UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 21, 2015

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (404) 459-4450

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

On May 21, 2015, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2015 Annual Shareholders Meeting. At the annual meeting, the Company’s shareholders approved the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan (the “2015 Incentive Plan”). A description of the material terms of the 2015 Incentive Plan is set forth under the heading “Approval of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan” in the proxy statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 21, 2015, which description is hereby incorporated into this Item 5.02 by reference. The 2015 Incentive Plan is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

As described above under Item 5.02, the Company held its 2015 Annual Shareholders Meeting on May 21, 2015. As of April 2, 2015, the record date for the annual meeting, there were 23,359,790 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the annual meeting. 21,910,701 shares of the Company’s common stock were represented at the annual meeting in person or by proxy, representing 93.80% of the aggregate number of shares of common stock entitled to vote at the annual meeting. At the meeting, the Company’s shareholders took the following actions and elected the following nominees to the board of directors to serve a one-year term with votes cast as follows:

The shareholders also voted to ratify the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 27, 2015 with votes cast as follows:

The shareholders also voted to approve the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc. 2015 Incentive Plan with votes cast as follows:

The shareholders also voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers with votes cast as follows:

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 27, 2015