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SCHEDULE Filed 2025-03-03 Event 2025-03-03 SEC 0000921895-25-000678 →

Engaged Capital LLC Portillo's Inc. PTLO

Stake: 8.60% Shares: 5,479,771 CUSIP: 73642K106 Class: Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

Item 4 — Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following: On March 3, 2025, Engaged Capital Flagship Master delivered a letter to the Issuer nominating Charles R. Morrison and Nicole Portwood (collectively, the "Nominees") for election to the Board at the Issuer's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). Also on March 3, 2025, the Reporting Persons issued a press release (the "March 3rd Press Release") announcing the nomination of the Nominees for election to the Board at the Annual Meeting. The March 3rd Press Release highlighted the Nominees' qualifications and experience in restaurant operations and marketing, including Mr. Morrison's prior service as Chief Executive Officer of Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING), where he delivered total shareholder returns of ~760% during his tenure, and Ms. Portwood's prior role as Chief Marketing Officer of Tito's Handmade Vodka, where she helped extend Tito's beyond its local Texas roots to one of the most recognized brands in the world. The Reporting Persons are confident that the addition of the Nominees to the Board will dramatically improve the Issuer's ability to execute and close the gap with industry peers. The foregoing description of the March 3rd Press Release does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the March 3rd Press Release, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. Below please find brief backgrounds of Engaged Capital Flagship Master's highly qualified Nominees. Charles (Charlie) R. Morrison Mr. Morrison is a leading restaurant industry executive and director with significant expertise in compounding same store sales, optimizing operations and developing high-return unit growth strategies in the restaurant space. - Most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of And Go Concepts, LLC (d/b/a Salad and Go) ("Salad and Go"), a fast-casual restaurant chain, from April 2022 to October 2024, where he also served as a director from November 2020 to December 2024. - Prior to that, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Wingstop Inc. (NASDAQ: WING), an American restaurant chain, from 2012 to March 2022, where he also served as a director and then as Chairman from 2017 until his resignation. - Earlier in his career, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Pizza Inn Inc. (formerly NASDAQ: PZZI) (n/k/a Rave Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RAVE)), a publicly traded international pizza chain, from 2007 to 2012. Nicole Portwood Ms. Portwood is an experienced marketing executive with significant expertise in leading growth and brand transformation at well-known, global brands. - Most recently served as Chief Marketing Officer of Salad and Go, a fast-casual restaurant chain, from October 2023 to February 2025, where she also served as a director from February 2023 to October 2023. - Previously served as the General Manager of House of Delola, LLC, a ready-to-drink cocktail brand developed by Jennifer Lopez, from June 2022 to September 2023, as well as Chief Brand Officer at Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV), an American multinational entertainment company, from June 2021 to June 2022. - Prior to that, served as Vice President of Marketing - Mountain Dew, Energy & Flavors at PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) from September 2018 to June 2021, and as Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Tito's Handmade Vodka at Fifth Generation, Inc. from 2010 to 2018, where she helped extend Tito's beyond its local Texas roots to one of the most recognized brands in the world.

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