secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-26-000023
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Two Noodles & Co. directors not standing for re-election; board to shrink from 9 to 7
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- Directors Robert Hartnett and Mary Egan will not stand for re-election at 2026 Annual Meeting, citing no disagreement with management.
- Board size reduced from 9 to 7 members effectively at the Annual Meeting to better align with company size and complexity.
- Mr. Lynch nominated as Class I director; will resign from Class III upon election to rebalance board classes.
- Both directors continue serving until the Annual Meeting; Hartnett chairs Compensation Committee, Egan chairs Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000023/0001275158-26-000023-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000023/ndls-20260324.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-26-000023

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