
|
Offshore Global Note
|
(2)
|
Certificated Note
|
Certificated Note
|
(3)
|
12-month period
commencing
in Year
|
Percentage
|
2012
|
107.500%
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2013
|
105.000%
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2014
|
102.500%
|
2015 and thereafter
|
100.000%
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC
as Company
|
||
By:
/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE
|
||
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
U.S. Bank National Association
as Trustee
|
||
By:
/s/ RICHARD PROKOSCH
|
||
Name: Richard Prokosch
|
||
Title: Vice President
|
WENDY’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THE NEW BAKERY COMPANY OF OHIO, INC.
WENDY’S OF DENVER, INC.
WENDY’S OF N.E. FLORIDA, INC.
WENDY’S OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGERS
OF NEW YORK, INC.
as Guarantors
|
||
By:
/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE
|
||
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
BDJ 71112, LLC
as Guarantor
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Nils H. Okeson
|
|
Name: Nils H. Okeson
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
|
ARBY’S RESTAURANT HOLDINGS, LLC
TRIARC RESTAURANT HOLDINGS, LLC
ARBY’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
ARBY’S RESTAURANT, LLC
ARBY’S, LLC
WENDY’S/ARBY’S SUPPORT CENTER, LLC
ARG SERVICES, INC.
SYBRA, LLC
ARBY’S IP HOLDER TRUST
RTM ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
RTM, LLC
RTM PARTNERS, LLC
RTM OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
RTM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
RTMSC, LLC
RTM GEORGIA, LLC
RTM ALABAMA, LLC
RTM WEST, LLC
RTM SEA-TAC, LLC
RTM INDIANAPOLIS, LLC
FRANCHISE ASSOCIATES, LLC
RTM SAVANNAH, LLC
RTM GULF COAST, LLC
RTM PORTLAND, LLC
RTM MID-AMERICA, LLC
ARG RESOURCES, LLC
as Guarantors
|
||
By:
/s/ STEPHEN E. HARE
|
||
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
Date:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC
|
||
By:
|
______________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
|
||
By:
|
_____________________________________ | |
Authorized Signatory
|
Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
|
Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee
|
|
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
|
|
Date:
|
__________________________ |
_________________________________
Seller
|
||
By
|
______________________________ |
Signature Guarantee:
5
|
_______________________________________ |
By
|
____________________________________ | |
To be executed by an executive officer
|
Date of Exchange
|
Amount of decrease
in principal amount
of this Global Note
|
Amount of increase
in principal amount
of this Global Note
|
Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or
increase)
|
Signature of
authorized officer of
Trustee
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC, as Company
|
|||
By:
|
___________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
[GUARANTOR]
|
|||
By:
|
___________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
|
|||
By:
|
___________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
Re:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC (the “Company”)
10.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes
”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “
Indenture
”) dated as
as of June 23, 2009 relating to the Notes
|
____
|
This Certificate relates to our proposed transfer of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture. We hereby certify as follows:
|
|
1.
|
The offer and sale of the Notes was not and will not be made to a person in the United States (unless such person is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account held by it for which it is acting is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3)) and such offer and sale
was not and will not be specifically targeted at an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.
|
|
2.
|
Unless the circumstances described in the parenthetical in paragraph 1 above are applicable, either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b)
|
|
the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States.
|
|
3.
|
Neither we, any of our affiliates, nor any person acting on our or their behalf has made any directed selling efforts in the United States with respect to the Notes.
|
|
4.
|
The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
|
|
5.
|
If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place during the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture), or we are an officer or director of the Company or an Initial Purchaser (as defined in the Indenture), we certify that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 904(b) of
Regulation S.
|
____
|
This Certificate relates to our proposed exchange of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us. We hereby certify as follows:
|
|
1.
|
At the time the offer and sale of the Notes was made to us, either (i) we were not in the United States or (ii) we were excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account held by us for which we were acting was excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3); and we were not
a member of an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.
|
|
2.
|
Unless the circumstances described in paragraph 1(ii) above are applicable, either (a) at the time our buy order was originated, we were outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and we did not pre-arrange the transaction in the United States.
|
|
3.
|
The proposed exchange of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
|
[NAME OF SELLER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)]
|
|||
By:
|
______________________________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
|||
Address:
|
Re:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC (the “Company”)
10.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes
”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “
Indenture
”) dated as
as of June 23, 2009 relating to the Notes
|
____
|
Our proposed purchase of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture.
|
____
|
Our proposed exchange of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us.
|
[NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)]
|
|||
By:
|
___________________________________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
|||
Address:
|
Re:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC (the “Company”)
10.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes
”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “
Indenture
”) dated as
as of June 23, 2009 relating to the Notes
|
____
|
Our proposed purchase of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture.
|
____
|
Our proposed exchange of $____ principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us.
|
|
1.
|
We are an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”).
|
|
2.
|
Any acquisition of Notes by us will be for our own account or for the account of one or more other Institutional Accredited Investors as to which we exercise sole investment discretion.
|
|
3.
|
We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes and we and any accounts for which we are acting are able to bear the economic risks of and an entire loss of our or their investment in the Notes.
|
|
4.
|
We are not acquiring the Notes with a view to any distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction;
provided
that the disposition of our property and the property of any accounts for which we are acting as fiduciary will remain at all times
within our and their control.
|
|
5.
|
We acknowledge that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Notes may not be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the benefit of U.S. persons except as set forth below.
|
|
6.
|
The principal amount of Notes to which this Certificate relates is at least equal to $250,000.
|
[NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)]
|
|||
By:
|
____________________________________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
|||
Address:
|
To:
|
U.S. Bank National Association
|
|
60 Livington Avenue
|
|
EP-MN-WS3C
|
|
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
|
|
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
OR
|
Re:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC (the “Company”)
10.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes
”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “
Indenture
”) dated as
as of June 23, 2009 relating to the Notes
|
____
|
We are a non-U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
|
____
|
We are a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) that purchased the Notes in a transaction that did not require registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
|
[NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER]
|
|||
By:
|
_________________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
|||
Address:
|
To:
|
U.S. Bank National Association
60 Livington Avenue
EP-MN-WS3C
St. Paul, MN 55107-2292
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
|
Re:
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC (the “Company”)
10.00% Senior
Notes due 2016 (the “
Notes
”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “
Indenture
”) dated as
as of June 23, 2009 relating to the Notes
|
[Name of DTC Participant]
|
|||
By:
|
____________________________________ | ||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
|||
Address:
|
Very truly yours,
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Stephen E. Hare
|
|
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
WENDY’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
THE NEW BAKERY COMPANY OF OHIO, INC.
WENDY’S OF DENVER, INC.
WENDY’S OF N.E. FLORIDA, INC.
WENDY’S OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGERS
OF NEW YORK, INC.
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Stephen E. Hare
|
|
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
|
BDJ 71112, LLC
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Nils H. Okeson
|
|
Name: Nils H. Okeson
|
||
Title: Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
|
ARBY’S RESTAURANT HOLDINGS, LLC
TRIARC RESTAURANT HOLDINGS, LLC
ARBY’S RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
ARBY’S RESTAURANT, LLC
ARBY’S, LLC
WENDY’S/ARBY’S SUPPORT CENTER, LLC
ARG SERVICES, INC.
SYBRA, LLC
ARBY’S IP HOLDER TRUST
RTM ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC
RTM, LLC
RTM PARTNERS, LLC
RTM OPERATING COMPANY, LLC
RTM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LLC
RTMSC, LLC
RTM GEORGIA, LLC
RTM ALABAMA, LLC
RTM WEST, LLC
RTM SEA-TAC, LLC
RTM INDIANAPOLIS, LLC
FRANCHISE ASSOCIATES, LLC
RTM SAVANNAH, LLC
RTM GULF COAST, LLC
RTM PORTLAND, LLC
RTM MID-AMERICA, LLC
ARG RESOURCES, LLC
|
||
By:
|
/s/ Stephen E. Hare
|
|
Name: Stephen E. Hare
|
||
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
|
By:
|
/s/ Malcolm Price
|
By:
|
/s/ Michael Grimes
|
By:
|
/s/ David Leland
|
Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC, as
Issuer
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ NILS H. OKESON ____________________ | ||
Name: Nils H. Okeson
|
|||
Title: SVP, General Counsel & Secretary
|
Wendy's/Arby's International, Inc., as a
Guarantor
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ NILS H. OKESON ____________________ | ||
Name: Nils H. Okeson
|
|||
Title: SVP, General Counsel & Secretary
|
Wendy's/Arby's International Services,
Inc., as a
Guarantor
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ NILS H. OKESON ____________________ | ||
Name: Nils H. Okeson
|
|||
Title: SVP, General Counsel & Secretary
|
U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
|
|||
By:
|
/s/ RICHARD PROKOSCH ________________ | ||
Name: Richard Prokosch
|
|||
Title: Vice President
|
|
ARTICLE I.
INTRODUCTION
|
|
ARTICLE II.
DEFINITIONS
|
|
ARTICLE III.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN
|
|
ARTICLE IV.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION
|
|
(a)
|
Any Director of the Company as of the Effective Date may make an initial election prior to the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to participate in the Plan and have all, or such percentage or dollar amount as he or she may specify, of his or her award of Restricted Shares with respect to the 2009 Annual Meeting (and Plan Earnings thereon) deferred into Restricted Share Units
and paid to him or her upon his or her Payment Date. Such deferral election shall be made by completing and executing an election form prescribed by the Administrator and delivering such election form to the Administrator prior to the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Such election shall become irrevocable immediately prior to the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
|
|
(b)
|
Any Director of the Company as of the Effective Date may make an initial election within 30 days following the Effective Date (the “Initial Cash Election Deadline”), to participate in the Plan and have all, or such percentage or dollar amount as
|
|
(c)
|
A separate election shall be made with respect to the Cash Compensation, on the one hand, and with respect to Restricted Share awards on the other.
|
|
(a)
|
Subsequent to the Initial Election by a Participant provided for in Section 4.01 or a New Director Election by a Participant provided for in Section 4.03, a Participant may elect by December 31 of each calendar year (the “Subsequent Election Deadline”) to defer all, or such percentage or dollar amount as he or she may specify, of the Cash Compensation to be Earned in the following
calendar year and/ or the award of Restricted Shares to be paid to him or her at the Annual Meeting to be held in the following calendar year (and in each
case Plan Earnings thereon) into Restricted Share Units and paid to him or her on his or her Payment Date.
|
|
(b)
|
Such deferral election shall be made by completing and executing an election form prescribed by the Administrator and delivering such election form to the
|
|
(a)
|
Any New Director may make an initial election (the “New Director Election”), before the effective date of his or her election or appointment to the Board, whichever occurs earlier (“Board Appointment”), but effective as of such Board Appointment, to participate in the Plan and have all, or such percentage or dollar amount as he or she may specify, of (i) the Cash
Compensation to be earned by him or her for the calendar year of such Board Appointment, (ii) his or her award of Restricted Shares with respect to such Board Appointment and/ or (iii) his or her award of Restricted Shares to be made at the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders which shall occur in the calendar year in which the Board Appointment takes place, if applicable, (and in each case Plan Earnings thereon) deferred into Restricted Share Units and paid to him or her upon his or her Payment Date.
|
|
(b)
|
Such deferral election shall be made by completing and executing an election form prescribed by the Administrator and delivering such election form to the Administrator before the effective date of such Director’s Board Appointment. Such election shall become irrevocable immediately prior to the Participant’s Board
|
|
ARTICLE V.
RESTRICTED SHARE UNITS ACCOUNTS
|
|
(a)
|
Any Deferred Compensation Earned by a Participant which is attributable to deferrals of Cash Compensation shall be credited to the Restricted Share Units Subaccount Attributable to Cash Deferrals of such Participant, on the date such amount is otherwise Earned, and any Plan Earnings or other distributions referred to in Article VI shall be credited in accordance with the provisions of Article
VI, as applicable.
|
|
(b)
|
Any Deferred Compensation Earned by a Participant which is attributable to deferrals of Restricted Shares shall be credited to the Restricted Share Units Subaccount Attributable
to Restricted Share Deferrals of such Participant, on the date such amount is otherwise Earned, and any Plan Earnings or other distributions
referred to in Article VI shall be credited in accordance with the provisions of Article VI, as applicable.
|
|
(c)
|
Separate records shall be kept with respect to each Director of the Cash Compensation, on the one hand, and Restricted Share awards, on the other, deferred under Sections 4.01 (Initial Elections in 2009) and 4.03 (New Director Elections) and of the deferral elections made during each calendar year under Section 4.02, as such deferrals may be payable at different times from one
another, and, in the case of awards of Restricted Shares, each year’s award will be subject to a separate vesting schedule under Section 7.01.
|
|
ARTICLE VII.
VESTING AND DISTRIBUTIONS
|
|
(a)
|
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.02, distribution shall be made in a lump sum within 30 days following a Participant’s Payment Date. All Plan Earnings accrued to the date of any distribution shall be paid in conjunction with such payment.
|
|
(b)
|
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of a Participant who is a specified employee, within the meaning of Section 409A, unless the distribution is due to death or payable on a Specified Payment Date prior to such Participant’s separation from service, within the meaning of Section 409A, distribution of his or her Restricted Share Units shall be made within 30 days following the
date which is six (6) calendar months after such Participant’s separation from service, within the meaning of Section 409A.
|
|
(c)
|
If a Participant's Payment Date shall occur by reason of his or her death or if he or she shall die after his or her Payment Date but prior to receipt of all distributions provided for in this Section, all Restricted Share Units shall be distributed in the following order: to such Participant's beneficiary selected by the Participant on a form provided by the Administrator; if there is no
such beneficiary designation effective at the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s surviving spouse; and if there is no such beneficiary designation effective or surviving spouse at the Participant’s death, to the Participant’s estate or personal representative, as soon as administratively feasible following such Participant's death, but in no event later than 90 days following the Participant’s death, provided the recipient shall not have a right to designate the taxable year
of the payment.
|
|
ARTICLE VIII.
TERMINATION OF THE PLAN
|
|
ARTICLE IX.
AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN
|
|
ARTICLE X.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
|
|
|
|
(a)
Offering Circulars; Certain Defined Terms
. The Company has prepared or will prepare a Preliminary Offering Circular and a Final Offering Circular.
|
|
For purposes of this Agreement:
|
|
(b)
Disclosure
. As of the date of this Agreement, the Final Offering Circular does not, and as of the Closing Date, the Final Offering Circular will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. At the Applicable Time, and as of the Closing Date, neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) the Supplemental Marketing Material, when considered, as an aggregate, together with the General Disclosure Package, included, or will include, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, or will omit, to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Purchaser through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
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(c)
Good Standing of the Company
and the Guarantors
. The Company and each Guarantor has been duly organized or incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, with power and authority (corporate
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and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and the Company and each Guarantor is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except for when failure to be qualified or good standing would not, individually
or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries taken as a whole (“
Material Adverse Effect
”).
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(d)
Subsidiaries
. Each “
significant subsidiary
”, as such term is defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Company and each significant subsidiary, as such term is defined in Item 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Guarantors has been duly incorporated and is existing
and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and each significant subsidiary of the Company and each significant subsidiary of the Guarantors is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification
except for when failure to be qualified or good standing would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each significant subsidiary of the Company and each significant subsidiary of the Guarantors has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and except as described in the General Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Circular, and except for any such liens, encumbrances, defects incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
the capital stock of each significant subsidiary owned by the Company or each Guarantor, directly or through significant subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
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(e)
Corporate Structure
. The entities listed on Schedule D hereto are the only subsidiaries, direct or indirect, of the Company.
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(f)
Indenture; Offered Securities
. The Indenture has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee), will be a legally binding and valid obligation of the Company, enforceable
against it in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Indenture, when executed and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular. The Offered Securities have been duly and validly authorized for issuance
and sale to the Purchasers by the Company. When the Offered Securities are issued and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered by the Company against payment therefor by the Purchasers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture, the Offered Securities will be legally binding and valid obligations of the Company, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent
transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. The Offered Securities, when issued, authenticated and delivered, will conform in all material respects to the description thereof in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular.
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(g)
Trust Indenture Act
. On the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “
Trust Indenture Act
”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to
an indenture which is qualified thereunder.
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(h)
No Finder’s Fee
. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or any Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment in connection with the
issuance of the Offered Securities.
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(i)
Registration Rights Agreement
. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors; and, when the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Representatives, will be the
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles and except that any rights to indemnity or contribution thereunder may be limited by federal and state securities laws and public policy considerations.
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(j)
Exchange Securities
. On the Closing Date, the Exchange Securities will have been duly authorized by the Company; and when the Exchange Securities are issued and executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer and the Indenture and delivered by the Company, the Exchange Securities
will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will be the valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
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(k)
Guarantee
. The Guarantee to be endorsed on the Offered Securities by each Guarantor has been duly authorized by such Guarantor; and, when the Offered Securities are issued and executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered by the Company against payment pursuant
to this Agreement, the Guarantee of each Guarantor endorsed thereon will have been duly executed and delivered by each such Guarantor, will conform to the description thereof contained in the Final Offering Circular and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to
general equity principles. The Guarantee to be endorsed on the Exchange Securities by each Guarantor has been duly authorized by such Guarantor; and, when issued, will have been duly executed and delivered by each such Guarantor and will conform, in all material respects, to the description thereof contained in the Final Offering Circular. When the Exchange Securities have been issued and executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Exchange
Offer and the Indenture and delivered by the Company, the Guarantee of each Guarantor endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Guarantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
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(l)
No Registration Rights
. There are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company or any Guarantor and any person granting such person the right to require the Company or such Guarantor to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or such Guarantor or to require
the Company or such Guarantor to include such securities with the Offered Securities and Guarantees registered pursuant to any Registration Statement.
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(m)
Absence of Further Requirements
. Assuming the accuracy of, and the compliance with, the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, no consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any person (including
any governmental agency or body or any court) by the Company or by the Guarantors is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and the Guarantees by the Company and the Guarantors except for the order of the Commission declaring
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effective the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement (each as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).
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(n)
Title to Property
. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries have good and valid title to all real properties and all other properties and assets owned by them, in each case free from liens, charges,
encumbrances and defects (a “Lien”) that would materially affect the value thereof or materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them except as are permitted under the Indenture; and except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries hold any material leased real or personal property under valid and enforceable leases with no terms or provisions that would
materially interfere with the use made or to be made thereof by them.
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(o)
Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction
. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and assuming the accuracy of, and the compliance with, the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement, the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture, this Agreement and the Registration
Rights Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities and Guarantees and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute a default or a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under, or result in the imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, (i) the organizational documents of the Company, the Guarantors
or any of their respective subsidiaries, (ii) any statute, any rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries or any of their properties, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the
properties of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries is subject except, in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such breach, violation, default of a Debt Repayment Triggering Event or Lien that would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect; a “
Debt Repayment Triggering Event
” means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any note, debenture, or
other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective subsidiaries.
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(p)
Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts
. None of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries is in violation of their respective organizational documents or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The agreements listed in Schedule E are the only material agreements of the Company and the Guarantors.
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(q)
Authorization of Agreement.
This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.
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(r)
Possession of Licenses and Permits
. The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (“
Licenses
”) necessary or material to the
conduct of the business now conducted as described in the General Disclosure Package except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect and have not received any written notice of proceedings
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relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses, which proceeding could reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(s)
Absence of Labor Dispute
. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, is imminent, in each case, that would have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(t)
Possession of Intellectual Property
. The Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries own, possess, lease or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate trademarks, trade names and other rights to inventions, know how, patents, copyrights, confidential information and other intellectual property (collectively, “
intellectual
property rights
”) necessary to conduct the business now operated by them except as would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect, or presently employed by them, and have not received any written notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any intellectual property rights, which infringement or conflict could reasonably be expected individually or in the aggregate to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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(u)
Environmental Laws
. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, none of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective subsidiaries is in violation of any statute, any rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous
or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “
environmental laws
”), owns or operates any real property contaminated with any substance that is subject to any environmental laws, is liable for any off site disposal or contamination pursuant to any environmental laws, or is subject to any claim relating to any environmental laws, which violation,
contamination, liability or claim would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company is not aware of any pending investigation which might lead to such a claim.
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(v)
Accurate Disclosure.
The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Circular under the headings “Business-Legal Proceedings” and “Business- Governmental Regulations” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair
summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
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(w)
Absence of Manipulation.
None of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates has, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchased for any account in which it or any of its affiliates had a beneficial interest any Offered Securities or attempted to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities.
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Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
. Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries in all material respects are in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company and the Guarantors are subject to a system of internal controls maintained by Wendy’s/Arby’s
Group, Inc., including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal control audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “
Internal Controls
”), are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded
as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
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(z)
Financial Statements
. The historical financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package
present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective consolidated subsidiaries as of the
dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis; and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package
provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly
attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
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(aa)
No Material Adverse Change in Business
. Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest unaudited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition
(financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that has had a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or the Guarantors on any class of their capital stock and
(iii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective subsidiaries.
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(bb)
Investment Company Act
. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “
Investment Company
Act
”); and neither the Company nor any Guarantor is and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act.
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(cc)
Regulations T, U, X
. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor nor any of their respective subsidiaries nor any agent thereof (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representations) acting on their behalf has taken, and none of them will take, any action that might cause this Agreement or the issuance or
sale of the Offered Securities to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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(dd)
Ratings
. Except as described in the General Disclosure Package and the announcements by each of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Moody’s Investors Service prior to the date hereof, no “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
(i) has imposed (or has informed the Company or any Guarantor that it is considering imposing) any condition (financial or otherwise) on the Company’s or any Guarantor’s retaining any rating assigned to the Company or any Guarantor or
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any securities of the Company or any Guarantor or (ii) has indicated to the Company or any Guarantor that it is considering any of the actions described in Section 7(b)(ii) hereof.
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(ee)
Class of Securities Not Listed
. No securities of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A(d)(3)) as the Offered Securities are listed on any national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.
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(ff)
No Registration
. Assuming the accuracy of, compliance by the Purchasers with the representations, warranties and agreements set forth in Section 4 of the Agreement, and assuming compliance by holders of the Offered Securities with the transfer restrictions thereof, the offer and sale of the Offered Securities in the manner contemplated
by this Agreement will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act by reason of Section 4(2) thereof, Rule 144A and Regulation S thereunder; and it is not necessary to qualify an indenture in respect of the Offered Securities under the Trust Indenture Act.
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(gg)
No General Solicitation; No Directed Selling Efforts
. Neither the Company, nor any Guarantor, nor any of their respective affiliates, nor any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representations) (i) has, within the six-month period prior to the date hereof, offered
or sold in the United States or to any U.S. person (as such terms are defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) the Offered Securities or any security of the same class or series as the Offered Securities or (ii) has offered or will offer or sell the Offered Securities (A) in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) or (B) with respect to any such securities sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation
S (“
Regulation S
”) under the Securities Act, by means of any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S. The Company, the Guarantors, their respective affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representations) have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S. Neither the Company
nor any Guarantor has entered and neither the Company nor any Guarantor will enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities except for this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.
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(hh)
FCPA
. Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their significant subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their significant subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result
in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “
FCPA
”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything
of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company, the Guarantors, their significant subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, their affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected
to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith and neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their significant subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their significant subsidiaries or has otherwise made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.
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(ii)
Money Laundering Laws
. The operations of the Company, the Guarantors and their significant subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign
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Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “
Money Laundering Laws
”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before
any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Guarantor or any of their significant subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(jj)
OFAC
. Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their significant subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, the Guarantors or any of their significant subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“
OFAC
”).
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4.
Representations by Purchasers; Resale by Purchasers.
(a) Each Purchaser severally represents and warrants to the Company and the Guarantors that it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
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(b) Each Purchaser severally acknowledges that the Offered Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except in accordance with Regulation S or pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees that
it has offered and sold the Offered Securities, and will offer and sell the Offered Securities (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Rule 903 of Regulation S or Rule 144A. Accordingly, neither such Purchaser nor its affiliates, nor any persons acting on its or their behalf, have engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Offered Securities, and
such Purchaser, its affiliates and all persons acting on its or their behalf have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S and Rule 144A. Each Purchaser severally agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of sale of the Offered Securities, other than a sale pursuant to Rule 144A, such Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases the Offered Securities from it during the restricted
period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
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“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date of the commencement of the offering and the closing date, except
in either case in accordance with Regulation S (or Rule 144A if available) under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”
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Terms used in this subsection (b) have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.
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(c) Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees that it and each of its affiliates has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution of the Offered Securities except for any such arrangements with the other Purchasers or affiliates of the other Purchasers or with the prior written consent of the Company and the Guarantors.
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(d) Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees that it and each of its affiliates will not offer or sell the Offered Securities in the United States by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c), including, but not limited to (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media
or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising. Each Purchaser severally represents and agrees, with respect to resales made in reliance on Rule 144A of any of the Offered Securities, to deliver either with the confirmation of such resale or otherwise prior to settlement of such resale a notice to the effect that the resale of such Offered Securities has been made in reliance upon the exemption from
the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A.
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(e) In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area which has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), each of the Purchasers severally represents and agrees that with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant
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Implementation Date”) it has not made and will not make an offer of Offered Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Offered Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant
Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Offered Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time:
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to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the manager for any such offer; or
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(f) Each of the Purchasers severally represents and agrees that
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(a)
Amendments and Supplements to Offering Circulars
. The Company and the Guarantors will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives’ consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably
delayed or withheld. If, at any time prior to the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, there occurs an event or development as a result of which any document included in the Preliminary or Final Offering Circular, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material, if republished immediately following such event or development, included or
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would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company and the Guarantors promptly will notify the Representatives of such event and promptly will prepare and furnish, at its own expense, to the Purchasers and the dealers and
to any other dealers at the request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Purchasers’ delivery to offerees or investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
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(b)
Furnishing of Offering Circulars
. The Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Preliminary Offering Circular, each other document comprising a part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all amendments and supplements to such documents and each item of Supplemental Marketing
Material, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d), the Company and the Guarantors will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the Representatives (and, upon request, to each of the other Purchasers) and, upon request of holders and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities, to such holders and purchasers, copies of the information required to be delivered to holders
and prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (or any successor provision thereto) in order to permit compliance with Rule 144A in connection with resales by such holders of the Offered Securities. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Purchasers all such documents.
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(c)
Blue Sky and Other Qualifications
. The Company and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts to arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as the Representatives reasonably
designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the resale of the Offered Securities by the Purchasers, provided that the Company will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such state.
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Transfer Restrictions
. During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will, upon request, furnish to the Representatives, each of the other Purchasers and any holder of Offered Securities a copy of the restrictions on transfer applicable to the Offered Securities.
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(e)
No Resales by Affiliates.
During the period of one year after the Closing Date, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Offered Securities that have been reacquired by any of them other than pursuant to Rule 144(d) or an effective registration statement.
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(f)
Payment of Expenses
. The Company and the Guarantors will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, including but not limited to (i) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its professional advisers; (ii) all expenses in
connection with the execution, issue, authentication, packaging and initial delivery of the Offered Securities and, as applicable, the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), the printing of this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Offered Securities, the Indenture, the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular, all amendments and supplements thereto, each item of Supplemental
Marketing Material and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities and as applicable, the Exchange Securities; (iii) any reasonable and documented expenses (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel to the Purchasers) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities or the Exchange Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions in the United States and Canada as the Representatives designate and the preparation
and printing of memoranda relating
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thereto, (iv) any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities and (v) reasonable expenses incurred in distributing the Preliminary Offering Circular, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Circular (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and any Supplemental Marketing Material to the Purchasers. The
Company and the Guarantors will also pay or reimburse the Purchasers (to the extent incurred by them) for costs and expenses of the Purchasers and the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors relating to investor presentations on any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ officers and employees
and any other expenses of the Company and the Guarantors including the chartering of airplanes. The Purchasers will pay all expenses of counsel to the Purchasers.
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(g)
Use of Proceeds
. The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the
Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Purchaser.
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(h)
Absence of Manipulation
. In connection with the offering, until the Representatives shall have notified the Company and the other Purchasers of the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities, neither the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their affiliates will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase
for any account in which it or any of its affiliates has a beneficial interest any Offered Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities; and neither it nor any of their affiliates will make bids or purchases for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of, the Offered Securities.
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(i)
Restriction on Sale of Securities
. For a period of 45 days after the date hereof, neither the Company nor any Guarantor will, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to any United States dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or such Guarantor and having a maturity of more than one
year from the date of issue or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of such securities (“
Lock-Up Securities
”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement
that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities (other than the hedging of the interest rate of the Lock-Up Securities), (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (iv) except as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating
to Lock-Up Securities or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representatives. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will at any time directly or indirectly, take any action referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any securities under circumstances where such offer, sale, pledge, contract or disposition would cause the exemption afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or the safe harbor of Regulation S thereunder
to cease to be applicable to the offer and sale of the Offered Securities.
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(a)
Accountants’ Comfort Letter
. The Purchasers shall have received a letter, dated respectively, the date hereof on the General Disclosure Package and the Closing Date on the Final Offering Circular, of Deloitte & Touche LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers concerning the financial information with respect
to the Company set forth in the General Disclosure Package. The Purchasers shall have received a letter, dated respectively, the date hereof on the General Disclosure Package and the Closing Date on the Final Offering Circular, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers concerning the financial information with respect to Wendy’s International, Inc. set forth or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package.
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(b)
No Material Adverse Change
. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective
subsidiaries taken as a whole
which, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the announcements by each of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service and Moody’s Investors Service prior to the date hereof, any downgrading in the rating of any
debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company or any Guarantor (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company or any Guarantor
has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market, (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the
New York Stock Exchange, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the reasonable
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(c)
Opinions of Counsel for Company
. The Purchasers shall have received opinions, dated the Closing Date in the forms attached as Annex A, of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, and in the forms attached as Annex B for the local counsels specified in Schedule F.
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(d)
Opinion of Counsel for Purchasers
. The Purchasers shall have received from Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel for the Purchasers, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as
they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
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(e)
Officers’ Certificate
. The Purchasers shall have received certificates, dated the Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and the Guarantors and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantors in which such officers shall state that the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors
in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company and the Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date, and that, subsequent to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of the Company, the Guarantors and their
respective subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
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(f)
Registration Rights Agreement.
The Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors.
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(g)
Credit Agreement.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated of March 11, 2009, as amended, among Wendy’s International, Inc., the Company, Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc., Arby’s Restaurant Holdings, LLC, Triarc Restaurant Holdings, LLC, the Lenders and Issuers party thereto, Citicorp North America, Inc., as administrative
agent and collateral agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as co-syndication agents, Wachovia Bank, National Association, SunTrust Bank and GE Capital Franchise Finance Corporation, as co-documentation agents, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as joint lead arrangers and joint book-running managers (the “
Credit Agreement
”) shall have been amended
on the terms set forth in the General Disclosure Package.
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Name:
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Daniel T. Collins
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
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Wendy’s International, Inc.
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The New Bakery Company of Ohio, Inc.
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Wendy’s of Denver, Inc.
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Wendy’s of N.E. Florida, Inc.
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Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers of New York, Inc.
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BDJ 71112, LLC
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Arby’s Restaurant Holdings, LLC
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Triarc Restaurant Holdings, LLC
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Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc.
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Arby’s Restaurant, LLC
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Arby’s, LLC
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Wendy’s/Arby’s Support Center, LLC
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ARG Services, Inc.
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Sybra, LLC
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Arby’s IP Holder Trust
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RTM Acquisition Company, LLC
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RTM, LLC
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RTM Partners, LLC
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RTM Operating Company, LLC
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RTM Development Company, LLC
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RTMSC, LLC
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RTM Georgia, LLC
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RTM Alabama, LLC
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RTM West, LLC
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RTM Sea-Tac, LLC
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RTM Indianapolis, LLC
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Franchise Associates, LLC
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RTM Savannah, LLC
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RTM Gulf Coast, LLC
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RTM Portland, LLC
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RTM Mid-America, LLC
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ARG Resources, LLC
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Name:
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Daniel T. Collins
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Title:
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Senior Vice President, Treasurer and
Assistant Secretary
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By:
/s/ Malcolm Price
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By:
/s/ Michael Grimes
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By:
/s/ David Leland
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