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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012
OR
 
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition year from              to             
Commission File No. 1-10275
 
A.
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(K) SAVINGS PLAN
 
B.
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
Brinker International
6820 LBJ Freeway
Dallas, Texas 75240


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Financial Statements:
 
 
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2012 and 2011
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Years Ended December  31, 2012 and 2011
3

 
 
Notes to Financial Statements
4

 
 
Supplemental Schedule* - Form 5500 Schedule H, line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) - December 31, 2012
10

 
 
Exhibit 23 - Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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Exhibit 99 - Certification by Marie Perry, Plan Administrator of the Registrant, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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*
All other schedules required by Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under ERISA have been omitted because they are not applicable.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Administrator of the
Brinker International 401(k) Savings Plan:
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Brinker International 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Brinker International 401(k) Savings Plan as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ Whitley Penn LLP
Dallas, Texas
June 24, 2013

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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
December 31, 2012 and 2011
 
 
2012
 
2011
Investments – at fair value (Note 3):
 
 
 
Money market
$
8,634,177

 
$
9,096,385

Mutual funds
124,997,257

 
104,534,999

Brinker common stock fund
19,037,766

 
16,315,577

 
152,669,200

 
129,946,961

Receivables:
 
 
 
Employer contributions
225,269

 
118,609

Participants’ contributions
199,754

 
186,958

Notes receivable from participants
7,834,301

 
7,250,083

 
8,259,324

 
7,555,650

Net assets available for benefits
$
160,928,524

 
$
137,502,611

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011
 
 
2012
 
2011
Additions:
 
 
 
Contributions:
 
 
 
Participants
$
12,903,224

 
$
11,866,322

Rollovers
425,927

 
661,923

Employer
7,121,113

 
6,528,599

 
20,450,264

 
19,056,844

Investment income:
 
 
 
Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments
14,640,798

 
(836,327
)
Interest and dividends
3,945,327

 
2,716,946

 
18,586,125

 
1,880,619

Interest on notes receivable from participants
313,319

 
310,184

Total additions
39,349,708

 
21,247,647

Deductions:
 
 
 
Benefits paid to participants
15,923,795

 
17,556,686

Net increase
23,425,913

 
3,690,961

Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year
137,502,611

 
133,811,650

Net assets available for benefits at end of year
$
160,928,524

 
$
137,502,611

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2012 and 2011
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
The following description of the Brinker International (“Company” or “Brinker”) 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan Document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended.
General
The Company originally adopted the Plan effective January 1, 1993. The Plan is a qualified defined contribution retirement plan covering eligible employees as defined below. The Plan was most recently amended and restated in its entirety effective December 15, 2011, primarily for the purpose of incorporating previous Plan amendments and implementing an updated Plan Document. Leased employees, non-US citizens, and union employees without specific contract provisions are not eligible to participate in the Plan.
The investments of the Plan are maintained in a trust (the “Trust”) by Fidelity Management Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and the recordkeeping functions are performed by Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company Incorporated (the “Recordkeeper”).
Contributions
An employee may become a participant on the first of the month following the date the employee completes one year of eligible service (at least 1,000 hours) and attains the age of twenty-one. Contributions are subject to Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limitations on total annual contributions, as well as plan limitations which stipulate that up to 50% of eligible base compensation including tips and 100% of eligible bonuses, as defined in the Plan, may be contributed to various investment funds on a tax-deferred basis.
The Company matches in cash at a rate of 100% of the first 3% of pay and 50% of the next 2% of pay for a participant’s compensation, as defined in the Plan, up to the maximum deferrable amount allowed by the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”).
Eligible participants age 50 or older by the end of a calendar year are permitted to make catch-up contributions to the Plan up to the deferral amount allowed by the IRC.
Active hourly-tipped participants may elect to make voluntary after-tax contributions for each pay period under the Plan. The employee contributions may be made only from the participant’s compensation representing tip income that is not paid through the Company’s payroll and may contribute up to 100% of such tip income. An active participant may not make contributions for any period in which such person is not accruing hours of service with the Company.
 

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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

Participants’ Accounts
Participant and Company matching contributions are invested in accordance with participants’ elections in the following funds:
 
Fund Options
 
Primarily invests in:
 
 
 
Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio
 
Money market funds
 
 
 
PIMCO Total Return Fund
 
Intermediate-term mortgage, corporate, government and foreign bonds
 
 
 
Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities Fund
 
Intermediate-term government bonds
 
 
 
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
 
Equities of large-cap domestic companies
 
 
 
Fidelity Contrafund
 
Equities of domestic and foreign companies
 
 
 
American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund
 
Equities of foreign companies
 
 
 
Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
 
Equities of small and mid-cap companies
 
 
 
Buffalo Small Cap Fund
 
Equities of small-cap domestic companies
 
 
 
Spartan 500 Index Fund
 
Equities of companies included in the S&P 500 Index
 
 
 
Spartan Extended Market Index Fund
 
Equities of companies included in the Dow Jones U.S. Completion Total Stock Market Index
 
 
 
Fidelity Freedom Funds
 
Fidelity equity, fixed-income and short-term mutual funds
 
 
 
Dreyfus/The Boston Company Small Cap Value Fund
 
Equities of small-cap domestic companies
 
 
 
Brinker Common Stock Fund
 
Brinker common stock and short-term investments
 
 
 
Participants’ accounts are adjusted with the proportionate share of gains or losses generated by their elected investment funds.
Vesting
Participants are immediately vested in both employee and employer matching contributions and the earnings thereon.
Forfeited Accounts
Forfeited account balances are used to reduce Company matching contributions. Forfeited accounts for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 were not significant.
Payment of Benefits
Distributions under the Plan are made upon a participant’s death, disability, retirement, or termination of employment. Benefit payments are made in the form of a single lump sum payment or a direct rollover into an Individual Retirement Account or another qualified plan.
 

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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

Notes Receivable from Participants
Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum amount equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. A participant may have up to two loans outstanding at a time; however, the total outstanding balance of all loans may not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the participant’s vested account balance. Loan terms range from six months to 5 years or up to 15 years for the purchase of a primary residence. Maturities range from 2013 through 2027 as of December 31, 2012. The loans are secured by the participant’s account and bear interest at a rate of 1% above the prime lending rate which is determined at the end of the month prior to the month in which the loan request is made. Interest rates on outstanding loans ranged from 4.25% to 10.50% during 2012 and 2011. Principal and interest payments are made through bi-weekly payroll deductions.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Administrative Expenses
The Company pays all administrative expenses related to the Plan for actively employed participants, except for transactional fees related to participant-directed actions on their account which are paid by the participant. Non-employee participants are responsible for the annual administration fees for their accounts.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan’s money market funds, mutual funds and Company common stock are stated at fair value using quoted market prices. (See Note 3 for additional disclosures).
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income from investments is recorded as earned on an accrual basis.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes receivable from participants are valued at the outstanding principal balance, which represents the exit value upon collection, either by repayment or by deemed distribution if not repaid.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
 
Contributions
Participant and employer contributions are accrued in the period that payroll deductions are made from plan participants in accordance with salary deferral agreements and as such, become obligations of the Company and assets of the Plan.



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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820 “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“ASC 820”) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date and establishes a three-tier hierarchy that is used to identify assets and liabilities measured at fair value. The hierarchy focuses on the inputs used to measure fair value and requires that the lowest level input be used. The three levels defined in ASC 820 are as follows:

Level 1 – observable inputs that are based upon quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities within active markets.
Level 2 – observable inputs other than Level 1 that are based upon quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities, based upon quoted prices within inactive markets, or inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable through market data for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3 – inputs that are unobservable for the particular asset or liability due to little or no market activity and are significant to the fair value of the asset or liability. These inputs reflect assumptions that market participants would use when valuing the particular asset or liability.
The methodologies used to measure the fair value of each major category of assets and liabilities are as follows:

Money Market funds are valued based on the short-term cash component as of the measurement date and classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.
Mutual funds are valued at the total market value of the underlying assets provided by the trustee of the Plan and are classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.
Brinker common stock fund is valued at the combined market value of the underlying stock based upon the closing price of the stock on its primary exchange times the number of shares held and the short-term cash component as of the measurement date and classified within Level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.
These methodologies were consistently applied as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.
 
The following table presents the fair value of financial instruments as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 by type of asset. The Plan has no assets or liabilities that are classified as Level 2 or Level 3 as of December 31, 2012 and 2011.
 
 
 
2012
 
2011
Money market
 
$
8,634,177

 
$
9,096,385

Mutual funds:
 
 
 
 
Mid/Large cap stocks
 
71,456,420

 
57,832,899

Small cap stocks
 
23,310,439

 
20,976,081

International stocks
 
14,000,453

 
12,284,768

Fixed income
 
16,229,945

 
13,441,251

Total mutual funds
 
124,997,257

 
104,534,999

Brinker common stock fund
 
19,037,766

 
16,315,577

Total investments at fair value
 
$
152,669,200

 
$
129,946,961



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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

4. INVESTMENTS
Individual investments that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
 
 
 
2012
 
2011
Investments at fair value:
 
 
 
 
Fidelity Contrafund
 
$
22,358,773

 
$
19,744,877

Brinker Common Stock Fund
 
19,037,766

 
16,315,577

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund
 
14,000,453

 
12,284,768

Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
 
13,247,134

 
12,705,144

PIMCO Total Return Fund
 
13,090,556

 
11,123,108

Spartan 500 Index Fund
 
8,785,627

 
7,452,472

Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio
 
8,634,177

 
9,096,385

American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
 
8,510,838

 
7,110,724

Appreciation/(Depreciation) (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the years) on investments was as follows:
 
 
 
2012
 
2011
Mutual funds
 
$
12,104,101

 
$
(4,446,034
)
Brinker common stock fund
 
2,536,697

 
3,609,707

 
 
$
14,640,798

 
$
(836,327
)
5. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Certain Plan investments consist of common stock of the Company and mutual funds managed by the Trustee. Transactions involving these investments qualify as party-in-interest transactions. All of these party-in-interest transactions are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules.
 
6. CONCENTRATION
At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Brinker Common Stock Fund approximated $19.0 million and $16.3 million, respectively, and represented approximately 12.5% and 12.6%, respectively, of the Plan’s total investments at fair value.
7. PLAN TERMINATION
Although it has no present intention to do so, the Company may terminate the Plan at any time subject to the provisions of ERISA.
8. INCOME TAX STATUS
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated January 21, 2009, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, the Plan Administrator believes the Plan is qualified and the related Trust is tax-exempt as of the financial statement date.


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BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements

9. RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits. It is not possible at this time to reasonably estimate the possible loss or range of loss, if any. We further caution that it is not possible to see all such factors, and you should not consider the identified factors as a complete list of all risks and uncertainties.
10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing the accompanying financial statements, management of the Plan has evaluated all subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through June 24, 2013, the date the financial statements were available for issuance.

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EIN: 75-2354902
PLAN # 001
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Form 5500 Schedule H, line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2012
 
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Identity of issue,
borrower, lessor or similar party
Description of investment including
maturity date, rate of interest,
collateral, par, or maturity value
Market
Value
 
 
 
Money market:
 
 
*   Fidelity Retirement Money Market Portfolio
8,634,177 shares
$
8,634,177

Mutual funds:
 
 
*   Fidelity Contrafund
288,463 shares
22,358,773

American Funds EuroPacific Growth Fund
339,982 shares
14,000,453

Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund
261,388 shares
13,247,134

PIMCO Total Return Fund
1,164,640 shares
13,090,556

*   Spartan 500 Index Fund
174,007 shares
8,785,627

American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund
393,292 shares
8,510,838

*   Fidelity Freedom 2040 Fund
487,624 shares
6,782,850

Buffalo Small Cap Fund
194,672 shares
5,483,909

*   Fidelity Freedom 2025 Fund
392,500 shares
5,330,143

*   Fidelity Freedom 2035 Fund
382,968 shares
5,311,769

*   Fidelity Freedom 2030 Fund
349,183 shares
4,790,792

Dreyfus/The Boston Company Small Cap Value Fund
174,853 shares
4,579,396

*   Fidelity Freedom 2020 Fund
217,709 shares
2,915,122

*   Fidelity Freedom 2045 Fund
190,726 shares
2,687,331

Vanguard Inflation Protected Securities Fund
135,378 shares
1,967,040

*   Fidelity Freedom 2050 Fund
138,159 shares
1,950,812

*   Fidelity Freedom 2010 Fund
92,209 shares
1,187,654

*   Fidelity Freedom Income Fund
76,979 shares
899,111

*   Fidelity Freedom 2015 Fund
65,165 shares
844,534

*   Fidelity Freedom 2005 Fund
21,634 shares
273,238

*   Fidelity Freedom 2055 Fund
18 shares
175

 
 
124,997,257

* Brinker Common Stock Fund (Cost Basis $13,097,988)
615,874 shares
19,037,766

* Participant Loans (Cost Basis $0)
Interest rates from 4.25% to 9.25% and maturity dates from 2013 through 2027
7,834,301

Total
 
$
160,503,501

 
*
Party-in-interest
Cost column not required – participant directed
See accompanying report of independent registered public accounting firm.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN AND TRUST
 
 
 
Date:
June 24, 2013
By:
/s/ Marie Perry
 
 
 
Marie Perry,
 
 
 
Plan Administrator



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