SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SULLIVAN CHRIS THOMAS

(Last) (First) (Middle)
2202 NORTH WEST SHORE BLVD
SUITE 500

(Street)
TAMPA FL 33607

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/07/2012
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Bloomin' Brands, Inc. [ BLMN ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock 5,317,916 I By limited partnership(1)
Common Stock 611,415 I By charitable foundation(2)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Represents shares of the Issuer owned by CTS Equities, Limited Partnership, an investment partnership ("CTSLP"). Mr. Sullivan is a limited partner of CTSLP and the sole member of CTS Equities, LLC, the sole general partner of CTSLP.
2. Represents shares of the Issuer held by a charitable foundation for which Mr. Sullivan serves as trustee.
/s/ Kelly Lefferts, as Attorney-in-Fact 08/07/2012
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Joseph J. Kadow, David J. Deno, Kelly Lefferts, Janet A. Spreen
and Elizabeth K. Riotte signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

        1.      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
        undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Bloomin' Brands,
        Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), a Form ID and Forms 3, 4
        and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
        1934 and the rules thereunder; and

        2.      do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
        undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
        any such Form ID and Form 3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment
        or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States
        Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
        authority.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of the date set forth below.

                                        /s/ Chris T. Sullivan
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                                        Chris T. Sullivan

                                        Date: July 27, 2012