UNITED STATES
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CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): December 3, 2019 (
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On December 2, 2019, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kara S. Jacobs, 39, as the Company’s Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. From July 2017 until November 2019, Ms. Jacobs was the Vice President and Corporate Controller of Bridgestone Americas, Inc., and from 2003 until 2017, she held various positions of increasing responsibility at Deloitte & Touche, LLP, including the position of Managing Director from September 2016 until July 2017. Ms. Jacobs has no family relationships that would require disclosure under Item 401(d) of Regulation S-K in this Current Report, and she is not a party to any material plan, contract or arrangement with the Company other than those generally available to all Vice President-level officers of the Company. Ms. Jacobs is neither a party to nor has any direct or indirect material interest in any transaction with the Company that would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K in this Current Report.
On December 2, 2019, the Company promoted Jeffrey M. Wilson, the Company’s former Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer, to the position of Vice President of Financial Planning & Analysis and Chief Financial Officer of Emerging Brands.
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.
| Date: December 3, 2019 |
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. | |||||
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/s/ Richard M. Wolfson | |||||
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Richard M. Wolfson | |||||
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Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Corp. Secretary | |||||