SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT	6 Months Ended
Jun. 25, 2025
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT	13. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT On August 8, 2023, the Board declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) outstanding on August 8, 2023 to the stockholders of record on that date. In connection with the distribution of the Rights, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”), dated as of August 8, 2023, between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent. Each Right entitled the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”) at a price of $53.75 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share represented by a Right, subject to adjustment. On August 4, 2024, the Board approved and entered into an Amendment to the Rights Agreement (together, the “Amended Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Amended Rights Agreement, the expiration date of the Rights was extended to May 30, 2025 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, the date that the votes of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders were certified. The Amended Rights Agreement expired and was terminated by its term on May 30, 2025.

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT

6 Months Ended

Jun. 25, 2025

13. SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT

On August 8, 2023, the Board declared a dividend of one preferred share purchase right (a “Right”) for each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Shares”) outstanding on August 8, 2023 to the stockholders of record on that date. In connection with the distribution of the Rights, the Company entered into a Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”), dated as of August 8, 2023, between the Company and Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, as rights agent. Each Right entitled the registered holder to purchase from the Company one one-thousandth of a share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred Shares”) at a price of $53.75 per one one-thousandth of a Preferred Share represented by a Right, subject to adjustment.

On August 4, 2024, the Board approved and entered into an Amendment to the Rights Agreement (together, the “Amended Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Amended Rights Agreement, the expiration date of the Rights was extended to May 30, 2025 11:59 p.m., Pacific Time, the date that the votes of the stockholders of the Company with respect to the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders were certified.

The Amended Rights Agreement expired and was terminated by its term on May 30, 2025.

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. 10-Q