BABB DOUGLAS J 4

What Happened Douglas J. Babb, a director of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. (LOCO), was granted 12,012 shares as a restricted stock award on 2026-03-17. The award was reported as acquired at $0.00 (no cash paid). The grant is recorded as an "A" (award/grant) transaction rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-17; filing date: 2026-03-19 (timely file).
• Shares granted: 12,012; acquisition price reported as $0.00 (grant).
• Footnote: These are shares underlying a restricted stock award that vest in full on the first anniversary of the grant (footnote F1).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the supplied filing excerpt.
• Transaction code: A = Award/Grant. No sales, purchases, option exercises, or tax-withholding reported in this entry.

Context A restricted stock award means the shares are subject to vesting requirements (here, full vesting after one year). Such grants are typically part of director compensation and do not by themselves indicate bullish or bearish insider trading intent. Once the shares vest, the insider will own them outright and may later sell subject to company policies and insider-trading rules.