CHEESECAKE FACTORY INC 10-Q

Item 5. Other Information. During the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2026, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (in each case, as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K). ​ 32 Table of Contents Item 6. Exhibits ​ Exhibit No. ​ ​ ​ Item ​ ​ ​ Form ​ ​ ​ File Number ​ ​ ​ Incorporated by Reference from Exhibit Number ​ ​ ​ Filed/ Furnished with SEC ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 3.1 ​ Restated Certificate of Incorporation of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated ​ 8-K ​ 000-20574 ​ 3.1 ​ 6/4/24 3.2 ​ Certificate of Designations of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, dated April 20, 2020 ​ 8-K ​ 000-20574 ​ 3.1 ​ 4/20/20 3.3 ​ Bylaws of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated, amended and restated on October 26,2022 ​ 8-K ​ 000-20574 ​ 3.1 ​ 11/1/22 31.1 ​ Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal Executive Officer ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 31.2 ​ Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Principal Financial Officer ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 32.1 ​ Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Executive Officer ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Furnished herewith 32.2 ​ Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 of the Principal Financial Officer ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Furnished herewith 101.SCH ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 101.CAL ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 101.DEF ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 101.LAB ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 101.PRE ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith 104 ​ The cover page of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 formatted in iXBRL (included with Exhibit 101) ​ — ​ — ​ — ​ Filed herewith ​ ​ 33 Table of Contents 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 thereunto duly authorized. ​ Date: August 3, 2026 THE CHEESECAKE FACTORY INCORPORATED ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ DAVID OVERTON ​ ​ David Overton ​ ​ Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ​ ​ (Principal Executive Officer) ​ ​ ​ By: /s/ MATTHEW E. CLARK ​ ​ Matthew E. Clark ​ ​ Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ​ ​ (Principal Financial Officer) ​ ​ 34