BONEFISH GRILL Amendment To Officer Employment Agreement

EX-10.56 11 osi-123111_ex1056.htm EXHIBIT 10.56 OSI-12.31.11_EX10.56

Exhibit 10.56

John W. Cooper

BONEFISH GRILL®

Amendment To

Officer Employment Agreement

THIS AMENDMENT TO OFFICER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is entered into by and among BONEFISH GRILL, LLC, a Florida limited liability company formerly known as BONEFISH GRILL, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Employer”) and JOHN W. COOPER (the “Employee”) to be effective for all purposes as of January 1, 2012.

WHEREAS, Employer employs Employee as President of the Employer pursuant to that certain Officer Employment Agreement dated effective August 1, 2001 (the “Employment Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Amendment in order to change the Employment Agreement to reflect that the Employee has been promoted to Executive Vice President and President of the Company.

NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, for good consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1.Recitals. The parties acknowledge and agree that the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by reference.

2.Change of Employee's Title. The parties acknowledge and agree that all references in the Employment Agreement to the Employee being employed as President of the Employer are hereby amended to state that the Employee is employed as Executive Vice President and President of the Employer effective January 1, 2012.

3.Ratification. All other terms of the Employment Agreement as amended hereby are hereby ratified and confirmed by each party.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment effective as set forth above.



		“EMPLOYEE”
		/s/ John W. Cooper
		JOHN W. COOPER


		“EMPLOYER”

Attest:		BONEFISH GRILL, LLC,
		a Florida limited liability company

		By:	OSI RESTAURANT PARTNERS, LLC,
			a Delaware limited liability company and its
			managing member

By:	/s/ Kelly Lefferts		By:	/s/ Joseph J. Kadow
	Kelly Lefferts, Assistant Secretary			Joseph J. Kadow, Executive Vice President