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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

 

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Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on April 28, 2016.

           
      Meeting Information

FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

 

   

Meeting Type:                Annual Meeting

For holders as of:           March 1, 2016

      Date: April 28, 2016               Time: 8:00 AM, CDT
(FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC. LOGO)      Location:

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.
14800 Landmark Blvd.
Suite 500
Addison, Texas 75254

       
       

FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

ATTN: LYNN S. SCHWEINFURTH, SVP/CFO

14800 LANDMARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 500

ADDISON, TX 75254


 

 

   

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Voting Items    
     

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR items 1, 2 and 3:

     
1.

To elect as Class I Directors of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., the nominees below:

     
  Nominees:  
     
  01)     Timothy P. Taft  
  02)     Stacey Rauch  
     

 

 

   
2. To adopt, on an advisory basis, a resolution approving the compensation of the Company’s Named Executive Officers, as described in the Proxy Statement under “Executive Compensation.”
   
3. To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc. for the 2016 fiscal year.
   
4. In their discretion, upon such other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or adjournments thereof.
   
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