Ashley W. Hanscom - 11 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)

Role: PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER
Signature: /s/ Ashley Hanscom 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, 18:02:21 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
Hanscom Ashley W	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING OFFICER	26901 MALIBU HILLS ROAD, CALABASAS HILLS	/s/ Ashley Hanscom by Scarlett May, Attorney-in-Fact	13 Feb 2026	0001971797

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	CAKE	Common Stock	Award	$0	+2,280	+21%	$0.000000	13,330	11 Feb 2026	Direct	F1, F2
holding	CAKE	Common Stock						12,652	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.