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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 * 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) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chairman & CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) 1401 WYNKOOP STREET, SUITE 500 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/10/2013 (Street) DENVER, CO 80202 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 Common Stock 09/10/2013   G(1) V 415 A $ 0 12,519 I Ells Dynasty Trust Holdings LLC Common Stock 09/13/2013   M(2)   37,500 A $ 103.79 172,043 (3) D   Common Stock 09/13/2013   F(2)   9,151 D $ 425.34 162,892 D   Common Stock 09/16/2013   S(2)   7,568 D $ 422.05 (4) 155,324 D   Common Stock 09/16/2013   S(2)   14,417 D $ 422.9 (5) 140,907 D   Common Stock 09/16/2013   S(2)   2,427 D $ 423.83 (6) 138,480 D   Common Stock 09/16/2013   S(2)   2,600 D $ 425.13 (7) 135,880 D   Common Stock 09/16/2013   S(2)   1,337 D $ 425.94 (8) 134,543 D   Common Stock               99,740 I Ells DE Trust Holdings LLC

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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

2010 Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 103.79

09/13/2013

M(2)

37,500

02/16/2013

02/16/2017

Common Stock

37,500

$ 0

0

D

2011 Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 268.73

02/11/2013(9)

02/11/2018

Common Stock

75,000

75,000

D

2011 Performance SOSARs

$ 268.73

02/11/2013

02/11/2018

Common Stock

37,500

37,500

D

2012 Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 371.63

02/06/2014(10)

02/06/2019

Common Stock

75,000

75,000

D

2013 Stock Appreciation Rights

$ 318.45

02/07/2015(11)

02/07/2020

Common Stock

75,000

75,000

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Ells Steve 1401 WYNKOOP STREET, SUITE 500 DENVER, CO 80202	X		Chairman & CEO

Signatures

/s/ Michael McGawn, as attorney-in-fact		09/17/2013
**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)	On September 10, 2013, 415 shares of common stock of Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. that were previously held indirectly through Ells Dynasty Trust Holdings, LLC were transferred to the reporting person's direct holdings.
(2)	These stock appreciation rights exercises and sales were executed under the terms of a Sales Plan intended to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(3)	A Form 4 filed on the reporting person's behalf on August 2, 2013 incorrectly stated the number of shares beneficially owned directly by the reporting person as of August 2,2013. The correct number of shares beneficially owned directly by the reporting person as of that date was 134,128.
(4)	Reflects a weighted-average price. Actual sale prices ranged from $421.46 to $422.43 per share. The filing person undertakes to furnish to the issuer, any requesting shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission complete information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(5)	Reflects a weighted-average price. Actual sale prices ranged from $422.46 to $423.45 per share. The filing person undertakes to furnish to the issuer, any requesting shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission complete information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(6)	Reflects a weighted-average price. Actual sale prices ranged from $423.46 to $424.36 per share. The filing person undertakes to furnish to the issuer, any requesting shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission complete information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(7)	Reflects a weighted-average price. Actual sale prices ranged from $424.52 to $425.45 per share. The filing person undertakes to furnish to the issuer, any requesting shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission complete information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(8)	Reflects a weighted-average price. Actual sale prices ranged from $425.58 to $426.17 per share. The filing person undertakes to furnish to the issuer, any requesting shareholder of the issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission complete information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
(9)	37,500 of the 2011 Stock Appreciation Rights remain unvested as of the date hereof, and are scheduled to vest on February 11, 2014, subject to possible acceleration of vesting.
(10)	The 2012 Stock Appreciation Rights vest in equal installments on February 6, 2014 and February 6, 2015, subject to possible acceleration of vesting.
(11)	The 2013 Stock Appreciation Rights vest in equal installments on February 7, 2015 and February 7, 2016, subject to possible acceleration of vesting.

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