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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * UTTZ JEFFREY J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Shake Shack Inc. [SHAK] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SHAKE SHACK INC., 24 UNION SQUARE EAST, 5TH FLOOR 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/03/2017 (Street) NEW YORK, NY 10003 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price CLASS A COMMON STOCK 03/03/2017   M   138,000 (1) A $ 21 148,000 D   CLASS A COMMON STOCK 03/03/2017   S   138,000 (2) D $ 33.028 (3) (4) 10,000 (5) D   CLASS B COMMON STOCK               171,579 (6) D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 21

03/03/2017

M

138,000

(7)

01/29/2025

CLASS A COMMON STOCK

138,000

$ 0

0 (7)

D

Common Membership Interests

(8)

(8)

(8)

CLASS A COMMON STOCK

171,579

171,579 (8)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
UTTZ JEFFREY J C/O SHAKE SHACK INC. 24 UNION SQUARE EAST, 5TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10003		X	Chief Financial Officer

Signatures

/s/ Ronald Palmese, Jr., Esq., Attorney-in-Fact for Jeffrey J. Uttz		03/07/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of Class A Common Stock ("Class A Stock") of Shake Shack Inc. (the "Issuer") that were obtained upon the Reporting Person's cashless exercise of the option to purchase 138,000 shares of Class A Stock.
(2)	Represents the sale of shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer that were acquired in a cashless exercise of the Reporting Person's option to purchase 138,000 shares of Class A Stock.
(3)	The transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from 32.8000 to $33.5400. The price reported above reflects the weighted average sales price.
(4)	The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected.
(5)	Represents shares of Class A Stock of the Issuer held by the Reporting Person.
(6)	Represents shares of Class B Common Stock of the Issuer held by the Reporting Person.
(7)	An option to purchase 345,000 shares of Class A Stock at $21 per share was granted to the Reporting Person on January 29, 2015. 69,000 options vested on January 29, 2016, 69,000 options vested on January 29, 2017, and the remaining 207,000 options will be forfeited in connection with the Reporting Person's resignation as CFO of the Issuer effective March 10, 2017.
(8)	Represents the common membership interests in SSE Holdings, LLC (the "LLC Interests") which are redeemable for an equal number of shares of the Issuer's Class A Common Stock or, at the election of the Issuer, cash equal to the volume-weighted average market price of such shares. The LLC Interests have no expiration date.

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