OSI Osiris Acquisition Corp

TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (NYSE:OSI) today reported that comparable store sales and average unit volumes for the Company's restaurant brands for the four-week period ended January 28, 2006 compared with the same four-week period in 2005 changed by approximately: Franchise and Company- development System- owned joint wide venture Four weeks ended January 28, 2006 Domestic comparable store sales (stores open 18 months or more) Outback Steakhouses 2.1 % 1.4 % 2.0 % Carrabba's Italian Grills 7.4 % n/a 7.4 % Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bars 9.0 % n/a 9.0 % Roy's 7.5 % n/a 7.5 % Bonefish Grills 3.9 % 0.3 % 3.7 % Domestic average unit volumes Outback Steakhouses 2.0 % 0.9 % 1.8 % Carrabba's Italian Grills 4.0 % n/a 4.0 % Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bars 2.7 % n/a 2.7 % Roy's 12.0 % n/a 12.0 % Bonefish Grills 0.0 % 0.3 % 0.4 % The Company noted that comparable store sales across the Company's brands would have been approximately 1.8% to 2.4% lower if there had not been severe winter weather in the comparable period last year. Chief Executive Officer Bill Allen stated, "Comparable restaurant sales across all concepts were in line with management's expectations after adjusting for the impact of last year's weather. Although Outback showed marginal improvement from the December comp sales trend, we had suggested previously that the Company is in the early stages of implementing strategies for sustainable comp sales growth." STORE INFORMATION Restaurants opened/(closed) Restaurants during the month open ended as of January 31, January 31, 2006 2006 Outback Steakhouses Company-owned - domestic (2) 668 Company-owned - international 2 90 Franchised and development joint venture - domestic 1 106 Franchised and development joint venture - international -- 52 Total 1 916 Carrabba's Italian Grills Company-owned 2 202 Bonefish Grills Company-owned 5 91 Franchised -- 4 Total 5 95 Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bars Company-owned 1 40 Roy's Company-owned -- 20 Cheeseburger in Paradise Company-owned 3 30 Paul Lee's Chinese Kitchens Company-owned -- 4 Lee Roy Selmon's Company-owned -- 3 System-wide total 12 1,310 The Outback Steakhouse, Inc. restaurant system operates in 50 states and 21 countries internationally. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: heatheralford@outback.com DATASOURCE: Outback Steakhouse, Inc. CONTACT: Lisa Hathcoat or Dirk Montgomery, both of Outback, +1-813-282-1225 Web site: http://www.outback.com/

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