---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606366-22-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T03:20:21.783573+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco appoints Maria Hollandsworth as COO effective Oct 31, 2022

## Summary
- Maria Hollandsworth appointed COO effective Oct 31, 2022; previously Regional VP Ops at Dunkin'.
- Annual base salary $340,000; eligible for annual incentive bonus at 50% of base salary.
- Receives $100,000 signing bonus (clawback if resigns within 24 months); initial RSU grant $50,000 vesting 1 year.
- Eligible for annual equity grants of $200,000 target value under 2021 Equity Incentive Plan.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606366-22-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000057/0001606366-22-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000057/loco-20221017x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-22-000057.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Maria Hollandsworth was appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On October 12, 2022, the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors appointed Maria Hollandsworth as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer of the Company (“COO”), effective as of October 31, 2022 (the “Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636622000057/0001606366-22-000057-index.htm

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