0001324272-18-000009.txt : 20180828 0001324272-18-000009.hdr.sgml : 20180828 20180828152854 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001324272-18-000009 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180824 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180828 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180828 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Perry Marie CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001418423 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51485 FILM NUMBER: 181041564 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6820 LBJ FREEWAY CITY: DALLAS STATE: TX ZIP: 75240 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001324272 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 721060618 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1225 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: WINTER PARK STATE: FL ZIP: 32789 BUSINESS PHONE: (407) 333-7440 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: WINTER PARK STATE: FL ZIP: 32789 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Ruths Chris Steak House, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050419 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2018-08-24 1 0001324272 Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc. RUTH 0001418423 Perry Marie 1030 W. CANTON AVE. STE 100 WINER PARK FL 32789 1 0 0 0 /s/ Alice G. Givens 2018-08-28 EX-24 2 attach_1.htm

POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of Arne G. Haak, Alice G. Givens,Bona M. Kim and James S. Rowe, signing singly, the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(i) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director and/or owner of greater than 10% of the outstanding

Common Stock of Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation(the "Company"),

Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and any other forms or reports the undersigned may

be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition

of securities of the Company;



(ii) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which

may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,

or other form or report and any amendments thereto and timely file such form

with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock

exchange or similar authority; and



(iii) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the

foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,

in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being

understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of

the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and

shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in

such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause

to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 27th day of August, 2018.





/s/ Marie L. Perry



Marie L. Perry