DESCRIPTION OF NOTES
We will issue the notes under an indenture (the “base indenture”), to be dated as of the initial closing date of this offering, between us and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture (the base indenture, as so supplemented, the “indenture”), to be dated as of the initial closing date of this offering, between us and the trustee.
The following is a summary of certain provisions of the notes and the indenture. It is only a summary and is not complete. We qualify this summary by referring you to the indenture and the notes, because they, and not this summary, define your rights as a holder of the notes. We will provide you with a copy of the indenture, which includes the form of the notes, as provided under the caption “Where You Can Find Additional Information.” In addition, the indenture and the notes will be deemed to include certain terms that are made a part of the indenture and the notes pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”).
This “Description of Notes” section supplements and, to the extent inconsistent therewith, supersedes the information in the accompanying prospectus under the caption “Description of Debt Securities.”
Certain terms used in this summary are defined below under the caption “— Definitions.” Certain other terms used in this summary are defined in the indenture.
References to “we,” “us” and “our” in this section refer to The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated only and not to any of its subsidiaries. References to any “note” in this section refer to any authorized denomination of a note, unless the context requires otherwise. References to our “common stock” in this section refer to our common stock, par value $0.01 per share.
Generally
The notes will:
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be our senior, unsecured obligations;
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initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 (or $345,000,000, if the underwriters fully exercise their option to purchase additional notes);
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bear interest from, and including, June 15, 2021, at an annual rate of 0.375%, payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2021;
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bear special interest in the circumstances described below under the caption “— Events of Default — Special Interest as Sole Remedy for Certain Reporting Defaults”;
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mature on June 15, 2026, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted;
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be redeemable, in whole or in part (subject to certain limitations), at our option, on or after June 20, 2024 and on or before the 30th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, in the circumstances, and at the redemption price, described below under the caption “— Optional Redemption”;
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be subject to repurchase by us at the noteholders’ option if a “fundamental change” (as defined below under the caption “— Definitions”) occurs, at a cash repurchase price equal to the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (subject to the right of noteholders on a regular record date to receive the related interest payment), as described, and subject to the limited exception set forth, below under the caption “— Fundamental Change Permits Noteholders to Require Us to Repurchase Notes”;
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be convertible, at the noteholders’ option, into cash and, if applicable, shares of our common stock, based on an initial conversion rate of 12.7551 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (which represents an initial conversion price of approximately $78.40 per share), under the conditions, and subject to the adjustments, described below under the caption “— Conversion Rights”;
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be issued in minimum principal amount denominations of $1,000 and in principal amount denominations of any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, which we refer to as an “authorized denomination”; and