Current Report Filing (8-k)

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): September 19, 2017

BOJANGLES’, INC.

(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-37374

45-2988924

State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

9432 Southern Pine Boulevard,

Charlotte, NC 28273

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(704) 527-2675

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 19, 2017, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bojangles’, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Robert F. Hull, Jr. to the Board as a Class III director, upon the recommendation of its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Hull will serve the remainder of the Class III term, and will stand for re-election at the Company’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

The Board determined that Mr. Hull qualifies as an independent director under the director independence standards set forth in the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the applicable listing standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”).

Mr. Hull will be entitled to compensation under the Company’s compensation policy for non-employee directors. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Hull and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Hull was elected as a director. There are no transactions in which Mr. Hull has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8.01

Other Events

On September 20, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing Mr. Hull’s election to the Board, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

99.1 Press Release issued by the Company on September 20, 2017.

SIGNATURES

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.