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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;30, 2007.<BR>
File No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 2pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 22pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>RARE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>8215 Roswell Road, Building 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30350<BR>
(770)&nbsp;399-9595</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Copy to:</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Cathy D. Hampton</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>John B. Shannon</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>RARE Hospitality International, Inc.</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Alston &#038; Bird LLP</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>8215 Roswell Road, Building 600</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>One Atlantic Center</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1201 West Peachtree Street, NW</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Atlanta, Georgia 30309</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 450,000 shares to be issued
pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards to participants under the RARE Hospitality
International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the &#147;2002
Plan&#148;), including additional shares that may become issuable in accordance with the
adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the 2002 Plan. RARE Hospitality
International, Inc. has previously filed two Registration Statements on Form S-8 (SEC
File Nos. 333-116316 and SEC File No.&nbsp;333-97711) with respect to shares issuable under
the 2002 Plan. This Registration Statement is filed to cover additional shares
authorized for issuance under an amendment to the 2002 Plan.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Determined in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the registration fee calculation is based
on the average of the high and low prices of the RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
common stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May&nbsp;24, 2007.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART I&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The 2002 Plan prospectus, which constitutes Part&nbsp;I of this registration statement, will be
sent or given to participants in the 2002 Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). The 2002 Plan prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Upon written or oral request, RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) will
provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
registration statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a)
prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Requests for the
above-mentioned information should be directed to Cathy D. Hampton, at the address and telephone
number on the cover of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PART II&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are
incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006;
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act since December&nbsp;31, 2006;
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement filed
under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description;
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of rights to purchase Series&nbsp;A junior participating preferred stock
contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is
deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;IX of the Company&#146;s By-laws, as amended (&#147;Article&nbsp;IX&#148;), provides that the Company is
required to indemnify and hold harmless any individual who is made a party to a threatened, pending
or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
and whether formal or informal, because he is or was a director or officer against liability
incurred in the proceeding if he acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A person&#146;s conduct with respect to an
employee benefit plan for a purpose he believed in good faith to be in the interests of the
participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement for
indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall not indemnify a person under Article&nbsp;IX in connection with (i)&nbsp;a proceeding
by or in the right of the Company in which such person was adjudged liable to the Company, unless,
and then only to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction acting pursuant to Article&nbsp;IX or
Section&nbsp;14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, determines that, in view of the
circumstances of the case, the indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, or
(ii)&nbsp;any proceeding in which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that he improperly
received a personal benefit, unless, and then only to the extent that, a court of competent
jurisdiction acting pursuant to Article&nbsp;IX or Section&nbsp;14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code determines that, in view of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification permitted under Article&nbsp;IX in connection with a proceeding by or in the right
of the Company shall include reasonable expenses, penalties, fines (including an excise tax
assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with the proceeding, but, unless ordered by a court, shall not include judgments.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Regardless of whether a proposed indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in Article&nbsp;IX, the Company shall not indemnify a person under Article&nbsp;IX for any liability
incurred in a proceeding in which the person is adjudged liable to the Company or is subjected to
injunctive relief in favor of the Company:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the Company;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">for the types of liability set forth in Section&nbsp;14-2-832 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code; or for any transaction from which he received an improper personal
benefit.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
</DIV>

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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">
<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">(Signatures on following page)
</DIV>


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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on May&nbsp;29, 2007.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><B>RARE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Philip J. Hickey, Jr.<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Philip J. Hickey, Jr. and W. Douglas Benn, and each of them (with full power in each to
act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of the, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="54%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">SIGNATURE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">TITLE</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">DATE</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
        <TD>&nbsp;<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Philip J. Hickey, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Douglas Benn
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
W. Douglas Benn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Benjamin A. Waites
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Benjamin A. Waites</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Roger L. Boeve
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Roger L. Boeve</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="25%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="54%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
        <TD>&nbsp;<BR></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Carolyn H. Byrd
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Carolyn H. Byrd</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Don L. Chapman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Don L. Chapman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James D. Dixon</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May &#095;&#095;&#095;, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Dick R. Holbrook
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Dick R. Holbrook</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lewis H. Jordan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lewis H. Jordan</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Ronald W. San Martin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Ronald W. San Martin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">May 29, 2007</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX<BR>
TO<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2002)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of the Company, as amended (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;20, 2007)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Counsel</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of KPMG LLP</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Amended and Restated
2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated
May&nbsp;14, 2007)</TD>
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RARE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 30, 2007.
File No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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
58-1498312
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
incorporation or organization)
8215 Roswell Road, Building 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30350
(770) 399-9595
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Copy to:
Cathy D. Hampton
John B. Shannon
RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
Alston & Bird LLP
8215 Roswell Road, Building 600
One Atlantic Center
Atlanta, Georgia 30350
1201 West Peachtree Street, NW
(770) 399-9595
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
(404) 881-7466
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock, no par value
450,000 (1)
$29.30(2)
$13,185,000(2)
$404.78
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 450,000 shares to be issued
pursuant to the grant or exercise of awards to participants under the RARE Hospitality
International, Inc. Amended and Restated 2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "2002
Plan"), including additional shares that may become issuable in accordance with the
adjustment and anti-dilution provisions of the 2002 Plan. RARE Hospitality
International, Inc. has previously filed two Registration Statements on Form S-8 (SEC
File Nos. 333-116316 and SEC File No. 333-97711) with respect to shares issuable under
the 2002 Plan. This Registration Statement is filed to cover additional shares
authorized for issuance under an amendment to the 2002 Plan.
(2)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee calculation is based
on the average of the high and low prices of the RARE Hospitality International, Inc.
common stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on May 24, 2007.
PART I      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a) The 2002 Plan prospectus, which constitutes Part I of this registration statement, will be
sent or given to participants in the 2002 Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The 2002 Plan prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the
Securities Act.
(b) Upon written or oral request, RARE Hospitality International, Inc. (the "Company") will
provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
registration statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a)
prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other
documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the
above-mentioned information should be directed to Cathy D. Hampton, at the address and telephone
number on the cover of this Registration Statement.
PART II      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
incorporated herein by reference and deemed to be a part hereof:
(a) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006;
(b) All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act since December 31, 2006;
(c) The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration Statement filed
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of
updating such description;
(d) The description of rights to purchase Series A junior participating preferred stock
contained in the Company's registration statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act,
including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(e) All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference
shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is
deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
2
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Article IX of the Company's By-laws, as amended ("Article IX"), provides that the Company is
required to indemnify and hold harmless any individual who is made a party to a threatened, pending
or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
and whether formal or informal, because he is or was a director or officer against liability
incurred in the proceeding if he acted in a manner he believed in good faith to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Company and, in the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no
reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. A person's conduct with respect to an
employee benefit plan for a purpose he believed in good faith to be in the interests of the
participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement for
indemnification.
The Company shall not indemnify a person under Article IX in connection with (i) a proceeding
by or in the right of the Company in which such person was adjudged liable to the Company, unless,
and then only to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction acting pursuant to Article IX or
Section 14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation Code, determines that, in view of the
circumstances of the case, the indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, or
(ii) any proceeding in which such person was adjudged liable on the basis that he improperly
received a personal benefit, unless, and then only to the extent that, a court of competent
jurisdiction acting pursuant to Article IX or Section 14-2-854 of the Georgia Business Corporation
Code determines that, in view of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnification.
Indemnification permitted under Article IX in connection with a proceeding by or in the right
of the Company shall include reasonable expenses, penalties, fines (including an excise tax
assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan) and amounts paid in settlement in connection
with the proceeding, but, unless ordered by a court, shall not include judgments.
Regardless of whether a proposed indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in Article IX, the Company shall not indemnify a person under Article IX for any liability
incurred in a proceeding in which the person is adjudged liable to the Company or is subjected to
injunctive relief in favor of the Company:
•
for any appropriation, in violation of his duties, of any business opportunity of the Company;
•
for acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
•
for the types of liability set forth in Section 14-2-832 of the Georgia Business
Corporation Code; or for any transaction from which he received an improper personal
benefit.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits
See the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities
offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may
be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement;
Provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply if
the registration statement is on Form S-8, and the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are
incorporated by reference in this registration statement; and
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing
provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such
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indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(Signatures on following page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Company certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on May 29, 2007.
RARE HOSPITALITY INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Philip J. Hickey, Jr. and W. Douglas Benn, and each of them (with full power in each to
act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or
all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or
any of the, or their or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Philip J. Hickey, Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 29, 2007
/s/ W. Douglas Benn
W. Douglas Benn
Executive Vice President, Finance,
Chief Financial Officer and
Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 29, 2007
/s/ Benjamin A. Waites
Benjamin A. Waites
Vice President, Controller and Chief
Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 29, 2007
/s/ Roger L. Boeve
Roger L. Boeve
Director
May 29, 2007
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/s/ Carolyn H. Byrd
Carolyn H. Byrd
Director
May 29, 2007
/s/ Don L. Chapman
Don L. Chapman
Director
May 29, 2007
James D. Dixon
Director
May ___, 2007
/s/ Dick R. Holbrook
Dick R. Holbrook
Director
May 29, 2007
/s/ Lewis H. Jordan
Lewis H. Jordan
Director
May 29, 2007
/s/ Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
Eugene I. Lee, Jr.
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
May 29, 2007
/s/ Ronald W. San Martin
Ronald W. San Martin
Director
May 29, 2007
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated herein by reference to
Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2002)
4.2
By-Laws of the Company, as amended (incorporated herein by
reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Current Report on
Form 8-K dated February 20, 2007)
5.1
Opinion of Counsel
23.1
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
RARE Hospitality International, Inc. Amended and Restated
2002 Long-Term Incentive Plan (incorporated herein by
reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
May 14, 2007)
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