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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001606366-24-000002"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T09:56:18.701414+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco amends bylaws to update director nomination procedures and other governance items

## Summary
- Revised procedures require stockholders to provide evidence of compliance with Rule 14a-19 for director nominations.
- Clarified that the chair of a stockholder meeting has power to adjourn and the Board may postpone previously scheduled meetings.
- Adopted gender-neutral terms, replacing 'Chairman' with 'Chair' in the bylaws.
- Removed references to Trimaran Pollo Partners, L.L.C. and made administrative updates to reflect Delaware law changes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001606366-24-000002
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-02-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000002/0001606366-24-000002-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000002/loco-20240130x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001606366-24-000002.txt

## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.: On January 30, 2024, the Board adopted amended and restated bylaws effective immediately, revising director nomination and proposal procedures, clarifying meeting adjournment and postponement powers, adopting gender-neutral titles, and making administrative updates (effective 2024-01-30).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2024-01-30
  source text: On January 30, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), adopted and approved amended and restated bylaws of the Company (as amended and restated, the “Amended and Restated By-Laws”), effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000160636624000002/0001606366-24-000002-index.htm

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