SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ellis Michael K

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O PORTILLO'S INC.
2001 SPRING ROAD, SUITE 400

(Street)
OAK BROOK IL 60523

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/29/2022
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Portillo's Inc. [ PTLO ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Chief Development Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A common stock 13,969(1) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy) (2) 08/29/2032 Class A common stock 68,095 22.19 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents restricted stock units subject to time-based vesting granted on August 29, 2022, one-third of which vest on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service with the Issuer and the terms of the applicable award agreement.
2. Represents stock options granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, which vest in installments as follows: (i) one-third on the third anniversary of the grant date if the volume weighted average price of the Class A common stock for any 20 consecutive trading day period (the "20-Day VWAP") between the second and third anniversaries of the grant date is at least $30.00 per share, (ii) one-third on the fourth anniversary of the grant date if the 20-Day VWAP between the third and fourth anniversaries of the grant date is at least $40.00 per share, and (iii) one-third on the fifth anniversary of the grant date if the 20-Day VWAP between the fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date is at least $50.00 per share, each subject to adjustment and earlier acceleration or forfeiture.
Remarks:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney (incorporated herein by reference).
/s/ Susan Shelton, as attorney-in-fact for Michael K. Ellis 08/29/2022
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes each of Michael K. Ellis and Susan Shelton, with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

   1. prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

   2. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned with respect to Portillo's Inc. (the "Company"), Schedules 13D and 13G and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Sections 13 and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 3. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Schedules 13D or 13G or Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

   4. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Sections 13 and 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of August, 2022.

Very truly yours,


                                               /s/ Michael K. Ellis
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                                              Name: Michael K. Ellis