CARROLS HOLDINGS CORPORATION EXTENSION OF STOCK OPTION AWARDS

Exhibit 10.36

CARROLS HOLDINGS CORPORATION

EXTENSION OF STOCK OPTION AWARDS

THIS EXTENSION, dated as of March 1, 2002, is made by and between Carrols Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the “Company”), and Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx, an employee of Carrols Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “Optionee”). All capitalized terms herein shall have such meanings as are ascribed to them in the Plan (as defined below) and in this agreement (the “Agreement”).

1. Optionee has previously been granted nonqualifed stock options (the “Options”) to purchase shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, of Carrols Holdings Corporation, under the Carrols Holdings Corporation 1996 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), and the nonqualified stock option agreement(s) related thereto (the “Award Agreements”).

2. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of the Company to extend the expiration dates of the options, beyond the dates set forth in the Award Agreements.

3. The expiration date for the Options is extended to February 29, 2012.

4. All other terms and conditions applicable to the Options as set forth in the Plan and the Award Agreements remain unmodified

						CARROLS HOLDINGS CORPORATION
						By:		/S/    XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
								Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
						Its:		Vice President-General Counsel

Accepted and Agreed to

this 1^st day of March, 2002

/S/    XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

        Xxxxxxx XxXxxxx