Matthew Eliot Clark - 11 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)

Role: EXEC VP, CFO
Signature: /s/ Matthew Clark by Scarlett May, Attorney-in-Fact
Issuer symbol: CAKE
Transactions as of: 11 Feb 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 13 Feb 2026, 18:03:33 UTC
Previous filing: 12 Feb 2026
Next filing: 17 Feb 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Clark Matthew Eliot	EXEC VP, CFO	26901 MALIBU HILLS RD, CALABASAS HILLS	/s/ Matthew Clark by Scarlett May, Attorney-in-Fact	13 Feb 2026	0001451763

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CAKE	Common Stock	Award	$0	+11,860	+57%	$0.000000	32,664	11 Feb 2026	Direct	F1, F2
transaction	CAKE	Common Stock	Award	$0	+14,087	+43%	$0.000000	46,751	11 Feb 2026	Direct	F2, F3
holding	CAKE	Common Stock						45,670	11 Feb 2026	Direct

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Restricted stock award which vests 60% on 2/11/29 and 20% on each of 2/11/30 and 2/11/31, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service.
F2	Shares of restricted stock subject to forfeiture.
F3	On February 11, 2026, the Compensation Committee certificated to the attainment of the performance goals underlying the February 2023 grants of performance share awards and determined that 91% of the performance share awards were eligible to vest based on continued service-vesting conditions, with 60% of the shares underlying the award service vesting on February 16, 2026, 20% on February 16, 2027 and 20% on February 16, 2028, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service.