Hospitality & Tourism  October 25, 2018

Noodles cancels secondary stock offering as stock plummets

BROOMFIELD — A day after announcing plans for a secondary stock offering of up to 10,062,500 shares, Noodles & Co. (Nasdaq: NDLS) on Wednesday said the plan will not be pursued, citing market conditions.

Noodles had announced on Oct. 23 that certain of its stockholders would offer 8,750,000 shares of Class A common stock, while also offering the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,312,500 additional shares. Noodles would not have received any proceeds from the offering.

Noodles on Tuesday reported net income of $1.1 million, or 2 cents per diluted share, missing analysts’ expectations of 4 cents per share.

Noodles’ stock closed at $12.67 per share, Tuesday, but fell almost 25 percent to $9.52 at the Wednesday close.

BROOMFIELD — A day after announcing plans for a secondary stock offering of up to 10,062,500 shares, Noodles & Co. (Nasdaq: NDLS) on Wednesday said the plan will not be pursued, citing market conditions.

Noodles had announced on Oct. 23 that certain of its stockholders would offer 8,750,000 shares of Class A common stock, while also offering the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,312,500 additional shares. Noodles would not have received any proceeds from the offering.

Noodles on Tuesday reported net income of $1.1 million, or 2 cents…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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