EX-32 7 ex32q2.txt EX. 32 906 CERTIFICATION EXHIBIT 32 CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of Applebee's International, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 1, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, in the capacities and dates indicated below, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. Date: August 1, 2007 By: /s/ David L. Goebel -------------------------- -------------------------------------- David L. Goebel President and Chief Executive Officer CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002 In connection with the Quarterly Report of Applebee's International, Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 1, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, in the capacities and dates indicated below, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that: (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. Date: August 1, 2007 By: /s/ Steven K. Lumpkin --------------------------- --------------------------------------- Steven K. Lumpkin Executive Vice President and Chief Financial and Strategy Officer