UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 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): March 525, 2026

NOODLES & COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-35987

84-1303469

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation)

Identification No.)

520 Zang Street, Suite D

Broomfield,

80021

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (720) 214-1900

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common stock	NDLS	Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 82.0102. Results ~~Other~~of ~~Items~~Operations and Financial Condition.

AsOn ~~previously disclosed~~March 25, ~~on June 24~~2026, ~~2025,~~ Noodles & Company (the “"Company”") ~~received~~issued a ~~deficiency~~press ~~letter~~release ~~(the~~disclosing ~~“Notice”)~~earnings ~~from~~and ~~the~~other ~~Listing~~financial ~~Qualifications~~results ~~Department~~for ~~(the~~its ~~“Staff”)~~fiscal ofquarter ~~the~~and ~~Nasdaq~~fiscal ~~Stock~~year ~~Market~~ended ~~LLC~~December 30, ~~(“Nasdaq”)~~2025, ~~notifying~~and ~~the Company~~ that ~~because~~as ~~the~~previously ~~closing~~announced, ~~bid~~its ~~price~~management ~~per~~would ~~share~~review ofthese ~~the~~results ~~Company’s~~in ~~common~~a ~~stock~~conference ~~was~~call ~~below~~at ~~$1.00 per share for~~ 4:30 ~~consecutive business days preceding the date of the Notice, the Company did not meet the $1~~p.00m. ~~per share minimum bid price requirement for continued inclusion on The Nasdaq Global Select Market pursuant to Nasdaq Listing Rule 5810~~(cEST)~~(3)(A)~~ ~~(the~~on ~~“Bid~~March 25, ~~Price Rule”)~~2026.

OnA ~~March~~copy 5,of ~~2026,~~ the Company’s ~~received~~press arelease ~~letter~~is ~~from~~included ~~the~~as ~~Staff~~Exhibit ~~notifying~~99.1 ~~the~~to ~~Company~~this ~~that~~Current itReport ~~had~~on ~~regained~~Form ~~compliance~~8-K ~~with~~and ~~the~~is ~~Bid~~incorporated ~~Price~~herein ~~Rule~~by asreference. aThe ~~result~~information ofcontained ~~the~~in ~~closing~~this ~~bid~~Item ~~price~~2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the ~~Company’s~~Securities ~~common~~Exchange ~~stock~~Act ~~being~~of at1934, ~~$1.00~~as ~~per~~amended ~~share~~(the “Exchange Act”), or ~~greater~~otherwise ~~for~~subject to the ~~prior~~liabilities 10of ~~consecutive~~that ~~business~~section, ~~days.~~nor ~~Accordingly~~shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the ~~letter~~“Securities ~~indicated~~Act”), or the ~~Company~~Exchange isAct, inexcept ~~compliance~~as ~~with~~expressly ~~the~~set ~~Bid~~forth ~~Price~~by ~~Rule~~specific ~~and~~reference ~~the~~in ~~matter~~such isa ~~closed~~filing.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Noodles & Company Press Release dated March 25 , 202 6
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File. The cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

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.

		Noodles & Company
DATE: March 9, 2026	By:	/s/ Mike Hynes
	Name:	Mike Hynes
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


						Noodles & Company


			By:			/s/ MIKE HYNES
			Name:			Mike Hynes
			Title:			Chief Financial Officer

DATED: March 25, 2026

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