Edgar Filing: Texas Roadhouse, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Taylor Wayne Kent

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Texas Roadhouse, Inc. [TXRH]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chairman, CEO

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC., 6040 DUTCHMANS LANE

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/07/2015

(Street)

LOUISVILLE, KY 40205

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	01/07/2015		M		70,000 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 0	6,111,881	D
Common Stock	01/07/2015		F		30,276	D	$ 32.89	6,081,605	D
Common Stock								1,100,000	I	By Taylor Family Partners, Ltd. ⁽²⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Restricted Stock Units

⁽³⁾

01/07/2015

70,000

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock

70,000

$ 0

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Taylor Wayne Kent C/O TEXAS ROADHOUSE, INC. 6040 DUTCHMANS LANE LOUISVILLE, KY 40205	X		Chairman, CEO

Signatures

/s/ Celia Catlett, by Power of Attorney		01/07/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents restricted stock units which are fully vested on the transaction date.
(2)	Certain members of the reporting party's Immediate Family, as defined in Rule 16a-1(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, have a pecuinary interest in Taylor Family Partners, Ltd., a Kentucky limited partnership. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership, within the meaning of Rule 16a-1, of such portion of those shares in which the reporting person has no actual pecuniary interest.
(3)	Each restricted stock unit represents a conditional rights to receive one share of the Company's Common Stock.
(4)	The restricted stock units vested on January 7, 2015. Delivery of the shares to the reporting person occurred on January 7, 2015.
Remarks: Since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report, Mr. Taylor's previously reported indirect beneficial ownership through LD Holdings LLC was disposed of in accordance with Rule 16a-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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