UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 FORM 5 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP 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(f)of the Investment Company Act of 1940 1. Name and Address 2. Issuer Name and Ticker 6. Relationship of Reporting Of Reporting Person Person to Issuer (Last, First, Middle) SHELLS SEAFOOD x_Director RESTAURANTS, INC. __Officer Hattaway, William E. ("SHLL.OB") __10% owner 235 Binnacle Point __Other Vero Beach, FL 32963 _______________ Title 3. IRS ID Number 4. Statement 7. Individual or Joint Of Reporting for Month/Year Group Reporting Person, if and entity (voluntary)DECEMBER 2001 _x_Form Filed by One Reporting Person NA 5. If Amendment, __Form Filed by more Date of Original than one Reporting (Month, Year) Person N/A Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned 1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of action action Acquired (A) or Securities ship Indirect Date Code Disposed of (D) Beneficially Form: Beneficial (Month/ (Instr. (Instr. 3,4 and 5) Owned at the Direct Ownership Day/ 8) end of (D) or (Instr. 4) Year) Issuer's Indirect Amount (D) Price Fiscal Year (I) Common Stock 416,923 D $0.01 par value per share Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, call, warrants, options, convertible securities) 1.Title of 2.Conver- 3.Trans- 4.Trans- 5.Number 6.Date Exercisable 7.Title and 8.Price of 9.Number of 10.Ownership 11.Nature Derivative sion or action action of and Expiration Amount of Derivative Derivative of of Indir- Security Exercise Date Code Derivative Date Underlying Security Securities Derivative ect Bene- (Instr. 3) Price of (Month/ (Instr. Securities (Month/Day/Year) Securities (Instr. 5) Beneficially Security: ficial Derivative Day/ 8) Acquired (Instr. 3 Owned at Direct(D) Owner- Security Year) (A) or and 4) End of or Indir- ship Disposed Year ect(I) Of (D) Amount Or Number Date Expiration #Of (A) (D) Exercisable Date Title Shares Option to purchase Common common stock stock $0.01 par $.01 value per par share $0.45 4/18/01 A 5,000 (1) 4/18/11 value 5,000 - D Option to purchase Common common stock stock $0.01 par $.01 value per par share $0.24 10/23/01 A 4,000 (3) 10/23/11 value 4,000 - 9,000 D Explanation of Responses: (1) These options are exercisable as to 1,667 shares on April 18, 2002, April 18, 2003 and 1,666 shares on April 18, 2004. (2) These options are exercisable as to 2,000 shares on each of October 23, 2002 and October 23, 2003. /s/ William E. Hattaway ------------------------------------ Signature of Reporting Person 2/15/02