X0306 4 2016-03-03 0 0001324272 Ruths Hospitality Group, Inc. RUTH 0000932893 ODONNELL MICHAEL P C/O RUTH'S HOSPITALITY GROUP, INC. 1030 W. CANTON AVENUE, STE. 100 WINTER PARK FL 32789 1 1 0 0 President, CEO and Director Common Stock 2016-03-03 4 A 0 53103 0.00 A 1182257 D Common Stock 2016-03-03 4 A 0 38440 0.00 A 1220697 D Common Stock 1000 I By Wife's IRA Consists of shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the company's Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan after the company's compensation committee determined that certain performance goals for 2015 had been met. The shares will vest on March 3, 2018, the second anniversary of the date of the grant. Consists of shares of restricted stock granted pursuant to the company's Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan, which vest pro rata on an annual basis over the three-year period following March 3, 2016, the date of the grant. /s/ James S. Rowe, under Power of Attorney 2016-03-04