UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
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Delaware |
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51-0340466 |
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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)
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ITEM 8 - OTHER EVENTS
In a press release dated December 5, 2008, The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (the “Company”) announced the opening of its newest Cheesecake Factory restaurant at the Westfield Annapolis mall in Annapolis, Maryland on December 4, 2008. The restaurant contains approximately 8,300 square feet and 235 seats.
This location is the first of the Company’s smaller prototype restaurants built to support its full menu, but at an investment cost appropriate for the restaurant’s size and expected volume, which will position the restaurant to deliver returns that are consistent with the returns from the Company’s larger restaurants. This opening also marks the Company’s final new restaurant opening for fiscal 2008 having met its goal of opening six Cheesecake Factory restaurants and the initial unit of RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen this year.
The full text of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
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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.
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December 5, 2008 |
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THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED |
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/s/ CHERYL M. SLOMANN |
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Cheryl M. Slomann |
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Exhibit |
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Description |
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99.1 |
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Press release dated December 5, 2008 entitled, “The Cheesecake Factory Opens in Annapolis, Maryland” |
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