949373--2/25/2010--EINSTEIN_NOAH_RESTAURANT_GROUP

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements: General economic conditions have affected, and could continue to affect, discretionary consumer spending, particularly spending for meals prepared away from home. Failure to protect food supplies and adhere to food safety standards could result in food-borne illnesses. Volatile commodity prices would adversely affect our gross profit. Any material failure, inadequacy, interruption or security failure of information technology could harm our ability to effectively operate our business. We may not be successful in implementing any or all of the initiatives of our business strategy. Competition in the restaurant industry is intense. We occupy our company-owned restaurants under long-term non-cancelable leases, and we may be unable to renew leases at the end of their lease periods or obtain new leases on acceptable terms. Our operations may be negatively impacted by adverse weather conditions, natural disasters or acts of terror. We have single suppliers for one of our key products, and the failure of any of these suppliers to perform could harm our business. Disruptions or distribution issues could adversely affect our business and reputation. Increasing labor costs or labor discord could adversely affect our results of operations and cash flows. We may not be able to comply with certain debt covenants or generate sufficient cash flow to make payments on our substantial amount of debt or redeem our mandatorily redeemable preferred stock when due. We face the risk of adverse publicity and litigation in connection with our operations. A regional or global health pandemic could severely affect our business. Our franchisees and licensees may not help us develop our business as we expect, or could actually harm our business. Our restaurants and products are subject to numerous and changing government regulations. Failure to comply could negatively affect our sales, increase our costs or result in fines or other penalties against us. We may not be able to protect our brands, trademarks, service marks and other proprietary rights. The loss of key personnel or difficulties recruiting and retaining qualified personnel could jeopardize the Company s ability to meet its financial targets. Our ability to use net operating loss carryforwards to offset future taxable income for U.S. federal income tax purposes is subject to limitation. We have a majority stockholder. Future sales of shares of our common stock by our stockholders could cause our stock price to fall.

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