Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. Announces Resignation of Patrick D. Walsh from its Board

Del Taco Restaurants is an operator and franchisor of restaurants featuring made-to-order cuisine, including both Mexican inspired and American classic dishes. The Company develops, franchises, owns and operates Del Taco quick-service Mexican American restaurants. The Company has approximately 294 company-operated and 299 franchise-operated Del Taco restaurants located in 15 states, including one franchise-operated unit in Guam. The Company serves food typical of fast casual restaurants but with the speed, convenience and value associated with traditional quick service restaurants (QSRs). With attributes of both a fast casual restaurant and a QSR, a combination it calls QSR+. Its food is prepared in working kitchens where its guests see cooks grilling marinated chicken and steak, chopping tomatoes and cilantro for salsa, grating cheddar cheese, slicing avocados and slow cooking whole pinto beans.