Elizabeth Goodman Williams - Mar 11, 2025 Form 4 Insider Report for El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO)

Role: Chief Executive Officer, Director
Signature: /s/ Anne E. Jollay, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol: LOCO
Transactions as of: Mar 11, 2025
Transactions value $: -$42,024
Form type: 4
Date filed: 3/13/2025, 09:54 PM
Previous filing: Mar 11, 2025
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	LOCO	Common Stock	Award	$0	+68.8K	+40.23%	$0.00	240K	Mar 11, 2025	Direct	F1
transaction	LOCO	Common Stock	Tax liability	-$42K	-4.03K	-1.68%	$10.42	236K	Mar 11, 2025	Direct	F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	LOCO	Non-Qualified Stock Options	Award	$0	+145K		$0.00	145K	Mar 11, 2025	Common Stock	145K	$10.42	Direct	F3

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Represents shares of common stock underlying a restricted stock award granted under the Equity Incentive Plan, vesting in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.
F2	The reporting person vested in 11,274 shares of common stock, of which the issuer retained 4,033 shares to satisfy the reporting person's tax obligation upon vesting of the restricted stock award. The price quoted in column 4 is the issuer's closing share price on March 10, 2025.
F3	Granted by a nonqualified stock option agreement under the Equity Incentive Plan, vesting and becoming exercisable in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.