FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE RUBY TUESDAY, INC.
EXECUTIVE SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION PLAN

        THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT is made as of this 5th day of January, 2005, by
RUBY TUESDAY, INC. (the “Primary Sponsor”), a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Georgia.

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor maintains the Ruby Tuesday, Inc. Executive
Supplemental Pension Plan (the “Plan”), which was established by indenture
effective as of June 1, 1983, and which was last amended and restated by
indenture effective July 1, 1999.

        WHEREAS, the Primary Sponsor desires to amend the Plan to eliminate
earlier provisions allowing for the provision of a nominal early retirement
benefit for certain eligible employees.

        WHEREAS, the amendments effected hereby have been approved by the Board
of Directors of the Primary Sponsor.

        NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended, effective as of the date
first set forth above, as follows:

1.     By deleting Section 2.01(b) in its entirety and by substituting therefor
the following:

  “(b) The term ‘Accrued Benefit’ refers (i) to the annual benefit to which a
Participant would be entitled, determined pursuant to Section 3.01, based on his
Final Base Salary and his Continuous Service as of the date of calculation,
commencing on his Normal Retirement Date in the mode of a single-life annuity.”

2.     By deleting the head language of Section 3.01 in its entirety and by
substituting therefor the following:

  “A Participant’s Accrued Benefit payable at Normal Retirement Date in the form
of a single-life annuity shall equal (A) plus (B) minus (C) minus (D), as
follows:"

3. By deleting Section 4.02(e) and the final sentence of Section 5.02, as added
by the Fourth Amendment to the Plan, in their entirety.

4. By deleting the second paragraph of Section 6.02 in its entirety and by
substituting therefor the following:

  “If a Participant fails to cure any alleged breach of this Section 6.02 within
thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice from the Company, the
Company may apply a forfeiture penalty against the Participant with respect to
each future periodic payment due him under the Plan equal to the difference
between the periodic payment otherwise payable to him pursuant to Section
4.02(a) or (b), as the case may be, and the amount the Participant would have
received as a periodic payment had the Participant’s Accrued Benefit been
reduced by the applicable discount factor set forth below:

Age at Retirement

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Discount Factor

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59  .93  58  .86  57  .79  56  .72  55  .65  54  .62  53  .59  52  .56  51  .50 
50   .47" 

        Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan shall remain in full
force and effect as prior to this Fifth Amendment.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Primary Sponsor has caused this Fifth Amendment
to be executed as of the day and year first above written.

     RUBY TUESDAY, INC.

By:/s/ Samuel E. Beall, III

Title: Chairman and CEO

    [CORPORATE SEAL]

     ATTEST:

By:  /s/ Scarlett May

Title: Secretary

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