0001104659-12-041879.txt : 20120605 0001104659-12-041879.hdr.sgml : 20120605 20120605163024 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-12-041879 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120531 ITEM INFORMATION: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders FILED AS OF DATE: 20120605 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120605 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887596 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 510340466 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1230 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-20574 FILM NUMBER: 12889458 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26901 MALIBU HILLS RD CITY: CALABASAS HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91301 BUSINESS PHONE: 818 871-8342 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 26901 MALIBU HILLS RD CITY: CALABASAS HILLS STATE: CA ZIP: 91301 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930328 8-K 1 a12-14073_18k.htm 8-K

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 31, 2012

 

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

0-20574

 

51-0340466

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification
No.)

 

26901 Malibu Hills Road

Calabasas Hills, California 91301

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(818) 871-3000

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14.d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 


 

ITEM 5.07          SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

 

The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (“Company”) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 31, 2012.  The results of the vote taken for each proposal are as follows:

 

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

 

Name

For

Against

Abstain

Broker Non-Votes

David Overton

40,330,255

2,439,421

13,705

4,346,228

Alexander L. Cappello

40,638,285

2,138,329

6,767

4,346,228

Thomas L. Gregory

40,381,275

2,394,484

7,622

4,346,228

Jerome I. Kransdorf

40,388,463

2,387,077

7,841

4,346,228

Laurence B. Mindel

42,308,702

458,327

16,352

4,346,228

David B. Pittaway

40,864,739

1,911,031

7,611

4,346,228

Herbert Simon

40,636,241

2,135,482

11,658

4,346,228

 

Proposal 2: Ratification of Selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2012, ending January 1, 2012

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

46,830,924

 

289,056

 

9,629

 

 

Proposal 3:   Nonbinding, Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

 

For

 

Against

 

Abstain

 

Broker Non-Votes

 

40,559,154

 

940,941

 

1,283,286

 

4,346,228

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date:   June 5, 2012

THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Debby R. Zurzolo

 

 

Debby R. Zurzolo

 

 

Executive Vice President. General Counsel and Secretary