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Issuer:     CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC (CAKE)
CIK:        0000887596
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-11-10T21:30:29+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-125244
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Cheesecake Factory bakery president Keith T. Carango to retire after 30 years; stays through Q1 2027
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- Keith T. Carango notified The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated on November 5, 2026 of his decision to retire as President of The Cheesecake Factory Bakery Incorporated.
- Carango has 30 years of service with the bakery subsidiary and will remain as President into the first quarter of 2027 to assist with the leadership transition.
- No successor was named in the filing; CEO David Overton thanked Carango for his contributions and years of service.
- The filing discloses only the departure; no compensatory arrangement, severance, or replacement terms were provided.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465926125244/0001104659-26-125244-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/887596/000110465926125244/tm2629431d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-125244

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