EX-10.20



 Exhibit 10.20 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT 

UNDER THE BOJANGLES’, INC.  

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 

THIS RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made by and between Bojangles’, Inc. (the
“Company”) and                      (the “Participant”). 

WHEREAS, the Company maintains the Bojangles’, Inc. Amended and Restated 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) for the
benefit of its employees, directors, consultants, and other individuals who provide services to the Company and its Affiliates; and 

WHEREAS, the Plan permits the grant of Restricted Stock; and 

WHEREAS, to compensate the Participant for his or her service to the Company and to further align the Participant’s financial interests
with those of the Company’s stockholders, the Board approved this Award of Restricted Stock subject to the restrictions and on the terms and conditions contained in the Plan and this Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of these premises and the agreements set forth herein, the parties, intending to be legally bound hereby,
agree as follows: 
 1. Award of Restricted Shares. The Company hereby awards the Participant
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shares of Restricted Stock, subject to the restrictions and on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement (the “Restricted Shares”). The terms of the Plan are hereby incorporated into this Agreement by this reference, as
though fully set forth herein. Except as otherwise provided herein, capitalized terms herein will have the same meaning as defined in the Plan. 

2. Vesting of Restricted Shares. The Restricted Shares are subject to forfeiture to the Company until they become vested
in accordance with this Section 2. While subject to forfeiture, the Restricted Shares may not be sold, pledged, assigned, otherwise encumbered or transferred in any manner, whether voluntarily or involuntarily by the operation of law. 

(a) The Restricted Shares will become vested in accordance with the schedule below, provided in each case that the Participant has remained in
continuous service with the Company through such date: 
  

			
	 Cumulative Number of

Vested Restricted Shares
	  	  Date 

		  	
		  	
		  	

 For purposes of this Agreement, service with an Affiliate of the Company will be deemed to constitute service with the
Company, for so long as such entity remains an Affiliate of the Company. 
 (b) Upon any cessation of the Participant’s service with
the Company (whether initiated by the Company, Participant or otherwise): (i) any Restricted Shares which then remain forfeitable will immediately and automatically, without any action on the part of the Company, be forfeited, and (ii) the
Participant will have no further rights with respect to those shares. 








	 	3.	Issuance of Shares. 

 (a) The Company will cause the Restricted Shares to be
issued in the Participant’s name either by book-entry registration or issuance of a stock certificate or certificates. 
 (b) While the
Restricted Shares remain forfeitable, the Company will cause an appropriate stop-transfer order to be issued and to remain in effect with respect to the Restricted Shares. As soon as practicable following the time that any Restricted Share becomes
vested (and provided that appropriate arrangements have been made with the Company for the withholding or payment of any taxes that may be due with respect to such share), the Company will cause that stop-transfer order to be removed. The Company
may also condition delivery of certificates for Restricted Shares upon receipt from the Participant of any undertakings that it may determine are appropriate to facilitate compliance with federal and state securities laws. 

(c) If any certificate is issued in respect of Restricted Shares, that certificate will be legended and held in escrow by the Company’s
secretary or his or her designee. In addition, the Participant may be required to execute and deliver to the Company a stock power with respect to those Restricted Shares. At such time as those Restricted Shares become vested, the Company will cause
a new certificate to be issued without that portion of the legend referencing the previously applicable forfeiture conditions and will cause that new certificate to be delivered to the Participant (again, provided that appropriate arrangements have
been made with the Company for the withholding or payment of any taxes that may be due with respect to such Shares). 
 4. Substitute
Property. If, while any of the Restricted Shares remain subject to forfeiture, there occurs a merger, reclassification, recapitalization, stock split, stock dividend or other similar event or transaction resulting in new, substituted or
additional securities being issued or delivered to the Participant by reason of the Participant’s ownership of the Restricted Shares, such securities will constitute “Restricted Shares” for all purposes of this Agreement and
any certificate issued to evidence such securities will immediately be deposited with the secretary of the Company (or his or her designee) and subject to the escrow described in Section 3, above. 

5. Rights of Participant During Restricted Period. The Participant will have the right to vote the Restricted Shares and
to receive dividends and distributions with respect to the Restricted Shares; provided, however, that any cash dividends or distributions paid in respect of the Restricted Shares while those shares remain subject to forfeiture will be placed
in escrow with the secretary of the Company (or his or her designee) and will be delivered to the Participant (without interest) only if and when the Restricted Shares giving rise to such dividends or distributions become vested. 

6. Securities Laws. The Board may from time to time impose any conditions on the Restricted Shares as it deems necessary
or advisable to ensure that the Restricted Shares are issued and sold in compliance with the requirements of any stock exchange or quotation system upon which the shares are then listed or quoted, the Securities Act of 1933 and all other applicable
laws. 
  

	 	7.	Tax Consequences. 

 (a) The Participant acknowledges that the Company has not
advised the Participant regarding the Participant’s income tax liability in connection with the grant or vesting of the Restricted Shares. The Participant has had the opportunity to review with his or her own tax advisors the federal, state and
local tax consequences of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents. The Participant understands that the
Participant (and not the Company) shall be responsible for the Participant’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. 

  
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 (b) If the Participant makes an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the
grant of the Restricted Shares, the Participant agrees to notify the Company in writing on the day of such election. The amount includible in the Participant’s income as a result of that election will be subject to tax withholding. The
Participant will be required to remit to the Company in cash, or make other arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Company for the satisfaction of, such tax withholding amount; failure to do so within three business days of making the
Section 83(b) election will result in forfeiture of all the Restricted Shares. 
 8. The Plan. This Restricted
Stock Award is subject to, and the Participant agrees to be bound by, all of the terms and conditions of the Plan, a copy of which has been provided to the Participant. Pursuant to the Plan, the Board is authorized to adopt rules and regulations not
inconsistent with the Plan as it shall deem appropriate and proper. All questions of interpretation and application of the Plan shall be determined by the Board and any such determination shall be final, binding and conclusive. 

9. Consent to Electronic Delivery. The Participant hereby authorizes the Company to deliver electronically any
prospectuses or other documentation related to this Agreement, the Plan and any other compensation or benefit plan or arrangement in effect from time to time (including, without limitation, reports, proxy statements or other documents that are
required to be delivered to participants in such plans or arrangements pursuant to federal or state laws, rules or regulations). For this purpose, electronic delivery will include, without limitation, delivery by means of e-mail or e-mail
notification that such documentation is available on the Company’s intranet site. Upon written request, the Company will provide to the Participant a paper copy of any document also delivered to the Participant electronically. The authorization
described in this paragraph may be revoked by the Participant at any time by written notice to the Company. 
 10. Entire
Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Plan, represents the entire agreement between the parties hereto relating to the subject matter hereof, and merges and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous discussions, agreements and
understandings of every nature. 
 11. Governing Law. This Agreement will be construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Delaware, without regard to the application of the principles of conflicts of laws. 
 12. Amendment. Subject
to the provisions of the Plan, this Agreement may only be amended by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto. 
 13.
Execution. This Agreement may be executed, including execution by facsimile signature, in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the same
instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including pdf) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all
purposes. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company’s duly authorized representative and the Participant have each executed this
Restricted Stock Award Agreement on the respective date below indicated. 
  

			
	BOJANGLES’, INC.
		
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	PARTICIPANT
		
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