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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 29 , 2020 or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to Commission File Number : 001-35987 NOODLES & COMPANY ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization 520 Zang Street , Suite D Broomfield , CO ( Address of principal executive offices ) Title of each class Class A common stock , par value $ 0.01 per share 84-1303469 Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 720 ) 214-1900 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol NDLS ( IRS Employer Identification No. ) Large accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer 80021 ( Zip Code ) Name of each exchange on which registered Nasdaq Global Select Market No X No x Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Act . Yes Indicate by check mark whether the registrant : ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days Yes x No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( §232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes x No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or an emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer , " " accelerated filer , " " smaller reporting company , " and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company X If an emerging growth company , indicate by heck mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or vised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Act ) . Yes No 区 The aggregate market value of the voting and non - voting common stock held by non - affiliates as of June 30 , 2020 , the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter , was $ 172.2 million . This amount was calculated based on the closing price of the common stock on June 30 , 2020 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market . All executive officers and directors of the registrant have been deemed , solely for the purpose of the foregoing calculation , to be " affiliates " of the registrant . As of February 22 , 2021 , there were 45,357,796 shares of the registrant's Class A common stock , par value of $ 0.01 per share outstanding .