CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 7, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)
CIK: 0000887596
Period of Report: 2017-03-06

Reporting Person: SLOMANN CHERYL (Principal Accounting Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2017-03-06	Common Stock	M	4000	$21.42	Acquired	15538	Direct
2017-03-06	Common Stock	S	3444	$61.64	Disposed	12094	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-03-06	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$21.42	M	4000	Disposed	2018-01-07	Common Stock (4000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	500	Indirect
Common Stock	13	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares held by the Mark D. and Cheryl M. Slomann Trust u/a 4/7/1997 of which the reporting person and her spouse are trustees.