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Insider Trading Arrangements
−Removed: During the thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “ non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement ,” as those terms are defined in Regulation S-K, Item 408.
−Removed: Exhibit Index
−Removed: Filed Herewith
−Removed: SEC File Number
+Added: No officers, as defined in Rule 16a-1(f), or directors adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement ” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement ,” as defined in Regulation S-K Item 408, during the last fiscal quarter.
+Added: (a) Exhibit Index:
+Added: Incorporated by Reference
+Added: Exhibit Number
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
−Removed: Certification of Chief Executive Officer under section 302 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Certification of Chief Financial Officer under section 302 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002
−Removed: Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under 18 U.S.C.
−Removed: section 1350, adopted by section 906 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002
+Added: Rule 13a–14(a)/15d–14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer
+Added: Rule 13a–14(a)/15d–14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer
+Added: Section 1350 Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
−Removed: XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
−Removed: Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page interactive data file does not
−Removed: appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL Document
−Removed: Pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K (17 C.F.R.
−Removed: § 229.601(b)(32)(ii)), this certification is deemed furnished, not filed, for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, nor is it otherwise subject to liability under that section.
−Removed: It will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except if the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
+Added: Filed herewith.
+Added: Furnished herewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC.
−Removed: October 31, 2025
/s/ ELIZABETH WILLIAMS
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Chief Executive Officer
−Removed: (duly authorized officer)
−Removed: October 31, 2025
+Added: (Principal Executive Officer)
Chief Financial Officer
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