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0001005794-11-000099.txt : 20110620 0001005794-11-000099.hdr.sgml : 20110620 20110620160428 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001005794-11-000099 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110617 ITEM INFORMATION: Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20110620 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110620 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001067294 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 621749513 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TN FISCAL YEAR END: 0731 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-25225 FILM NUMBER: 11921100 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 787 CITY: LEBANON STATE: TN ZIP: 370880787 BUSINESS PHONE: 6154439217 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PO BOX 787 CITY: LEBANON STATE: TN ZIP: 37087 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CBRL GROUP INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980730 8-K 1 cbocs8k062011.htm CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE FORM 8-K JUNE 17, 2011 cbocs8k062011.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): June 17, 2011

CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC.

Tennessee	0-25225	62-1749513
(State or Other Jurisdiction	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)		Identification No.)

305 Hartmann Drive, Lebanon, Tennessee 37087

(615) 444-5533

Check the appropriate box if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

[ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On June 17, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws and in accordance with its Charter, increased the size of the Board from nine to 10 members. On June 20, 2011, the Company issued the press release that is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and that is incorporated by reference into this Item announcing that the Company elected Coleman Peterson as a director, effective immediately, to fill the current vacancy created by the increase to the size of the Board. Mr. Peterson, who was elected to the Board on June 17, 2011, has not yet been appointed to any committees of the Board.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Peterson and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as a director of the Company. Mr. Peterson has not been a party to any transactions that would be required to be reported under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company did not enter into any material plan, contract or arrangement with, and did not make a grant or award to, Mr. Peterson in connection with Mr. Peterson’s election to the Board.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

See Exhibit Index immediately following signature page.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: June 20, 2011	CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY
	STORE, INC.


	By:	/s/ Lawrence E. Hyatt
	Name:	Lawrence E. Hyatt
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1	Press Release issued by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. dated June 20, 2011 (furnished only)

EX-99.1 2 pressrelease.htm PRESS RELEASE JUNE 20, 2011 pressrelease.htm

EXHIBIT 99.1

Cracker

Barrel

Old Country Store [logo]

CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. ELECTS

COLEMAN PETERSON TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LEBANON, Tenn. (June 20, 2011) – Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. has elected Coleman Peterson to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Peterson’s election brings the number of Cracker Barrel board members to 10, nine of whom are independent directors.

Coleman Peterson is president/CEO of Hollis Enterprises, LLC, the human resources consulting firm he founded in 2004 following his retirement from Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Known as America’s top people person, Peterson served as executive vice president of people for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., where he had the distinction of being the chief human resource officer of the world’s largest private workforce.

Peterson adds his extensive retail experience to the Cracker Barrel board, whose members represent a wide breadth of experience in both the retail and restaurant industries. He serves on the corporate boards as well as the nominating and corporate governance committees of both J.B. Hunt Transport of Lowell, Arkansas, and Build-A-Bear Workshop of St. Louis, Missouri. Peterson was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Northwest Arkansas Community College by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and recently completed a three year term as chairman of that board. He was inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the highest recognition with the human resource industry. He holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Loyola University.

Awards of note include being a recipient of the Society for Human Resource Management’s highest recognition, The Award for Professional Excellence, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Human Resources Excellence from Linkage Incorporated, and the Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement award from the Northwest Arkansas MLK Planning Committee.

“We are both fortunate and pleased to welcome a businessman of Coleman Peterson’s caliber to Cracker Barrel’s board of directors,” said Michael A. Woodhouse, chairman and chief executive officer. “He offers an exceptional depth of knowledge in the retail industry and will complement the strengths of his fellow board members who have successfully guided Cracker Barrel through some of the toughest economic times in our country’s history.”

About Cracker Barrel

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store provides a friendly home-away-from-home in its old country stores and restaurants. Guests are cared for like family while relaxing and enjoying real home-style food and shopping that’s surprisingly unique, genuinely fun and reminiscent of America’s country heritage…all at a fair price. The restaurant serves up delicious, home-style country food such as meatloaf and homemade chicken n’ dumplins as well as its made from scratch biscuits using an old family recipe. The authentic old country retail store is fun to shop and offers unique gifts and self-indulgences.

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRL) was established in 1969 in Lebanon, Tenn. and operates 601 company-owned locations in 42 states. Every Cracker Barrel unit is open seven days a week with hours Sunday through Thursday, 6 a.m. – 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 6 a.m. - 11 p.m. For more information, visit crackerbarrel.com.

Media contact:

For Cracker Barrel

Julie Davis / (615) 443-9266

jdavis@crackerbarrel.com