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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-10-014994.txt : 20101014
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-10-014994.hdr.sgml : 20101014
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20101014180248
ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-10-014994
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101012
FILED AS OF DATE: 20101014
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101014
REPORTING-OWNER:
OWNER DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Taylor Wayne Kent
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001305119
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: 4
SEC ACT: 1934 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-50972
FILM NUMBER: 101124480
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 6040 DUTCHMANS LANE
STREET 2: SUITE 200
CITY: LOUISVILLE
STATE: KY
ZIP: 40205
ISSUER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Texas Roadhouse, Inc.
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001289460
STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE
FISCAL YEAR END: 1228
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 6040 DUTCHMANS LANE, SUITE 400
CITY: LOUISVILLE
STATE: KY
ZIP: 40205
BUSINESS PHONE: 5024269984
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 6040 DUTCHMANS LANE, SUITE 400
CITY: LOUISVILLE
STATE: KY
ZIP: 40205
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<issuerName>Texas Roadhouse, Inc.</issuerName>
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<rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
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<rptOwnerCity>LOUISVILLE</rptOwnerCity>
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<value>D</value>
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<securityTitle>
<value>Common Stock</value>
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<ownershipNature>
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<value>I</value>
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<natureOfOwnership>
<value>By PMB Holdings LLC</value>
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</nonDerivativeHolding>
<nonDerivativeHolding>
<securityTitle>
<value>Common Stock</value>
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<postTransactionAmounts>
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<value>300000</value>
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</postTransactionAmounts>
<ownershipNature>
<directOrIndirectOwnership>
<value>I</value>
</directOrIndirectOwnership>
<natureOfOwnership>
<value>By Wasatch Range LLC</value>
<footnoteId id="F5"/>
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<nonDerivativeHolding>
<securityTitle>
<value>Common Stock</value>
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<value>I</value>
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<value>By Taylor Family Partners, Ltd.</value>
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<footnotes>
<footnote id="F1">Weighted average sale price reported. These shares were sold within a range of $15.03 and $15.45. The reporting person will provide upon request by the Commission Staff, the issuer, or security holder, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
<footnote id="F2">Weighted average sale price reported. These shares were sold within a range of $15.00 and $15.45. The reporting person will provide upon request by the Commission Staff, the issuer, or security holder, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
<footnote id="F3">The reporting party is the voting manager of LD Holdings LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of such portion of those shares in which the reporting person has no actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
<footnote id="F4">The reporting party is the voting manager of PMB Holdings LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of such portion of those shares in which the reporting person has no actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
<footnote id="F5">The reporting party is the voting manager of Wasatch Range LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership within the meaning of Rule 16a-1(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, of such portion of those shares in which the reporting person has no actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
<footnote id="F6">Certain members of the reporting party's Immediate Family, as defined in Rule 16a-1(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, have a pecuinary interest in Taylor Family Partners, Ltd., a Kentucky limited partnership. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership, within the meaning of Rule 16a-1, of such portion of those shares in which the reporting person has no actual pecuniary interest.</footnote>
</footnotes>
<ownerSignature>
<signatureName>/s/ Sheila C. Brown, by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
<signatureDate>2010-10-14</signatureDate>
</ownerSignature>
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