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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001999371-24-009568"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LOCO"
cik: "0001606366"
company_name: "El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T13:07:35.490439+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# El Pollo Loco extends poison pill to next annual meeting; raises ownership threshold to 15%

## Summary
- Amendment extends Rights Agreement expiration to certification of next annual meeting stockholder vote, unless shareholders approve further extension.
- Beneficial ownership threshold for being an Acquiring Person increased from 12.5% to 15.0%.
- Biglari Capital representative stated desire for substantial additional share accumulations if pill terminated or expired.
- All other terms of the Original Rights Agreement remain unchanged.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001999371-24-009568
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LOCO
- cik: 0001606366
- company_name: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-08-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000199937124009568/0001999371-24-009568-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606366/000199937124009568/loco-8k_080224.htm

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