Net Income Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Loss Per Share [Abstract]

Income (Loss) Per Share

Income Per Share

Basic net income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and April 1, 2012 was computed by dividing net income attributable to The Wendy’s Company by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.

The weighted average number of shares used to calculate basic and diluted net income per share were as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2013	April 1, 2012
Common stock:
Weighted average basic shares outstanding	392,498	389,701
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted shares	3,196	2,574
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding	395,694	392,275

Diluted income per share for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and April 1, 2012 was computed by dividing net income attributable to The Wendy’s Company by the weighted average number of basic shares outstanding plus the potential common share effect of dilutive stock options and restricted shares, computed using the treasury stock method. For the three months ended March 31, 2013 and April 1, 2012, we excluded 17,831 and 19,312, respectively, of potential common shares from our diluted income per share calculation as they would have had anti-dilutive effects.