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 Wilt, Toby S. Post Office Box 50879 Nashville, TN 37205-0879 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 04/23/03 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 $.0|- |- |-|- |- |- |30,000(1) |D | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 |04/23|A |-|85.01 - |A,D|(2) |(2) |Common Stock|85.01 |$33.82 |2570.59(1)(3|D | | | |/03 | | | | | | | | | |) | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option (right to|$15.00 | | | | | |(4) |07/23|Commons Stoc|45,000 |$15.00 |45,000(1) |D | | buy) | | | | | | | |/07 |k | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents number of shares beneficially owned immediately after the reported transaction. (2) The phantom stock units were accrued under the Company's Deferred Compensation and Stock Plan ("Plan") and are to be settled 100% in the Company's common stock upon cessation as a director. (3) Derivative securities beneficially owned at end of year 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 January 1, 2007; (ii) 416.68 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 January 1, 2007; (iii) 336.37 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 January 1, 2009; (iv) 378.49 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 2000 ranging in stock prices from $23.603 to $29.821, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock upon cessation as a director; (v) 374.41 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 upon cessation as a director; (vi) 333.57 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 upon cessation as a director; and (vii) 77.37 phantom stock units accrued in fiscal year 2003 ranging in stock prices from $33.82 to $34.54, and are each settled 100% in the Company's common stock upon cessation as a director. (4) Currently exercisable. The option vested in three equal annual installments beginning on July 23, 1998. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON Joseph J. Kadow, Attorney-in-Fact DATE 04/23/03