---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-068068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CAKE"
cik: "0000887596"
company_name: "CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T07:45:02.873842+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheesecake Factory annual meeting approves directors, auditor, say-on-pay, selects 1-year frequency

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; largest against vote was Jerome I. Kransdorf at 4,319,960 against.
- Ratification of KPMG as independent auditor for FY2023: 39,428,736 for, 85,805 against.
- Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation passed: 33,742,680 for, 682,518 against.
- Advisory vote on frequency: 1-year option received 34,158,112 votes, indicating triennial say-on-pay preference.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-068068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CAKE
- cik: 0000887596
- company_name: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/0001104659-23-068068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/tm2317756d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 3: Non-Binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation . For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 33,742,680 682,518 46,249 5,075,404
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/0001104659-23-068068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC shareholders approved Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Stockholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 4: Non-Binding Advisory Vote on the Frequency of the Stockholder Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation . 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain 34,158,112 11,510 108,684 193,141
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/0001104659-23-068068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC shareholders approved Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2023 at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2023 . For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 39,428,736 85,805 32,310 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/0001104659-23-068068-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-01 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-01
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Directors . Name For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes David Overton 33,126,101 1,233,389 111,957 5,075,404 Edie A. Ames 33,821,795 539,220 110,432 5,075,404 Alexander L. Cappello 33,088,961 1,270,358 112,128 5,075,404 Khanh Collins 32,758,623 1,579,995 132,829 5,075,404 Adam S. Gordon 33,884,155 455,736 131,556 5,075,404 Jerome I. Kransdorf 30,039,452 4,319,960 112,035 5,075,404 Janice L. Meyer 33,840,331 520,929 110,187 5,075,404 Laurence B. Mindel 32,183,943 2,174,940 112,564 5,075,404 David B. Pittaway 33,168,585 1,190,552 112,310 5,075,404 Herbert Simon 32,115,269 2,222,528 133,650 5,075,404
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465923068068/0001104659-23-068068-index.htm

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