As of Oct 3, Cheesecake Factory's cash and cash equivalents totaled $64 million compared with $114.8 million at the fiscal 2022-end. Long-term debt (net of issuance costs) was $469.5 million compared with the fiscal 2022-end value of $468 million. As of Oct 3, the company had a total available liquidity of $300 million. Management declared a quarterly cash dividend of 27 cents per share. The dividend will be payable on Nov 28, to shareholders of record as of Nov 15. In the fiscal third quarter, CAKE also repurchased 453,400 shares for $14.6 million.