UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Bridges, Charles H. 5406 Millbrook Way Palm Harbor, FL 34685 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Outback Steakhouse, Inc. OSI 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 01/22/03 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 7. 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 Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock par value $.01|- |- |-|- |- |- |200(1) |I |(2) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock par value $.01|- |- |-|- |- |- |125(1) |I |(3) | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Phantom Stock Units |1-1 |01/22|A |-|114 - |A,D|(4) |(4) |Common Stock|114 |$34.54 |2505.86(1)(5|D | | | |/03 | | | | | | | | | |) | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents number of shares beneficially owned immediately after the reported transaction. (2) Owned by the Amended and Restated Revocable Trust Agreement of Helen H. Bridges under trust dated November 22, 1999, as amended (the "Spouse Trust"), to which Mrs. Bridges is the sole Trustee and beneficiary of the Spouse Trust. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the shares held by the Spouse Trust. (3) Owned by the Amended and Restated Revocable Trust Agreement of Charles H. Bridges under trust dated November 22, 1999, as amended (the "Trust"), to which the reporting person is the sole Trustee and beneficiary of the Trust. The reporting person continues to report beneficial ownership of all of the shares held by the Trust. (4) The phantom stock units were accrued under the Company's Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan and are settled 100% in the Company's common stock on December 31, 2003. (5) Derivative securities beneficially owned at end of reporting period include: (i) 568.70 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 1997 ranging in stock prices from $15.840 to $17.669 and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock on August 1, 2003; (ii) 470.64 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 1998 ranging in stock prices from $18.070 to $24.697, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock on August 1, 2003; (iii) 346.61 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 1999 ranging in stock prices from $25.33 to $36.68, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock on August 1, 2003; (iv) 575.53 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 2001 ranging in stock prices from $24.85 to $27.98, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock on August 1, 2003; and (v) 430.938 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 2002 ranging in stock prices from $28.00 to $37.38, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock on December 31, 2003. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Joseph J. Kadow, Attorney-in-Fact DATE January 23, 2003