Bojangles' (BOJA) 10-Q 2017 Q1 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Bojangles’, Inc. (“Bojangles’”) on Form10-Q for the period ending March 26, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Clifton Rutledge, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bojangles’, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Bojangles’.

/s/ Clifton Rutledge

Clifton Rutledge

President and Chief Executive Officer

May 2, 2017

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Bojangles’, Inc. and will be retained by Bojangles’, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request. This written statement shall not be deemed filed by Bojangles’, Inc. for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except to the extent that Bojangles’, Inc. specifically incorporates it by reference.