---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-25-002842"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T03:23:07.542859+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco appoints former Brinker CFO Joe Taylor as independent director

## Summary
- Joe Taylor elected Class I independent director effective Jan 13, 2025, filling board vacancy.
- Board size increased from seven to eight directors; Taylor will serve on Audit Committee.
- Taylor most recently served as EVP and CFO at Brinker International until June 2024.
- Compensation for Taylor is same as other non-employee directors of the company.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-25-002842
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000121390025002842/0001213900-25-002842-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000121390025002842/ea0227473-8k_elpollo.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-002842
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-002842.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-25-002842.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe Taylor was elected as Director at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elected Joe Taylor as a Class I independent director of the Company, effective January 13, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000121390025002842/0001213900-25-002842-index.htm

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