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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549</FONT></H1>


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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>POST
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.&nbsp;1 TO<BR>FORM S-8<BR>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT<BR>UNDER<BR>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></H1>


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FACTORY INCORPORATED</B></FONT><BR>

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name of Registrant as specified
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Delaware</B><BR>(State or other
jurisdiction of <BR> incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>

<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>51-0340466</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) </FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2><B>26950 Agoura Road,
Calabasas Hills, California 91301</B><BR>(Address of
Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2><B>THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
INCORPORATED<BR>YEAR 2000 PERFORMANCE STOCK OPTION PLAN </B></FONT><BR><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=1>(Full title of the plan) </FONT></P>


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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>GERALD W. DEITCHLE<BR>EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER<BR>THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED<BR>26950 Agoura
Road<BR>Calabasas
Hills, California 91301<BR>(818) 871-3000</FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>(Name, address and
telephone number of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>With a copy to:<BR>MARK A.
BONENFANT, ESQ.<BR>BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS &amp; YOUNGER,<BR>A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION<BR>601 South
Figueroa Street, Suite 2400<BR>Los Angeles,
California 90017<BR>(213)
891-0700</FONT></P>

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     <TH WIDTH=28%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Title of Securities<BR>to be Registered</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B> Amount to be<BR>Registered (1)</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price<BR>Per Unit (2)</B></FONT></TH>
     <TH WIDTH=18%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1><B>Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate<BR>Offering Price</B></FONT></TH>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Common Stock, $0.01 par<BR>value per share</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> 750,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$36.688</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$27,516,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>$6,879.00</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1) </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>In
addition, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers any additional securities to be offered or issued in
connection with a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction. </FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=94%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and is
calculated based on the closing &nbsp;price of the &nbsp;Company&#146;s &nbsp;Common &nbsp;Stock &nbsp;on &nbsp;The &nbsp;NASDAQ&nbsp;
Stock &nbsp;Market on January 2, 2001.</FONT></TD>
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>PART
II&#150;INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></H2>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information contained in the S-8 Registration Statement filed by The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), Registration File No. 33-88414
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1996 (the &#147;1996
Registration&#148;) is incorporated herein by reference. This Registration Statement relates
to an amendment to the Registrant&#146;s Year 2000 Performance Stock Option Plan (the
&#147;Performance Plan&#148;) to increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from
450,000 (reflecting a 3 for 2 stock split on June 8, 2000) to 1,200,000, excluding
additional shares that may also be available for issuance under the Performance Plan as a
result of authorized share repurchases by the Registrant. </FONT></P>

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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></H2>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following documents heretofore filed or to be filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein: </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)
The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission for the year
ended<BR>December 28, 1999; </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)
The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 28, 2000,
June 27, 2000 and September 26, 2000. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)
The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, declared effective by the Commission
on September 17, 1992. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
other documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be
modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed documents which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. </FONT></P>

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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></H2>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &amp; Younger, a Professional corporation, Los Angeles, California. </FONT></P>

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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>Item 8.
Exhibits</FONT></H2>

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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information on Item 8 &#147;Exhibits&#148; in the previous S-8 is supplemented as follows: </FONT></P>
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<TH WIDTH=3% ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Exhibit<BR>
Number</FONT><HR WIDTH="100%" SIZE=1></TH>
<TH WIDTH=6%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>&nbsp;</FONT></TH>
<TH WIDTH=90% ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>Description of
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5.1 </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
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Opinion of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields &amp; Younger, a Professional Corporation</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Independent Accountants</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of  Buchalter,  Nemer,  Fields &amp; Younger,  a  Professional  Corporation  (included in its
                         opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=3% ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=6% ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>-</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=90%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Amendment to The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated Year 2000
Performance Stock Option Plan.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calabasas Hills, State of
California on this 3rd day of January, 2001. </FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH=50%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED</B><BR><BR>
<BR>By: /s/ David Overton <BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>
David Overton<BR>Chairman of the Board,<BR>President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT FACE="TIMES NEW ROMAN, TIMES, SERIF" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration has been signed by
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>David Overton
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>David Overton<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, President<BR>and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Gerald W. Deitchle
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Gerald W. Deitchle<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Executive Vice President<BR>and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Thomas L. Gregory
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Thomas L. Gregory<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Jerome I. Kransdorf
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Jerome I. Kransdorf<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2> Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=35% ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Wayne H. White
<BR>&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;&#151;<BR>Wayne H. White<BR><BR></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Director</FONT></TD>
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Form S-8
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
POST
EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE CHEESECAKE
FACTORY INCORPORATED
(Exact
name of Registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
51-0340466
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
26950 Agoura Road,
Calabasas Hills, California 91301
(Address of
Registrant's Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
INCORPORATED
YEAR 2000 PERFORMANCE STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
GERALD W. DEITCHLE
EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
26950 Agoura
Road
Calabasas
Hills, California 91301
(818) 871-3000
(Name, address and
telephone number of agent for service)
With a copy to:
MARK A.
BONENFANT, ESQ.
BUCHALTER, NEMER, FIELDS & YOUNGER,
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
601 South
Figueroa Street, Suite 2400
Los Angeles,
California 90017
(213)
891-0700
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Unit (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par
value per share
750,000 shares
$36.688
$27,516,000
$6,879.00
(1)
In
addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
Registration Statement also covers any additional securities to be offered or issued in
connection with a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.
(2)
Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and is
calculated based on the closing  price of the  Company's  Common  Stock  on  The  NASDAQ 
Stock  Market on January 2, 2001.
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PART
II–INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The
information contained in the S-8 Registration Statement filed by The Cheesecake Factory
Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), Registration File No. 33-88414
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 1996 (the "1996
Registration") is incorporated herein by reference. This Registration Statement relates
to an amendment to the Registrant's Year 2000 Performance Stock Option Plan (the
"Performance Plan") to increase the aggregate number of shares issuable thereunder from
450,000 (reflecting a 3 for 2 stock split on June 8, 2000) to 1,200,000, excluding
additional shares that may also be available for issuance under the Performance Plan as a
result of authorized share repurchases by the Registrant.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The
following documents heretofore filed or to be filed by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission for the year
ended
December 28, 1999;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 28, 2000,
June 27, 2000 and September 26, 2000.
(c)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, declared effective by the Commission
on September 17, 1992.
All
other documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to
the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates
that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be
modified or superceded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
statement contained in any subsequently filed documents which also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such
statement so modified or superceded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The
validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the Registrant by
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, a Professional corporation, Los Angeles, California.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The
information on Item 8 "Exhibits" in the previous S-8 is supplemented as follows:
Exhibit
Number
Description of
Exhibit
5.1
-
Opinion of Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, a Professional Corporation
23.1
-
Consent of Independent Accountants
23.2
-
Consent of  Buchalter,  Nemer,  Fields & Younger,  a  Professional  Corporation  (included in its
                         opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
99.1
-
Amendment to The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated Year 2000
Performance Stock Option Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Calabasas Hills, State of
California on this 3rd day of January, 2001.
THE
CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
By: /s/ David Overton
——————————————
David Overton
Chairman of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration has been signed by
the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/
David Overton
——————————
David Overton
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
January 3, 2001
/s/
Gerald W. Deitchle
——————————
Gerald W. Deitchle
Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
January 3, 2001
/s/
Thomas L. Gregory
——————————
Thomas L. Gregory
Director
January 3, 2001
/s/
Jerome I. Kransdorf
——————————
Jerome I. Kransdorf
Director
January 3, 2001
/s/
Wayne H. White
——————————
Wayne H. White
Director
January 3, 2001
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