UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~WASHINGTON~~Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 822, 2017

IGNITE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	~~001-35549~~	94001-~~3421359~~35549	94-3421359
(State or other jurisdiction of Company or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

10555 Richmond Avenue, Houston, Texas		77042
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 366-7500

Not Applicable

(Former ~~Name~~name or ~~Former~~former ~~Address~~address, if ~~Changed~~changed ~~Since~~since ~~Last~~last ~~Report~~report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

As previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission, on March 31, 2017, the Company entered into a forbearance agreement with certain of the lenders and the Administrative Agent (collectively, the “Forbearing Lenders”) under the Company’s senior secured credit facility entered into on August 13, 2014 (the “2014 Credit Facility”), whereby the Forbearing Lenders agreed to, among other things, forbear from taking any action to enforce certain of their rights or remedies under the Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2014, (the “2014 Credit Agreement”) with respect to certain defaults, events of default, and anticipated events of default (the “Forbearance Agreement”). As previously disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (filed on May 11, 2017), the Company and the Forbearing Lenders entered into a first amendment to the Forbearance Agreement on May 8, 2017.

On May 822, 2017, the Company and the Forbearing Lenders entered into ana second amendment to the Forbearance Agreement (the “~~First~~Second Amendment”). Pursuant to the ~~First~~Second Amendment, the Forbearing Lenders (i) extended the forbearance period to the earlier to occur of either (x) ~~May~~June 236, 2017 or (y) the occurrence of any forbearance default; (ii) ~~added an additional specified default to Annex I to the Forbearance Agreement; (iii)~~ agreed that the amount outstanding under the 2014 Credit Agreement is equal to at least $133,250,569.16 and the amount outstanding under the letters of credit is at least $12,050,000; and (iviii) confirmed that, except as expressly set forth in the ~~First~~Second Amendment, the ~~First~~Second Amendment shall not constitute a waiver of any default, event of default or forbearance default or modify any provision of the Forbearance Agreement, the 2014 Credit Agreement or any other loan document.

A copy of the ~~First~~Second Amendment is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the ~~First~~Second Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the ~~First~~Second Amendment.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

10.1 ~~First~~ Second Amendment to Forbearance Agreement, dated as of May 822, 2017.

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 thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 1124, 2017

IGNITE RESTAURANT GROUP, INC.
By:	/s/ Brad A. Leist
	Brad A. Leist
	Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer

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