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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-26-068234"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-29T20:05:25+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:07:50.306048+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco shareholders approve equity plan amendment adding 1.25M shares, elect directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendments to Equity Incentive Plan increasing share reserve by 1,250,000 shares (21.5M for, 638.8K against).
- Class III directors Tana Davila (22.1M for) and Frank Garrido (22.1M for) were elected.
- Ratification of BDO USA as independent auditor for 2026 passed with 26.7M votes for.
- Board set annual advisory votes on executive compensation after say-on-frequency proposal received 20.1M votes for a one-year interval.
- Shareholder proposal on majority voting standard for director elections failed (15.6M for, 6.4M against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-26-068234
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-29T20:05:25+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000110465926068234/0001104659-26-068234-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000110465926068234/tm2615869d2_8k.htm

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