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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): December 2, 2009


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:

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Reference is made to the 2002 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Omnibus Plan”) of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) filed as Exhibit 10 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended January 30, 2009.  On December 2, 2009, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, the Company’s shareholders approved an amendment to the Omnibus Plan changing the equity compensation for non-management directors from a fixed number of shares to allow the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) to set a targeted dollar value from which the number of options or shares awarded to directors would be derived.

Item 7.01.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 3, 2009, 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 Board had declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share payable on February 5, 2010 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2010.

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:  December 8, 2009
CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY
 
STORE, INC.
     
     
 
By:
 /s/ N.B. Forrest Shoaf  
 
Name:
N.B. Forrest Shoaf
 
Title:
Senior Vice President, Secretary
   
and Chief Legal Officer


 
EXHIBIT INDEX
   
Exhibit No.
Description
   
99.1
Press Release issued by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. dated December 3, 2009 (furnished only)