Texas Roadhouse Increases Stock Repurchase Authorization to $100M; Increases Quarterly Dividend by 12.5%

Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

, today announced that on February 16, 2012 its Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program under which it authorized the Company to repurchase up to $100.0 million of its common stock. Any repurchases will be made through open market transactions. The Board of Directors cancelled the previous stock repurchase program, which had no expiration date and $40.9 million remaining as of December 27, 2011. On February 16, 2012, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the payment of a cash dividend of $0.09 per share of common stock. This payment will be distributed on March 30, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 14, 2012 and represents an increase from the cash dividend of $0.08 per share of common stock declared each quarter in 2011.