“SALES UP, EXPENSES DOWN”: A CONVERSATION WITH NELSON PELTZ, CEO & FOUNDING PARTNER OF TRIAN PARTNERS

Nelson Peltz has been Chief Executive Officer and a Founding Partner of Trian Fund Management, L.P. (“Trian”) since Trian’s inception in 2005. He is a member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Trian seeks to invest in under-performing and undervalued public companies and work constructively with the management teams and Boards of Directors of those companies to enhance sustainable long-term shareholder value through a combination of strategic re- direction, improved operational execution, more efficient capital allocation and stronger focus.

Mr. Peltz serves as the non-executive Chairman of The Wendy’s Company. Mr. Peltz is also a director of Unilever PLC and Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. (f/k/a The Madison Square Garden Company). He previously served as a director of H. J. Heinz Company from 2006 to 2013, Legg Mason, Inc. from 2009 to 2014 and from 2019 to 2020, Ingersoll-Rand plc from 2012 to 2014, MSG Networks Inc. from 2014 to 2015, Mondelēz International, Inc. from 2014 to 2018, Sysco Corporation from 2015 to 2021, The Procter & Gamble Company from 2018 to 2021, Invesco Ltd. from 2020 to 2022, and Janus Henderson Group plc in 2022. Mr. Peltz was recognized by The National Association of Corporate Directors in 2010, 2011 and 2012 as among the most influential people in the global corporate governance arena.

From 1993 to 2007, Mr. Peltz served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Triarc Companies, Inc. which during that period of time owned Arby's Restaurant Group, Inc. and the Snapple Beverage Group, as well as other consumer and industrial businesses. Mr. Peltz was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Triangle Industries, Inc. from 1983 until 1988, which was the largest packaging company in the world and a Fortune 100 industrial company when it was acquired by Pechiney, S.A., a leading international metals and packaging company, in 1988. Mr. Peltz began his business career in 1963 when he joined his family food business.

Mr. Peltz is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Overseers of the Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, a member of the Board of Trustees of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, a member of the Board of Governors of NewYork-Presbyterian Foundation, Inc., a member of the Board of Overseers of The Milken Institute, a member of the Honorary Board of Directors of the Prostate Cancer Foundation (formerly known as CaP CURE), a member of the Intrepid Advisory Council, a former member of the Board of Trustees of the Intrepid Museum Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Avon Old Farms School.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Peltz attended The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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