Which items in the Noodles & Company Disclosure Document relate to pre-opening purchases and leases?

You must lease or purchase a location approved by Noodles & Company and construct, remodel, alter and improve it to Noodles & Company's specifications.

Lease and purchase costs are not included in the figures in the Item 7 table except as discussed in Note 8 and listed in Pre-Opening Cash Occupancy Costs.

These estimates assume that the location will be a leased, unimproved, unfinished retail store-type unit.

If you purchase a location, lease a free-standing building or lease a space in a multi-story structure, your initial investment may be much greater.

• 1. Permits and licenses include, for example, business licenses, tap fees and liquor licenses. (Building permits are included in the Total Build-out Costs.) For the restaurants included in the above table, total permits and licenses averaged $7,200 and ranged from $900 to $22,600. Permits and licenses can vary widely between locations. However, while Noodles & Company restaurants historically sold liquor they no longer do so, and liquor licenses are no longer required.
• 1. Proprietary Products must be purchased from our Designated Suppliers. Other items must be purchased from an Approved Supplier or an Alternative Approved Supplier (see Item 8).
• 1. In general, Noodles & Company negotiates the payment of its leases to coincide with the start of operations. However, in some cases it may be necessary to begin lease payments before opening in order to secure a particular location, or to accommodate the optimal timing of a new restaurant opening.

Before you open your Noodles & Company restaurant:

1. We will provide Area Operators general guidance in selecting sites. (Area Development Agreement, Section 3; Franchise Agreement Section 3.01);

We will give you our site selection criteria for Noodles & Company restaurants and provide such on-site evaluation of proposed sites that we deem necessary or appropriate. You must submit to us, in accordance with procedures we establish from time to time, a complete "Site Package" containing all information that we reasonably require for each site for a Noodles & Company restaurant that you propose to develop and operate and that meets our then-current standard site selection criteria for Noodles & Company restaurants. Our Real Estate Site Approval Committee meets approximately every 4 weeks, and Area Operators are responsible for submitting their sites for approval at least one week before the meeting. You are responsible for finding proposed Restaurant sites and sending them to us for review with the required site-specific information, in a timely manner so that you can meet your development obligations.

No lease for an approved site may be entered into without our prior written consent, which we will not unreasonably withhold.

Source: Item 9 — FRANCHISEE'S OBLIGATIONS (FDD pages 33–35)