Your election to receive your proxy materials by accessing the Internet or by electronic
delivery will remain in effect for all future stockholder meetings unless you revoke it before the meeting by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy card or by calling or sending a written request addressed to:
Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc.
Attn: Alice G. Givens
1030 W.
Canton Avenue, Suite 100
Winter Park, Florida 32789
(407)
333-7440
If you hold your shares in an account at a brokerage firm or bank participating in a street name program, you can sign up for
electronic delivery of proxy materials in the future by contacting your broker or following the instructions on the enclosed form.
How can I obtain paper copies of the proxy materials,
10-K
and other financial information?
Stockholders can access the 2019 proxy statement, Form
10-K
and our other filings with the
SEC as well as our corporate governance and other related information on the Investor Relations page of our website at www.rhgi.com.
If
you elected to receive our stockholder materials via the Internet or via electronic delivery, you may request paper copies by written request addressed to:
Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc.
Attn: Alice G. Givens
1030 W.
Canton Avenue, Suite 100
Winter Park, Florida 32789
(407)
333-7440
We will also furnish any exhibit to the Form
10-K
if specifically requested.
Who is entitled to vote at the meeting?
Holders of common stock, as of the close of business on the record date, March 22, 2019, will receive notice of, and be eligible to vote
at, the annual meeting and at any adjournment or postponement of the annual meeting. At the close of business on the record date, we had outstanding and entitled to vote 30,447,150 shares of common stock.
How many votes do I have?
Each outstanding share of our common stock you owned as of the record date will be entitled to one vote for each matter considered at the
meeting. There is no cumulative voting.
Who can attend the meeting?
Only persons with evidence of stock ownership as of the record date or who are invited guests of the Company may attend and be admitted to the
annual meeting of the stockholders. Stockholders with evidence of stock ownership as of the record date may be accompanied by one guest. Photo identification will be required (a valid drivers license, state identification or passport). If a
stockholders shares are registered in the name of a broker, trust, bank or other nominee, the stockholder must bring a proxy or a letter from that broker, trust, bank or other nominee or a recent brokerage account statement that confirms that
the stockholder was a beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Company as of the record date. Since seating is limited, admission to the meeting will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration will begin at 12:00 noon, and seating will
begin at 12:30 P.M. For directions to the meeting, please call Alice Givens at (407)
829-3451.
Cameras (including cell phones with photographic capabilities), recording devices and other electronic devices will not be permitted at the
meeting.
What constitutes a quorum?
The presence at the meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares of common stock outstanding on the record date
will constitute a quorum, permitting the conduct of business at the meeting.
Proxies received but marked as abstentions and broker
non-votes,
if any, will be included in the calculation of the number of votes considered to be present at the meeting for the purposes of a quorum, provided, with regard to broker
non-votes,
that at least one matter to be voted upon is considered routine such that discretionary authority is available for that matter.
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