---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606366-23-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T18:45:38.000642+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco repurchases 1.5M shares from FS Equity Partners at $8.40/share

## Summary
- Purchased 1,500,000 shares from FS Equity Partners V and affiliates for total $12.6M.
- Per share price of $8.40 equals November 29 closing price; repurchase settled December 4.
- Sellers agreed to 60-day standstill on remaining shares after transaction.
- This follows a prior repurchase of 2.5M shares from same sellers in August 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606366-23-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-12-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636623000049/0001606366-23-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636623000049/loco-20231129x8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-23-000049
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-23-000049.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-23-000049.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. entered into Stock Repurchase Agreement with FS Equity Partners V, L.P. and FS Affiliates V, L.P. valued at $12,600,000 (effective 2023-11-29).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: FS Equity Partners V, L.P. and FS Affiliates V, L.P.
  - Value: $12,600,000
  - Effective: 2023-11-29
  source text: On November 29, 2023, El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into a Stock Repurchase Agreement (the “Repurchase Agreement”) with FS Equity Partners V, L.P. and FS Affiliates V, L.P. (together, the “Sellers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”), from the Sellers at a price of $8.40 per share, representing the closing price of such shares as listed on Nasdaq on November 29, 2023, for a total purchase price of $12,600,000 (the “repurchase”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636623000049/0001606366-23-000049-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.