Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) of The Wendy’s Company (“The Wendy’s Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the Financial Statements contain all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary to present fairly our financial position as of April 1, 2018 and the results of our operations and cash flows for the three months ended April 1, 2018 and April 2, 2017. The results of operations for the three months ended April 1, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full 2018 fiscal year. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for The Wendy’s Company and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 10-K”).

The principal subsidiary of the Company is Wendy’s International, LLC and its subsidiaries (“Wendy’s”). The Company manages and internally reports its business geographically. The operation and franchising of Wendy’s^®restaurants in North America (defined as the United States of America (“U.S.”) and Canada) comprises virtually all of our current operations and represents a single reportable segment. The revenues and operating results of Wendy’s restaurants outside of North America are not material.

We report on a fiscal year consisting of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Sunday closest to or on December 31. All three-month periods presented herein contain 13 weeks. All references to years and quarters relate to fiscal periods rather than calendar periods.

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year presentation to conform to the current year presentation.

The Company has reclassified certain costs associated with the Company’s franchise operations to “Franchise support and other costs,” which were previously recorded to “Other operating expense (income), net.” The costs reclassified include costs incurred to provide direct support services to our franchisees, as well as certain other direct and incremental costs for the Company’s franchise operations. Also, the Company reclassified certain restaurant operational costs from “General and administrative” to “Cost of sales.” The Company believes this new presentation will aid users in understanding its results of operations. The prior period reflects the reclassifications of these expenses to conform to the current year presentation. There was no impact to operating profit, income before income taxes or net income as a result of these reclassifications.

The following table illustrates the expense reclassifications made to the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended April 2, 2017:



			Reclassifications
	As Previously Reported		Franchise support and other costs			Restaurant operational costs			As Currently Reported
Cost of sales	$	123,407	$	—		$	1,136		$	124,543
Franchise support and other costs	—		3,643			—			3,643
General and administrative	52,450		—			(1,136		)	51,314
Other operating expense (income), net	1,925		(3,643		)	—			(1,718		)
	$	177,782	$	—		$	—		$	177,782