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<Div align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></DIV>

<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________________</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B><BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>
<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></DIV>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>RUBIO&#146;S RESTAURANTS, INC.</B></FONT>
<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></DIV>

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<B>33-0100303</B></FONT></TD>
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        <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State or other jurisdiction<BR>
of incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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(IRS Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>1902 Wright Place, Suite&nbsp;300, Carlsbad, California 92008</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)</FONT>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SPECIAL STOCK OPTION GRANT<BR>
TO MR. JACK GOODALL</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Full title of the
Plan)</FONT></div>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Mr.&nbsp;Ralph Rubio<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Rubio&#146;s Restaurants, Inc.<BR>
1902 Wright Place, Suite&nbsp;300<BR>
Carlsbad, California 92008</B></FONT>
<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Name and address of agent for service)</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(760)&nbsp;929-8226</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</FONT></DIV>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">With Copies To:<BR>
Maria P. Sendra, Esq.<BR>
Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP<BR>
12390 El Camino Real<BR>
San Diego, CA 92130<BR>
(858)&nbsp;720-2500</FONT>

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        <TD><FONT size="2">Special Stock
Option Grant to Mr.
Jack Goodall Common
Stock, $0.001 par
value per share</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">25,000 shares</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
registrant&#146;s common stock that become issuable under the Special Stock
Option Grant to Mr.&nbsp;Goodall by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
registrant&#146;s receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the
number of the registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of common stock.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule&nbsp;457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the exercise price in
effect for the Special Stock Option Grant made to Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#009">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="a80872orex5-1.txt">EXHIBIT 5.1</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we have on file
at the SEC&#146;s public reference room in Washington, DC. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room. Our
SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC&#146;s web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B></FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Information Required in the Registration Statement</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The SEC allows us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; the information we file
with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information
filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We incorporate
by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the
SEC under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 until this offering is complete:
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Our annual report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2001 filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;1, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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Our registration statement no. 000-26125 on Form&nbsp;8-A12G filed
with the SEC on May&nbsp;18, 1999, in which we describe the terms, rights
and provisions applicable to our outstanding common stock.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An opinion passing upon the validity of the shares of common stock
registered under this registration statement has been given to us by Brobeck,
Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP, San Diego, California. Attorneys associated with
Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP own an aggregate of approximately 29,372 shares
of our common stock.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits us to
indemnify our directors and officers under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations. Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also
permits us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of our directors and
officers against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them
arising out of their capacity or status as directors and officers, whether or
not we would have the power to indemnify our directors and officers against
such liability under the provisions of Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;VII of our Restated Bylaws generally provides that we shall
indemnify our directors and executive officers to the fullest extent not
prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law and that we shall advance,
prior to the final disposition of any proceeding, promptly following a request,
all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with
such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person
to repay such amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is
not entitled to be indemnified by us. Also under Article&nbsp;VII of our Restated
Bylaws, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may fully indemnify any
person through bylaw provisions, agreements with such person, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the
indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by applicable
Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to action for breach of
duty to us, our stockholders or others.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article&nbsp;V, Section&nbsp;A of our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that our directors shall not be personally liable to us
or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except that the indemnification does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director for the following:
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to us or our
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2">unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law; and</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Delaware law further provides that the permitted indemnification shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may
be entitled under our bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have also entered into agreements to indemnify our directors and
executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our
bylaws. We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to
attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers. Our bylaws also
permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or
other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of
whether Delaware law would permit indemnification. We have directors and
officers liability insurance now in effect that insures our directors and
executive officers.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our
Restated Bylaws which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 and
Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our Form&nbsp;S-1 registration statement no. 333-75087 filed
with the SEC on March&nbsp;26, 1999, as amended; our Certificate of Amendment
to Bylaws which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our annual
report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;2, 2001, as amended; and
our Form&nbsp;8-A12G registration statement no. 000-26125 filed with the SEC
on May&nbsp;18, 1999.</FONT></TD>
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Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Written Compensation Agreement between registrant and Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement between registrant and Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">A.&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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:
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 of 1933, as amended;
</FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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 this 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 this
registration statement; and
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp; to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement;
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference into this registration statement;
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp; that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, 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; and
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&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 Special Stock Option Grant to Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this 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.
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">C. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item&nbsp;6
above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC, such 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
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the registrant 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 registrant 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.
</FONT>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Carlsbad, State of California on this
18th day
of April, 2002.
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="2"><B>RUBIO&#146;S RESTAURANTS,
INC.</B></FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">By:&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">/s/ Ralph Rubio</FONT></TD>
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        <TD colspan="2"><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD><HR size="1" noshade color="#000000"></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">
Ralph Rubio<BR>
President and Chief Executive
Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each director and/or officer of Rubio&#146;s Restaurants, Inc. whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Ralph Rubio, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Ira Fils, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and each of
them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and 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 SEC, 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 connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated:
</FONT>
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        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Signature</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Title</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Date</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ralph Rubio
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ralph Rubio</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President, Chief Executive Officer<BR>
and Chairman of the Board<BR>
(principal executive officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ira Fils
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ira Fils</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Acting Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial and accounting officer)
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Kyle A. Anderson
<HR size="1" noshade>
Kyle A. Anderson</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;
<HR size="1" noshade>
Craig Andrews</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jack Goodall
<HR size="1" noshade>
Jack Goodall</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Timothy J. Ryan
<HR size="1" noshade>
Timothy J. Ryan</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">April&nbsp;18, 2002</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our
Restated Bylaws which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 and
Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our Form&nbsp;S-1 registration statement no. 333-75087 filed
with the SEC on March&nbsp;26, 1999, as amended; our Certificate of Amendment
to Bylaws which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to our annual
report on Form&nbsp;10-K filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;2, 2001, as amended; and
our Form&nbsp;8-A12G registration statement no. 000-26125 filed with the SEC
on May&nbsp;18, 1999.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Brobeck, Phleger &#038; Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Written Compensation Agreement between registrant and Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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        <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement between registrant and Mr.&nbsp;Goodall.</FONT></TD>
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Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on April 18, 2002
Registration No. 333-_________________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
RUBIO'S RESTAURANTS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
33-0100303
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1902 Wright Place, Suite 300, Carlsbad, California 92008
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
SPECIAL STOCK OPTION GRANT
TO MR. JACK GOODALL
(Full title of the
Plan)
Mr. Ralph Rubio
President and Chief Executive Officer
Rubio's Restaurants, Inc.
1902 Wright Place, Suite 300
Carlsbad, California 92008
(Name and address of agent for service)
(760) 929-8226
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With Copies To:
Maria P. Sendra, Esq.
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP
12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
(858) 720-2500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Amount
Proposed
Proposed
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Maximum Offering
Maximum Aggregate
Registration
to Be Registered
Registered(1)
Price Per Share(2)
Offering Price(2)
Fee
Special Stock
Option Grant to Mr.
Jack Goodall Common
Stock, $0.001 par
value per share
25,000 shares
$
3.05
$
76,250
$
7.02
(1)
This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
registrant's common stock that become issuable under the Special Stock
Option Grant to Mr. Goodall by reason of any stock dividend, stock split,
recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the
registrant's receipt of consideration that results in an increase in the
number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rule 457(h) of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the exercise price in
effect for the Special Stock Option Grant made to Mr. Goodall.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.1
EXHIBIT 99.1
EXHIBIT 99.2
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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other
information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we have on file
at the SEC's public reference room in Washington, DC. Please call the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330 for further information about the public reference room. Our
SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC's web site at
http://www.sec.gov.
PART II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" the information we file
with them, which means that we can disclose important information to you by
referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is
considered to be part of this registration statement, and later information
filed with the SEC will update and supersede this information. We incorporate
by reference the documents listed below and any future filings we make with the
SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 until this offering is complete:
(a)
Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2001 filed with the SEC on April 1, 2002.
(b)
Our registration statement no. 000-26125 on Form 8-A12G filed
with the SEC on May 18, 1999, in which we describe the terms, rights
and provisions applicable to our outstanding common stock.
All reports and definitive proxy or information statements filed pursuant
to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein 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.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
An opinion passing upon the validity of the shares of common stock
registered under this registration statement has been given to us by Brobeck,
Phleger & Harrison LLP, San Diego, California. Attorneys associated with
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP own an aggregate of approximately 29,372 shares
of our common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law permits us to
indemnify our directors and officers under certain conditions and subject to
certain limitations. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law also
permits us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of our directors and
officers against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them
arising out of their capacity or status as directors and officers, whether or
not we would have the power to indemnify our directors and officers against
such liability under the provisions of Section 145 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law.
II-1
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Article VII of our Restated Bylaws generally provides that we shall
indemnify our directors and executive officers to the fullest extent not
prohibited by the Delaware General Corporation Law and that we shall advance,
prior to the final disposition of any proceeding, promptly following a request,
all expenses incurred by any director or executive officer in connection with
such proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person
to repay such amounts if it should be determined ultimately that such person is
not entitled to be indemnified by us. Also under Article VII of our Restated
Bylaws, to the extent permitted by applicable law, we may fully indemnify any
person through bylaw provisions, agreements with such person, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, in excess of the
indemnification and advancement otherwise permitted by Section 145 of the
Delaware General Corporation Law, subject only to limits created by applicable
Delaware law (statutory or non-statutory), with respect to action for breach of
duty to us, our stockholders or others.
As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law,
Article V, Section A of our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation provides that our directors shall not be personally liable to us
or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except that the indemnification does not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director for the following:
•
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to us or our
stockholders;
•
acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve
intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;
•
unlawful payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or
redemptions under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law; and
•
any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit.
Delaware law further provides that the permitted indemnification shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the directors and officers may
be entitled under our bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or
disinterested directors or otherwise.
We have also entered into agreements to indemnify our directors and
executive officers, in addition to the indemnification provided for in our
bylaws. We believe that these provisions and agreements are necessary to
attract and retain qualified directors and executive officers. Our bylaws also
permit us to secure insurance on behalf of any officer, director, employee or
other agent for any liability arising out of his or her actions, regardless of
whether Delaware law would permit indemnification. We have directors and
officers liability insurance now in effect that insures our directors and
executive officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our
Restated Bylaws which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 and
Exhibit 3.4 to our Form S-1 registration statement no. 333-75087 filed
with the SEC on March 26, 1999, as amended; our Certificate of Amendment
to Bylaws which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our annual
report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2001, as amended; and
our Form 8-A12G registration statement no. 000-26125 filed with the SEC
on May 18, 1999.
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.
II-2
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Exhibit Number
Exhibit
23.2
Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this registration statement.
99.1
Written Compensation Agreement between registrant and Mr. Goodall.
99.2
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement between registrant and Mr. Goodall.
Item 9. Undertakings
A. The undersigned registrant 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 of 1933, as amended;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this 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 this
registration statement; and
(iii)  to include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this registration statement or any
material change to such information in this registration statement;
provided, however, that clauses (1)(i) and (1)(ii) shall not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
clauses is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by
reference into this registration statement;
(2)  that for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, 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; and
(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 Special Stock Option Grant to Mr. Goodall.
B. The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference into this 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 or controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the indemnification provisions summarized in Item 6
above, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
SEC, such 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
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or controlling
person of the registrant 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 registrant 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the registrant 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 Carlsbad, State of California on this
18th day
of April, 2002.
RUBIO'S RESTAURANTS,
INC.
By:
/s/ Ralph Rubio
Ralph Rubio
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each director and/or officer of Rubio's Restaurants, Inc. whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints Ralph Rubio, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Ira Fils, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and each of
them, as such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in such person's
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and 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 SEC, 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 connection therewith,
as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in
the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ralph Rubio
Ralph Rubio
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
(principal executive officer)
April 18, 2002
/s/ Ira Fils
Ira Fils
Acting Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
April 18, 2002
/s/ Kyle A. Anderson
Kyle A. Anderson
Director
April 18, 2002
Craig Andrews
Director
April 18, 2002
/s/ Jack Goodall
Jack Goodall
Director
April 18, 2002
/s/ Timothy J. Ryan
Timothy J. Ryan
Director
April 18, 2002
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Exhibit
4.1
Instruments Defining the Rights of Stockholders. Reference is made to
our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and our
Restated Bylaws which are incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 and
Exhibit 3.4 to our Form S-1 registration statement no. 333-75087 filed
with the SEC on March 26, 1999, as amended; our Certificate of Amendment
to Bylaws which is incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to our annual
report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 2, 2001, as amended; and
our Form 8-A12G registration statement no. 000-26125 filed with the SEC
on May 18, 1999.
5.1
Opinion and Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.
23.2
Consent of Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP is contained in Exhibit 5.1.
24.1
Power of Attorney. Reference is made to page II-4 of this registration statement.
99.1
Written Compensation Agreement between registrant and Mr. Goodall.
99.2
Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement between registrant and Mr. Goodall.