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): November 14, 2006

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


           DELAWARE             1-2207                       38-0471180
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       (State or Other        (Commission                (I.R.S. Employer
       Jurisdiction of         File Number)               Identification No.)
       Incorporation)

       280 Park Avenue
       New York, NY                                   10017
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           (Address of principal executive offices)                  (Zip Code)

         Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (212)  451-3000

                                  N/A
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            (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01.  Other Events

     On November 14, 2006, Triarc Companies, Inc. (the "Company") announced that
the  record  date for the  third and final  $0.15 per share  installment  of its
previously  announced  special cash  dividends  (aggregating  $0.45 per share in
total) is December 5, 2006 and that such special cash  dividends will be paid on
December 20, 2006. The first and second $0.15  installments  of the special cash
dividends were paid on March 1, 2006, and July 14, 2006, respectively.

     A copy of the press  release  announcing  the foregoing is filed as Exhibit
99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)             Exhibits

99.1            Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated November 14, 2006







                                    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/ STUART I. ROSEN
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                                             Stuart I. Rosen
                                             Senior Vice President and
                                             Secretary

Dated:   November 15, 2006










                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                                     Description

99.1            Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated November 14, 2006