form8-k_050908.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 9, 2008

TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
  
1-2207
  
38-0471180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         
1155 Perimeter Center West
Atlanta, Georgia
  
30338
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
  
(678) 514-4100
     
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report):
  
N/A



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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On May 9, 2008, Triarc Companies, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its results for the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2008.  A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section.  Furthermore, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)                Exhibits

99.1              Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated May 9, 2008.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
 
 
 
By: /s/ NILS H. OKESON                       
 
       Nils H. Okeson
 
       Senior Vice President,
  Dated: May 9, 2008
       General Counsel and Secretary



 
 
 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                      Description

99.1