SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GMT CAPITAL CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/03/2025	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC [ CBRL ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock(1)(2)(3)	2,346,300	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* GMT CAPITAL CORP (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAY II RESOURCE PARTNERS LP (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* BAY RESOURCE PARTNERS OFFSHORE MASTER FUND, L.P. (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* CLAUGUS THOMAS E (Last) (First) (Middle) 2859 PACES FERRY ROAD SE SUITE 1710 (Street) ATLANTA GA 30339 (City) (State) (Zip)

Explanation of Responses:

1. This Form 3 is being jointly filed by Bay Resource Partners, L.P. (Bay), a Delaware limited partnership, Bay II Resource Partners, L.P. (Bay II), a Delaware limited partnership, Bay Resource Partners Offshore Master Fund, L.P. (Bay Offshore), an exempted limited partnership organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands, GMT Capital Corp., a Georgia corporation (GMT Capital), and Thomas E. Claugus (Claugus), a United States citizen. The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the Reporting Persons.

2. GMT Capital is the general partner of Bay and Bay II and has the power to direct the affairs of Bay and Bay II, including voting and disposition of shares. As the discretionary investment manager of Bay Offshore, GMT Capital has power to direct voting and disposition of shares held by Bay Offshore. Claugus is the President of GMT Capital and in that capacity, directs the operations of each of Bay and Bay II and voting and disposition of shares held by Bay Offshore. GMT Capital and Claugus may be deemed to beneficially own indirect pecuniary interest as the result of performance-based fees and profit allocations. Each of GMT Capital and Claugus disclaims such beneficial ownership except to the extent ultimately realized.

3. 2,346,300 shares of common stock is the aggregate number of shares of common stock owned by the Reporting Persons and is owned as follows: Bay = 661,600 shares directly owned by it; Bay II = 430,000 shares directly owned by it; Offshore Fund = 1,123,400 shares directly owned by it; Claugus = 131,300 shares directly owned by him.

	/s/ Omar Z. Idilby	04/08/2025
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (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).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.