Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Ells Steve
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL INC [CMG]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
1543 WAZEE STREET, 200
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/26/2006
(Street)

DENVER, CO 80202
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
01/30/2006
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

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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
2006 Options $ 22.35 01/26/2006   A(1)(2)(6)   25,000   07/14/2007 07/14/2010 Class A Common Stock 25,000 (1) (2) (6) 1,224,883 D  
2006 Options $ 22 01/26/2006   A(1)(2)(7)   150,000   01/25/2009 01/25/2013 Class A Common Stock 150,000 (1) (2) (7) 1,224,883 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Ells Steve
1543 WAZEE STREET, 200
DENVER, CO 80202
      Chairman & CEO  

Signatures

 /s/ Bryant S. "Corky" Messner   02/23/2006
**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) Effective January 31, 2006, immediately prior to the anticipated closing date of the Issuer's initial public offering ("IPO") of its class A common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), the Issuer will amend and restate its certificate of incorporation.
(2) The amendment and restatement of the Issuer's Certificate of Incorporation will, among other things, (i) create two new classes of stock, the Class A Common Stock and the class B common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Class B Common Stock"), which Class B Common Stock will be convertible into Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, and (ii) reclassify each of the Issuer's then outstanding shares of Common Stock, Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C Convertible Preferred Stock and Series D Convertible Preferred Stock into one-third of one share of Class B Common Stock (the "Reclassification"). The Reclassification was structured to comply with Rules 16b-3 and 16b-7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). The 2002 and 2003 Options and Option Exercise prices for Class A Common Stock reflect adjustments relating to the Reclassification.
(6) Stock Appreciation Rights held by the reporting person were converted as of January 25, 2006 into options to purchase Class A Common Stock subject to Issuer's 2006 Stock Incentive Compensation Plan. The number of shares converted by the substituted options gives effect to the one-for-three reverse stock split described in Note 2 above.
(7) Non-qualified stock option with grant date of January 25, 2006 subject to the closing of the Issuer's IPO and the Issuer's restatement of its certificate of incorporation effective January 31, 2006 as described in Note 1.
 
Remarks:
The purpose of this Amended Form 4 as related to Note (6) is to correct a scrivener's error and show the correct Date Exercisable of 07/14/2007 and Expiration Date of 07/14/2010 of the Option (which corresponds to a previous Stock Appreciation Right Grant) that was converted to a Stock Option upon the Issuer's IPO.  The purpose of this Amended Form 4 as related to Note (7) is to correct a scrivener's error and show the Date Exercisable of 01/25/2009, the Expiration Date of 01/25/2013 and the Exercise Price of $22.00 for the Non-qualified Stock Option.

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