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, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Shaw Amanda Link 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/07/2013 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bloomin' Brands, Inc. [BLMN] (Last) (First) (Middle) 2202 NORTH WEST SHORE BOULEVARD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) SVP-Tech & Chief Accounting Of 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) TAMPA, FL 33607 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 15,615 (1) D Â

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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 of Derivative Security: 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
Stock Option (right to buy) (2)	  (3)	07/31/2017	Common Stock	23,917	$ 6.5	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	  (4)	12/16/2021	Common Stock	20,000	$ 10.03	D	Â
Stock Option (right to buy)	  (5)	02/26/2023	Common Stock	9,068	$ 17.4	D	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Shaw Amanda Link 2202 NORTH WEST SHORE BOULEVARD TAMPA, FL 33607	Â	Â	  SVP-Tech & Chief Accounting Of	Â

Signatures

Kelly Lefferts, as Attorney-in-Fact		08/08/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Certain of these shares represent restricted stock issued under a Bloomin' Brands, Inc. stock plan and are subject to a risk of forfeiture.
(2)	On April 6, 2010, Ms. Shaw was granted a replacement stock option with an exercise price of $6.50 per share in exchange for an outstanding stock option with an exercise price of $10.00 per share. The original stock option was cancelled. Under the exchange program, the vested portion of the eligible stock options as of the grant date of the replacement stock options were exchanged for stock options that were fully vested. The unvested portion of the exchanged stock options were exchanged for unvested replacement stock options that vest and become exercisable over a period of time that is equal to the remaining vesting period of the exchanged stock options, plus one year, subject to the participant's continued employment through the new vesting date.
(3)	This option is a replacement stock option and the remaining unvested portion vests in four equal annual installments beginning on June 14, 2010.
(4)	This stock option vests in five equal annual installments beginning on December 16, 2012.
(5)	This stock option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on February 26, 2014.

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