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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
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        Pursuant to the License Agreement, effective upon the occurrence of specific
        conditions precedent, DCC agreed to grant the Registrant a license to use
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        (collectively, the &#8220;Service Marks&#8221;) in a certain trade area known as the
        Carrollwood Trade Area (see Exhibit A to the License Agreement). Currently,
        Shells of Carrollwood Village, Inc. (&#8220;SCVI&#8221;), a sublicensee of the Service Marks
        and other proprietary information, operates a &#8220;Shells&#8221; restaurant in the
        Carrollwood Trade Area under a management agreement with the Registrant.
        The
        License Agreement will become effective upon the earlier to occur of either
        (a)
        the execution of an agreement by SCVI to abandon or terminate the sublicense
        agreement which granted it the sublicense for the use of the Services Marks
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        the Carrollwood Trade Area and the management agreement with the Registrant
        for
        the operation of the &#8220;Shells&#8221; restaurant or (b) default by SCVI under the terms
        of the sublicense agreement and the expiration of any cure period available
        thereunder. Under the License Agreement, the Registrant has until December
        31,
        2006 to open a Shells Seafood Restaurant in the Limited Carrollwood Trade
        Area
        (see Exhibit B to the License Agreement), subject to certain monthly license
        fees beginning on April 1, 2006. Further, the Registrant agreed to pay DCC
        a
        license fee in the amount of two percent (2%) of the gross receipts of each
        Shells Seafood Restaurant operated or sublicensed by the Registrant within
        the
        Carrollwood Trade Area. The License Agreement is filed with this Report as
        Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The preceding
        description of the terms of the License Agreement is qualified in its entirety
        by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to this Report.</font><br></div>
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                  dated August 5, 2005, by and between Shells Seafood Restaurants,
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        has
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        duly authorized.</font></div>
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Unassociated Document
UNITED
        STATES
SECURITIES
        AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
        D.C. 20549
__________________________________________
FORM
        8-K
__________________________________________
CURRENT
        REPORT
PURSUANT
        TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
        EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
        of
        Report (Date of earliest event reported)
August
        9, 2005
Shells
        Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
(Exact
        Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
0-28258
65-0427966
(State
                  or Other Jurisdiction
of
                  Incorporation)
(Commission
File
                  Number)
(IRS
                  Employer
Identification
                  No.)
16313
                  N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 100, Tampa,
                  FL
33618
(Address
                  of Principal Executive
                  Offices)
(Zip
                  Code)
Registrant's
        telephone number, including area code:
(813) 961-0944
Not
        Applicable
(Former
        Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check
        the
        appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
        satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
        provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
o
Written
        communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
        230.425)
o
Soliciting
        material pursuant to
        Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement
        communications
        pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement
        communications
        pursuant to Rule 13e-4 (c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
        240.13e-4(c))
Item
        1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
On
        August
        9, 2005, Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (the "Registrant") entered into an
        agreement (the "License Agreement") with Deborah Christen Corporation ("DCC").
        Pursuant to the License Agreement, effective upon the occurrence of specific
        conditions precedent, DCC agreed to grant the Registrant a license to use
        the
        service marks "Shells" and "Shells Seafood, Shellfish & Whatnot"
        (collectively, the "Service Marks") in a certain trade area known as the
        Carrollwood Trade Area (see Exhibit A to the License Agreement). Currently,
        Shells of Carrollwood Village, Inc. ("SCVI"), a sublicensee of the Service Marks
        and other proprietary information, operates a "Shells" restaurant in the
        Carrollwood Trade Area under a management agreement with the Registrant.
        The
        License Agreement will become effective upon the earlier to occur of either
        (a)
        the execution of an agreement by SCVI to abandon or terminate the sublicense
        agreement which granted it the sublicense for the use of the Services Marks
        in
        the Carrollwood Trade Area and the management agreement with the Registrant
        for
        the operation of the "Shells" restaurant or (b) default by SCVI under the terms
        of the sublicense agreement and the expiration of any cure period available
        thereunder. Under the License Agreement, the Registrant has until December
        31,
        2006 to open a Shells Seafood Restaurant in the Limited Carrollwood Trade
        Area
        (see Exhibit B to the License Agreement), subject to certain monthly license
        fees beginning on April 1, 2006. Further, the Registrant agreed to pay DCC
        a
        license fee in the amount of two percent (2%) of the gross receipts of each
        Shells Seafood Restaurant operated or sublicensed by the Registrant within
        the
        Carrollwood Trade Area. The License Agreement is filed with this Report as
        Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.01. The preceding
        description of the terms of the License Agreement is qualified in its entirety
        by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to this Report.
Item
        9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c)
        Exhibits.
Item
        No.
Description
10.1
Agreement,
                  dated August 5, 2005, by and between Shells Seafood Restaurants,
                  Inc. and
                  Deborah Christen Corporation.
                  ("DCC").
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
        has
        duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
        duly authorized.
Date
                    : August 11, 2005
SHELLS
                    SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
By:
/s/
                    Leslie J. Christon
Name:
Leslie
                    J. Christon
Title:
President
                    and Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit
        Index
Item
          No.
Description
10.1
Agreement,
                    dated August 5, 2005, by and between Shells Seafood Restaurants,
                    Inc. and
                    Deborah Christen Corporation.