CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC — Director's Dealing 2021

May 3, 2021

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)
CIK: 0000887596
Period of Report: 2021-04-30

Reporting Person: SLOMANN CHERYL (Principal Accounting Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2021-04-30	Common Stock	M	7500	$48.01	Acquired	14151	Indirect
2021-04-30	Common Stock	S	7500	$61.5682	Disposed	6651	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2021-04-30	Employee Stock Option (right to buy)	$48.01	M	7500	Disposed	2023-03-05	Common Stock (7500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	17430	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on March 12, 2021.

F2: 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.

F3: The price reported within column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions ranging from $60.51 to $62.31, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to CAKE Corporation, any security holder of CAKE Corporation, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (3) to this Form 4.

F4: Shares of restricted stock subject to forfeiture.