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  <h2 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ITEM 5.02</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION
  OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF
  CERTAIN OFFICERS.</font></h2>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As previously
  disclosed, the Board of Directors of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (the &#147;Company&#148;)
  has adopted a policy requiring that the Company&#146;s executive officers agree in
  writing to repay that portion of any bonus to the extent permitted by law and
  deemed appropriate by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors when the
  Company is required by applicable law or applicable accounting or auditing
  principles to restate its financial statements to correct an accounting error
  in any interim or annual financial statement filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission as a result of material noncompliance with applicable
  financial reporting requirements and the bonus was directly based on those
  financial statements.&nbsp;On May&nbsp;21, 2008, the Board of Directors determined
  the following officers of the Company to be executive officers for purposes of
  this policy :</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 21.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  
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  Restaurants,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
  
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  and Secretary</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 5.03</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF
  INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;22, 2008, the
  Company&#146;s stockholders approved amendments to the Company&#146;s Certificate of
  Incorporation to eliminate the Company&#146;s classified board structure, to permit
  removal of directors with or without cause, and to eliminate the supermajority
  vote requirement with respect to Article&nbsp;FIFTH of the Certificate of
  Incorporation.&#160; As a result, the Company
  intends for all directors to stand for election to one-year terms beginning at
  the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.&#160;
  The Company intends to file the amendments with the Delaware Secretary
  of State promptly and the amendments will take effect upon filing.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The full text of the
  amendments is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ITEM 8 - OTHER EVENTS.</font></b></p>
  
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  Cheesecake Factory Incorporated announced that its Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders was held on May&nbsp;22, 2008. At the meeting, stockholders voted
  to reelect both Chairman and CEO David Overton and independent director
  Agnieszka Winkler each for a three-year term and until their successors are
  elected and qualified.&#160; Each nominee
  received the affirmative votes of approximately 99% of the total shares
  voted.&#160; Stockholders also approved a
  proposal to amend the Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation to eliminate its
  classified board structure and make conforming changes.&#160; Additionally, stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to
  serve as the Company&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal
  2008, which will end on December&nbsp;30, 2008.&#160;
  Stockholders voted against an amendment to the Company&#146;s Amended and
  Restated 2001 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan to clarify that eligible
  individuals under the plan include directors, whether or not employed by the
  Company.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The full text of the
  press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In a separate press release dated May&nbsp;27, 2008,
  The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated announced that it will present at the
  Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure Conference on June&nbsp;3,
  2008 at 10:15&nbsp;a.m. Eastern Time.&#160;
  Michael Dixon, Senior Vice President and CFO, will be presenting on
  behalf of the Company.</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The presentation will be webcast on the Company&#146;s
  website at <i>thecheesecakefactory.com </i>and can be
  accessed by clicking on the &#147;Investors&#148; link from the home page&nbsp;and the
  webcast link at the top of the page.&#160; An
  archive of the webcast will be available following the live presentation
  through July&nbsp;2, 2008.</font></p>
  
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  press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.</font></p>
  
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  <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">3.1</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of The Cheesecake Factory
  Incorporated</font></h1>
  
  <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>
  
  <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-34.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">99.1</font></b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">Press release dated May&nbsp;27, 2008 entitled, &#147;The Cheesecake Factory
  Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders&#148;</font></h1>
  
  <h1 align="left" style="color:windowtext;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:left;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-34.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>
  
  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 70.0pt;text-indent:-35.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.2</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release dated May&nbsp;27, 2008
  entitled, &#147;The Cheesecake Factory to Present at the Goldman &#160;Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure
  Conference&#148;</font></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
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  <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.</font></p>
  
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   <tr>
    <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:6.92%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.24%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">May&nbsp;28, 2008</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="49%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.84%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
    INCORPORATED</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="49%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:49.84%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.24%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.82%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.24%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.82%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ MICHAEL
    J. DIXON</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.24%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.82%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael J.
    Dixon</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="43%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:43.24%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.02%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
    <td width="45%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:45.82%;">
    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice
    President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  
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  INDEX</font></b></h1>
  
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
    </td>
    <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.22%;">
    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
    </td>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.1</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendments to the
    Certificate of Incorporation of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated</font></p>
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    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">99.1</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
    </td>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press release dated
    May&nbsp;27, 2008 entitled, &#147;The Cheesecake Factory Holds Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders&#148;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <p style="color:windowtext;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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text: UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT REPORT
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
  May 21, 2008
  THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED
  (Exact Name of Registrant as
  Specified in its Charter)
  Delaware
  0-20574
  51-0340466
  (State or other jurisdiction
  of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)
  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  26901 Malibu Hills Road
  Calabasas Hills, California 91301
  (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code:
  (818)
  871-3000
  Not Applicable
  (Former name or former address, if changed
  since last report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K
  filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the
  registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.
  below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14.d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  SECTION 5 – CORPORATE
  GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
  ITEM 5.02
  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION
  OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF
  CERTAIN OFFICERS.
  As previously
  disclosed, the Board of Directors of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (the "Company")
  has adopted a policy requiring that the Company's executive officers agree in
  writing to repay that portion of any bonus to the extent permitted by law and
  deemed appropriate by the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors when the
  Company is required by applicable law or applicable accounting or auditing
  principles to restate its financial statements to correct an accounting error
  in any interim or annual financial statement filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission as a result of material noncompliance with applicable
  financial reporting requirements and the bonus was directly based on those
  financial statements. On May 21, 2008, the Board of Directors determined
  the following officers of the Company to be executive officers for purposes of
  this policy :
  ·
  Chief Executive Officer
  ·
  Chief Financial Officer
  ·
  President, The Cheesecake Factory
  Restaurants, Inc.
  ·
  President, The Cheesecake Factory Bakery, Inc.
  ·
  Executive Vice President, General Counsel
  and Secretary
  ·
  Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller
  ITEM 5.03
  AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLES OF
  INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR.
  On May 22, 2008, the
  Company's stockholders approved amendments to the Company's Certificate of
  Incorporation to eliminate the Company's classified board structure, to permit
  removal of directors with or without cause, and to eliminate the supermajority
  vote requirement with respect to Article FIFTH of the Certificate of
  Incorporation.  As a result, the Company
  intends for all directors to stand for election to one-year terms beginning at
  the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. 
  The Company intends to file the amendments with the Delaware Secretary
  of State promptly and the amendments will take effect upon filing.
  The full text of the
  amendments is attached as Exhibit 3.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein
  .
  ITEM 8 - OTHER EVENTS.
  ITEM 8.01
  OTHER EVENTS
  In a press release dated May 27, 2008, The
  Cheesecake Factory Incorporated announced that its Annual Meeting of
  Stockholders was held on May 22, 2008. At the meeting, stockholders voted
  to reelect both Chairman and CEO David Overton and independent director
  Agnieszka Winkler each for a three-year term and until their successors are
  elected and qualified.  Each nominee
  received the affirmative votes of approximately 99% of the total shares
  voted.  Stockholders also approved a
  proposal to amend the Company's certificate of incorporation to eliminate its
  classified board structure and make conforming changes.  Additionally, stockholders ratified the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to
  serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal
  2008, which will end on December 30, 2008. 
  Stockholders voted against an amendment to the Company's Amended and
  Restated 2001 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan to clarify that eligible
  individuals under the plan include directors, whether or not employed by the
  Company.
  The full text of the
  press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein
  .
  2
  In a separate press release dated May 27, 2008,
  The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated announced that it will present at the
  Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure Conference on June 3,
  2008 at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. 
  Michael Dixon, Senior Vice President and CFO, will be presenting on
  behalf of the Company.
  The presentation will be webcast on the Company's
  website at
  thecheesecakefactory.com
  and can be
  accessed by clicking on the "Investors" link from the home page and the
  webcast link at the top of the page.  An
  archive of the webcast will be available following the live presentation
  through July 2, 2008.
  The full text of the
  press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this report and is hereby
  incorporated by reference herein
  .
  3
  SECTION 9 – FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  ITEM 9.01
  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
  (d)
  Exhibits
  3.1
  Amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of The Cheesecake Factory
  Incorporated
  99.1
  Press release dated May 27, 2008 entitled, "The Cheesecake Factory
  Holds Annual Meeting of Stockholders"
  99.2
  Press release dated May 27, 2008
  entitled, "The Cheesecake Factory to Present at the Goldman  Sachs Lodging, Gaming, Restaurant and Leisure
  Conference"
  4
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the
  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
  caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
  authorized.
  Date:
  May 28, 2008
  THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY
    INCORPORATED
  By:
  /s/ MICHAEL
    J. DIXON
  Michael J.
    Dixon
  Senior Vice
    President and Chief Financial Officer
  5
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit
  Description
  3.1
  Amendments to the
    Certificate of Incorporation of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
  99.1
  Press release dated
    May 27, 2008 entitled, "The Cheesecake Factory Holds Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders"
  99.2
  Press release dated May 27, 2008 entitled, "The
    Cheesecake Factory to Present at the Goldman Sachs Lodging, Gaming,
    Restaurant and Leisure Conference"
  6