<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000852772-18-000020.txt : 20180220
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20180220190735
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000852772-18-000020
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180220
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180220

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Van Pelt Jill A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001622531

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18051
		FILM NUMBER:		18626523

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		203 EAST MAIN STREET
		CITY:			SPARTANBURG
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29319

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DENNYS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000852772
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				133487402
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1228

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		203 E MAIN ST
		CITY:			SPARTANBURG
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29319
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8645978000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		203 EAST MAIN STREET
		CITY:			SPARTANBURG
		STATE:			SC
		ZIP:			29319

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ADVANTICA RESTAURANT GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980107

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FLAGSTAR COMPANIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930722

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TW HOLDINGS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <issuerName>DENNYS CORP</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>Van Pelt Jill A</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>DENNY'S CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>203 EAST MAIN STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
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            <rptOwnerState>SC</rptOwnerState>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. V.P., Chief People Officer</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2018-02-14</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>90502</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>15.09</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>85163</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the payout of performance shares earned under the Denny's 2015 Long-Term Incentive Program.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Performance Share Units, which were granted under the Denny's Corporation 2012 Omnibus Incentive Plan, having vested on 12/27/17, were deferred pursuant to the Denny's, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan as of the transaction date and are payable on a &quot;1-for-1&quot; basis in common stock of the Issuer upon the reporting person's termination of service as an employee of Denny's, Inc. pursuant to his/her deferral election.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This amendment to Form 4 is being filed to correct number of shares reported as the portion of the payout of performance shares earned by the reporting person under the Denny's 2015 Long-Term Incentive Program the receipt of which was not deferred by the reporting person.  The original Form 4 showed 10,568 shares as paid out but not deferred, which inadvertently reflected the reduction of the non-deferred number of earned shares (15,907) by the number of shares withheld for the payment (5,339); such withheld shares were already reported on the second line of Table I.  As now reported, the first line of Table I shows the total number of shares earned but not deferred.  Table II reflects the number of performance shares paid out as earned by the reporting person, the receipt of which was deferred.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>J. Scott Melton, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-02-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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