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EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 
 CRACKER BARREL OLD COUNTRY STORE, INC. 
 1989 STOCK OPTION PLAN 

FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS 
 1. Purpose. The Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. 1989 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors (the “Plan”) is intended to provide a method whereby non-employee members of the
Board of Directors of Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (the “Company”) may be encouraged to acquire a larger stock ownership position in the Company, thus increasing their proprietary interest in the Company and its long-term growth,
and providing them with additional motivation to continue to serve the Company and its stockholders as a member of the Board of Directors. Such non-employee members of the Board of Directors are hereinafter referred to as “Directors”.

 2. Administration. It is intended that the Plan be administered as a nondiscretionary plan. The Plan does not permit
any discretion to be exercised as to: 
  

	 	a.	the selection of Directors to whom stock options under the Plan may be granted or allocated, and 

 

	 	b.	the number of shares granted or allocated to individual Directors under the Plan. 

3. Shares Subject to the Plan. Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 13 hereof, the stock to be offered under the Plan
shall be authorized but unissued or reacquired shares of the common stock of the Company, $0.50 par value (the “Common Stock”). The total number of shares of Common Stock to be delivered upon the exercise of all options granted under this
Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate 300,000 shares. If any option granted hereunder shall expire or terminate for any reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased shares subject thereto shall again be available for the purposes
of the Plan. Options granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a form of Stock Option Agreement approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and consistent with the terms of the Plan. 

4. Participants. Eligible participants under the Plan are duly elected members of the Board of Directors of the Company who are
not employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and who are not eligible to participate in any other stock options plans now, or hereafter, sponsored by the Company (“Participants”). 

  
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 5. Option Price. Shares of Common Stock shall be offered under the terms of the Plan
at a price equal to the fair market value of such Common Stock on the day the option is granted. As used in the Plan, fair market value shall be the last reported sales price of the Common Stock or, it there are no reported sales on such date, then
the last reported sales price on the next preceding day on which a sale is transacted. 
 6. Option Grants and Option
Period. Without further action by the Board of Directors or the stockholders of the Company, each Participant in the Plan shall be granted on the date of adoption of this Plan options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock, and from and after
the said date of adoption of this Plan, each Participant shall be automatically granted annually during the term of the Plan options to purchase 5,000 shares of Common Stock, all subject to the terms of the Plan. Such grants shall be made on the
date options are granted under the Company’s stock option plan for key employees of the Company generally, or, if there are no such grants, the first regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Directors following the annual Meeting of
Stockholders of the Company. Each option shall be exercisable at any time, or from time to time, six (6) months after the date of grant. Each option shall be subject to earlier termination as hereinafter provided. 

7. Exercise of Options. Each option shall be exercisable, and the total number of shares of Common Stock subject thereto shall be
subject to purchase, at one time or in installments, which need not be equal, as the Participants may elect; provided that no option or portion thereof shall be exercised except in respect of whole shares of Common Stock. 

No option or portion thereof shall be exercised until the shares of Common Stock reserved for the purposes of the Plan have been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the availability of an exemption from such registration has been determined. 
 Each option outstanding or hereafter granted shall be immediately exercisable in full, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Plan or in any Stock Option Agreement: 

 

	 	a.	upon the tender or the acquisition by any single party or group of parties acting in concert of thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3%) or more of the Common Stock
pursuant to tender offer, exchange offer or otherwise, or 

  

	 	b.	 upon approval by the stockholders of the Company of (i) an agreement or plan of merger under which the Company will not be the surviving
corporation; (ii) a plan or agreement of consolidation; or (iii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets it, in any such case, all or any portion of the consideration offered to or
to which stockholders of the Company may be entitled to receive in connection with such tender offer, exchange offer, merger, 

  
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consolidation, or sale, exchange or other disposition is in the form of cash (other than cash received pursuant to the exercise of stockholders’ rights of dissent or to eliminate fractional
shares) or other property. 

 8. Consideration for Options. Each Participant shall, as consideration for
the grant of an option hereunder, agree to remain on the Board six months from the date of the grant of such option. 
 Nothing
contained in this Plan (or in any Stock Option Agreement executed pursuant to the Plan) shall interfere in any way with the term of office or any other rights or duties of a Director as set out in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws. 
 9. Payment for Stock. Payment for shares of Common Stock purchased at the time an option is exercised shall be
made by a Participant as follows: 
  

	 	a.	The Participant may pay for shares purchased entirely in cash upon exercise of the option, or by delivering to the Company, upon exercise of the option, shares of
Common Stock which shall have been owned by the Participant for a minimum period of three (3) full calendar months, that have an aggregate fair market value on the date of such delivery equal to the purchase price of all or some portion of the
shares subject to the Participant’s option, with the balance of the price of the shares, if any, paid in cash. Upon receipt of such payment, the Company shall deliver to the Participant a stock certificate for the purchased shares.

 Federal, state or local law may require the withholding of taxes applicable to gains resulting from the
exercise of options under the Plan. Participants may satisfy any such withholding tax obligation by any of the following means or by a combination of such means: (i) tendering a cash payment; (ii) authorizing the Company to withhold from
the shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the participant as a result of the exercise of an option hereunder, a number of shares having a fair market value, as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, less than or equal to the
amount of the withholding tax obligation; or (iii) delivering to the Company owned and unencumbered shares of Common Stock having a fair market value, as of the date the withholding tax obligation arises, less than or equal to the amount of the
withholding tax obligation. A Participant’s election to pay the withholding tax obligation by either of the latter two means of payment is irrevocable and may be made only during the period beginning on the third business day following the date
of release of the Company’s quarterly or annual financial statements and ending on the twelfth business day following such date, or six months prior to the date that the option exercise becomes taxable. Further, where the participant elects to
defer taxes for six months under option (ii) above, the full number of shares will be issued to such participant, but such Participant will be unconditionally obligated to surrender to the Company the proper number of shares on the due date of
such tax withholding. 

  
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 10. Rights in the Event of Termination. In the event a Participant shall cease
membership on the Board (other than termination by reason of death, total and permanent disability, or retirement), any options which were exercisable at the time of such termination may be exercised at any time prior to the close of business six
(6) months from the date of termination, or the next following business day, except that, in the case of termination for due cause, such options must be exercised within thirty (30) days from the date of termination. 

For purposes of the Plan and the Plan only, due cause shall mean willful misconduct on the part of the Participant, gross negligence in
the performance of the Participant’s duties, or a material violation by the Participant of any agreement governing the terms of the Participant’s service with the Company, as determined by the Company in its sole discretion. 

11. Rights in Event of Death. In the event of the death of a Participant, any options which were exercisable at the time of death
may be exercised at any time prior to the close of business one (1) year from the date of death, or the next following business day by any person previously designated in writing by the Participant which is delivered to the Company, or, in the
absence of such written designation, by such person or persons as shall have acquired the right to exercise such options by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. 
 In the event of the death of an individual whose service on the Board has been terminated under the provisions of the Plan for reasons other than due cause, any options which were exercisable at the time
of termination may be exercised at any time prior to the close of business one (1) year from the date of termination, or the next following business day by any person previously designated in writing by such Participant which is delivered to
the Company, or, in the absence of such written designation, by such person or persons as shall have acquired the right to exercise such options by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. 

12. Other Rights. In the event of termination from the Board due to total and permanent disability, or retirement, any options
which were exercisable at the time of such termination may be exercised at any time prior to the close of business one (1) year following written certification which would be sufficient to quality such Participant for benefits available to
totally and permanently disabled employees under the Company-sponsored long-term disability plan (or its successor or equivalent), under the assumption such participant was eligible for such benefits, or the effective date of retirement. 

13. Recapitalization. In the event of any change (through recapitalization, merger, consolidation, stock dividend, split-up,
combination or exchanges of shares or otherwise) in the character or amount of the Common Stock, the number of shares subject to any option under the Plan shall be equitable adjusted. A corresponding adjustment shall likewise be made in the number
of shares and the exercise price per share of any shares subject to unexercised options or portions thereof that shall have been granted prior to any such change. However, any such 

  
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adjustment shall be made without change in the total price applicable to the unexercised portion of the option, but with a corresponding adjustment in the price of each share covered by the
option. If any other event shall occur prior to the Participant’s exercise of an option, which event shall increase or decrease the amount of stock outstanding, and which the Company in its sole discretion shall determine in equity requires an
adjustment in the number or kind of shares which the Participant shall be permitted to acquire, such adjustment as the Company shall determine may be made, and when so made shall be effective and binding for all purposes of this Plan; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall require any adjustment by reason of the issuance of any shares of capital stock of the Company for cash or upon the exercise of any conversion privilege granted to any class of stock or debt that is now or at any
time hereafter may be outstanding. 
 14. Nonassignability. Options are not transferable otherwise than by will or the
laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during a Participant’s lifetime only by such Participant. 
 15.
Termination and Amendment of the Plan. The Plan shall remain in effect until all shares subject to options issued under the Plan shall have been purchased or distributed pursuant to such options; provided, however, that all such options must
be granted prior to the tenth anniversary of the date of the approval of this Plan by the stockholders of the Company, and no options shall be granted under the Plan after such date. The Plan may at any time or from time to time be terminated,
modified, suspended and amended by the stockholders of the Company. The Board of Directors may at any time and from time to time, without approval of the stockholders of the Company, suspend or terminate the Plan or modify or amend the Plan in any
respect deemed advisable or convenient other than to change: 
  

	 	a.	the maximum number of shares for which options may be granted under the Plan; 

 

	 	b.	any option price, other than to change the manner of determining the fair market value of the Common Stock for the purposes of Section 5 hereof, or to conform with
any then applicable provisions of the Code or regulations or rulings thereunder; 

  

	 	c.	the maximum term of any option; 

  

	 	d.	the provisions of the Plan relating to the determination of the Directors whom options may be granted; and 

 

	 	e.	the provisions of the Plan relating to adjustments to be made upon changes in the capitalization of the Company. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, and pursuant to Section 16b-3(c)(2)(ii)(B) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Plan provisions shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than to comport with changes in the Internal Revenue Code, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or the rules thereunder.

 16. Effective Date. The Plan shall become effective August 31, 1989, and shall be submitted for approval by
the stockholders of the Company at the 1989 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or any adjournment thereof. 
  

			
	APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS:	  	November 28, 1989
		
	AMENDED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:	  	May 30, 1991

  
 6Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
 

 
  

			
	November 26, 2011	  	

 Kevin Bisson 

[address] 
 Dear Kevin, 

On behalf of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., we are pleased to offer you the position of Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Mark
Aslett, President and CEO. You will receive a bi-weekly salary of $11,923.08. Based upon our current Annual Executive Bonus Plan, you will also be eligible to earn an annual target bonus equal to 60% of your base pay ($186,000), based on the
achievement of individual objectives (25% weighting) and Mercury Computer Systems financial goals (75% weighting). The target bonus is paid annually, generally in August and is pro-rated for FY12 based on date of hire. You will be eligible for a
salary and equity review in FY 2013 along with the other members of the executive team. Any executive salary changes or equity awards are recommended by Mark and approved by the Compensation Committee based upon the FY individual performance as well
as internal and external pay relationships. 
 In addition to your target bonus, you will be eligible to participate with other senior
executives in an FY2013 Overachievement Award pool (commencing on July 1, 2012). Your target Over Achievement award is up to 60% of your base salary. This is currently based upon Mercury Computer Systems over achieving a budgeted financial
target set by the Compensation Committee. This will be paid annually — 50% in cash generally in August and 50% to be paid out over a three year period of time. 
 You will also be able to receive a one-time hiring bonus of $100,000.00 if you start employment on or about January 9, 2012 but no later than January 16, 2012. This hiring bonus will be payable
on the first payroll cycle after your start date. If you are to voluntarily terminate employment within 12 months of receiving the hiring bonus, you will be required to pay it back. 
 In addition, you will be granted 60,000 shares of restricted stock. The shares will be granted on the 15th of the month following your date of hire. This stock grant will have a four year vesting
schedule, with one fourth of the shares vesting on each anniversary of the grant date, provided that you remain employed by us or one of our subsidiaries as of each such date. Your restricted stock award will also be subject to the terms and
conditions of Mercury’s 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and an award agreement between you and us. 
 Contingent upon your acceptance of this
offer, you will be eligible for a Change in Control Agreement that upon your and the companies signature will be in effect while you are employed with Mercury and subject to renewal as described in the current change in control document. 

If during your employment following your date of hire you should lose your job as a result of job elimination for any reason other than Cause, or if you
terminate your employment for Good Reason on your part, you will receive 12 months base pay, benefits continuation and executive outplacement. 

“Cause” is defined to include: the willful and continued failure to perform substantially the duties and responsibilities of your position with
Mercury after written demand or conviction by a court of competent jurisdiction for felony criminal conduct or a plea of nob contendere to a felony; or the willful engaging in fraud, dishonesty or other misconduct which is demonstrably and
materially injurious to Mercury or our reputation, monetarily or otherwise. No act, or failure to act, on your part will be deemed “willful” unless committed or omitted by you in bad faith and without reasonable belief that your act or
failure to act was in, or not opposed to, the best interest of Mercury. 
 Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. — 201 Riverneck Road — Chelmsford, MA 01824 
 V: (978) 256-1300 — F: (978) 256-3599 — www.mc.com 

 

 
 “Good Reason” is defined to include: a material diminution in your responsibilities, authority or duties as
in effect on the date of the acceptance or a material diminution in your annual base salary, except for across-the-board salary reductions based on our financial performance similarly affecting all or substantially all senior management employees of
Mercury; or a material change in the geographic location at which you provide services to Mercury. 
 In addition to your salary, Mercury offers
a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health, dental, short and long-term disability, life insurance, educational reimbursement, and a 401K plan. Our current policy provides for senior executives to receive an annual reimbursement of up
to $2,000 for financial planning/tax preparation 
 This offer is contingent upon your signing and returning to us this offer letter and the
enclosed Mercury Confidentiality Agreement prior to your start date, and upon you providing references and a background check each satisfactory to Mercury. This entire offer is also contingent upon the approval of the Compensation Committee of
Mercury’s Board of Directors. If you have any questions or concerns relating to this document, they must be resolved prior to your start date and prior to the approval of the Compensation Committee. 

Mercury is required to formally confirm the citizenship status of all new employees. On your first day, you will be required to provide proof of US
citizenship (either passport or birth certificate) or your Green Card if you are a legal permanent resident of the U.S. If you are not a U.S. citizen or Green Card holder, please bring your passport and proof of U.S. employment eligibility. If your
position requires access to classified information, you must be willing to be submitted for a security clearance. As a Federal contractor, Mercury is required to verify the employment eligibility of new employees using the government’s
electronic verification system after acceptance of this offer and within 3 days of date of hire. Successful verification is necessary to confirm work authorization and continued employment. 
 By signing this offer letter you acknowledge that you understand and agree to the following: 
 1.
You are not under any contractual or other restriction that would prevent you from working for Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.; 
 2. All
employment with Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. will be at will, with either party free to terminate the employment relationship any time; 
 3.
You must comply with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. This law requires you to establish your identity and employment eligibility. In order to satisfy these requirements, you will be required to complete Section 1 of the enclosed
Employment Verification Form and bring the documents identified in Section 2 on your first day of work. 
 Kevin, we all look forward to
your joining the Mercury executive leadership team. Together we will be able to realize our goals and accomplish great things. Please sign one copy of this offer letter and return to me in the enclosed envelope no later than December 1, 2011.

  

	
	Very truly yours,
	
	/s/ Mark Aslett
	
	Mark Aslett
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

  

							
	 /s/ Kevin Bisson
	  		 	 12-4-11
	 	
	Accepted	  		 	Date	 	
				
	  
	  		 		 	
	Start Date	  		 		 	

 Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. — 201
Riverneck Road — Chelmsford, MA 01824 
 V: (978) 256-1300
— F: (978) 256-3599 — www.mc.com

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