# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001324272
**File Stem:** 0001437749-23-002819
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 5523
**Document Hash:** 1e9d6316bbdcb280858c71d0616f26a5
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001437749-23-002819.hdr.sgml**: 20230209

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001437749-23-002819

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 13

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20230209

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230209

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230209

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001324272
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 721060618
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1225

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 000-51485
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23601464

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** WINTER PARK
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32789
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** (407) 333-7440

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 100
- **CITY:** WINTER PARK
- **STATE:** FL
- **ZIP:** 32789

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** Ruths Chris Steak House, Inc.
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20050419

ruth20230207_8k.htm

**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): **February 9, 2023**

## RUTH ' S HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC.
**(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)** 

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| **Delaware** | **000-51485** | **72-1060618** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction**<br> **of Incorporation)** | **(Commission File Number)** | **(IRS Employer**<br> **Identification No.)** |
| **1030 W. Canton Avenue, Ste. 100**<br> **Winter Park**, **FL** |  | **32789** |
| **(Address of Principal Executive Offices)** |  | **(Zip Code)** |

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**Registrant**'**s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (**407**) **333-7440**

**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):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | RUTH | Nasdaq |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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**Item 8.01. Other Events**

At the meeting of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Ruth's Hospitality Group, Inc. held on February 8, 2023, the Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock. The dividend will be payable March 24, 2023 to shareholders of record as of March 10, 2023.

**Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements**

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements included in this report, including expectations about the settlement of the Class Action Litigations, are based on information available to the Company as of the date of this report, which may change, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from the Company's current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include the risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as the possibility that the court may materially alter or fail to approve the terms of the proposed settlement in the Memorandum of Understanding. The Company assumes no obligation and does not intend to update the forward-looking statements provided, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

**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 thereunto duly authorized.

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|  | **RUTH**'**S HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC.** | **RUTH**'**S HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC.** |
| Date: February 9, 2023 | By: | /s/ Marcy Norwood Lynch |
|  |  | **Marcy Norwood Lynch** |
|  |  | **Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary** |

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