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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGIST ERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
BoardofDirectorsandStockholders
ElPolloLocoHoldings,Inc.
CostaMesa,California
WehaveauditedtheaccompanyingconsolidatedbalancesheetsofElPolloLocoHoldings,Inc.(“Company”)asofDecember30,2015andDecember31,2014,
andtherelatedconsolidatedstatementsofoperations,changesinstockholders’equity,andcashflowsforeachofthethreeyearsintheperiodendedDecember30,
2015.TheseconsolidatedfinancialstatementsaretheresponsibilityoftheCompany’smanagement.Ourresponsibilityistoexpressanopiniononthese
consolidatedfinancialstatementsbasedonouraudits.
WeconductedourauditsinaccordancewiththestandardsofthePublicCompanyAccountingOversightBoard(UnitedStates).Thosestandardsrequirethatwe
planandperformtheaudittoobtainreasonableassuranceaboutwhethertheconsolidatedfinancialstatementsarefreeofmaterialmisstatement.TheCompanyis
notrequiredtohave,norwereweengagedtoperform,anauditofitsinternalcontroloverfinancialreporting.Ourauditsincludedconsiderationofinternalcontrol
overfinancialreportingasabasisfordesigningauditproceduresthatareappropriateinthecircumstances,butnotforthepurposeofexpressinganopiniononthe
effectivenessoftheCompany’sinternalcontroloverfinancialreporting.Accordingly,weexpressnosuchopinion.Anauditalsoincludesexamining,onatest
basis,evidencesupportingtheamountsanddisclosuresintheconsolidatedfinancialstatements,assessingtheaccountingprinciplesusedandsignificantestimates
madebymanagement,aswellasevaluatingtheoverallconsolidatedfinancialstatementpresentation.Webelievethatourauditsprovideareasonablebasisforour
opinion.
Inouropinion,theconsolidatedfinancialstatementsreferredtoabovepresentfairly,inallmaterialrespects,thefinancialpositionofElPolloLocoHoldings,Inc.
atDecember30,2015andDecember31,2014,andtheresultsofitsoperationsanditscashflowsforeachofthethreeyearsintheperiodendedDecember30,2015
, inconformitywithaccountingprinciplesgenerallyacceptedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
/s/BDOUSA,LLP
CostaMesa,California
March11,2016
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