DALLAS (Aug. 6, 2009) – Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) announced fourth quarter fiscal 2009 earnings per diluted share of $0.52 compared to $0.42 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, before special items and excluding Romano’s Macaroni Grill

® (reconciliation included in Table 3). On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share increased to $0.41 from a loss per diluted share of $0.02 for the fourth quarter in the prior year. For the full-year fiscal 2009, earnings per diluted share increased to $1.44 from $1.41 in the prior year, before special items and excluding Macaroni Grill (reconciliation included in Table 4). On a GAAP basis, earnings per diluted share increased to $0.77 from $0.49 in the prior year.

In the second quarter of fiscal 2009, the company completed the sale of Macaroni Grill while retaining a minority ownership interest. The information presented below includes Macaroni Grill unless otherwise noted.

Quarterly Revenues

Brinker reported revenues for the 13-week period of $829.4 million, a decrease of 22.7 percent compared with $1,073.6 million reported for the same period of fiscal 2008. The company experienced a 9.0 percent decrease in comparable restaurant sales (see Table 1) in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 due to decreases across all brands. Revenues were also negatively impacted by a net decline in capacity of 18.2 percent due to 55 restaurant closures (five of which were Macaroni Grills) and the sale of 198 restaurants since the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 (189 of which were Macaroni Grills).

Table 1: Q4 comparable restaurant sales

Q4 09 and Q4 08, company and three reported brands; percentage

	Q4 09 Comparable Sales		Q4 08 Comparable Sales		Q4 09 Pricing Impact	Q4 09 Mix-Shift
Brinker International (1)	(9.0	)	2.3		2.4	(2.0	)
Chili’s	(9.4	)	3.4		2.5	(1.4	)
On The Border	(5.8	)	(2.3	)	2.9	(4.2	)
Maggiano’s	(9.2	)	(0.5	)	1.0	(3.8	)

The following information was filed by Brinker International Inc (EAT) on Friday, August 7, 2009 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-K Annual Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.

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Brinker International Inc provided additional information to their SEC Filing as exhibits

Exhibit 13: Report To Security Holders

Exhibit 21: Subsidaries Of The Registrant

Exhibit 23: Consents Of Experts And Counsel

Exhibit 31.A: Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) Certification

Exhibit 31.B: Rule 13A-14(A)/15D-14(A) Certification

Exhibit 32.A: Section 1350 Certification

Exhibit 32.B: Section 1350 Certification

Ticker: EAT
CIK: 703351
Form Type: 10-K Annual Report
Accession Number: 0001047469-09-007949
Submitted to the SEC: Mon Aug 24 2009 4:47:44 PM EST
Accepted by the SEC: Mon Aug 24 2009
Period: Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Industry: Retail Eating Places