Biglari Capital Corp., together with the other participants named below (collectively, “Biglari”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying GOLD universal proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of its director nominees at the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., a Tennessee corporation (the “Company”).
BIGLARI STRONGLY ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR.
The participants in the proxy solicitation are Biglari Capital Corp. (“Biglari Capital”), The Lion Fund II, L.P. (the “Lion Fund II”), First Guard Insurance Company (“First Guard”), Southern Pioneer Property and Casualty Insurance Company (“Southern Pioneer”), Biglari Reinsurance Ltd. ("Biglari Reinsurance"), Biglari Insurance Group Inc. ("Biglari Insurance"), Biglari Holdings Inc. ("Biglari Holdings"), Sardar Biglari, Milena Alberti-Perez and Michael Goodwin.
As of the date hereof, the participants in the proxy solicitation beneficially own in the aggregate 2,069,141 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”). As of the date hereof, the Lion Fund II is the direct beneficial owner of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. Biglari Capital, as the general partner of the Lion Fund II, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock owned by the Lion Fund II. As of the date hereof, First Guard is the direct beneficial owner of 62,300 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, Southern Pioneer is the direct beneficial owner of 6,841 shares of Common Stock. Biglari Reinsurance, as the direct parent company of each of First Guard and Southern Pioneer, may be deemed to beneficially own the 69,141 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by First Guard and Souther Pioneer. Biglari Insurance, as the direct parent company of Biglari Reinsurance, may be deemed to beneficially own the 69,141 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by FIrst Guard and Southern Pioneer. Biglari Holdings, as the direct parent company of Biglari Insurance, may be deemed to beneficially own the 69,141 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by First Guard and Southern Pioneer. Mr. Biglari, as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of each of Biglari Capital and Biglari Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the 2.069,141 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by the Lion Fund II, First Guard and Southern Pioneer. As of the date hereof, neither Ms. Alberti-Perez nor Mr. Goodwinn owns beneficially or of record any shares of Common Stock.
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