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style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-top:4pt;text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">UNITED STATES</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:18pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">WASHINGTON, DC 20549</span><span style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:13.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;text-align:center"><span 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.02&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</span></div><div style="padding-left:72pt;text-indent:-72pt"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On May 27, 2021, at the Annual Meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 1,800,000 shares, no more than 900,000 of which may be issued as restricted stock or restricted stock units, as further described in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 13, 2021 (the "2021 Proxy Statement").  The amendment to the Plan was previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors").</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The amendment to the Plan was included as Appendix A to the 2021 Proxy Statement and is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 5.07&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">On May 27, 2021, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders to:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">consider and vote upon a proposal to elect two directors to serve on the Company's board of directors as Class II directors;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2021;</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers; and</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">4.</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:10.5pt">consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adoption of an amendment to the Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">There were 36,757,296 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding on the record date of March 29, 2021 for the annual meeting of shareholders. 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Insignares</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">27,991,278</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">190,665</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,279,315</span></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:1pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">b.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2021, based on the following votes:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:5pt;padding-left:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.959%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.130%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.439%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.131%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">32,170,930</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">258,749</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">31,579&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:1pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">c.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, based on the following votes:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:5pt;padding-left:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.816%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.822%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.132%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.822%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.824%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">25,898,133</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,135,557</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">148,253</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,279,315&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:5pt;text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:18pt;text-indent:-18pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">d.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The Company's shareholders approved the adoption of an amendment to the Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, based on the following votes:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:5pt;padding-left:18pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:92.816%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.822%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:24.132%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.822%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.824%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes For</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Votes Against</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Abstain</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Broker Non-Votes</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">25,362,750</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">2,767,424</span></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">51,769</span></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4,279,315&#160;</span></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Financial Statements and Exhibits</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(d) Exhibits</span><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:98.132%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.223%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:85.577%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit No.</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Description of Exhibit</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Exhibit 10.1</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div><span style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline" href="omnibusincentiveplanamendm.htm">Second Amendment to Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan</a></span></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"/><div style="min-height:42.75pt;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">SIGNATURE</span></div><div style="text-align:center"><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</span></div><div style="margin-top:5pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:258.75pt"><tr><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:34.00pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td><td style="width:220.75pt"></td><td style="width:1.0pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC.</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">/s/ Steven L. Brake</span></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Name:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Steven L. Brake</span></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Title:</span></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</span></td></tr></table></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span><br/></span></div><div><span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Date: June 1, 2021</span></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span><br/></span></div><div style="height:42.75pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><span><br/></span></div></div></div></body></html>
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taco-20210527
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
____________________________________________________________________
FORM
8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
May 27, 2021
____________________________________________________________________
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
____________________________________________________________________
Delaware
001-36197
46-3340980
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
25521 Commercentre Drive
Lake Forest,
California
92630
(Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(949)
462-9300
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.0001 Par Value
TACO
The Nasdaq Stock Market
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 27, 2021, at the Annual Meeting of shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan") to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 1,800,000 shares, no more than 900,000 of which may be issued as restricted stock or restricted stock units, as further described in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the Annual Meeting filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 13, 2021 (the "2021 Proxy Statement").  The amendment to the Plan was previously approved, subject to shareholder approval, by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board of Directors").
The amendment to the Plan was included as Appendix A to the 2021 Proxy Statement and is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-K.
Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 27, 2021, the Company held its annual meeting of shareholders to:
1.
consider and vote upon a proposal to elect two directors to serve on the Company's board of directors as Class II directors;
2.
consider and vote upon a proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2021;
3.
consider and vote upon a proposal to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers; and
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consider and vote upon a proposal to approve the adoption of an amendment to the Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
There were 36,757,296 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding on the record date of March 29, 2021 for the annual meeting of shareholders. The results for each matter voted on were as follows:
a.    The Company's shareholders elected two nominees to serve on the board of directors as Class II directors, based on the following votes:
Nominee
Votes For
Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Joseph Stein
27,538,706
643,237
4,279,315
Valerie L. Insignares
27,991,278
190,665
4,279,315
b.    The Company's shareholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 28, 2021, based on the following votes:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
32,170,930
258,749
31,579
c.    The Company's shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, based on the following votes:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
25,898,133
2,135,557
148,253
4,279,315
d.    The Company's shareholders approved the adoption of an amendment to the Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan, based on the following votes:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
25,362,750
2,767,424
51,769
4,279,315
Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
Exhibit 10.1
Second Amendment to Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/ Steven L. Brake
Name:
Steven L. Brake
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: June 1, 2021