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Chuy’s Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), through its wholly owned subsidiary, Chuy’s Opco, Inc., owns and operates restaurants in Texas and 14 states in the Southeastern and Midwestern United States. All of the Company’s restaurants operate under the name Chuy’s. The Company had 69, 59, and 48 restaurants, as of December 27, 2015, December 28, 2014, and December 29, 2013, respectively.
Chuy’s was founded in Austin, Texas in 1982 and prior to 2006, operated as Chuy’s Comida Deluxe, Inc. (“Chuy’s”). The Company was incorporated and acquired in November 2006 by Goode Chuy’s Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Goode Partners LLC (the “Sponsor”), the controlling stockholder. In connection with the secondary offering completed in April 2013, the Sponsor is no longer the controlling stockholder.
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