AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Cracker Barrel (CBRL)

Cracker Barrel director Gilbert Dávila resigns; board cut to nine members

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

Cracker Barrel director Gilbert Dávila resigned from the board effective immediately on November 20, 2025, and the board size was reduced from ten to nine members. The same day, shareholders approved an amendment to the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan at the annual meeting, and the inspector of election certified the final voting results on November 21, 2025. The filing does not give a reason for the resignation.

Key points

  • Gilbert Dávila resigned from the Board of Directors effective November 20, 2025; the filing gives no reason.
  • Board size reduced from ten to nine members.
  • Dávila was not among the nine directors elected: he received 6,716,130 for votes and 9,570,461 against.
  • Shareholders approved the 2020 Omnibus Incentive Plan amendment and say-on-pay (12,878,011 for, 3,325,141 against).

The filing

CompanyCracker Barrel (CBRL)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECNov 24, 2025, 7:00 AM ET
Accession number0001104659-25-115164

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change5.07 Shareholder Vote Results

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 6:57 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on November 24, 2025.

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