Del Taco Restaurants (TACO) Form 4 Del Taco Restaurants / Ari B. Levy ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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^*

Levy Ari B.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O DEL TACO RESTAURANTS, INC.

25521 COMMERCENTRE DRIVE

(Street)

LAKE FOREST CA 92630

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. [ TACO ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/23/2017

4. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
COMMON STOCK	10/23/2017		P		62,195	A	$12.5454(1)	2,556,624(2)	I	See footnote(3)
COMMON STOCK	10/24/2017		P		37,805	A	$12.5492(4)	2,594,429(2)	I	See footnote(3)
COMMON STOCK								18,356	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12.5100 to $12.5500. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), any security holder of the Company or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

2. Includes the result of LFP donating 6,900 common stock shares to a 501(c)3 organization on September 15, 2017.

3. The securities are held directly by Levy Family Partners LLC ("LFP"). The Reporting Person is a manager of LFP Management, LLC, the sole manager of LFP. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his actual pecuniary interest therein.

4. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $12.5200 to $12.5500. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide Del Taco Restaurants, Inc. (the "Company"), any security holder of the Company or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in this footnote to this Form 4.

Remarks:

	/s/ Rebecca H. Yang, Attorney-in-Fact	10/24/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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