CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC — Director's Dealing 2017

Mar 6, 2017

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)
CIK: 0000887596
Period of Report: 2017-03-02

Reporting Person: SLOMANN CHERYL (Principal Accounting Officer)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2017-03-02	Restricted Stock Units	$0	A	3200	Acquired		Common Stock (3200)	Direct
2017-03-02	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$61.59	A	5600	Acquired	2025-03-02	Common Stock (5600)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	11538	Direct
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.

F2: Each restricted stock unit represents a contingent right to receive one share of CAKE common stock.

F3: Represents restricted stock units that vest 60% on 3/2/2020 and 20% on each of 3/2/2021 and 2022.

F4: Vests as to 20% of the options on each of 3/2/18, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.