Fiesta Restaurant (FRGI) SC 13D/AFiesta Restaurant / AREX Capital Partners ownership change

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D

(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 3)¹

Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

(Title of Class of Securities)

31660B101

(CUSIP Number)

Andrew Rechtschaffen

AREX Capital Management, LP

10 East 53^rd Street, 11^th Floor

New York, NY 10022

(646) 679-4000

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person

Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

October 30, 2023

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box ¨.

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

1              The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

The following constitutes Amendment No. 3 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 3”). This Amendment No. 3 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:

As previously disclosed, on August 6, 2023, the Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with Fiesta Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), and Fiesta Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). On October 30, 2023 (the “Closing Date”), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub was merged with and into the Issuer (the “Merger”) with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. As of the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), each Share was automatically cancelled and converted into the right to receive $8.50 per share in cash, without interest (the “Merger Consideration”), (2) each restricted stock award with respect to the Shares (“Company Restricted Stock Award”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) was deemed to be fully vested and the restrictions with respect thereto lapsed, and (ii) was treated in the Merger in the same manner as the other Shares, and (3) each award of restricted stock units pursuant to which the recipient had a right to receive Shares (“Company Restricted Stock Unit Award”) that issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, (i) was canceled and extinguished as of the Effective Time and (ii) was converted into the right to receive an amount, in cash, equal to the product of (A) the number of Shares subject to such Company Restricted Stock Unit Award (with such number of Shares for a Company Restricted Stock Unit Award subject to performance-based vesting determined at the target level of performance) multiplied by (B) the Merger Consideration. Accordingly, as a result of the Merger, the Reporting Persons no longer beneficially own any Shares of the Issuer.

Items 5(a) – (e) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:

(a) – (b) Effective October 30, 2023, as a result of the Merger, each Share owned by the Reporting Persons was converted into the right to receive $8.50 in cash, without interest, pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Accordingly, the Reporting Persons no longer beneficially own any Shares of the Issuer.

(c) The Reporting Persons have not entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days.

(d) Not applicable.

(e) As of the close of business on October 30, 2023, the Reporting Persons ceased to be the beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Shares of the Issuer.

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: November 3, 2023