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<p align=center><b>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION</b></p>

<p align=center><b>Washington, D.C.&nbsp; 20549</b></p>

<p align="center"><b>&nbsp;FORM 8-K</b></p>

<p align=center><b>Current Report Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of<br>
the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934</b></p>

<p align=center><b>Date of Report (Date of
earliest event reported):</b> October 20, 2005</p>







<p align=center><b>BRINKER INTERNATIONAL,
INC.<br>
</b>(Exact name of
registrant as specified in its charter)</p>





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  <p align=center><b>Delaware<br>
  </b>(State of
  Incorporation)</p>
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  <p align=center><b>1-10275<br>
  </b>(Commission File<br>
  Number)</p>
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  <td width=208 valign=top>
  <p align=center><b>74-1914582<br>
  </b>(IRS Employment<br>
  Identification No.)</p>
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<p align=center><b>6820 LBJ Freeway<br>
Dallas, Texas 75240<br>
</b>(Address of principal
executive offices)</p>

<p><b>Registrant's telephone
number, including area code</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 972-980-9917</p>



<p>Check the appropriate
box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</p>



<p>____&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425).</p>



<p>____&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant
to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12).</p>



<p>____&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
240.14d-2(b)).</p>



<p>____&nbsp;&nbsp; Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act&nbsp; (17 CFR<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 240.13e-4(c)).</p>

<hr><P STYLE="page-break-after: always"></P>&nbsp;<p><b>Section 1 - Registrant's
Business and Operations</b></p>



<p><b>Item 1.01.&nbsp; Entry into a Material
Definitive Agreement</b></p>



<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; On October 20, 2005,
the shareholders of the Registrant approved (i) an amendment to the Stock
Option and Incentive Plan (the &quot;Plan&quot;), (ii) an amendment to the 1999 Stock
Option and Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors and Consultants (the &quot;1999
Plan&quot;), (iii) the Performance Share Plan (the &quot;Performance Plan&quot;), (iv) the
Restricted Stock Unit Plan, and (v) the Profit Sharing Plan.</p>



<p><i>The
Plan.</i>&nbsp; The
amendment to the Plan, among other matters, increased the number of shares of
Company Stock available for awards under the Plan by an additional 4,000,000
shares, increased the limit of the total number of shares of restricted stock
that may be issued pursuant to the Plan by an additional 2,500,000 shares and
limited the maximum time period for exercise of any stock option to 10 years
from the date of grant.&nbsp; The more
detailed summary of the Plan is hereby incorporated by reference to Proposal 3
of the Registrant's Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on
October 20, 2005 and Proxy Statement filed on September 12, 2005 (the &quot;2005
Proxy Statement&quot;).&nbsp; A copy of the Plan
is also hereby incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10(c) to annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended June 29, 2005, filed on September 12, 2005 (the
&quot;2005 Annual Report&quot;).</p>



<p><i>The
1999 Plan.</i>&nbsp; The
amendment to the 1999 Plan, among other matters, increased the number of shares
of Common Stock available for awards under the Plan by an additional 500,000
shares, and limited the maximum time period for exercise of any stock option to
10 years from the date of grant.&nbsp; The
more detailed summary of the 1999 Plan is hereby incorporated by reference to
Proposal 4 of the 2005 Proxy Statement.&nbsp;
A copy of the 1999 Plan is also hereby incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10(d) to the 2005 Annual Report.</p>



<p><i>The
Performance Plan.</i>&nbsp;
The Performance Plan is a non-qualified, performance-related, long-term
plan in which all officers of the Registrant and its restaurant concepts
participate.&nbsp; The Performance Plan uses
overlapping three-year cycles paid annually.&nbsp;
Each participant will be assigned a specific target payout of
&quot;Performance Shares&quot; by the Compensation Committee of the Board of
Directors.&nbsp; Each Performance Share is a
right to receive a certain number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant
upon satisfaction of performance goals and/or measures specified by the
Compensation Committee.&nbsp; The more
detailed summary of the Performance Plan is hereby incorporated by reference to
Proposal 5 of the 2005 Proxy Statement.</p>



<p><i>The
Restricted Stock Unit Plan.</i>&nbsp;
The Restricted Stock Unit Plan is a non-qualified, long-term plan in
which certain key employees of the Registrant participate.&nbsp; The Restricted Stock Unit Plan uses
overlapping three-year cycles paid annually.&nbsp;
Each participate will be assigned a specific target payout of
&quot;Restricted Stock Units&quot; by the Compensation Committee.&nbsp; Each Restricted Stock Unit is a right to
receive a certain number of shares of Common Stock of the Registrant upon
satisfaction of performance goals and/or other measures specified by the Compensation
Committee.&nbsp; The more detailed summary of
the Restricted Stock Unit Plan is hereby incorporated by reference to Proposal
6 of the 2005 Proxy Statement.</p>



<hr><P STYLE="page-break-after: always"></P>



<p><i>The
Profit Sharing Plan.&nbsp; </i>The
Profit Sharing Plan is a non-qualified annual incentive arrangement in which
all corporate employees, including executives, and certain restaurant concept
team employees, including executives, participate.&nbsp; Each participating employee is assigned an Individual
Participation Percentage (&quot;IPP&quot;) of the base salary for such employee.&nbsp; Payouts under the Total Business Return
Component and Individual Performance Component are primarily based on a formula
that multiplies a participating employee's IPP times that employee's base wages
during the fiscal year times the applicable factor to measure (i) with respect
to the Total Business Return Component, the difference between the Registrant's
(or restaurant concept's or a designated individual Registrant department's)
actual and planned performance, and (ii) with respect to the Individual
Performance Component, the individual employee's performance achievement.&nbsp; Planned performance parameters related to
the Total Business Return Component based on the Registrant's (or restaurant
concept's or a designated individual Registrant department's) annual plan are
approved by the Compensation Committee prior to the beginning of the fiscal
year.&nbsp; The more detailed summary of the
Profit Sharing Plan is hereby incorporated by reference to Proposal 7 of the
2005 Proxy Statement.</p>







<p>&nbsp;</p>







<p align="center">SIGNATURE</p>

<p>Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>





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  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>BRINKER
  INTERNATIONAL, INC.</p>
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  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>Date:
  October 24, 2005</p>
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  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p>By: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Douglas H. Brooks&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Douglas H. Brooks, Chairman of the
  Board,</p>
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  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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