UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

(Rule 14a-101)

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT

 

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

 

Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

(Amendment No. )

 

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FIESTA RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

JCP INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP, LP

JCP SINGLE-ASSET PARTNERSHIP, LP

JCP INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP

JCP INVESTMENT HOLDINGS, LLC

JCP INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

JAMES C. PAPPAS

BLR PARTNERS LP

BLRPART, LP

BLRGP INC.

FONDREN MANAGEMENT, LP

FMLP INC.

BRADLEY L. RADOFF

BANDERA MASTER FUND L.P.

BANDERA PARTNERS LLC

GREGORY BYLINSKY

JEFFERSON GRAMM

LAKE TRAIL MANAGED INVESTMENTS LLC

LAKE TRAIL CAPITAL LP

LAKE TRAIL CAPITAL GP LLC

THOMAS W. PURCELL, JR.

JOSHUA E. SCHECHTER

JOHN B. MORLOCK

ALAN VITULI

(Name of Persons(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if Other Than the Registrant)

 

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JCP Investment Management, LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “JCP”), has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of JCP’s slate of highly qualified director nominees to the Board of Directors of Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), at the Company’s upcoming 2017 annual meeting of stockholders, or any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof.

 

On May 23, 2017, JCP issued an Investor Presentation, which is attached as Exhibit 1. The Investor Presentation was also posted to www.FixFiesta.com.