The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

11. Stock Options:

The Company maintains stock option plans under which incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted shares, deferred shares, performance shares and performance units may be granted to employees, consultants and non-employee directors. All stock options are granted at the fair market value of the underlying stock on the date of the grant, generally vest at 20% per year, and become exercisable provided the Company meets or exceeds certain performance criteria approved by our Board of Directors. Our stock options generally expire ten years from the date of grant. Transactions during fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002 under our stock option plans were as follows:

  Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal
  2004 2003 2002
Options outstanding at start of year   7,549,583     7,820,613     9,575,289  
Options granted   2,003,425     2,002,508     2,188,451  
Options exercised   (1,681,896   (1,695,442   (3,578,381
Options cancelled   (419,425   (578,096   (364,746
Options outstanding at end of year   7,451,687     7,549,583     7,820,613  
Options exercisable at end of year   1,581,433     2,046,990     2,037,183  
Options available for grant at end of year   10,974,143     3,408,143     4,832,555  
11. Stock Options (continued):

Weighted average option exercise price information for fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002 was as follows:

  Fiscal Fiscal Fiscal
  2004 2003 2002
Options outstanding at start of year     $ 15.14           $ 12.43           $ 8.02      
Options granted $ 28.77   $ 20.89   $ 21.79  
Options exercised $ 9.55   $ 7.47   $ 6.01  
Options cancelled $ 21.18   $ 21.01   $ 15.73  
Options outstanding at end of year $ 19.73   $ 15.14   $ 12.43  

The following table sets forth information with respect to stock options as of December 28, 2004:

  Options Outstanding   Options Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices Amount
Outstanding as
of 12/28/04
Weighted Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
Amount
Exercisable
as of
12/28/04
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
$  3.58 - $10.87     1,302,768           4.29 years    $ 7.23         951,431       $ 6.60    
$11.56 - $18.61   1,389,665     6.35   $ 15.65     271,422   $ 15.23  
$18.75 - $21.22   1,375,877     8.11   $ 20.03     158,850   $ 19.75  
$21.45 - $23.77   1,337,377     7.53   $ 22.45     166,730   $ 22.39  
$23.89 - $29.36   1,753,500     9.15   $ 28.05     33,000   $ 29.06  
$29.45 - $32.74   292,500     9.70   $ 30.93     0   $ 0.00  
$ 3.58 - $32.74   7,451,687     7.32   $ 19.73     1,581,433   $ 11.54