ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

In a press release dated July 27, 2021, a copy of which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (the "Company") reported financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2021.

ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;


           APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN
           OFFICERS

On July 22, 2021, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Company appointed Khanh ("Connie") Collins as a director of the Company and also appointed her to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board effective as of July 22, 2021.

As a non-employee director, for her service on the Board, Ms. Collins will receive a $90,000 annual cash retainer and an annual cash payment in lieu of equity of $115,000, each pro-rated for the remainder of 2021.

Ms. Collins is eligible to participate in the Company's Executive Savings Plan (the "Plan"), a nonqualified deferred compensation plan, by contributing all or a portion of her director fees and equity awards in the form of stock units to this Plan, subject to the terms of the Plan.

Ms. Collins also entered into the Company's standard form of indemnification agreement for directors, the form of which was filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 14, 2007.

ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

A copy of the Company's press release, dated July 26, 2021, announcing the appointment of Ms. Collins to the Board and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

On July 27, 2021, the Company posted an updated Investor Presentation on the Company's Investor Relations website at investors.thecheesecakefactory.com. A copy of the presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.3 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.




 ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS

On July 22, 2021, the Board increased the authorized number of directors from nine to ten, effective July 22, 2021 in accordance with the Company's Bylaws.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS






(d)     Exhibits


  99.1     Press release dated July 27, 2021 entitled "The Cheesecake Factory
         Reports Record Revenues in the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2021 and Provides
         Business Update."
  99.2     Press release dated July 26, 2021 entitled "The Cheesecake Factory
         Appoints Khanh Collins to Board of Directors."
  99.3     The Cheesecake Factory Investor Presentation dated July 27, 2021
104.1    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the inline XBRL
         document)

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