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):

November 29, 2007

 

 

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

0-20574

 

51-0340466

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

of incorporation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 8 — OTHER EVENTS

 

ITEM 8.01  OTHER EVENTS

 

In a press release dated November 30, 2007, The Cheesecake Factory announced the opening of its 138th Cheesecake Factory restaurant at the Walt Whitman Mall in Huntington, New York on Long Island.  The restaurant opened on November 29, 2007, and contains approximately 10,200 square feet and 300 seats.

 

The Company also announced the opening of its 12th Grand Lux Cafe at the Park Meadows Mall in Littleton, Colorado, a suburb of Denver, also on November 29, 2007.  The restaurant contains approximately 11,500 square feet and 330 seats.

 

The openings mark the Company’s 18th and 19th respective new restaurants opened in fiscal 2007.

 

The full text of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is herein incorporated by reference.

 

 

SECTION 9 — FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

 

(d)         Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press release dated November 30, 2007 entitled, “The Cheesecake Factory Announces New Restaurant Openings”

 

 

 

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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:

December 3, 2007

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

  /s/ MICHAEL J. DIXON

 

 

Michael J. Dixon
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

Description

99.1

 

Press release dated November 30, 2007 entitled, “The Cheesecake Factory Announces New Restaurant Openings”

 

 

 

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