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El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

  • 8Reported items
  • 182Asset managers
  • 1,384Fund votes
  • 2026-05-26Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.

These tallies are El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2026-05-26
Ballot itemForAgainst AbstainWithheldBroker non-votesOutcome
Elect Director: Tana Davila 22,085,229---- 44,9964,658,914 Majority: yes
Elect Director: Frank Garrido 22,082,786---- 47,4394,658,914 Majority: yes
Proposal 2: Ratification of appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm 26,723,78254,10311,254 ---- Majority: yes
Proposal 3: Non-binding advisory vote regarding approval of the Company's named executive officers' compensation 21,942,592175,57412,059 --4,658,914 Majority: yes
Proposal 5: Approval of the amendments to the Company's Equity Incentive Plan 21,485,764638,8205,641 --4,658,914 Majority: yes
Proposal 6: Shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a majority voting standard for the election of directors in uncontested elections 15,630,3626,432,82067,043 --4,658,914 Majority: yes

Source: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-05-29 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 182 asset managers that disclosed a El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. Approval, on an Advisory (Non- Binding) Basis, of the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.2% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.2%
FOR: 21,942,592AGAINST: 175,574

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 3: Non-binding advisory vote regarding approval of the Company's named executive officers' compensation”): 21,942,592 for, 175,574 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 72% for, 0.6% against (73% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 182 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR. Fund share totals are not shown for this item: fund-reported shares overlap across filings (an adviser and the funds it manages can each report the same shares), and here their sum exceeds the total votes cast at the meeting.

FOR 99.9%
FOR: 99.9%AGAINST: 0.0%ABSTAIN: 0.1%
Largest asset managers voting on “Approval, on an Advisory (Non- Binding) Basis, of the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers.” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP.4,000,0000 00For
BlackRock2,155,9640 00For
Vanguard1,469,6820 00For
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT814,4040 00For
Tieton Capital Management, LLC807,4170 00For
Dimensional774,9550 00For
Prudential/PGIM699,6320 00For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC667,7160 00For
Goldman Sachs592,1530 00For
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.582,9960 00For
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC580,2930 00For
Fidelity572,9370 00For
State Street559,0100 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
BIGLARI, SARDAR489,2470 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC477,2330 00For
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP469,7890 00For
Charles Schwab433,9310 00For
Rodgers Brothers Inc.415,0500 00For
Two Sigma356,8760 00For
Renaissance287,7660 00For
Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP252,8530 00For
Invesco252,1000 00For
EA Series Trust247,0980 00For
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System200,9450 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 182 asset managers. See all 182 in the interactive database.

2. Approval, on an Advisory (Non- Binding) Basis, of the Frequency of Shareholders Votes on the Compensation of our Named Executive Officers.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

100% fund support · no official result

ONE YEAR 44%1 YEAR 26%1-YR 20%

The 177 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (878,458 for, 0 against).

FOR: 878,458 (4.0%)ONE YEAR: 9,650,132 (43.8%)1 YEAR: 5,708,284 (25.9%)1-YR: 4,489,247 (20.4%)THREE YEARS: 789,807 (3.6%)1: 480,050 (2.2%)3 YEARS: 12,518 (0.1%)1.0: 1,904 (0.0%)3.0: 3 (0.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Approval, on an Advisory (Non- Binding) Basis, of the Frequency of Shareholders Votes on the Compensation of o” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP.00 001-Yr
BlackRock00 001 Year
Vanguard00 00One Year
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT00 001 Year
Tieton Capital Management, LLC807,4170 00For
Dimensional00 00Three Years
Prudential/PGIM00 001 Year
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC00 00One Year
Goldman Sachs00 001 Year
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.00 00One Year
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC00 00One Year
Fidelity00 00One Year
State Street00 00One Year
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS00 00One Year
BIGLARI, SARDAR00 001-Yr
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC00 00One Year
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP00 00One Year
Charles Schwab00 001 Year
Rodgers Brothers Inc.00 001
Two Sigma00 00One Year
Renaissance00 00One Year
Invesco00 00One Year
EA Series Trust00 001 Year
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System00 00One Year
Northern Trust00 001 Year

Showing the 25 largest of 177 asset managers. See all 177 in the interactive database.

3. RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BDO USA, LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2026.

AUDIT-RELATEDMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 3 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.7%
FOR: 26,723,782AGAINST: 54,103

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 2: Ratification of appointment of BDO USA, P.C. as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm”): 26,723,782 for, 54,103 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 88% for, 0.2% against (88% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 65 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,391,948 for, 0 against).

FOR 100%
FOR: 6,391,948 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF BDO USA, LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2026.” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,284,2170 00For
BlackRock1,141,1370 00For
Dimensional583,6490 00For
Fidelity571,6260 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
EA Series Trust247,0980 00For
Charles Schwab216,9200 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC193,3000 00For
Prudential/PGIM183,3360 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/147,0000 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND112,0000 00For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST111,9000 00For
Principal99,6500 00For
OPTIMUM FUND TRUST69,4000 00For
Equitable68,4140 00For
FORUM FUNDS65,0000 00For
FORUM FUNDS II56,4600 00For
Goldman Sachs53,0560 00For
American Century48,3400 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS47,1010 00For
Invesco46,7940 00For
TIAA45,9620 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC44,1540 00For
Columbia Threadneedle43,8000 00For
State Street39,8030 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

4. Approval of an Amendment to the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan"), Including an Increase to the Number of Shares of our Common Stock Reserved for Issuance Thereunder.

COMPENSATIONMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%
FOR: 21,485,764AGAINST: 638,820

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 5: Approval of the amendments to the Company's Equity Incentive Plan”): 21,485,764 for, 638,820 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 71% for, 2% against (73% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 65 asset managers below cast 97% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,205,910 for, 166,638 against).

FOR 97%
FOR: 6,205,910 (97.4%)AGAINST: 166,638 (2.6%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Approval of an Amendment to the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan ("Equity Incentive Plan"), ” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,282,3401,877 00For
BlackRock1,141,1370 00For
Dimensional583,6490 00For
Fidelity571,6260 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
EA Series Trust247,0980 00For
Charles Schwab216,9200 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC193,3000 00For
Prudential/PGIM183,3360 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/147,0000 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND112,0000 00For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST111,9000 00For
Principal99,6500 00For
OPTIMUM FUND TRUST69,4000 00For
Equitable68,4140 00For
FORUM FUNDS065,000 00Against
FORUM FUNDS II56,4600 00For
Goldman Sachs53,0560 00For
American Century048,340 00Against
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS047,101 00Against
Invesco46,7940 00For
TIAA45,9620 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC44,1540 00For
Columbia Threadneedle43,8000 00For
State Street39,8030 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 65 asset managers. See all 65 in the interactive database.

5. A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING THE ADOPTION OF A MAJORITY VOTING STANDARD FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS IN UNCONTESTED ELECTIONS.

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSESMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

71% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 71%AGAINST 29%
FOR: 15,630,362AGAINST: 6,432,820

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Proposal 6: Shareholder proposal requesting the adoption of a majority voting standard for the election of directors in uncontested elections”): 15,630,362 for, 6,432,820 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 51.3% for, 21% against (72% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 64 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,233,371 for, 139,177 against).

FOR 98%
FOR: 6,233,371 (97.8%)AGAINST: 139,177 (2.2%)
Largest asset managers voting on “A SHAREHOLDER PROPOSAL REQUESTING THE ADOPTION OF A MAJORITY VOTING STANDARD FOR THE ELECTION OF DIRECTORS IN ” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,282,8971,320 00For
BlackRock1,141,1370 00For
Dimensional583,6490 00For
Fidelity571,6260 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
EA Series Trust227,44519,653 00For
Charles Schwab216,9200 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC193,3000 00For
Prudential/PGIM183,3360 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/147,0000 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND112,0000 00For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST111,9000 00For
Principal99,6500 00For
OPTIMUM FUND TRUST69,4000 00For
Equitable68,4140 00For
FORUM FUNDS065,000 00Against
FORUM FUNDS II56,4600 00For
Goldman Sachs53,0560 00For
American Century48,3400 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS047,101 00Against
Invesco46,7940 00For
TIAA45,9620 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC44,1540 00For
Columbia Threadneedle43,8000 00For
State Street39,8030 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 64 asset managers. See all 64 in the interactive database.

6. Election of Directors: Frank Garrido

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.7%
FOR: 22,082,786WITHHELD: 47,439

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Frank Garrido”): 22,082,786 for, 47,439 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 73% for, 0.2% withheld (73% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 64 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,391,948 for, 0 against).

FOR 100%
FOR: 6,391,948 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Frank Garrido” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,284,2170 00For
BlackRock1,141,1370 00For
Dimensional583,6490 00For
Fidelity571,6260 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
EA Series Trust247,0980 00For
Charles Schwab216,9200 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC193,3000 00For
Prudential/PGIM183,3360 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/147,0000 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND112,0000 00For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST111,9000 00For
Principal99,6500 00For
OPTIMUM FUND TRUST69,4000 00For
Equitable68,4140 00For
FORUM FUNDS65,0000 00For
FORUM FUNDS II56,4600 00For
Goldman Sachs53,0560 00For
American Century48,3400 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS47,1010 00For
Invesco46,7940 00For
TIAA45,9620 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC44,1540 00For
Columbia Threadneedle43,8000 00For
State Street39,8030 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 64 asset managers. See all 64 in the interactive database.

7. Election of Directors: Tana Davila

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 7 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.7%
FOR: 22,085,229WITHHELD: 44,996

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Tana Davila”): 22,085,229 for, 44,996 withheld, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-29 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 30,455,298 outstanding shares: 73% for, 0.2% withheld (73% of the company cast a for/withheld vote).

The 64 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (6,391,948 for, 0 against).

FOR 100%
FOR: 6,391,948 (100.0%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Election of Directors: Tana Davila” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Vanguard1,284,2170 00For
BlackRock1,141,1370 00For
Dimensional583,6490 00For
Fidelity571,6260 00For
FIRST EAGLE FUNDS505,1300 00For
EA Series Trust247,0980 00For
Charles Schwab216,9200 00For
BRIDGEWAY FUNDS INC193,3000 00For
Prudential/PGIM183,3360 00For
HOTCHKIS & WILEY FUNDS /DE/147,0000 00For
ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND112,0000 00For
TARGET PORTFOLIO TRUST111,9000 00For
Principal99,6500 00For
OPTIMUM FUND TRUST69,4000 00For
Equitable68,4140 00For
FORUM FUNDS65,0000 00For
FORUM FUNDS II56,4600 00For
Goldman Sachs53,0560 00For
American Century48,3400 00For
TETON WESTWOOD FUNDS47,1010 00For
Invesco46,7940 00For
TIAA45,9620 00For
QUANTITATIVE MASTER SERIES LLC44,1540 00For
Columbia Threadneedle43,8000 00For
State Street39,8030 00For

Showing the 25 largest of 64 asset managers. See all 64 in the interactive database.

8. Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency

COMPENSATION

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

— fund support · no official result

ABSTAIN 39%ONE YEAR 61%

No shares were cast for or against this item by the managers below — every disclosed position was an abstention or was not voted.

ABSTAIN: 12,210 (38.6%)ONE YEAR: 19,400 (61.4%)
Largest asset managers voting on “Advisory Vote on Say on Pay Frequency” at El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., 2025-2026
Asset managerForAgainst AbstainWithheldVote
Empower00 00One Year
ALGERT GLOBAL LLC00 12,2100Abstain

Largest El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked by the number of El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting, shown as a share of the 30,455,298 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. shareholders by shares voted, 2025-2026
#Asset manager % of shares outstanding
1BIGLARI CAPITAL CORP. 13.13%
2BlackRock 7.08%
3Vanguard 4.83%
4LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 2.67%
5Tieton Capital Management, LLC 2.65%
6Dimensional 2.54%
7Prudential/PGIM 2.30%
8GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.19%
9Goldman Sachs 1.94%
10Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 1.91%

Reported El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. beneficial owners on record for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder % outstanding Disclosure
Sardar Biglari and affiliates 14.74% DEF14A
BIGLARI, SARDAR 13.54% 13D
BlackRock 7.50% 13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors 6.61% 13F
Vanguard Group 4.78% 13F
CapitalSpring Finance Company, LLC and Affiliates 3.72% DEF14A
CSIP VI Corporate Acquisitions, LP 3.65% 13D
Goldman Sachs 3.58% 13F
Geode Capital 2.19% 13F
Two Sigma 2.11% 13F

Percentages above are of 30,455,298 shares outstanding, as reported by El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. on its Form 10-Q dated 2026-05-01 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

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Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.’s 10-Q dated 2026-05-01. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.'s shareholder meeting held 2026-05-26, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 182 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 1,384 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 8 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. On the most widely held item on that ballot — Approval, on an Advisory (Non- Binding) Basis, of the Compensation of our Named Executive… — FOR was 99.2% of the votes cast (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side), which is more than half. Whether the item was approved is for the filing to say; that statement has not been read for this item. Source: El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.'s Form 8-K, Item 5.07, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on 2026-05-29.

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