CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC 10-Q

ITEM 5. Other Information During the quarter ended October 31, 2025, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or a “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” (in each case, as defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K). On December 5, 2026, Richard M. Wolfson, the Company’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, informed the Company of his intent to retire from the Company effective May 5, 2026. ITEM 6. Exhibits INDEX TO EXHIBITS ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Exhibit ​ 3.1 ​ Amended and Restated Charter of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed under the Exchange Act on April 10, 2012 (Commission File No. 001-25225) ​ ​ ​ 3.2 ​ Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed under the Exchange Act on May 16, 2025) ​ ​ ​ 10.1 ​ Amendment of Severance Agreement between the Company and Cammie Spillyards-Schaefer † (filed herewith) ​ ​ ​ 31.1 ​ Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith) ​ ​ ​ 31.2 ​ Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith) ​ ​ ​ 32.1 ​ Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith) ​ ​ ​ 32.2 ​ Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith) ​ ​ ​ 101.INS ​ Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document) ​ ​ ​ 101.SCH ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema ​ ​ ​ 101.CAL ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase ​ ​ ​ 101.LAB ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase ​ ​ ​ 101.PRE ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase ​ ​ ​ 101.DEF ​ Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase ​ ​ ​ 104 ​ Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) ​ ​ ​ † Denotes management contract or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement. ​ ​ 34 Table of Contents SIGNATURES 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 thereunto duly authorized. CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. ​ ​ ​ Date: December 9, 2025 By: /s/Craig A. Pommells ​ ​ Craig A. Pommells, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Date: December 9, 2025 ​ By: /s/Brian T. Vaclavik ​ ​ Brian T. Vaclavik, Vice President, Corporate Controller and ​ ​ Principal Accounting Officer ​ ​ 35