UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2013 Check here if Amendment |_|; Amendment Number: __________ This Amendment (Check only one): |_| is a restatement. |_| adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Biglari Holdings Inc. Address: 17802 IH 10 West, Suite 400, San Antonio, Texas 78257 Form 13F File Number: 028-14881 The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Sardar Biglari Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Biglari Holdings Inc. Phone: (210) 344-3400 Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: /s/ Sardar Biglari, San Antonio, Texas, May 15, 2013 Report Type (Check only one): |X| 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) |_| 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) |_| 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: 3 --------------------- Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 9 --------------------- Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $470,346 --------------------- (thousands) List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. No. Form 13F File Number Name ---- ------------------------ ------------------------ 1 028-14882 Sardar Biglari 2 028-15403 Biglari Capital Corp. 3 028-15398 The Lion Fund, L.P. FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8 ----------------------------- -------------- --------- -------- ------------------ ---------- -------- ----------------------------- VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE ----------------------------- -------------- --------- -------- --------- --- ---- ---------- -------- --------- --------- --------- BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL CL A 084670108 156 1 SH DEFINED 1 1 0 0 156 1 1,2,3 1 BIGLARI HOLDINGS INC COM 08986R101 890 2,386 SH DEFINED 1 2,386 0 0 75,891 203,357 1,2,3 203,357 CCA INDS INC COM 124867102 1,553 388,130 SH DEFINED 1 388,130 0 0 1,553 388,129 1,2,3 388,129 CRACKER BARREL OLD CTRY STOR COM 22410J106 371,724 4,597,694 SH DEFINED 1 4,597,694 0 0 11,327 140,100 1,2,3 140,100 UNICO AMERN CORP COM 904607108 7,097 505,100 SH DEFINED 1 505,100 0 0