0001606366-25-000008 Sample Contracts

DIRECTOR AND OFFICER INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT
Director and Officer Indemnification Agreement • March 7th, 2025 • El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. • Retail-eating places • Delaware

AGREEMENT, dated as of _____________, 2025 (this “Agreement”), between El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and _____________ (“Indemnitee”).

FORM OF EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC. EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN PERFORMANCE STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT ​ (FOR OFFICERS)
Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement • March 7th, 2025 • El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. • Retail-eating places • Delaware

This Performance Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “Award Agreement”), effective as of ________ (the “Date of Grant”), is made by and between El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and __________ (the “Employee”). Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan, formerly the El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. 2018 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). Where the context permits, references to the Company shall include any successor to the Company.

Re:Post-Termination Benefits
Post-Termination Benefits Agreement • March 7th, 2025 • El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc. • Retail-eating places • California

In recognition of your service to El Pollo Loco, Inc. or one of its affiliates ("we," "us," or the "Company"), we are entering into this letter agreement (the "Letter Agreement") with you to document certain post-termination benefits to which you will be entitled upon certain terminations of employment, as set forth below.