As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2007
Registration No. 333-01028
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
58-1498312
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
8215 Roswell Road, Building 600
Atlanta, Georgia 30350
(Address, including zip code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
LongHorn Steaks, Inc. Stock Option Agreement of Richard E. Rivera
(Full title of the plan)
c/o Paula J. Shives, Esq.
Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
5900 Lake Ellenor Drive
Orlando, Florida 32809
(407) 245-4000
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Gary L. Tygesson, Esq.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 340-2600
TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-01028) of RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (the “Company”), a Georgia corporation, filed on February 6, 1996, pertaining to 485,417 shares of the Company’s common stock issuable under the LongHorn Steaks, Inc. Stock Option Agreement of Richard E. Rivera.
In connection with Mr. Rivera’s departure from the Company in 1997, all shares issuable upon the exercise of the outstanding stock options covered by this registration statement were exercised or cancelled. Therefore, the Company hereby removes from registration the shares of common stock of the Company registered pursuant to this Registration Statement that remain unissued.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Rule 478 thereunder, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Orlando, State of Florida, on December 14, 2007.
| RARE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ William R. White, III | |
| Name: | William R. White, III | |
| Title: | President and Treasurer | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment has been signed by the following person in the capacities indicated on the 14th day of December, 2007.
| Signature |
Title | |||
| /s/ William R. White, III |
President, Treasurer and Director (principal executive, financial and accounting officer) | |||
| William R. White, III | ||||