Trian Partners purchase larger share of Wendy's

ColumbusBusiness Journal: New York-based Trian Partners General Partnership LP and several related entities said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing June 1 that they had purchased options to buy an additional 1.38 million shares in Wendy's. The added shares would give Trian and its affiliates 7.9 million shares in the Dublin, Ohio,-based fast-food chain, or approximately 6.9 percent of the company. Trian acquired a 5.7 percent stake in Wendy's from December to April.