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			Exhibit 4.1
		

		
			 
		

		
			DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
		

		
			REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES
		

		
			EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
		

		
			 
		

		
			The following description of the common stock of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (“The Cheesecake Factory,” “we,” “us” and “our”) is based on our Restated Certificate of Incorporation (our “Certificate of Incorporation”) and our Amended and Restated Bylaws (our “Bylaws”).  This description is summarized from, and qualified in its entirety by reference to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) and the complete text of our Certificate of Incorporation and our Bylaws, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, to our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
		

		
			DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK
		

		
			Authorized Shares of Capital Stock
		

		
			Our authorized capital stock consists of:
		

		
			      250,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share; and
		

		
			      5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share.
		

		
			As of December 31, 2019, 44,768,744 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding.
		

		
			Voting Rights
		

		
			The holders of the common stock are entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by such stockholder which has voting power upon the matter in question, including the election of directors. Except as otherwise provided by law, our Certificate of Incorporation or our Bylaws, matters will generally be decided by the holders of a majority of shares entitled to vote thereon. Our Bylaws provide that directors will be elected by a plurality of votes cast by the holders of the shares entitled to vote thereon, provided that, in the case of uncontested elections, directors failing to receive a majority of votes cast must tender their irrevocable resignation for consideration by the board of directors. Our stockholders do not have cumulative voting rights.
		

		
			Dividends
		

		
			Subject to preferences that may apply to any preferred stock outstanding, holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available at the time and in the amounts that the board of directors may determine from time to time.
		

		
			Liquidation Rights
		

		
			In the event of a liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of The Cheesecake Factory, the holders of common stock are entitled to share equally and ratably in the assets of The Cheesecake Factory, if any, remaining after the payment of all debts and liabilities of The Cheesecake Factory and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred stock.
		

		
			Other Rights and Preferences
		

		
			Our common stock has no sinking fund, redemption provisions, or preemptive, conversion or exchange rights.
		

		
			Listing
		

		
			Our common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the trading symbol “CAKE.”
		

		
			Transfer Agent
		

		
			
		

		
			

		 

		

		
			The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Shareholder Services.
		

		
			Anti-Takeover Effects of Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and Delaware Law
		

		
			Only the chairman of the board of directors, or the board of directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of authorized directors, may call a special meeting of stockholders. Our Certificate of Incorporation provides that no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent.
		

		
			Our Certificate of Incorporation may be amended in accordance with Delaware law; provided, however, that subject to the powers and rights provided for any preferred stock then outstanding, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 80% of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required to amend, alter, repeal or adopt any provision inconsistent with certain articles contained in our Certificate of Incorporation or to add an article or provision imposing cumulative voting in the election of directors. Our Bylaws, or any of them, may be altered, amended or repealed, and new Bylaws may be adopted, (i) by the board of directors, or (ii) by the stockholders upon the vote of the holders of at least 80% of the combined voting power of all of the then outstanding capital stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class.
		

		
			We are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL.  Under Section 203, we would generally be prohibited from engaging in any business combination with any interested stockholder for a period of three years following the time that this stockholder became an interested stockholder unless:
		

		
			      prior to this time, the board of directors approved either the business combination or the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder;
		

		
			      upon consummation of the transaction that resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by persons who are directors and also officers, and by employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or
		

		
			      at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the board of directors and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least 66 2/3% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned by the interested stockholder.
		

		
			Under Section 203, a “business combination” includes:
		

		
			      any merger or consolidation involving the corporation and the interested stockholder;
		

		
			      any sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of 10% or more of the assets of the corporation involving the interested stockholder;
		

		
			      any transaction that results in the issuance or transfer by the corporation of any stock of the corporation to the interested stockholder, subject to limited exceptions;
		

		
			      any transaction involving the corporation that has the effect of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the corporation beneficially owned by the interested stockholder; or
		

		
			      the receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial benefits provided by or through the corporation.
		

		
			In general, Section 203 defines an interested stockholder as an entity or person beneficially owning 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the corporation and any entity or person affiliated with or controlling or controlled by such entity or person.evok-ex49_632.htm

Exhibit 4.9

DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES REGISTERED
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Evoke Pharma, Inc. (we, us and our) has one class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended: our common stock. 

Description of Common Stock

General

The following summary of the terms of our common stock is based upon our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws. The summary is not complete, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws, which are filed as exhibits to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated by reference herein. We encourage you to read our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our amended and restated bylaws and the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) for additional information.

Under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the total number of shares of all classes of stock that we have authority to issue is 55,000,000, consisting of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.0001 par value per share.

Common Stock

Voting rights

Under the terms of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and do not have cumulative voting rights. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they so choose, other than any directors that holders of any preferred stock we may issue may be entitled to elect.

Dividend rights

Subject to preferences that may be applicable to any then outstanding preferred stock, holders of common stock are entitled to receive ratably those dividends, if any, as may be declared by the board of directors out of legally available funds.

Liquidation rights

In the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock will be entitled to share ratably in the assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after the payment of or provision for all of our debts and other liabilities, subject to the prior rights of any preferred stock then outstanding.

Rights and preferences

Holders of common stock have no preemptive or conversion rights or other subscription rights and there are no redemption or sinking funds provisions applicable to the common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of holders of common stock are subject to and may be adversely affected by the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future.

Fully paid and nonassessable

All outstanding shares of common stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

Anti-Takeover Effects of Delaware Law and Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws

Some provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could make the following transactions more difficult: an acquisition of us by means of a tender offer; an acquisition of us by means of a proxy contest or otherwise; or the removal of our incumbent officers and directors. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish or could deter transactions that stockholders may otherwise consider to be in their best interest or in our best interests, including transactions which provide for payment of a premium over the market price for our shares.

These provisions, summarized below, are intended to discourage coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids. These provisions are also designed to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of us to first negotiate with our board of directors. We believe that the benefits of the increased protection of our potential ability to negotiate with the proponent of an unfriendly or unsolicited proposal to acquire or restructure us outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging these proposals because negotiation of these proposals could result in an improvement of their terms.

 

 

Undesignated Preferred Stock

The ability of our board of directors, without action by the stockholders, to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock with voting or other rights or preferences as designated by our board of directors could impede the success of any attempt to change control of us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deferring hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of our company.

Stockholder Meetings

Our amended and restated bylaws provide that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by our chairperson of the board, chief executive officer or president, or by a resolution adopted by a majority of our board of directors.

Requirements for Advance Notification of Stockholder Nominations and Proposals

Our amended and restated bylaws establish advance notice procedures with respect to stockholder proposals to be brought before a stockholder meeting and the nomination of candidates for election as directors, other than nominations made by or at the direction of the board of directors or a committee of the board of directors.

Elimination of Stockholder Action by Written Consent

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws eliminate the right of stockholders to act by written consent without a meeting.

Staggered Board

Our board of directors is divided into three classes. The directors in each class serve for a three-year term, one class being elected each year by our stockholders. This system of electing and removing directors may tend to discourage a third-party from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us, because it generally makes it more difficult for stockholders to replace a majority of the directors.

Removal of Directors

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that no member of our board of directors may be removed from office by our stockholders except for cause and, in addition to any other vote required by law, upon the approval of not less than 66 2/3% of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock then entitled to vote in the election of directors.

Stockholders Not Entitled to Cumulative Voting

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation does not permit stockholders to cumulate their votes in the election of directors. Accordingly, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they choose, other than any directors that holders of our preferred stock may be entitled to elect.

Delaware Anti-Takeover Statute

We are subject to Section 203 of the DGCL, which prohibits persons deemed to be “interested stockholders” from engaging in a “business combination” with a publicly held Delaware corporation for three years following the date these persons become interested stockholders unless the business combination is, or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder was, approved in a prescribed manner or another prescribed exception applies. Generally, an “interested stockholder” is a person who, together with affiliates and associates, owns, or within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status did own, 15% or more of a corporation’s voting stock. Generally, a “business combination” includes a merger, asset or stock sale, or other transaction resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. The existence of this provision may have an anti-takeover effect with respect to transactions not approved in advance by the board of directors.

Amendment of Charter Provisions

The amendment of any of the above provisions, except for the provision making it possible for our board of directors to issue preferred stock, would require approval by holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total voting power of all of our outstanding voting stock.

The provisions of Delaware law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws could have the effect of discouraging others from attempting hostile takeovers and, as a consequence, they may also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that often result from actual or rumored hostile takeover attempts. These provisions may also have the effect of preventing changes in the composition of our board and management. It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders may otherwise deem to be in their best interests.

Listing

Our common stock is listed for trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “EVOK.”

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

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