PART III

Item 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT.

If you would like information about:

• our executive officers,
  
• our Board of Directors, including its committees, and
  
• our Section 16(a) reporting compliance,
  

you should read the sections entitled “Election of Directors—Information About Nominees”, “Governance Of The Company”, “Executive Officers”, and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in our Proxy Statement to be dated on or about September 8, 2006, for the annual meeting of shareholders on November 2, 2006. We incorporate that information in this document by reference.

The Board of Directors has adopted a code of ethics that applies to all of the members of Board of Directors and all of our employees, including, the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. A copy of the code is posted on our internet website at the internet address: http://www.brinker.com/corp_gov/ethical_business_policy.asp. You may obtain free of charge copies of the code from our website at the above internet address.