secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-25-000008
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Company names Joe Christina President and COO effective Feb 24, 2025
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- Christina receives $450K base salary, 75% target bonus, and 160K RSUs under 2024 Inducement Plan.
- Christina brings 30+ years experience including CEO at Church's Chicken and Tijuana Flats.
- Outgoing COO Brad West remains as Chief of Staff through June 2025 to ensure transition.
- CEO Drew Madsen cites Christina's operational expertise and new menu introduction in H1 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000008/0001275158-25-000008-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515825000008/ndls-20250219.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-25-000008

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