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INTERNATIONAL


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as of December 31, 2019


BOARD OF
Direct ors

CURTIS A. W ARFIELD
CEO a nd P resi dent
Win dham Advisors L LC
GRE GORY N. M OORE
Former Senior Vice President and Controller
Yum! B rands, Inc.

JAMES R. Z ARLEY
Former Chairman a nd C EO
Conversant, Inc.

KATHL EEN M. W IDMER
Group Chairman, C onsumer North A merica
Jo hnson & Johnson

W. K ENT TAYLOR
Founder, Chairman, C EO, a nd P resident
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

Shareholder


Inf ormation


SUPP ORT C ENT ER
(Corporate Office)
6040 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, KY 4 0205
(8 00) T EX-ROAD o r (800) 8 39-

ANNUAL MEETING
Thursday, May 14, 2 020
9:00 am E DT
Texas R oadhouse Support C enter
6040 Dutchmans L ane
Louisville, KY 4 0205

TRANSFER AGENT
Computershare
P.O. Box 505000, Louisville, KY 4 0233
Phone (877) 5 81 -

FINANCIA L I NQUIRIES
For a dditional fi nancial d ocuments and i nformation,
please visit our website at texasroadhouse.com. Please
contact us by phone at (502) 515-7300 or by sending us
an emai l t o [email protected]

INDEP ENDEN T A UDITORS
KPMG LLP
40 0 W. Market Street, Suite 2600, Louisville, KY 4 0202
Phone (502) 587-053 5

MEDI A I NQUIRIES
For all media requests, please contact
Travis Doster at (502) 638-

ST OCK L IST ING
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Common Stock is listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Exchange under the symbol TXRH

Dear


Partners,


AS A FORMER TRACK ATHLETE,
I STILL HAVE DREAMS OF MY
HIGH S CHOOL T RACK C OACH,
DICK BELMEAR, YELLING,
“FINISH STRONG, T AYLOR,
FINISH STRONG!” I N TRACK,
FINISHING S TRONG WAS
ALL ABOUT YOUR TRAINING,
FOCUS, C OMMITMENT,
AND S TAMINA.

Those qualities are also what
it takes to finish strong in
the restaurant industry year
after year. I am proud to say
that, thanks to our operators
and support teams, 2019 was
another strong year. The fourth
quarter of 2019 represented
our 40th consecutive quarter of
positive comparable restaurant
sal es growth. To consistently
grow sal es and traffic for a
decade is truly amazing, and
it speaks to the quality of our
people and their commitment
to Texas Roadhouse.

We fi ni shed 2 019 wit h c omparable r estaurant
sales up 4.7% for company restaurants. As a
result , our average unit volumes increased
to $5.6 million. A decade earlier, our average
unit volumes were $3.7 million, so over a
10-year period our operators drove nearly
$2 million more per unit on average, which
is p henomenal.

Our revenue increased 12.2% to $2.8 billion
and diluted e arni ngs p er s har e i ncreased
11.9% to $2.46. Ten years ago, our revenue
was just $900 million, which shows our
strategy o f focusing on the fundamentals has
helped d rive r evenue.

On the new store opening front, we opened
19 T exas R oadhouse c ompany r estaurants
and nine f ranchi se r estaurants, p rimaril y i n
international markets. We also opened three
Bubba’s 3 3 r estaurants.

We ended the year with a total of 611 stores –
484 T exas R oadhouse c ompany r estaurants,
28 Bubba’s 33 company restaurants, t wo
Jaggers company restaurants, and 97 Texas
Roadhouse f ranchi se r estaurants, includi ng
28 i nternational r estaurants.

We intend to open a restaurant on Joint Base
Lewis-McChord in the state of Washington
later this year. This represents our third
location on a military base, along with Camp
Humphrey’s in South Korea and Fort Bliss
in Texas. We are proud to be one of the only
full-service restaurants on these bases and
even prouder that we were selected because
of requests from the soldiers.

As a result of our traffic growth, we continue
to e xpand o ur r estaurants t hrough b umpouts
and in some cases relocating existing
restaurants, so we can serve more guests. We
relocated four restaurants in 2 01 9 and have
up to five relocations scheduled for 2020.
With most relocations, we gain additional
parking, more seats, and often better l ease
terms. We also see about a 20% increase in
sales with the newer unit.

We c ontinue t o r emain c ommitted t o d rivin g
shar eholder v al ue. Our s trong b al ance
sheet and healt hy cash flow enabled us to
repurchase over 2.6 million shares in 2019,
and we also increased our dividend by double
digits for the seventh straight year.

Another l esson I learned from my coach that
I have applied to business is the importance
of recognizing great performance. At Texas
Roadhouse, we do that i n many ways. From
our Managing Partner model t o offering
stock g rants and annual r ecognition o f s trong
performers, such as Managing Partner of the
Year, Roadie of the Year, Meat Cutter of the
Year, and many other awards, we believe it’s
important to spotlight high performers, such
as Dwight Szabo and Bonnie Hubrich.

Dwight was named Managing Partner of the
Year at our 2019 annual conference. He and
his team grew sales 9.2% (nearly $650,0 00)
and grew traffic by 6.8% with incredible
efficiency. Dwight, who is a two-time finalist,
grew profits by keeping a tight eye on costs
and producing some of the b est turnover
numbers in the company. Dwight also earned
the Legendary Service, Legendary Profits,
and Legendary People awards at our
annual c onference.

Bonnie Hubrich was named our Roadie of
the Year. She has been a true partner for the
entir e Support C enter in h er role a s E xecutive
Assistant to our Vice President of People
and the People Department. She earned this
honor because of her willingness to go above
and beyond to support everyone who passes
by her desk. Bonnie is a true role model of our
core v al ues and o ur culture.

Over the past 10 years, we have added over
220 Texas Roadhouse domestic stores,
created two new concepts, and expanded our
footprint to 10 foreign countries. We have
done this because of our people. I have said
it many times before, but we are first and
foremost a p eople c ompany t hat h appens
to serve steak. I t’s the people who make it
happen every day, and it’s the people who
help us cross the finish line strong time and
time a gain!

Kent Taylor
Founder, Chairman, C EO, a nd P resident
Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

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