Edgar Filing: Bloomin' Brands, Inc.

BLMN-6.30.13_10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q



(Mark One)
[X]	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2013
	or
[ ]	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
	For the transition period from ______ to ______

Commission File Number: 001-35625

BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		20-8023465
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2202 North West Shore Boulevard, Suite 500, Tampa, Florida 33607

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(813) 282-1225

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES x NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). YES x NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). YES o NO x

As of July 26, 2013, 124,187,352 shares of common stock of the registrant were outstanding.

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BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

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	PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
		Page No.

Item 1.	Financial Statements	3

	Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited):

	Consolidated Balance Sheets — June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012	3

	Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income — For the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012	5

	Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity — For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012	6

	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012	8

	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	10

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	22

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	48

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	48

	PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	49

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	49

Item 6.	Exhibits	50

	Signature	51

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BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.

PART I: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA, UNAUDITED)



	JUNE 30,		DECEMBER 31,
	2013		2012
ASSETS
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	222,441	$	261,690
Current portion of restricted cash	3,874		4,846
Inventories	64,977		78,181
Deferred income tax assets	49,321		39,774
Other current assets, net	99,330		103,321
Total current assets	439,943		487,812
Restricted cash	15,419		15,243
Property, fixtures and equipment, net	1,527,149		1,506,035
Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates, net	38,959		36,748
Goodwill	269,231		270,972
Intangible assets, net	544,660		551,779
Deferred income tax assets	2,714		2,532
Other assets, net	142,315		145,432
Total assets	$	2,980,390	$	3,016,553

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BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA, UNAUDITED)



	JUNE 30,			DECEMBER 31,
	2013			2012
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable	$	131,713		$	131,814
Accrued and other current liabilities	170,849			192,284
Current portion of partner deposits and accrued partner obligations	13,658			14,771
Unearned revenue	220,420			329,518
Current portion of long-term debt	13,483			22,991
Total current liabilities	550,123			691,378
Partner deposits and accrued partner obligations	79,411			85,762
Deferred rent	97,117			87,641
Deferred income tax liabilities	150,011			195,874
Long-term debt, net	1,450,288			1,471,449
Other long-term liabilities, net	257,966			264,244
Total liabilities	2,584,916			2,796,348
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ Equity
Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 25,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012	—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 475,000,000 shares authorized; 124,005,274 and 121,148,451 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively	1,240			1,211
Additional paid-in capital	1,052,255			1,000,963
Accumulated deficit	(635,364		)	(773,085		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(27,477		)	(14,801		)
Total Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. stockholders’ equity	390,654			214,288
Noncontrolling interests	4,820			5,917
Total stockholders’ equity	395,474			220,205
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	2,980,390		$	3,016,553

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA, UNAUDITED)



	THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,						SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues
Restaurant sales	$	1,007,991		$	970,021		$	2,090,347		$	2,015,487
Other revenues	10,865			10,845			20,759			21,005
Total revenues	1,018,856			980,866			2,111,106			2,036,492
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales	325,453			315,472			675,442			651,331
Labor and other related	284,028			271,400			583,895			564,901
Other restaurant operating	237,440			230,877			471,249			449,842
Depreciation and amortization	40,889			39,247			81,085			78,107
General and administrative	65,094			72,216			137,585			148,218
Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings	689			4,654			2,585			9,089
Income from operations of unconsolidated affiliates	(2,623		)	(1,720		)	(5,481		)	(4,124		)
Total costs and expenses	950,970			932,146			1,946,360			1,897,364
Income from operations	67,886			48,720			164,746			139,128
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt	(14,586		)	—			(14,586		)	(2,851		)
Other expense, net	(133		)	(183		)	(350		)	(129		)
Interest expense, net	(18,015		)	(24,037		)	(38,895		)	(45,011		)
Income before (benefit) provision for income taxes	35,152			24,500			110,915			91,137
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(41,312		)	3,936			(30,605		)	16,741
Net income	76,464			20,564			141,520			74,396
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	1,596			3,124			3,429			6,957
Net income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.	$	74,868		$	17,440		$	138,091		$	67,439

Net income	$	76,464		$	20,564		$	141,520		$	74,396
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(8,144		)	(6,662		)	(12,676		)	(3,513		)
Comprehensive income	68,320			13,902			128,844			70,883
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	1,596			3,124			3,429			6,957
Comprehensive income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.	$	66,724		$	10,778		$	125,415		$	63,926

Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.61		$	0.16		$	1.13		$	0.63
Diluted	$	0.58		$	0.16		$	1.08		$	0.63
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	122,858			106,361			122,052			106,361
Diluted	128,338			107,380			127,599			107,255

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)



	BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.
	COMMON STOCK		COMMON STOCK AMOUNT		ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL			ACCUM- ULATED DEFICIT			ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS			NON- CONTROLLING INTERESTS			TOTAL
Balance, December 31, 2012	121,148		$	1,211	$	1,000,963		$	(773,085	)	$	(14,801	)	$	5,917		$	220,205
Net income	—		—		—			138,091			—			3,429			141,520
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—		—			—			(12,676		)	—			(12,676		)
Release of valuation allowance related to purchases of limited partnerships and joint venture interests	—		—		15,669			—			—			—			15,669
Stock-based compensation	—		—		7,612			—			—			—			7,612
Exercises of stock options	2,658		27		22,195			—			—			—			22,222
Repurchase of common stock	(18	)	—		—			(370		)	—			—			(370		)
Issuance of restricted stock	244		2		—			—			—			—			2
Forfeiture of restricted stock	(27	)	—		(13		)	—			—			—			(13		)
Repayments of notes receivable due from stockholders	—		—		5,829			—			—			—			5,829
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—		—			—			—			(4,526		)	(4,526		)
Balance, June 30, 2013	124,005		$	1,240	$	1,052,255		$	(635,364	)	$	(27,477	)	$	4,820		$	395,474

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)



	BLOOMIN’ BRANDS, INC.
	COMMON STOCK		COMMON STOCK AMOUNT			ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL			ACCUM- ULATED DEFICIT			ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS			NON- CONTROLLING INTERESTS			TOTAL
Balance, December 31, 2011	106,573		$	1,066		$	874,753		$	(822,625	)	$	(22,344	)	$	9,447		$	40,297
Net income	—		—			—			67,439			—			6,957			74,396
Foreign currency translation adjustment	—		—			—			—			(3,513		)	—			(3,513		)
Stock-based compensation	—		—			1,587			—			—			—			1,587
Repurchase of common stock	(36	)	(1		)	316			(431		)	—			—			(116		)
Issuance of restricted stock	261		3			—			—			—			—			3
Forfeiture of restricted stock	(20	)	—			(127		)	—			—			—			(127		)
Issuance of notes receivable due from stockholders	—		—			(518		)	—			—			—			(518		)
Repayments of notes receivable due from stockholders	—		—			1,463			—			—			—			1,463
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	—		—			—			—			—			(8,031		)	(8,031		)
Balance, June 30, 2012	106,778		$	1,068		$	877,474		$	(755,617	)	$	(25,857	)	$	8,373		$	105,441

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)



	SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
	2013			2012
Cash flows provided by operating activities:
Net income	$	141,520		$	74,396
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	81,085			78,107
Amortization of deferred financing fees	1,800			4,983
Amortization of capitalized gift card sales commissions	12,664			11,193
Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings	2,585			9,089
Accretion on debt discounts	1,248			362
Stock-based and other non-cash compensation expense	10,328			16,029
Income from operations of unconsolidated affiliates	(5,481		)	(4,124		)
Deferred income tax benefit	(40,127		)	(330		)
Loss on disposal of property, fixtures and equipment	279			1,001
Unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments	(191		)	(191		)
Gain on life insurance and restricted cash investments	(2,602		)	(2,208		)
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt	14,586			2,851
Recognition of deferred gain on sale-leaseback transaction	(1,065		)	(537		)
Change in assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in inventories	12,952			(4,949		)
(Increase) decrease in other current assets	(10,757		)	6,642
Decrease in other assets	4,468			892
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued and other current liabilities	(28,585		)	(38,141		)
Increase in deferred rent	9,698			7,208
Decrease in unearned revenue	(108,832		)	(106,084		)
(Decrease) increase in other long-term liabilities	(853		)	1,515
Net cash provided by operating activities	94,720			57,704
Cash flows (used in) provided by investing activities:
Purchases of life insurance policies	(759		)	(308		)
Proceeds from sale of life insurance policies	1,059			—
Proceeds from disposal of property, fixtures and equipment	2,672			1,255
Proceeds from sale-leaseback transaction	—			192,886
Capital expenditures	(97,150		)	(79,743		)
Decrease in restricted cash	13,267			50,614
Increase in restricted cash	(12,460		)	(70,032		)
Return on investment from unconsolidated affiliates	267			332
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities	$	(93,104	)	$	95,004

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(IN THOUSANDS, UNAUDITED)



	SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
	2013			2012
Cash flows used in financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of 2012 CMBS Loan	$	—		$	495,186
Repayments of long-term debt	(33,859		)	(12,211		)
Extinguishment of CMBS loan	—			(777,563		)
Repayments of borrowings on revolving credit facilities	—			(33,000		)
Financing fees	(12,519		)	(5,442		)
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options	22,222			—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests	(4,526		)	(8,031		)
Repayments of partner deposits and accrued partner obligations	(12,477		)	(15,306		)
Issuance of notes receivable due from stockholders	—			(83		)
Repayments of notes receivable due from stockholders	5,829			1,463
Repurchase of common shares	(370		)	—
Net cash used in financing activities	(35,700		)	(354,987		)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	(5,165		)	149
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(39,249		)	(202,130		)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period	261,690			482,084
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	222,441		$	279,954
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest	$	37,338		$	39,923
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	8,897			15,916
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Conversion of partner deposits and accrued partner obligations to notes payable	$	755		$	3,932
Acquisition of property, fixtures and equipment through accounts payable or capital lease liabilities	5,690			1,577
Release of valuation allowance through additional paid-in capital related to purchases of limited partnerships and joint venture interests	15,669			—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED)

1. Basis of Presentation

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. (“Bloomin’ Brands” or the “Company”) was formed by an investor group comprised of funds advised by Bain Capital Partners, LLC and Catterton Management Company, LLC (the “Sponsors”) and Chris T. Sullivan, Robert D. Basham and J. Timothy Gannon (the “Founders”) and certain members of management. Bloomin’ Brands is a holding company and conducts its operations through OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC (“OSI”), the Company’s primary operating entity, and New Private Restaurant Properties, LLC, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company that leases certain Company-owned restaurant properties to a subsidiary of OSI. In August 2012, the Company completed an initial public offering of its common stock.

The Company owns and operates casual, polished casual and fine dining restaurants primarily in the United States. The Company’s restaurant portfolio has five concepts: Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar and Roy’s. Additional Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill restaurants in which the Company has no direct investment are operated under franchise agreements.

The Company has reclassified certain items in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for prior periods to be comparable with the classification for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported Net income.

The accompanying interim unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of the Company, all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows for the periods presented have been included and are of a normal, recurring nature. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full-year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “2012 Form 10-K”).

2. Recently Issued Financial Accounting Standards

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-11, “Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU No. 2011-11”), which enhances current disclosures about financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either offset on the statement of financial position or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement, irrespective of whether they are offset on the statement of financial position. The guidance requires the Company to provide both net and gross information for these assets and liabilities. In January 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-01, “Balance Sheet (Topic 210): Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” (“ASU No. 2013-01”), to limit the scope of the new balance sheet offsetting disclosure requirements to derivatives (including bifurcated embedded derivatives), repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and lending transactions. Both ASU No. 2011-11 and ASU No. 2013-01 were effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods with retrospective application required. The adoption of ASU No. 2011-11 and ASU No. 2013-01 on January 1, 2013 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(UNAUDITED) - Continued

In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU No. 2012-02, “Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment” (“ASU No. 2012-02”), which permits an entity to make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that an indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value is less than its carrying value before applying the two-step quantitative impairment test. If it is determined through the qualitative assessment that an indefinite-lived intangible asset’s fair value is more likely than not greater than its carrying value, the remaining impairment steps would be unnecessary. The qualitative assessment is optional, allowing entities to go directly to the quantitative assessment. ASU No. 2012-02 was effective for annual and interim impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU No. 2012-02 on January 1, 2013 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02, “Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income” (“ASU No. 2013-02”), which requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. The guidance requires an entity to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other required disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. ASU No. 2013-02 was effective for the Company prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of ASU No. 2013-02 on January 1, 2013 did not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-05, “Foreign Currency Matters (Topic 830): Parent’s Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)” (“ASU No. 2013-05”). Under ASU No. 2013-05, an entity would recognize cumulative translation adjustments in earnings when it ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets within a consolidated foreign entity and the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets resided. However, when an entity sells either a part or all of its investment in a consolidated foreign entity, an entity would recognize cumulative translation adjustments in earnings only if the parent no longer has a controlling financial interest in the foreign entity as a result of the sale. In the case of sales of an equity method investment that is a foreign entity, a pro rata portion of cumulative translation adjustments attributable to the equity method investment would be recognized in earnings upon sale of the equity method investment. In addition, cumulative translation adjustments would be recognized in earnings upon a business combination achieved in stages such as a step acquisition. ASU No. 2013-05 is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company will adopt ASU No. 2013-05 effective January 1, 2014 with prospective application to the derecognition of any foreign entity subsidiaries, groups of assets or investments in foreign entities completed on or after January 1, 2014. The impact of ASU No. 2013-05 on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows is dependent on future transactions resulting in derecognition of the Company’s foreign assets, subsidiaries or investments in foreign entities completed on or after adoption.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force)” (“ASU No. 2013-11”). Under ASU No. 2013-11, an entity is required to present its unrecognized tax benefits net of its deferred tax assets when settlement in this manner is available under the tax law, which would be based on facts and circumstances as of the balance sheet reporting date and would not consider future events. Gross presentation in the notes to the financial statements will still be required. ASU No. 2013-11 is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning on or after December 15, 2013 and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. ASU No. 2013-11 will apply on a prospective basis to all

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(UNAUDITED) - Continued

unrecognized tax benefits that exist at the effective date, with the option to apply it retrospectively. This guidance will not have an impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows as the Company currently presents its unrecognized tax benefits net of its deferred tax assets where applicable.

3. Earnings Per Share

The computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	THREE MONTHS ENDED				SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,				JUNE 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.	$	74,868	$	17,440	$	138,091	$	67,439

Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	122,858		106,361		122,052		106,361

Effect of diluted securities:
Stock options	5,342		901		5,204		804
Unvested restricted stock	138		118		343		90
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	128,338		107,380		127,599		107,255

Basic earnings per share	$	0.61	$	0.16	$	1.13	$	0.63
Diluted earnings per share	$	0.58	$	0.16	$	1.08	$	0.63

Dilutive securities outstanding not included in the computation of earnings per share because their effect was antidilutive were as follows (in thousands):



	THREE MONTHS ENDED		SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,		JUNE 30,
	2013	2012	2013	2012
Stock options	1,276	550	1,673	550

4. Stock-based Compensation

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Company granted performance-based share units (“PSUs”) to executives and key members of management. There were no PSUs awarded in periods prior to 2013. The PSUs vest over a period of four years following the date of grant, and 25% of the grant is earned or forfeited on each grant anniversary date, subject to certification of the performance criteria by the Board of Directors. The number of units that actually vest will be determined for each year based on the achievement of certain Company performance criteria set forth in the award agreement and may range from zero to 200% of the annual target grant. PSUs that do not vest based on failure to satisfy the stated performance criteria for any annual period are forfeited. In addition to the satisfaction of the performance criteria for the PSUs, vesting is dependent upon continued service with forfeiture of all unvested PSUs upon termination, unless in the case of death or disability, in which case a pro rata portion of the target number of PSUs are eligible to immediately vest based on actual performance during the performance period. The PSUs are settled in shares of common stock. Holders will receive one share of common stock for each performance-based share unit that vests. The fair value of PSUs is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. Compensation expense for PSUs is recognized over the vesting period when it is probable the performance criteria will be achieved. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, compensation expense recorded for PSUs was immaterial to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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The following table presents a summary of the Company’s stock-based compensation activity for the six months ended June 30, 2013 (in thousands):



	STOCK OPTIONS		RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS		PERFORMANCE-BASED SHARE UNITS (1)
Outstanding at December 31, 2012	12,379		299		—
Granted	1,335		244		58
Exercised or vested	(2,658	)	(66	)	—
Forfeited or expired	(502	)	(27	)	(7	)
Outstanding at June 30, 2013	10,554		450		51

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(1)	Share unit amounts represent the target number of PSUs considered granted for accounting recognition based on the establishment of performance targets for future years. The actual number of shares that will be earned upon vesting is dependent upon actual performance and may range from zero to 200% of the target number of shares.

At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, approximately 5.2 million and 7.3 million, respectively, of outstanding stock options were exercisable.

The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 was $8.52 and $6.98, respectively, and was estimated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following assumptions were used to calculate the fair value of options granted for the periods indicated:



	SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30,
	2013		2012
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate	1.09	%	1.14	%
Dividend yield	—	%	—	%
Expected term	6.3 years		6.5 years
Weighted-average volatility	48.6	%	48.5	%

During the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recognized aggregate stock-based compensation expense of $3.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 the Company recognized aggregate stock-based compensation expense of $7.4 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

5. Investment in Equity Method Investee

Through a joint venture arrangement with PGS Participacoes Ltda., the Company holds a 50% ownership interest in PGS Consultoria e Serviços Ltda. (the “Brazilian Joint Venture”), which operates Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Brazil. The Company accounts for the Brazilian Joint Venture under the equity method of accounting. At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company’s net investment of $38.5 million and $36.0 million, respectively, was recorded in Investments in and advances to unconsolidated affiliates, net, and a foreign currency translation adjustment of ($3.0) million and ($3.6) million was recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The Company’s share of earnings of $2.6 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $5.5 million and $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, was recorded in Income from operations of unconsolidated affiliates in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

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The following table presents summarized financial information for 100% of the Brazilian Joint Venture for the periods ending as indicated (in thousands):



	THREE MONTHS ENDED				SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,				JUNE 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Net revenue from sales	$	63,774	$	55,562	$	129,707	$	114,126
Gross profit	44,176		39,008		89,499		79,832
Income from continuing operations	7,436		6,049		14,513		14,196
Net income	5,291		2,776		10,055		7,584

6. Accrued and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued and other current liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):



	JUNE 30,		DECEMBER 31,
	2013		2012
Accrued payroll and other compensation	$	93,236	$	108,612
Accrued insurance	25,583		22,235
Other current liabilities	52,030		61,437
	$	170,849	$	192,284

7. Long-term Debt, Net

Long-term debt, net consisted of the following (in thousands):



	JUNE 30,			DECEMBER 31,
	2013			2012
Senior secured term loan B facility, interest rates of 3.50% and 4.75% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively (1) (2)	$	975,000		$	1,000,000
Mortgage loan, weighted average interest rates of 4.00% and 3.98% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively (3)	315,649			319,574
First mezzanine loan, interest rate of 9.00% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (3)	86,589			87,048
Second mezzanine loan, interest rate of 11.25% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (3)	86,983			87,273
Other notes payable, uncollateralized, interest rates ranging from 0.58% to 7.00% and from 0.63% to 7.00% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively (2)	6,878			9,848
Sale-leaseback obligations (2)	2,375			2,375
Capital lease obligations (2)	1,652			2,112
	1,475,126			1,508,230
Less: current portion of long-term debt	(13,483		)	(22,991		)
Less: unamortized debt discount	(11,355		)	(13,790		)
Long-term debt, net	$	1,450,288		$	1,471,449

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(1)	At December 31, 2012, $50.0 million of OSI’s outstanding senior secured term loan B facility was at an interest rate of 5.75%.


(2)	Represents obligations of OSI.


(3)	Represents obligations of New PRP (as defined below).

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. is a holding company and conducts its operations through its subsidiaries, certain of which have incurred their own indebtedness as described below.

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On October 26, 2012, OSI entered into a credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of institutional lenders and financial institutions. The senior secured credit facilities provide for senior secured financing of up to $1.225 billion, consisting of a $1.0 billion term loan B and a $225.0 million revolving credit facility, including letter of credit and swing-line loan sub-facilities (the “Credit Facilities”). The term loan B was issued with an original issue discount of $10.0 million.

On April 10, 2013, OSI completed a repricing of its senior secured term loan B facility pursuant to the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, Guaranty and Security Agreement, among OSI, OSI HoldCo, Inc., the subsidiary guarantors named therein, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and a syndicate of institutional lenders and financial institutions (the “Amended Credit Agreement”). The Amended Credit Agreement replaces OSI’s existing senior secured term loan B facility with a new senior secured term loan B facility (the “Amended Term Loan B”). The Amended Term Loan B had the same principal amount outstanding (as of the repricing date) of $975.0 million, maturity date of October 26, 2019, amortization schedule and financial covenants but a lower applicable interest rate than the existing senior secured term loan B facility. Voluntary prepayments made on the principal amount outstanding since the inception of the Credit Agreement will continue to be treated as prepayments for purposes of determining amortization payment and mandatory prepayment requirements under the Amended Term Loan B. Prepayments or amendments of the Amended Term Loan B that constitute a “repricing transaction” (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) will be subject to a premium of 1.00% of the Amended Term Loan B if prepaid or amended on or prior to October 10, 2013. Prepayments and repricings made after October 10, 2013 will not be subject to premium or penalty.

As a result of the repricing transaction, the Company recorded a Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt of $14.6 million in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income during the second quarter of 2013. The loss was comprised of a prepayment penalty of $9.8 million, third-party financing costs of $2.4 million and the write-off of $1.2 million each of deferred financing fees and unamortized debt discount. The third-party financing costs included in the loss related to debt held by lenders that participated in both the original, and repriced debt and therefore, the debt was treated as modified rather than extinguished. The deferred financing fees and unamortized debt discount amounts included in the loss were related to the extinguished portion of the debt.

The Amended Credit Agreement decreased the interest rate applicable to the Amended Term Loan B to 150 basis points over the Base Rate or 250 basis points over the Eurocurrency Rate and reduced the interest rate floors applicable to the Amended Term Loan B to 2.00% for the Base Rate and 1.00% for the Eurocurrency Rate. The Base Rate option is the highest of (i) the prime rate of Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, (ii) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 of 1.0% or (iii) the Eurocurrency Rate with a one-month interest period plus 1.0% (“Base Rate”) (3.25% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012). The Eurocurrency Rate option is the 30, 60, 90 or 180-day Eurocurrency Rate (“Eurocurrency Rate”) (ranging from 0.19% to 0.41% and 0.21% to 0.51% at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively). The Eurocurrency Rate may have a nine- or twelve-month interest period if agreed upon by the applicable lenders.

Prior to the repricing of the senior secured term loan B facility, borrowings under this facility bore interest at rates ranging from 225 to 250 basis points over the Base Rate or 325 to 350 basis points over the Eurocurrency Rate. The Base Rate was subject to an interest rate floor of 2.25%, and the Eurocurrency Rate was subject to an interest rate floor of 1.25%.

OSI is required to prepay outstanding term loans, subject to certain exceptions, with:


•	50% of its “annual excess cash flow” (with step-downs to 25% and 0% based upon its consolidated first lien net leverage ratio), as defined in the Credit Agreement, beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 and subject to certain exceptions;

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•	100% of the net proceeds of certain assets sales and insurance and condemnation events, subject to reinvestment rights and certain other exceptions; and


•	100% of the net proceeds of any debt incurred, excluding permitted debt issuances.

The Amended Term Loan B requires amortization payments of approximately $10.0 million per calendar year, payable in scheduled equal quarterly installments through September 2019. These payments are reduced by the application of any prepayments, and any remaining balance is due at maturity in October 2019. The outstanding balance on the Amended Term Loan B and term loan B, excluding the unamortized debt discount, was $975.0 million and $1.0 billion at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. The remaining unamortized debt discount on the Amended Term Loan B and term loan B was $7.7 million and $9.7 million at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. At June 30, 2013, none of the outstanding balance on the Amended Term Loan B was classified as current due to voluntary prepayments of $25.0 million made by OSI during the first quarter of 2013 and the results of its projected covenant calculations, which indicate the additional term loan prepayments, as described above, will not be required in the next 12 months. The amount of outstanding term loans required to be prepaid in accordance with OSI’s debt covenants may vary based on year-end results. At December 31, 2012, $10.0 million of the outstanding balance on the term loan B was classified as current due to OSI’s required quarterly payments.

The revolving credit facility matures October 26, 2017 and provides for swing-line loans and letters of credit of up to $225.0 million for working capital and general corporate purposes. The revolving credit facility bears interest at rates ranging from 200 to 250 basis points over the Base Rate or 300 to 350 basis points over the Eurocurrency Rate. There were no loans outstanding under the revolving credit facility at June 30, 2013 or December 31, 2012, however, $37.6 million and $41.2 million, respectively, of the revolving credit facility was committed for the issuance of letters of credit and not available for borrowing. Total outstanding letters of credit issued under OSI’s revolving credit facility may not exceed $100.0 million.

At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company was in compliance with its debt covenants. See the 2012 Form 10-K for further information about OSI’s debt covenant requirements.

Effective March 27, 2012, New Private Restaurant Properties, LLC and two of the Company’s other indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, “New PRP”) entered into a commercial mortgage-backed securities loan (the “2012 CMBS Loan”) with German American Capital Corporation and Bank of America, N.A. The 2012 CMBS Loan totaled $500.0 million at origination and was comprised of a first mortgage loan in the amount of $324.8 million, collateralized by 261 of the Company’s properties, and two mezzanine loans totaling $175.2 million. The loans have a maturity date of April 10, 2017. The first mortgage loan has five fixed-rate components and a floating rate component. The fixed-rate components bear interest at rates ranging from 2.37% to 6.81% per annum. The floating rate component bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the 30-day London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) (with a floor of 1%) plus 2.37%. The first mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate of 9.00% per annum, and the second mezzanine loan bears interest at a rate of 11.25% per annum.

The proceeds from the 2012 CMBS Loan, together with the proceeds from a sale-leaseback transaction and excess cash held in Private Restaurant Properties, LLC (“PRP”), a wholly-owned subsidiary, were used to repay PRP’s original first mortgage and mezzanine notes (together, the commercial mortgage-backed securities loan) (“CMBS Loan”). During the first quarter of 2012, the Company recorded a $2.9 million loss related to the extinguishment in Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt in its Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

At June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the outstanding balance, excluding the unamortized debt discount, on the 2012 CMBS Loan was $489.2 million and $493.9 million, respectively.

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8. Other Long-term Liabilities, Net

The Company maintains endorsement split-dollar insurance policies with a death benefit ranging from $5.0 million to $10.0 million for one of its current and certain of its former executive officers. The Company is the beneficiary of the policies to the extent of premiums paid or the cash value, whichever is greater, with the remaining death benefit being paid to personal beneficiaries designated by the executive officers. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company terminated the split-dollar agreements with two of its former executive officers in exchange for $2.2 million in cash. The Company terminated an additional split-dollar agreement during the second quarter of 2013 with one of its former executive officers in exchange for $2.0 million in cash. Upon termination, the release of the death benefit and related liabilities and net of the associated cash termination payment resulted in net gains of $1.5 million and $3.7 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, which were recorded in General and administrative in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income. As a result of the terminations, the Company became the sole and exclusive owner of the related split-dollar insurance policies and elected to cancel them.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $6.7 million and $14.3 million, respectively, recorded in Other long-term liabilities, net in its Consolidated Balance Sheets for the outstanding obligations under the endorsement split-dollar insurance policies.

9. Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value Measurements on a Recurring Basis

In connection with the 2012 CMBS Loan, the Company entered into an interest rate cap with a notional amount of $48.7 million as a method to limit the volatility of the floating rate component of the first mortgage loan. This interest rate cap had a nominal fair market value at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

Fair Value Measurements on a Nonrecurring Basis

The Company did not record material impairment charges as a result of fair value measurements on a nonrecurring basis of its long-lived assets held and used during the three and six months ended June 30, 2013. The following tables present losses related to the Company’s assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy within which those measurements fall (in thousands):



	JUNE 30, 2012
			REMAINING FAIR VALUE						THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
	CARRYING VALUE		LEVEL 1		LEVEL 2		LEVEL 3		TOTAL LOSSES
Long-lived assets held and used	$	2,075	$	—	$	—	$	2,075	$	3,674



	JUNE 30, 2012
			REMAINING FAIR VALUE						SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
	CARRYING VALUE		LEVEL 1		LEVEL 2		LEVEL 3		TOTAL LOSSES
Long-lived assets held and used	$	2,933	$	—	$	650	$	2,283	$	7,558

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The Company recorded $3.7 million and $7.6 million of impairment charges during the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, respectively, as a result of the fair value measurement on a nonrecurring basis of its long-lived assets held and used, primarily related to certain specifically identified restaurant locations that have, or are scheduled to be, relocated or renovated or were under-performing. At the time of the impairment recognized in the second quarter of 2012, the impaired long-lived assets had $2.1 million of remaining fair value. As of June 30, 2012, there was $2.9 million of remaining fair value associated with long-lived assets for which asset impairment losses were recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2012. Restaurant closure and related expenses of $0.7 million and $1.0 million were recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.5 million was recognized for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Impairment losses for long-lived assets held and used and restaurant closure and related expenses were recognized in Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income.

The Company primarily used third-party market appraisals (Level 2) and discounted cash flow models (Level 3) to estimate the fair value of the long-lived assets included in the tables above. Projected future cash flows, including discount rate and growth rate assumptions, are derived from current economic conditions, expectations of management and projected trends of current operating results.

The following table presents quantitative information related to the range of unobservable inputs used in the Company’s Level 3 fair value measurements for the impairment losses incurred in the six months ended June 30, 2012:



		SIX MONTHS ENDED
UNOBSERVABLE INPUT		JUNE 30, 2012
Weighted-average cost of capital (1)		10.4% - 11.2%
Long-term growth rates		3.0%
Annual revenue growth rates (2)		(8.7)% - 4.3%

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(1)	Weighted average of the cost of capital unobservable input range was 10.9% for the six months ended June 30, 2012.


(2)	Weighted average of the annual revenue growth rates unobservable input range was 2.6% for the six months ended June 30, 2012.

The Company performed its annual goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets impairment test during the second quarters of 2013 and 2012. The impairment test performed in the second quarter of 2013 utilized a qualitative assessment. This qualitative assessment is referred to as a “step zero” approach and allows the Company the option to assess qualitative factors to determine whether the existence of events or circumstances leads to the determination that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, based on the review of the qualitative factors, an entity determines there is sufficient evidence to support a more likely than not (greater than 50%) probability that the fair value of a reporting unit is greater than its carrying value, the entity may skip the two-step impairment test. During 2012, the Company elected to forgo step zero and proceeded to the first step of the impairment test for goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets.

In considering the step zero approach in 2013, the Company evaluated factors including, but not limited to, macro-economic conditions, market and industry conditions, commodity cost fluctuations, competitive environment, share price performance, results of prior impairment tests, operational stability and the overall financial performance of the reporting units. As a result of the Company’s step zero assessment, no impairment conditions were identified and no further testing was deemed necessary.

The Company did not have any impairment charges in the second quarter of 2013 or 2012 as a result of the annual goodwill and other indefinite-live intangible assets impairment test.

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Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s non-derivative financial instruments at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 consist of cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and current and long-term debt. The fair values of cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets due to their short duration. The fair value of OSI’s senior secured term loan B facility is determined based on quoted market prices in inactive markets. The fair value of New PRP’s commercial mortgage-backed securities is based on assumptions derived from current conditions in the real estate and credit markets, changes in the underlying collateral and expectations of management. Fair value estimates for other notes payable are derived using a discounted cash flow approach. Discounted cash flow inputs primarily include cost of debt rates which are used to derive the present value factors for the determination of fair value. These inputs represent assumptions impacted by economic conditions and management expectations and may change in the future based on period-specific facts and circumstances.

The following tables include the carrying value and fair value of the Company’s financial instruments at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 aggregated by the level in the fair value hierarchy in which those measurements fall (in thousands):



	JUNE 30, 2013
			FAIR VALUE
	CARRYING VALUE		LEVEL 1		LEVEL 2		LEVEL 3
Senior secured term loan B facility (1)	$	975,000	$	—	$	970,125	$	—
Mortgage loan (2)	315,649		—		—		328,248
First mezzanine loan (2)	86,589		—		—		86,589
Second mezzanine loan (2)	86,983		—		—		86,983
Other notes payable (1)	6,878		—		—		6,461



	DECEMBER 31, 2012
			FAIR VALUE
	CARRYING VALUE		LEVEL 1		LEVEL 2		LEVEL 3
Senior secured term loan B facility (1)	$	1,000,000	$	—	$	1,010,000	$	—
Mortgage loan (2)	319,574		—		—		334,678
First mezzanine loan (2)	87,048		—		—		90,371
Second mezzanine loan (2)	87,273		—		—		91,423
Other notes payable (1)	9,848		—		—		9,230

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(1)	Represents obligations of OSI.


(2)	Represents obligations of New PRP.

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10. Income Taxes

The effective income tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 were (117.5)% and (27.6)% compared to 16.1% and 18.4% for the same periods in 2012. These net decreases in the effective income tax rates as compared to the prior year were primarily due to the benefit of the release of valuation allowance in the second quarter of 2013 as discussed below.

The effective income tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 were lower than the blended federal and state statutory rate of 38.7% primarily due to the benefit of the expected tax credit for excess FICA tax on employee-reported tips, the release of valuation allowance, the elimination of noncontrolling interest and the foreign rate differential, together being such a large percentage of projected annual pretax income. The effective income tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 were lower than the blended federal and state statutory rate of 38.7% primarily due to the benefit of the expected tax credit for excess FICA tax on employee-reported tips and the elimination of noncontrolling interest together being such a large percentage of projected annual pretax income. This was partially offset by an increase in the valuation allowance.

At December 31, 2012, the Company had a valuation allowance against net deferred income tax assets recorded of $72.5 million, of which $67.7 million was for U.S. net deferred income tax assets. The Company established the domestic portion of the valuation allowance in 2009 with increases through 2012 against its then existing U.S. net deferred income tax assets as it was deemed the negative evidence outweighed the positive evidence and therefore the deferred income tax assets were not likely to be realized in future periods.

As it does each reporting period, the Company conducted an assessment of the recoverability of its net deferred income tax assets as of June 30, 2013 and determined it was more likely than not that its existing net deferred income tax assets for general business tax credit carryforwards would be realized. The Company’s assessment included consideration of all available positive and negative evidence including, among other evidence, historical cumulative operating income, projected future taxable income and recent utilization of U.S. net operating loss carryforwards and tax credit carryforwards. Accordingly, the Company recorded a $67.7 million reduction of the valuation allowance against the U.S. net deferred income tax assets as of June 30, 2013 of which $52.0 million was recorded as income tax benefit and $15.7 million was an increase to Additional paid-in capital. As the general business tax credits are expected to be realized due to current year and future year’s income, the portion attributable to future year’s income, or $44.8 million, was released as a discrete event during the second quarter of 2013. The remainder was allocated to interim periods as current year activity as income is expected to be realized and impacts the estimated 2013 annual effective income tax rate. The Company did not release the valuation allowance against foreign net operating loss carryforwards.

The Company expects to continue to generate significant U.S. income tax credits, which combined with the mix of U.S. and foreign earnings in periods subsequent to 2013 will result in an effective income tax rate that is higher than the rates in the current and prior periods but continues to be lower than the blended federal and state statutory rate.

As of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the Company had $14.1 million and $13.6 million, respectively, of unrecognized tax benefits ($0.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively, in Other long-term liabilities, net, $0.9 million each period in Accrued and other current liabilities and $12.5 million and $11.7 million, respectively, in Deferred income tax liabilities). Additionally, the Company accrued $2.4 million of interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Of the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties, $14.3 million and $13.8 million, respectively, if recognized, would impact the Company’s effective income tax rate. The difference between the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits and the amount that would impact the effective income tax rate consists of items that are offset by deferred income tax assets and the federal income tax benefit of state income tax items.

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In many cases, the Company’s uncertain tax positions are related to tax years that remain subject to examination by relevant taxable authorities. Based on the outcome of these examinations, or as a result of the expiration of the statute of limitations for specific jurisdictions, it is reasonably possible that the related recorded unrecognized tax benefits for tax positions taken on previously filed tax returns will change by approximately $0.5 million to $0.6 million within the next twelve months after June 30, 2013.

The Company is currently open to audit under the statute of limitations by the IRS for the years ended December 31, 2007 through 2012. The Company and its subsidiaries’ state and foreign income tax returns are also open to audit under the statute of limitations for the years ended December 31, 2000 through 2012. The Company is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for the years ended December 31, 2009 through 2011. At this time, the Company does not believe that the outcome of any examination will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and the related notes. Unless the context otherwise indicates, as used in this report, the term the “Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and other similar terms mean Bloomin’ Brands, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

Cautionary Statement

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes statements that express our opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms “believes,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “feels,” “seeks,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “intends,” “plans,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could” or “would” or, in each case, their negative or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They appear in a number of places throughout this report and include statements regarding our intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies, capital expenditures and the industry in which we operate.

By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Although we base these forward-looking statements on assumptions that we believe are reasonable when made, we caution you that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and industry developments may differ materially from statements made in or suggested by the forward-looking statements contained in this report. In addition, even if our results of operations, financial condition and liquidity, and industry developments are consistent with the forward-looking statements contained in this report, those results or developments may not be indicative of results or developments in subsequent periods. We believe that these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:


(i)	The restaurant industry is a highly competitive industry with many well-established competitors;

(ii)

Challenging economic conditions may affect our liquidity by adversely impacting numerous items that include, but are not limited to: consumer confidence and discretionary spending; the availability of credit presently arranged from our revolving credit facilities; the future cost and availability of credit; interest rates; foreign currency exchange rates; and the liquidity or operations of our third-party vendors and other service providers;

(iii)

Our ability to expand is dependent upon various factors such as the availability of attractive sites for new restaurants; our ability to obtain appropriate real estate sites at acceptable prices; our ability to obtain all required governmental permits including zoning approvals and liquor licenses on a timely basis; the impact of government moratoriums or approval processes, which could result in significant delays; our ability to obtain all necessary contractors and subcontractors; union activities such as picketing and hand billing that could delay construction; our ability to generate or borrow funds; our ability to negotiate suitable lease terms; our ability to recruit and train skilled management and restaurant employees; and our ability to receive the premises from the landlord’s developer without any delays;


(iv)	Our results can be impacted by changes in consumer tastes and the level of consumer acceptance of our restaurant concepts (including consumer tolerance of our prices); local, regional, national and international economic and political conditions; the seasonality of our business; demographic trends; traffic patterns and

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our ability to effectively respond in a timely manner to changes in traffic patterns; changes in consumer dietary habits; employee availability; the cost of advertising and media; government actions and policies; inflation or deflation; unemployment rates; interest rates; exchange rates; and increases in various costs, including construction, real estate and health insurance costs;


(v)	Weather, natural disasters and other disasters could result in construction delays and also adversely affect the results of one or more restaurants for an indeterminate amount of time;


(vi)	Our results can be negatively impacted by the effects of actual or threatened armed conflicts or terrorist attacks, efforts to combat terrorism, or other military action affecting countries in which we do business and by the effects of heightened security requirements on local, regional, national, or international economies or consumer confidence;


(vii)	Our results can be impacted by tax and other legislation and regulation in the jurisdictions in which we operate and by accounting standards or pronouncements;


(viii)	Our results can be impacted by unanticipated changes in our tax rates, exposure to additional income tax liabilities, or a change in our ability to realize deferred tax benefits;


(ix)	Minimum wage increases and mandated employee benefits could cause a significant increase in our labor costs;


(x)	Commodities, including but not limited to, such items as beef, chicken, shrimp, pork, seafood, dairy, produce, potatoes, onions and energy supplies, are subject to fluctuation in price and availability and price could increase or decrease more than we expect;


(xi)	Our results can be affected by consumer reaction to public health issues;


(xii)	Our results can be affected by consumer perception of food safety;


(xiii)	We could face liabilities if we are unable to protect customer credit and debit card data or personal employee information; and

(xiv)

Our substantial leverage and significant restrictive covenants in our various credit facilities could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to make capital expenditures to invest in new or renovate restaurants, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry and expose us to interest rate risk in connection with our variable-rate debt.

In light of these risks and uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement that we make in this report speaks only as of the date of such statement, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or to publicly announce the results of any revision to any of those statements to reflect future events or developments. Comparisons of results for current and any prior periods are not intended to express any future trends or indications of future performance, unless specifically expressed as such, and should only be viewed as historical data.

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Overview

We are one of the largest casual dining restaurant companies in the world with a portfolio of leading, differentiated restaurant concepts. As of June 30, 2013, we owned and operated 1,276 restaurants and had 207 restaurants operating under a franchise or joint venture arrangement across 48 states, Puerto Rico, Guam and 20 countries. We have five founder-inspired concepts: Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar and Roy’s. Our concepts seek to provide a compelling customer experience combining great food, highly attentive service and lively and contemporary ambience at attractive prices. Our restaurants attract customers across a variety of occasions, including everyday dining, celebrations and business entertainment. Each of our concepts maintains a unique, founder-inspired brand identity and entrepreneurial culture, while leveraging our scale and enhanced operating model. We consider Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar to be our core concepts.

The restaurant industry is a highly competitive and fragmented industry and is sensitive to changes in the economy, trends in lifestyles, seasonality (customer spending patterns at our restaurants are generally highest in the first quarter of the year and lowest in the third quarter of the year) and fluctuating costs. Operating margins for restaurants can vary due to competitive pricing strategies, labor costs and fluctuations in prices of commodities, including beef, chicken, seafood, butter, cheese, produce and other necessities to operate a restaurant, such as natural gas or other energy supplies. Restaurant companies tend to focus on increasing market share, comparable restaurant sales growth and new unit growth. Competitive pressure for market share, commodity inflation, foreign currency exchange rates and other market conditions have had and could continue to have an adverse impact on our business.

Our industry is characterized by high initial capital investment, coupled with high labor costs. Chain restaurants have been increasingly taking share from independent restaurants over the past several years. We believe that this trend will continue due to increasing barriers that may prevent independent restaurants and/or start-up chains from building scale operations, including menu labeling, burdensome labor regulations and healthcare reforms that will be enforced once chains grow past a certain number of restaurants or number of employees. The combination of these factors underscores our initiative to drive increased sales at existing restaurants in order to raise margins and profits, because the incremental contribution to profits from every additional dollar of sales above the minimum costs required to open, staff and operate a restaurant is relatively high. Historically, we have not focused on growth in the number of restaurants just to generate additional sales. Our expansion and operating strategies have balanced investment and operating cost considerations in order to generate reasonable, sustainable margins and achieve acceptable returns on investment from our restaurant concepts.

Our strategic plan and operating model entails maintaining an experienced executive management team and adapting practices from the consumer products and retail industries to complement our restaurant acumen and enhance our brand management, analytics and innovation. This model keeps the customer at the center of our decision-making and focuses on continuous innovation and productivity to drive sustainable sales and profit growth. In addition, we remain recommitted to new unit development after curtailing expansion from 2009 to 2011. We believe that a substantial development opportunity remains for our concepts in the U.S. and internationally.

We continue to balance near-term growth in market share with investments to achieve sustainable growth. In 2013, our key growth strategies, which are enabled by continued improvements in infrastructure and organizational effectiveness include:

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Grow Comparable Restaurant Sales. We plan to continue our efforts to remodel our Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba’s Italian Grill restaurants, use limited-time offers and multimedia marketing campaigns to drive traffic, selectively expand the lunch daypart and introduce innovative menu items that match evolving consumer preferences. In addition, in April 2013, we accelerated our restaurant relocation plan primarily related to the Outback Steakhouse brand.

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Pursue New Domestic and International Development With Strong Unit Level Economics. We believe that a substantial development opportunity remains for our concepts in the U.S. and internationally. Our top domestic development priority is Bonefish Grill unit growth. Internationally, we are focusing on developing Outback Steakhouse in the existing markets of South Korea, Hong Kong and Brazil, with strategic expansion in selected emerging and high growth developed markets. We are focusing our new market growth in China, Mexico and South America. We expect to open between 45 and 55 system-wide locations in 2013 and increase the pace thereafter.


•	Drive Margin Improvement. We believe we have the opportunity to increase our margins through leveraging increases in average unit volumes and cost reductions in labor, food, supply chain and restaurant facilities.

We believe that the combination of macro-economic and other factors have put considerable pressure on sales in the casual dining industry thus far in 2013 and, as a result, the first half of 2013 has reflected a slowdown in our comparable restaurant sales growth. For example, the ongoing impacts of the housing crisis, high unemployment, the so-called “sequester” and related governmental spending and budget matters, gasoline prices, reduced disposable consumer income and consumer confidence have had a negative effect on discretionary consumer spending. As these conditions persist, we will face increased pressure with respect to our pricing, traffic levels and commodity costs. We believe that in this environment, we will need to maintain our focus on value and innovation to continue to drive sales.

Key Performance Indicators

Key measures that we use in evaluating our restaurants and assessing our business include the following:


•	Average restaurant unit volumes—average sales per restaurant to measure changes in customer traffic, pricing and development of the brand;


•	Comparable restaurant sales—year-over-year comparison of sales volumes for domestic, Company-owned restaurants that are open 18 months or more in order to remove the impact of new restaurant openings in comparing the operations of existing restaurants;


•	System-wide sales—total restaurant sales volume for all Company-owned, franchise and unconsolidated joint venture restaurants, regardless of ownership, to interpret the overall health of our brands;


•	Adjusted income from operations, Adjusted net income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc., Adjusted diluted earnings per share and Adjusted diluted earnings per pro forma share—non-GAAP financial measures utilized to evaluate our operating performance (see “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section below for further information); and


•	Customer satisfaction scores—measurement of our customers’ experiences in a variety of key attributes.

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Selected Operating Data

The table below presents the number of our restaurants in operation at the end of the periods indicated:



	JUNE 30,
	2013	2012
Number of restaurants (at end of the period):
Outback Steakhouse
Company-owned—domestic (1)	663	670
Company-owned—international (1)	117	112
Franchised—domestic	106	106
Franchised and joint venture—international	93	83
Total	979	971
Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Company-owned	234	230
Franchised	1	1
Total	235	231
Bonefish Grill
Company-owned	175	155
Franchised	7	7
Total	182	162
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
Company-owned	65	64
Roy’s
Company-owned	22	22
System-wide total	1,483	1,450

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(1)	One Company-owned restaurant in Puerto Rico that was previously included in Outback Steakhouse (international) is now included in Outback Steakhouse (domestic). The prior period has been revised to conform to the current period presentation.

We operate restaurants under brands that have similar economic characteristics, nature of products and services, class of customer and distribution methods, and as a result, aggregate our operating segments into a single reporting segment.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, percentages that items in our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income bear to Total revenues or Restaurant sales, as indicated:



	THREE MONTHS ENDED				SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,				JUNE 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Revenues
Restaurant sales	98.9	%	98.9	%	99.0	%	99.0	%
Other revenues	1.1		1.1		1.0		1.0
Total revenues	100.0		100.0		100.0		100.0
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales (1)	32.3		32.5		32.3		32.3
Labor and other related (1)	28.2		28.0		27.9		28.0
Other restaurant operating (1)	23.6		23.8		22.5		22.3
Depreciation and amortization	4.0		4.0		3.8		3.8
General and administrative	6.4		7.4		6.5		7.3
Provision for impaired assets and restaurant closings	0.1		0.5		0.1		0.4
Income from operations of unconsolidated affiliates	(0.3	)	(0.2	)	(0.3	)	(0.2	)
Total costs and expenses	93.3		95.0		92.2		93.2
Income from operations	6.7		5.0		7.8		6.8
Loss on extinguishment and modification of debt	(1.4	)	—		(0.7	)	(0.1	)
Other expense, net	(*)		(*)		(*)		(*)
Interest expense, net	(1.8	)	(2.5	)	(1.8	)	(2.2	)
Income before (benefit) provision for income taxes	3.5		2.5		5.3		4.5
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(4.0	)	0.4		(1.4	)	0.8
Net income	7.5		2.1		6.7		3.7
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.2		0.3		0.2		0.4
Net income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.	7.3	%	1.8	%	6.5	%	3.3	%

Net income	7.5	%	2.1	%	6.7	%	3.7	%
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(0.8	)	(0.7	)	(0.6	)	(0.2	)
Comprehensive income	6.7		1.4		6.1		3.5
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0.2		0.3		0.2		0.4
Comprehensive income attributable to Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.	6.5	%	1.1	%	5.9	%	3.1	%

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(1)	As a percentage of Restaurant sales.


*	Less than 1/10^th of one percent of Total revenues.

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REVENUES

Restaurant sales



	THREE MONTHS ENDED								SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,								JUNE 30,
(dollars in millions):	2013		2012		$ Change		% Change		2013		2012		$ Change		% Change
Restaurant sales	$	1,008.0	$	970.0	$	38.0	3.9	%	$	2,090.3	$	2,015.5	$	74.8	3.7	%

The increase in restaurant sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to (i) additional revenues of approximately $23.7 million from the opening of 45 new restaurants not included in our comparable restaurant sales base and (ii) a $18.5 million increase in comparable restaurant sales at our existing restaurants (including a 2.0% combined comparable restaurant sales increase in the second quarter of 2013 at our core domestic concepts), primarily due to increases in general menu prices and customer traffic, which were partially offset by mix in our product sales. The increase in customer traffic was primarily driven by selective daypart expansion across certain concepts, innovations in menu, service, promotions and operations across the portfolio and renovations at additional Outback Steakhouse locations. The increase in restaurant sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was partially offset by a $4.2 million decrease from the closing of nine restaurants since June 30, 2012.

The increase in restaurant sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to (i) additional revenues of approximately $58.9 million from the opening of 46 new restaurants not included in our comparable restaurant sales base and (ii) a $23.9 million increase in comparable restaurant sales at our existing restaurants (including a 1.8% combined comparable restaurant sales increase in the first half of 2013 at our core domestic concepts), primarily due to increases in general menu prices and customer traffic, which were partially offset by mix in our product sales. The increase in customer traffic was primarily driven by selective daypart expansion across certain concepts, innovations in menu, service, promotions and operations across the portfolio and renovations at additional Outback Steakhouse locations partially offset by unfavorable winter weather conditions and the additional day in February 2012 due to Leap Year. The increase in restaurant sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was partially offset by a $8.0 million decrease from the closing of nine restaurants since June 30, 2012.

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The following table includes additional information about changes in Restaurant sales at domestic Company-owned restaurants for our core brands:



	THREE MONTHS ENDED						SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,						JUNE 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Average restaurant unit volumes (weekly):
Outback Steakhouse (1)	$	62,552		$	60,571		$	64,739		$	62,495
Carrabba’s Italian Grill	$	58,116		$	57,979		$	60,114		$	60,245
Bonefish Grill	$	61,815		$	62,417		$	63,678		$	63,634
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar	$	75,531		$	73,136		$	80,223		$	76,824
Operating weeks:
Outback Steakhouse (1)	8,619			8,710			17,161			17,420
Carrabba’s Italian Grill	3,042			2,990			6,051			5,981
Bonefish Grill	2,268			1,985			4,460			3,943
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar	845			832			1,681			1,664
Year over year percentage change:
Menu price increases: (2)
Outback Steakhouse	2.7		%	2.1		%	2.4		%	2.1		%
Carrabba’s Italian Grill	2.2		%	2.0		%	1.8		%	2.2		%
Bonefish Grill	1.9		%	2.2		%	1.9		%	2.5		%
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar	3.3		%	2.2		%	2.7		%	2.3		%
Comparable restaurant sales (stores open 18 months or more):
Outback Steakhouse (1)	2.8		%	2.3		%	2.6		%	3.8		%
Carrabba’s Italian Grill	0.3		%	1.5		%	(0.7		)%	2.9		%
Bonefish Grill	0.2		%	2.1		%	0.4		%	4.2		%
Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar	3.8		%	6.8		%	4.5		%	6.1		%
Combined (concepts above)	2.0		%	2.4		%	1.8		%	3.8		%

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(1)	One Company-owned restaurant in Puerto Rico that was previously included in Outback Steakhouse (international) is now included in Outback Steakhouse (domestic). This change affects the calculation of average restaurant unit volumes, operating weeks and comparable restaurant sales. The prior period has been revised to conform to the current period presentation.


(2)	The stated menu price changes exclude the impact of product mix shifts to new menu offerings.

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COSTS AND EXPENSES

Cost of sales



	THREE MONTHS ENDED								SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,								JUNE 30,
(dollars in millions):	2013			2012			Change		2013			2012			Change
Cost of sales	$	325.5		$	315.5				$	675.4		$	651.3
% of Restaurant sales	32.3		%	32.5		%	(0.2	)%	32.3		%	32.3		%	—	%

Cost of sales, consisting of food and beverage costs, decreased as a percentage of Restaurant sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. The decrease as a percentage of Restaurant sales was primarily attributable to the following: (i) 0.6% from the impact of certain cost savings initiatives, (ii) 0.6% from menu price increases and (iii) 0.3% from decreases in seafood. The decrease was partially offset by increases as a percentage of Restaurant sales of 1.2% from increases in beef and other commodity costs and 0.1% from changes in our liquor, beer and wine mix.

Cost of sales as a percentage of Restaurant sales was consistent in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. Increases as a percentage of Restaurant sales were primarily due to 0.9% from higher beef and other commodity costs and 0.2% from changes in our liquor, beer and wine mix. These increases were offset by decreases as a percentage of Restaurant sales attributable to the following: (i) 0.5% from the impact of certain cost savings initiatives, (ii) 0.5% from menu price increases and (iii) 0.3% from decreases in seafood.

Labor and other related expenses



	THREE MONTHS ENDED								SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,								JUNE 30,
(dollars in millions):	2013			2012			Change		2013			2012			Change
Labor and other related	$	284.0		$	271.4				$	583.9		$	564.9
% of Restaurant sales	28.2		%	28.0		%	0.2	%	27.9		%	28.0		%	(0.1	)%

Labor and other related expenses include all direct and indirect labor costs incurred in operations, including distribution expense to managing partners, costs related to the Partner Equity Plan (“PEP”) and Partner Ownership Account (“POA”) deferred compensation plans (see “—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Deferred Compensation Plans”), and other incentive compensation expenses. Labor and other related expenses increased as a percentage of Restaurant sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. The increase as a percentage of Restaurant sales was primarily attributable to 0.6% from higher kitchen and service labor costs and 0.3% from higher field management labor and bonus expenses. The increases were partially offset by decreases as a percentage of Restaurant sales of 0.4% from the impact of certain cost savings initiatives and 0.3% from higher average unit volumes at the majority of our restaurants.

The decrease as a percentage of Restaurant sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to the following: (i) 0.3% from changes in deferred compensation participant accounts, (ii) 0.3% from the impact of certain cost savings initiatives and (iii) 0.3% from higher average unit volumes at the majority of our restaurants. The decreases were partially offset by increases as a percentage of Restaurant sales of 0.6% from higher kitchen and service labor costs and 0.2% from higher field management labor and bonus expenses.

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Other restaurant operating expenses



	THREE MONTHS ENDED								SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,								JUNE 30,
(dollars in millions):	2013			2012			Change		2013			2012			Change
Other restaurant operating	$	237.4		$	230.9				$	471.2		$	449.8
% of Restaurant sales	23.6		%	23.8		%	(0.2	)%	22.5		%	22.3		%	0.2	%

Other restaurant operating expenses include certain unit-level operating costs such as operating supplies, rent, repairs and maintenance, advertising expenses, utilities, pre-opening costs and other occupancy costs. A substantial portion of these expenses is fixed or indirectly variable. The decrease as a percentage of Restaurant sales in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily attributable to 0.5% from higher average unit volumes at the majority of our restaurants and 0.3% from certain cost savings initiatives. The decreases were offset by increases as a percentage of Restaurant sales primarily due to 0.3% of higher restaurant operating supplies expense and 0.2% in higher restaurant utilities and repair and maintenance costs.

The increase as a percentage of Restaurant sales in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 was primarily due to the following: (i) 0.4% in higher restaurant repair and maintenance and other operating costs, (ii) 0.2% in higher advertising expense and (iii) 0.2% of higher restaurant occupancy costs as a result of a sale-leaseback transaction. The increases were offset by decreases as a percentage of Restaurant sales primarily attributable to 0.4% from higher average unit volumes at the majority of our restaurants and 0.2% from certain cost savings initiatives.

General and administrative



	THREE MONTHS ENDED							SIX MONTHS ENDED
	JUNE 30,							JUNE 30,
(in millions):	2013		2012		Change			2013		2012		Change
General and administrative	$	65.1	$	72.2	$	(7.1	)	$	137.6	$	148.2	$	(10.6	)

General and administrative costs decreased in the three months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the following: (i) $3.9 million of lower expenses due to the timing of our annual managing partner conference, (ii) $2.3 million of lower management fees due to the termination of the management agreement in connection with our initial public offering, (iii) $1.6 million of net decrease in losses associated with the cash surrender value of life insurance investments and (iv) $1.5 million of net gain on the termination of a split-dollar life insurance policy. These decreases were partially offset by $2.3 million of higher stock-based compensation.

General and administrative costs decreased in the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012 primarily due to the following: (i) $6.7 million of lower legal and other professional fees resulting from amendment and restatement of a lease between OSI and PRP in the first quarter of 2012, (ii) $4.6 million of lower management fees due to the termination of the management agreement in connection with our initial public offering, (iii) $3.7 million of net gains on the termination of split-dollar life insurance policies and (iv) $2.9 million of decreased general and administrative costs associated with field support, managers-in-training and field compensation and bonus expense. These decreases were partially offset by $6.0 million of higher stock-based compensation.