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Trademark Security Agreement

 EXHIBIT 10.18 
  
  
 TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT 

 
 This TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as
of December 29, 1999, by and between El Pollo Loco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”), and SunTrust Bank, Atlanta (the “Agent”), as agent for itself, the Lenders (as defined below) and the Issuing Banks (as defined
below). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
  
 WHEREAS, the Grantor, EPL Intermediate, Inc., the lenders party thereto ( the
“Lenders”), SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as issuing bank (together with any other Person who hereafter may be designated as an Issuing Bank pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined below), the “Issuing Banks”) and the Agent are
parties to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may hereafter be modified, amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to extend credit
to the Grantor from time to time and the Grantor has granted a security interest in all of its personal property to the Agent for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks (the “Lender Group”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Lender Group has required that the Grantor execute and deliver
this Agreement (i) in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of all of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) as a condition to any extension of credit under the Credit Agreement;

  
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises set
forth above and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, sufficiency and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor hereby agrees as follows: 
  
 1. Defined Terms. 
  
 (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein that is defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning
specified for such term in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 (b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to 

  

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any particular provision of this Agreement, and paragraph references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. 
  
 (c) All terms defined in this Agreement in the singular
shall have comparable meanings when used in the plural, and vice versa, unless otherwise specified. 
  
 2. Incorporation of Premises. The premises set forth above are incorporated into this Agreement by this reference thereto and are made a part
hereof. 
  
 3. Incorporation of the Credit Agreement. The
Credit Agreement and the terms and provisions thereof are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety by this reference thereto. 
  
 4. Security Interest in Trademarks. To secure the complete and timely payment, performance and satisfaction of all of the Obligations, the Grantor
hereby grants to the Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group a security interest in, with power of sale to the extent permitted by applicable law, all of the Grantor’s now owned or existing and hereafter acquired or arising: trademarks, trade
names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, including, without limitation, the trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
registered service marks and service mark applications listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof, and (a) all renewals thereof, (b) all income, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable under and
with respect thereto, including, without limitation, payments under all licenses entered into in connection therewith and damages and payments for past or future infringements or dilutions thereof, (c) the right to sue for past, present and future
infringements and dilutions thereof, (d) the goodwill of the Grantor’s business symbolized by the foregoing and connected therewith, and (e) all of the Grantor’s rights corresponding thereto throughout the world (all of the foregoing
trademarks, trade names, registered trademarks and trademark applications, service marks, registered service marks and service mark applications, together with the items described in clauses (a)-(e) in this paragraph 4(i), are
sometimes hereinafter individually and/or collectively referred to as the “Trademarks”). 
  
 5. Restrictions on Future Agreements. Other than in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice, the Grantor agrees that (a) it will not,
without the Agent’s prior written consent (which, so long as no Event of Default then exists, shall not unreasonably be withheld), enter into any agreement, including, without limitation, any license agreement, which is inconsistent with this
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to its control, including, without limitation, licensees, or fail to take any action, which would in any material respect affect the validity or enforcement
of the rights mortgaged to the Agent under this Agreement rights associated with the Trademarks. 
  
 6. Representations and Warranties; New Trademarks. The Grantor represents and warrants that, from and after the Agreement Date, (a) the Trademarks
listed on Schedule 1 include all of the material patent, trademark, service mark and copyright registrations and applications now owned or held by the Grantor, and (b) no liens or security interests in such Trademarks have been granted by the
Grantor to any Person other than the Agent and except as disclosed in the Credit Agreement. If, prior to the termination of this Agreement, the Grantor shall (i) obtain rights to any new material patent, trademark, service mark and copyright
registrations and applications or (ii) become entitled to the benefit of any new material patent, trademark, service mark and copyright registrations and applications, trademark licenses, trademark license renewals, service mark licenses or service
mark license renewals or license agreements whether as licensee or licensor, the provisions of paragraph 4 above shall automatically apply thereto (to the extent permitted by licensors under agreements in connection with the granting of such
licenses). The Grantor shall give to the Agent quarterly written notice of events described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence with respect to material licenses and prompt written notice of events described in clauses
(i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence with respect to any new registrations or applications. The Grantor may, and hereby authorizes the Agent to, modify this Agreement unilaterally (i) by amending Schedule 1 to include any
material patent, trademark, service mark and copyright registrations and applications, which are Trademarks under paragraph 4 above or under this paragraph 6 and (ii) by filing with the appropriate governmental authority, in addition
to and not in substitution for this Agreement, a duplicate original of this Agreement containing on Schedule 1 thereto, as the case may be, such future material patent, trademark, service mark and copyright registrations and applications.

  
 7. Royalties. The Grantor hereby agrees that the use by
the Agent of the Trademarks as authorized hereunder in connection with the Agent’s exercise of its rights and remedies under paragraph 15 or pursuant to any Loan Document shall be coextensive with the Grantor’s rights thereunder and
with respect thereto and without any liability for royalties or other related charges from the Lender Group to the Grantor. 
  
 8. Right to Inspect; Further Assignments and Security Interest. During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may, subject to
appropriate confidentiality measures, have access to, examine, audit, make copies (at the Grantor’s expense) and extracts from and inspect the Grantor’s premises and examine the Grantor’s books, records and operations relating to the
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assign its respective interests in the Trademarks without the prior and express written consent of the Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld);
provided that the Grantor may, in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice, grant licenses under the Trademarks without express written consent of the Agent. 
  
 9. Nature and Continuation of the Agent’s Security Interest;
Termination of the Agent’s Security Interest. This Agreement is made for collateral security purposes only. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Trademarks and shall terminate only when the Obligations have been
paid in full and the Commitments and Letter of Credit Commitment have been terminated. When this Agreement has terminated, the Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to the Grantor, at the Grantor’s expense, all termination statements and
other instruments as may be necessary or proper to terminate the Agent’s security interest in the Trademarks, subject to any disposition thereof which may have been made by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or the Credit Agreement.

  
 10. Duties of the Grantor. The Grantor shall, to the
extent deemed reasonable in the Grantor’s business judgment in the normal conduct of its business, prosecute diligently any trademark application or service mark application that is part of the Trademarks pending as of the date hereof or
hereafter until the termination of this Agreement. The Grantor further agrees (i) other than in the ordinary course of its business and consistent with past practice, not to abandon any material Trademark without the prior written consent of the
Agent, and (ii) to use its best efforts to maintain in full force and effect the Trademarks that are or shall be material in the operation of its business. Any expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing shall be borne by the Grantor. The
Agent shall not have any duty, other than any duty imposed by law, with respect to the Trademarks. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks shall be material under any obligation
to take any steps necessary to preserve rights in the Trademarks against any other parties, but the Agent may do so at its option during the continuation of an Event of Default, and all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be
for the sole account of the Grantor and shall be added to the Obligations secured hereby. 
  
 11. The Agent’s Right to Sue. During the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own name to enforce the Trademarks and, if the
Agent shall commence any such suit, the Grantor shall, at the request of the Agent, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents reasonably required by the Agent in aid of such enforcement. The Grantor shall, upon demand,
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(including, without limitation, fees and expenses of outside attorneys and paralegals for the Agent). 
  
 12. Waivers. The Agent’s failure, at any time or times hereafter,
to require strict performance by the Grantor of any provision of this Agreement shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of the Agent thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance therewith nor shall any course of dealing between the
Grantor and the Agent have such effect. No single or partial exercise of any right hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. None of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and
representations of the Grantor contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by the Agent unless such suspension or waiver is in writing signed by an officer of the Agent and directed to the Grantor specifying such
suspension or waiver. 
  
 13. Severability. Whenever
possible, each provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but the provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any clause or provision shall be held invalid and
unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part hereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any
other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction. 
  
 14. Modification. This Agreement cannot be altered, amended or modified in any way, except as specifically provided in paragraph 6 hereof or by a writing signed by the parties hereto. 
  
 15. Power of Attorney; Cumulative Remedies. (a) The Grantor hereby
irrevocably designates, constitutes and appoints the Agent (and all officers and agents of the Agent designated by the Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) as the Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, and with reasonably concurrent
notice to the Grantor that it intends to exercise its rights under this Section 15, authorizes the Agent and any of the Agent’s designees, in the Grantor’s or the Agent’s name, effective upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of an Event of Default to take any action and execute any instrument necessary or reasonably advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, to (i) endorse the Grantor’s name on all applications,
documents, papers and instruments necessary or reasonably desirable for the Agent in the use of the Trademarks, (ii) assign, pledge, convey or otherwise transfer title in or dispose of the Trademarks to anyone, (iii) grant or issue any exclusive or
nonexclusive license under the Trademarks to anyone, and (iv) take any other actions with respect to the Trademarks as the Agent reasonably deems in the best interest of the 

  

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Lender Group. The Grantor hereby ratifies all that such attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is coupled
with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated. The Grantor acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is not intended to limit or restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Agent under the Credit Agreement or
any other Loan Document, but rather is intended to facilitate the exercise of such rights and remedies. 
  
 (b) The Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies given it by the terms of this Agreement, all rights and remedies
allowed by law and the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in any jurisdiction in which the Trademarks may be located or deemed located. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of
Default, and upon the election by the Agent to exercise any of its remedies under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York with respect to the Trademarks, the Grantor agrees to assign, convey and otherwise transfer title in
and to the Trademarks to the Agent or any transferee of the Agent and to execute and deliver to the Agent or any such transferee all such agreements, documents and instruments as may be necessary, in the Agent’s sole discretion, to effect such
assignment, conveyance and transfer. All of the Agent’s rights and remedies with respect to the Trademarks, whether established hereby, by the Credit Agreement or by any other agreements or by law, shall be cumulative and may be exercised
separately or concurrently. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, it is hereby expressly agreed that upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Agent may exercise any of the rights and remedies
provided in this Agreement, the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Grantor agrees that any notification of intended disposition of any of the Trademarks required by law shall be deemed reasonably and properly given if given at
least five (5) days, if such notice is given by facsimile or eight (8) days, if such notice is given by mail, before such disposition; provided, however, that the Agent may give any shorter notice that is commercially reasonable under
the circumstances. 
  
 16. Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon the Grantor and its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks and their respective nominees, successors and assigns. The Grantor’s successors
and assigns shall include, without limitation, a receiver or a trustee of the Grantor; provided, however, that the Grantor shall not voluntarily assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder without the Agent’s prior
written consent. 
  
 17. Governing Law. This Agreement
shall be construed and enforced and the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by in all respects in accordance with the laws and decisions of the State of New York. 
  

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 18. Notices. All notices or other communications hereunder shall be given in the manner and to
the addresses set forth in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 19.
Paragraph Titles. The paragraph titles herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not affect in any way the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof. 
  
 20. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of a counterpart hereof by facsimile transmission shall be as
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. 
  
 21. Merger. This Agreement represents the final agreement of the Grantor, the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Agent with respect to the matters contained herein and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior or contemporaneous
agreements, or subsequent oral agreements, between the Grantor and the Agent or any Lender. 
  
 22. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the Agreement Date. 
  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first
above written. 
  

									
	 Sworn to and subscribed
 before me this 22 day
 of December,
1999.
	 	 	 	 EL POLLO LOCO, INC.

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Glenn B. Kaufman        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Its:
	 	Vice President
			
	 NOTARY PUBLIC
 Cindy S. Gregoire
	 	 	 	 
				
	 My Commission Expires
 September 20, 2001
	 	 	 	 	 	 
				
	 Sworn to and subscribed
 before me this 22 day
 of December, 1999.
	 	 	 	 	 	 SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA,
 as Agent

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    James M. Warren        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Its:
	 	Vice President
					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Randall A. Parrish        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Its:
	 	Vice President
	 NOTARY PUBLIC
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
					
	 My Commission ExpiresParent Pledge Agreement, dated as of December 29, 1999

  
 EXHIBIT 10.19

  
  
 PARENT PLEDGE AGREEMENT 
  
 This PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), made this 29th day of December 1999, by EPL HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), and EPL INTERMEDIATE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Intermediate” and
together with Holdings, each individually a “Pledgor” and collectively, the “Pledgors”), in favor of SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA (the “Agent”), as agent for itself, the Lenders (as defined below) and the Issuing Banks (as
defined below). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
  
 WHEREAS, Intermediate, El Pollo Loco, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“EPL”), the lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”), SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, as issuing bank (together with any other Person who hereafter may be designated as an Issuing Bank pursuant to the Credit Agreement (as defined below),
the “Issuing Banks”) and the Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may hereafter be modified, amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant
to which the Lenders and Issuing Banks have agreed to extend credit to Intermediate and EPL from time to time and the EPL has granted a security interest in substantially all of its personal property to the Agent for the benefit of the Agent, the
Lenders and the Issuing Banks (collectively, the “Lender Group”); and 
  
 WHEREAS, EPL is a direct Subsidiary of Intermediate and Intermediate is a direct Subsidiary of Holdings, and the Pledgors will realize substantial direct and indirect benefits as a result of the extensions of credit
to EPL pursuant to the Credit Agreement; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the
Agent has required that the Pledgors execute and deliver this Agreement pledging to the Agent the shares of capital stock identified on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Stock”) owned by the Pledgors in the Subsidiaries listed on
Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Pledged Subsidiaries”)(i) in order to secure the prompt and complete payment, observance and performance of all of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (ii) as a condition to any
extension of credit under the Credit Agreement; 
  
 NOW,
THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement to the extent not otherwise defined or limited herein, and further agree as follows: 
  
 1. Warranty. Each Pledgor hereby represents and warrants to the Agent that (i) except for the security interest created hereby, such Pledgor owns
the Stock set forth opposite its name on Exhibit A, which stock constitutes the percentage of the issued and outstanding class of stock of the Pledged Subsidiaries shown on Exhibit A, free and clear of all Liens, (ii) such Stock is
duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (iii) such Pledgor has the unencumbered right to pledge such Stock. 
  

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 2. Security Interest. Each Pledgor hereby unconditionally pledges, transfers, conveys, grants
and assigns to the Agent, a continuing security interest in the Stock owned by it and all substitutions therefor and replacements thereof, all proceeds and products thereof and all rights relating thereto, including, without limitation, the
certificates representing the Stock, all warrants, options, share appreciation rights and other rights, contractual or otherwise, in respect thereof and of all dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in addition to, in substitution of, on account of or in exchange for any or all of the Stock, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such Pledgor. Each Pledgor has delivered to and deposited with the Agent
certificates representing the Stock owned by it, and undated stock powers endorsed in blank, as security for the payment and performance of all Obligations. It is the intention of the parties hereto that record and beneficial ownership of the Stock,
including, without limitation, all voting, consensual and dividend rights, shall remain in the Pledgors until the occurrence of an Event of Default and until the Agent shall notify the Pledgors of the Agent’s exercise of voting and consensual
rights to the Stock pursuant to Section 9 hereof. 
  
 3.
Additional Shares. In the event that, during the term of this Agreement: 
  
 (a) any stock dividend, stock split, reclassification, readjustment, or other change is declared or made in relation to the Stock, or any
new common stock is issued by the Pledged Subsidiary, all new, substituted, and additional shares, or other securities, shall be issued to the relevant Pledgor and shall be promptly delivered to the Agent by such Pledgor, together with undated stock
powers endorsed in blank by such Pledgor, and shall thereupon constitute additional Stock to be held by the Agent under the terms of this Agreement; and 
  
 (b) any subscriptions, warrants or any other rights or options shall be issued in connection with the Stock, all new common stock or other
securities (other than preferred stock in Intermediate) acquired through such subscriptions, warrants, rights or options, together with appropriate powers by such Pledgor, shall be promptly delivered to the Agent by such Pledgor, and shall thereupon
constitute Stock to be held by the Agent under the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 4. Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent may sell or otherwise dispose of the Stock at a public or private sale or make other commercially reasonable disposition of the Stock
or any portion thereof after ten (10) calendar days’ notice to the Pledgors and any member of the Lender Group may purchase the Stock or any portion thereof at any public sale. The proceeds of the public or private sale or other disposition
first shall be applied to the actual and costs of the Agent incurred in connection with the sale, expressly including, without limitation, any costs under Section 7 hereof, and then as provided in the Credit Agreement. In the event the proceeds of
the sale or other disposition of the Stock are insufficient to satisfy the Obligations, the Pledgors shall remain liable for any such deficiency to the extent provided in the Loan Documents. 
  

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 5. Additional Rights of Secured Party. In addition to its rights and privileges under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document, the Agent shall have all the rights, powers and privileges of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction. 
  
 6. Return of Stock to the Pledgors. Upon payment in full of the
Obligations (other than contingent liabilities not yet due), full performance by the Pledgors of all covenants, undertakings and obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, satisfaction in full of any other Obligations
(other than contingent liabilities not yet due) and termination of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the Agent’s security interest hereunder shall terminate, and the Agent shall return the remaining Stock together with the executed stock
powers and all rights received by the Agent as a result of its possessory interest in the Stock to the Pledgors. 
  
 7. Disposition of Stock by the Agent. The Stock is not registered or qualified under the various Federal or state securities laws of the United
States and disposition thereof after an Event of Default may be restricted to one or more private (instead of public) sales in view of the lack of such registration. Each Pledgor understands that upon such disposition, the Agent may approach only a
restricted number of potential purchasers and further understands that a sale under such circumstances may yield a lower price for the Stock than if the Stock were registered and qualified pursuant to Federal and state securities laws and sold on
the open market. Each Pledgor, therefore, agrees that: 
  
 (a) if the Agent shall, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, sell or cause the Stock or any portion thereof to be sold at a private sale, the Agent shall have the right to rely upon the advice and opinion of any nationally recognized
brokerage or investment firm (but shall not be obligated to seek such advice and the failure to do so shall not be considered in determining the commercial reasonableness of such action) as to the best manner in which to offer the Stock for sale and
as to the best price reasonably obtainable at the private sale thereof; and 
  
 (b) such reliance shall be conclusive evidence that the Agent has handled such disposition in a commercially reasonable manner. 
  

8. Each Pledgor’s Obligations Absolute. The obligations of each Pledgor under this Agreement shall be direct and immediate and not
conditional or contingent upon the pursuit of any remedies against any other Person, nor against other security or Liens available to any member of the Lender Group. Each Pledgor hereby waives any right to require that an action be brought against
any other Person or to require that resort be had to any security or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any member of the Lender Group in favor of any other Person prior to the exercise of remedies hereunder, or to
require action hereunder prior to resort by the Agent to any other security or collateral for the Credit Agreement and the other Obligations. 
  

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 9. Voting Rights. 
  
 (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, (i) the Agent may, upon ten (10) calendar days’ prior
notice to the relevant Pledgor of the Agent’s intention to do so, exercise all voting rights, and all other ownership or consensual rights of the Stock owned by such Pledgor, but under no circumstances is the Agent obligated by the terms of
this Agreement to exercise such rights, and (ii) each Pledgor hereby appoints the Agent, which appointment shall be effective on the 10th day following the giving of notice by the Agent as provided in the foregoing clause (i), such Pledgor’s
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and IRREVOCABLE PROXY to vote the Stock owned by such Pledgor in any manner the Agent deems advisable for or against all matters submitted or which may be submitted to a vote of shareholders. The power-of-attorney
granted hereby is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable. 
  
 (b) For so long as any Pledgor shall have the right to vote the Stock owned by it, such Pledgor covenants and agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, vote or take any consensual action
with respect to such Stock which would constitute an Event of Default. 
  
 10. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner and to the addresses set forth in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 11. Binding Agreement; Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Agreement, together with all documents referred to herein, constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters addressed herein and may
not be modified except by a writing executed by the Agent and each Pledgor in accordance with the Credit Agreement and delivered by the Agent to the Pledgors. 
  

12. Severability. If any paragraph or part thereof shall for any reason be held or adjudged to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by any court
of competent jurisdiction, such paragraph or part thereof so adjudicated invalid, illegal or unenforceable shall be deemed separate, distinct and independent, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be
affected by such holding or adjudication. 
  
 13.
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such separate counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart
hereof by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. 
  
 14. Agent. Each reference herein to any right granted to, benefit conferred upon or power exercisable by the “Agent” shall be a reference
to the Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group, and each action taken or right exercised hereunder shall be deemed to have been so taken or exercised by the Agent for the benefit of the Lender Group. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties hereto have executed this Agreement by and through their
duly authorized officers, as of the day and year first above written. 
  

									
	PLEDGORS:	 	 	 	 EPL INTERMEDIATE, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Glenn B. Kaufman        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	Glenn B. Kaufman
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	Vice President and Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 EPL HOLDINGS, INC.,
 a Delaware corporation

					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Glenn B. Kaufman        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	Glenn B. Kaufman
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	Vice President and Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	AGENT:	 	 	 	SUNTRUST BANK, ATLANTA
					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    James M. Warren        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	James M. Warren
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	Vice President
					
	 	 	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/    Randall A. Parrish        
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Name:
	 	Randall A. Parrish
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 Title:
	 	Vice President

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