---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-22-129737"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAKE"
cik: "0000887596"
company_name: "CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T23:45:34.854093+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheesecake Factory appoints Adam Gordon to board, replacing Paul Ginsberg

## Summary
- Paul Ginsberg resigned from Board effective Dec 19, 2022; departure not due to any disagreement.
- Adam S. Gordon appointed independent director effective Dec 22, 2022 to fill vacancy.
- Gordon receives $100k annual cash retainer plus $115k cash in lieu of equity, prorated for 2022.
- Gordon is managing director of Gordon Property Group and President of ASG Global Entertainment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-22-129737
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAKE
- cik: 0000887596
- company_name: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465922129737/0001104659-22-129737-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465922129737/tm2233419d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-129737
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-129737.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-129737.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Paul D. Ginsberg resigned as Director at CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 19, 2022, Paul D. Ginsberg, a member of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (the “Company”) Board of Directors (the “Board”) since 2020, notified the Board of his intention to resign from the Board, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465922129737/0001104659-22-129737-index.htm
- Executive change
  Adam S. Gordon was appointed as Director at CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On December 22, 2022, the Board’s Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee recommended, and the Board subsequently approved, the appointment of Adam S. Gordon to fill the vacancy on the Board created by Mr. Ginsberg’s resignation, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465922129737/0001104659-22-129737-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.