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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 144
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either
placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
directly with a market maker.
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1(a) Name of Issuer (please type or print) (b) IRS Ident. No. (c) S.E.C. File No.
Triarc Companies, Inc. 38-0471180 1-2207
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1(d) Address of Issuer Street City State Zip Code (e) Telephone No.
AREA CODE NUMBER
280 Park Avenue New York NY 10017 (212) 451-3000
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2(a) Name of Person for (b) IRS (c) Relationship
Whose Account the Ident. to
Securities are to No. Issuer
Be Sold
Joseph A. Levato ###-##-#### Director
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2(d) Address Street City State Zip
4 Sutton Court Mendham NJ 07945
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INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain
the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3(a) Title of (b) Name and SEC USE ONLY (c) Number
the Class of Address of Broker-Dealer of Shares
Securities Each Broker File Number or Other
To be Sold Through Whom Units to
the Securities be Sold
are to be (See Instr. (c))
Offered or
Each Market
Maker who is
Acquiring the
Securities
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Class A Merril Lynch 15,000
Common Stock P.O. Box 904
Morristown, NJ
07963-0904
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3(d) Aggregate (e) Number of (f) Approximate (g) Name of
Market Value Shares or Date of Sale Each
(See Instr. 3(d)) Other Units (See Instr. 3(f)) Securities
Outstanding (Mo. Day Yr.) Exchange
(See Instr. 3(e)) (See Instr. 3(g))
$373,000 20,010,743 09-20-00 New York
Stock Exchange
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. (a) Name of Issuer
(b) Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number
(c) Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any
(d) Issuer's address, including zip code
(e) Issuer's telephone number, including area code
2. (a) Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
(b) Such person's I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
(c) Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10%
stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
(d) Such person's address, including zip code
3. (a) Title of the class of securities to be sold
(b) Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended
to be sold
(c) Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the
aggregate face amount)
(d) Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified
date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
(e) Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt
securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the issuer
(f) Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
(g) Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are
intended to be sold
POTENTIAL PERSONS WHO ARE TO RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THIS FORM ARE NOT REQUIRED TO RESPOND UNLESS THE FORM DISPLAYS A CURRENTLY
VALID OMB CONTROL NUMBER.
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TABLE I - SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the
securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the
purchase price or other consideration therefor:
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Title of Date you Nature of Acquisition Name of Person
the Class Acquired Transaction From Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date
donor acquired)
Class A April 24, 1993 Restricted Stock Award Triarc Companies, Inc.
Common
Stock
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Amount of Date of Nature of Payment
Securities Payment
Acquired
25,000 April 24, 1993 Represented stock award
with restrictions, Restrictions
terminated January 16, 1996
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INSTRUCTIONS:
1. If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made
in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the
nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note
or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the
arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full
or the last installment paid.
2. If within two years after the acquisition of the securities the person for
whose account they are to be sold had any short positions, put or other option
to dispose of securities referred to in paragraph (d)(3) of Rule 144, furnish
full information with respect thereto.
TABLE II - SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold
during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold.
Name and Address Title of Date Amount of Gross
Of Seller Securities of Securities Proceeds
Sold Sale Sold
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REMARKS:
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to
be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be
sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition,
information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required
by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the
person filing this notice.
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the Securities to which this notice
relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice
that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the
current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be
sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
September 20, 2000 /s/ Joseph A. Levato
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Date of Notice Signature
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are
to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
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ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
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