Ken Cook compensation by year
Wendy's Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held| Component | FY2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary | $698,178 |
| Bonus | $0 |
| Stock awards | $2,336,232 |
| Option awards | $778,748 |
| Non-equity incentive | $326,700 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 |
| All other | $363,582 |
| Total | $4,503,440 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Wendy's Co. DEF 14A filed April 2, 2026, accession 0001193125-26-140220, and prior-year filings.
How this page was built: the Wendy's Co. filed document, accession 0001193125-26-140220. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed April 2, 2026.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2025 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSU | 153,100 | $1,278,385 | — |
| RSU | 17,899 | $149,457 | — |
| RSU | 17,070 | $142,535 | — |
| Option | 374,892 | — | $10.11 |
| Option | 209,002 | — | $10.11 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Wendy's Co.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Change-in-control & termination
estimated payments Wendy's discloses, by trigger · FY2026| Trigger | Cash severance | Accelerated equity | Benefits continuation | Total as disclosed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in control and resignation for good reason | $1,650,000 | $1,687,343 | $27,825 | $3,691,868 |
| Disability | $0 | $1,687,343 | $0 | $1,687,343 |
| Death | $0 | $1,687,343 | $0 | $1,687,343 |
| Involuntary termination without cause | $825,000 | $457,046 | $27,825 | $1,636,571 |
| Change in control and involuntary termination | $1,650,000 | $1,687,343 | $27,825 | $3,691,868 |
Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in Wendy's Co.'s FY2026 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.
Wendy's’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk Tanner | Former President and Chief Executive Officer | $4,590,665 |
| Ken Cook · this page | Interim Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | $4,503,440 |
| E.J. Wunsch | President, International | $3,956,509 |
| John Min | Chief Legal Officer and Secretary | $3,891,088 |
| Pete Suerken | President, U.S. | $3,476,162 |
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How this record is built
Every figure on this page is one figure from a public SEC filing, printed as the filing states it and cited to the document. Compensation totals are Wendy's's own disclosed totals, not summed by Velarion. Insider transactions are read from Form 4 filings and cover every line filed since the most recent proxy. Nothing is estimated by Velarion; where the company does not disclose a value the cell reads "—", and a section appears only where the company discloses the data. Corrections: records@velarion.ai.