UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
 
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 30, 2006
 
 
Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 

      Delaware
0-28258
65-0427966
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

16313 N. Dale Mabry Hwy, Suite 100, Tampa, FL
33618
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:         (813) 961-0944

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 30, 2006, Shells Seafood Restaurants, Inc. (the “Company”) repaid in full the bank credit facility with Colonial Bank (the “Bank”) in the principal amount of $500,000, with proceeds from a financing transaction on the Company’s New Smyrna restaurant location. The repayment was completed within the terms of the agreement, as amended. The credit facility which originated in December 2005, bore interest at the bank’s base rate plus 1%. The interest rate was 9.25% on October 30, 2006.


SIGNATURES

 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

Date: November 2, 2006
SHELLS SEAFOOD RESTAURANTS, INC.
   
 
 
By:
/s/ Warren R. Nelson                                       
 
 
 
Name:
Warren R. Nelson
 
 
Title:
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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