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Issuer:     El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)
CIK:        0001606366
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-28T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-007246
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

El Pollo Loco appoints Frank Garrido to Board; Mark Buller resigns after 10 years
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- Mark Buller resigns from Board effective Feb 28, 2026; no disagreement cited.
- Frank Garrido appointed independent director effective March 1, 2026, filling Buller's vacancy.
- Garrido is EVP & Chief Restaurant Officer of Domino's Pizza since 2017.
- Garrido will serve on Compensation and Nominating/Governance Committees; standard director compensation.
- Buller's retirement follows 10-year tenure; company thanks him for improving restaurant operations.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000110465926007246/0001104659-26-007246-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000110465926007246/tm264297d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-007246

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