Wendy's gets $1.4 billion buyout offer from Peltz's Trian

FILE PHOTO: A Wendy's sign and logo are shown at one of the company's restaurant in Encinitas, California May 10, 2016 .

FILE PHOTO: A Wendy's sign and logo are shown at one of the company's restaurant in Encinitas, California May 10, 2016 . (REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo)


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Oct 28 — Nelson Peltz's Trian ​Fund Management has offered to take ‌Wendy's private in a deal ⁠valuing ​the burger ⁠chain at about $1.4 ‌billion, a ‌regulatory filing showed on ⁠Wednesday.

Trian, ⁠a longtime Wendy's shareholder, is leading a group that has offered $7.35 per share in ‌cash for ​the fast-food chain.

The offer represents a roughly 20% premium to Wendy's closing price on Tuesday, when the ​company had ‌a ‌market value ⁠of about $1.2 billion.

The news was first reported by the Wall ‌Street Journal.

(Reporting ​by Anuja ‌Bharat Mistry ⁠in ​Bengaluru; Editing by Devika ​Syamnath)

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