Exhibit 99.1

NEWS BULLETIN                                   RE: NOBLE ROMAN'S, INC.
                                                1 Virginia Avenue, Suite 800
                                                Indianapolis, IN  46204

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, CONTACT:
         Investor Relations:  Paul Mobley, Chairman  317/634.3377
         Press Information:  Scott Mobley, President  317/634.3377


                  Noble Roman's Completes Settlement Agreement;

     Expects to Recognize Related Pre-Tax Gain of Approximately $2.8 Million

(Indianapolis, Indiana) - August 25, 2005 -- Noble Roman's, Inc. (OTC/BB: NROM),
the Indianapolis-based franchisor of Noble Roman's Pizza and Tuscano's Italian
Style Subs, today reported that it completed the transactions contemplated by
the previously announced settlement agreement with SummitBridge National
Investments, LLC and related entities, resulting in a pre-tax gain of
approximately $2.8 million. Scott Mobley, President of Noble Roman's, stated "We
are very pleased to have successfully concluded this matter. The ongoing
litigation and its related activities have required an enormous amount of time;
this settlement positions us to re-focus our entire energies on growing the
business."

In accordance with the settlement agreement, Noble Roman's acquired all of
SummitBridge's debt and equity interests in Noble Roman's, except for 2,400,000
shares of common stock, for a purchase price of $8.3 million. These interests
consisted of a senior secured promissory note in the principal amount of $7.7
million, interest accrued on the note since February 2004, 3,214,748 shares of
Noble Roman's common stock, $4.9 million stated amount of Noble Roman's no-yield
preferred stock convertible into 1,643,092 shares of common stock, and a warrant
to purchase 385,000 shares of Noble Roman's common stock with an exercise price
of $.01 per share.

To fund this transaction, Noble Roman's obtained a six-year $9.0 million term
loan from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. In addition, the holders of $2.0 million
principal amount of previously outstanding subordinated debentures issued by
Noble Roman's exchanged their debentures for shares of Noble Roman's Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference equal to the principal
amount of the debt exchanged. The preferred stock is convertible after December
31, 2006 into Noble Roman's common stock at a conversion price of $2.25 per
share.

Noble Roman's has agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to assist
SummitBridge in finding one or more buyers for their retained stock over a six-
to nine-month period. SummitBridge will continue to have no voting rights with
respect to its retained shares as a result of the Indiana Control Share
Acquisition Act. However, following the six- to nine-month period, SummitBridge
will have the right to require Noble Roman's and its executive officers to use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause Noble Roman's shareholders to vote to
restore SummitBridge's voting rights on any shares that SummitBridge then owns.
Additionally, if after the six- to nine-month period SummitBridge then owns more
than 5% of Noble Roman's outstanding common stock, SummitBridge will have
certain registration rights.

With the closing under the settlement agreement, the legal action initiated by
Noble Roman's against SummitBridge National Investments, LLC in March 2004 is
resolved and the parties have executed mutual releases. As previously reported



by Noble Roman's, the parties had asserted various claims against each other
after SummitBridge acquired the above-described secured promissory note and
related stock ownership interests from The Provident Bank, Noble Roman's former
bank lender, in October 2003.

The statements contained in this press release concerning Noble Roman's future
revenues, profitability, financial resources, market demand and product
development are forward-looking statements (as such term is defined in the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) relating to the company that
are based on the beliefs of the management of the company, as well as
assumptions and estimates made by and information currently available to the
company's management. Noble Roman's actual results in the future may differ
materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to risks
and uncertainties that exist in the company's operations and business
environment including, but not limited to: competitive factors and pricing
pressures, shifts in market demand, interest rates, general economic conditions
and other factors, including (but not limited to) changes in demand for Noble
Roman's products or franchises, and the impact of competitors' actions. Should
one or more of these risks or uncertainties adversely affect Noble Roman's or
should underlying assumptions or estimates prove incorrect, actual results may
vary materially from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated,
expected or intended.
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