Chuy’s Holdings Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2012 Financial Results

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About Chuy’s

Founded in Austin, Texas in 1982, Chuy’s owns and operates 37 full-service restaurants across eight states serving a distinct menu of authentic, made from scratch Tex Mex inspired dishes. Chuy’s highly flavorful and freshly prepared fare is served in a fun, eclectic and irreverent atmosphere, while each location offers a unique, “unchained” look and feel, as expressed by the concept’s motto “If you’ve seen one Chuy’s, you’ve seen one Chuy’s!”. For further information about Chuy’s, including our newest locations, please visit Chuys.com. For the nearest location or a complete menu, visit the Chuy’s website at www.chuys.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this release that are not historical facts, including, without limitation, those relating to our anticipated financial performance, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the management of the Company. Actual results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements based on a number of factors including, without limitation, the actual number of restaurant openings, the sales at the Company’s restaurants, changes in restaurant development or operating costs, such as food and labor, the Company’s ability to leverage its existing management and infrastructure, strength of consumer spending, conditions beyond the Company's control such as weather, natural disasters, disease outbreaks, epidemics or pandemics impacting the Company's customers or food supplies, acts of war or terrorism and other factors disclosed from time to time in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. Stockholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Income Statements (In thousands, except share and per share data)
					Thirteen Weeks Ended									Twenty-Six Weeks Ended
					June 24,				June 26,					June 24,				June 26,
					2012				2011					2012				2011
Revenue					$	43,545			$	32,997				$	81,021			$	62,206
Costs and expenses
Cost of sales						11,622				9,238					21,570				17,342
Labor						13,740				10,221					25,683				19,412
Operating						6,069				4,765					11,321				9,023
Occupancy						2,530				1,816					4,810				3,503
General and administrative						2,137				2,544					3,922				3,997
Advisory agreement termination fee						-				-					2,000				-
Settlement with former director						-				245					-				245
Marketing						326				248					609				468
Restaurant pre-opening						1,224				990					1,980				1,659
Depreciation and amortization						1,543				1,042					2,947				1,967
Total costs and expenses						39,191				31,109					74,842				57,616
Income from operations						4,354				1,888					6,179				4,590
Interest expense						1,884				1,031					3,166				1,920
Income before income taxes						2,470				857					3,013				2,670
Income tax expense						739				183					902				732
Net Income						1,731				674					2,111				1,938
Undistributed earnings allocated to
participating interests						1,700				666					2,079				1,915
Net income available to common
stockholders					$	31			$	8				$	32			$	23
Net income per common share:
Basic					$	0.16			$	0.05				$	0.16			$	0.13
Diluted					$	0.15			$	0.04				$	0.15			$	0.12
Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic						194,766				173,456					201,634				176,111
Diluted						9,538,093				10,840,301					10,219,778				10,821,860

Chuy’s Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries Selected Balance Sheet Data (In thousands)
											June 24,						December 25,
											2012						2011
											(unaudited)
Cash and cash equivalents											$	4,621					$	2,827
Total assets												120,893						105,938
Long-term debt												84,375						55,200
Total stockholders' equity												5,433						25,627

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures

We prepare our financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Within our press release, we make reference to non-GAAP Restaurant-level EBITDA, restaurant-level EBITDA margin, and pro forma net income. Restaurant-level EBITDA represents net income plus the sum of general and administrative expenses, the advisory agreement termination fee, the settlement with our former director, restaurant pre-opening costs, depreciation and amortization, interest and taxes. Restaurant-level EBITDA is presented because: (i) the Company believes it is a useful measure for investors to assess the operating performance of our business without the effect of non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses; and (ii) the Company uses restaurant-level EBITDA internally as a benchmark to evaluate its operating performance or compare our performance to that of our competitors. Additionally, the Company presents restaurant-level EBITDA because it excludes the impact of general and administrative expenses, which are not incurred at the restaurant level, and restaurant pre-opening costs, which are non-recurring at the restaurant level. The use of restaurant-level EBITDA thereby enables the Company and its investors to compare operating performance between periods and to compare our operating performance to the performance of the Company’s competitors. The measure is also widely used within the restaurant industry to evaluate restaurant level productivity, efficiency and performance. The use of restaurant-level EBITDA as a performance measure permits a comparative assessment of our operating performance relative to our performance based on our GAAP results, while isolating the effects of some items that vary from period to period without any correlation to core operating performance or that vary widely among similar companies. The Company presents restaurant-level EBITDA margin for the same reasons its present restaurant-level EBITDA.

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