Does Noodles & Company offer single-unit franchise development contracts?

We offer to qualified persons the right to develop and operate multiple Noodles & Company restaurants within a specific geographic area and defined trade areas (the "Development Area") under our standard form area development agreement (the "Area Development Agreement" or "ADA"). We sell franchises only as part of a multi-unit area development agreement (with a minimum three restaurant commitment). We do not enter into contracts for single-unit development. Typically, a prospective franchisee, whom we refer to generally as our "Franchised Area Operators" or "Area Operators," for a Noodles & Company restaurant will submit the personal, financial, business and other information, as we require, about the prospective franchisee and its owners. If you decide to submit the information to begin our process and if, after our review of your information, we determine that it is in our best interest to consider you as a prospective Area Operator, we may ask you to provide additional information. If we decide to enter into an ADA with you, the ADA will require you to develop and open an agreed-upon number of Noodles & Company restaurants under a development schedule and within the geographic area and defined trade areas, all as described in the ADA and the

attached exhibits. A copy of our current form of Area Development Agreement is attached as Exhibit B.

After the ADA has been executed, you must sign our then-current form of franchise agreement (the "Franchise Agreement") for each Noodles & Company restaurant that we agree you may open, which may be different than our current form of Franchise Agreement attached hereto as an exhibit. Each Franchise Agreement will grant you the right to own and operate a single Noodles & Company restaurant at an agreed-upon location. A copy of our current form of Franchise Agreement is attached as Exhibit C.

Source: Item 1 — The Franchisor and any Parents, Predecessors, and Affiliates (FDD pages 10–12)