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Issuer:     NOODLES & Co (NDLS)
CIK:        0001275158
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-14T20:06:58+00:00
Accession:  0001275158-26-000039
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.35
Item codes: 5.07
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Noodles & Company shareholders elect two Class I directors; advisory pay vote and auditor ratification pass
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- Joseph Christina and Thomas Lynch elected as Class I directors with 3,141,179 and 3,087,706 votes for, respectively.
- Thomas Lynch resigned as Class III director to facilitate re-election as Class I after two incumbents did not stand.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 3,126,675 for, 17,294 against, 2,015 abstentions.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for FY 2026 passed: 3,945,746 for, 3,004 against, 609 abstentions.
- No broker non-votes on auditor ratification; 803,375 broker non-votes on director elections and advisory pay vote.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000039/0001275158-26-000039-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1275158/000127515826000039/ndls-20260513.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001275158-26-000039

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