Company: JACK
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000807882-25-000004
Chunk: 75

Company: JACK IN THE BOX INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 75
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 Inc.; Shake Shack Inc.; Texas Roadhouse, Inc.; The Wendy’s Company; and Wingstop Inc . |

| (4) |     | Reflects net income in the Company’s Consolidated Income Statements included in the Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K for each of the fiscal years shown. |

(5) The Company’s Selected Measure (“CSM) is Adjusted EBITDAwhich is a non-GAAP measure defined by the Company as net earnings (loss) on a GAAP basis excluding income taxes, interest expense, net, gains on the sale of company-operated restaurants, other operating expense (income), net, goodwill impairment, depreciation and amortization, amortization of cloud computing costs, amortization of favorable and unfavorable leases and subleases, net, amortization of franchise tenant improvement allowances and incentives, net COLI (gains) losses, and pension and post-retirement benefit cost. See Appendix A — Reconciliation of Non-GAAP measurements to GAAP Results. We chose Adjusted EBITDA as our Company Selected Measure for evaluating Pay versus Performance because it is the key metric for measuring operational performance and is the primary metric used in our annual incentive targets (with 50% weighting). Required Tabular Disclosure of Most Important Financial Performance Measures As described in our CD&A, the Compensation Committee establishes the Company’s compensation framework and pay for our NEOs to reward executives commensurate with our performance and align their interests with those of our shareholders. The table below identifies our most important financial and strategic performance measures used to link CAP for our PEO and other NEOs to Company performance for the fiscal year ending September 29, 2024. These measures are used to determine the annual incentive and PSU payouts for our CEO and the other NEOs.

| • |     | Adjusted EBITDA |

| • |     | System Same-Store Sales |

| • |     | Development & Net Unit Growth |

| • |     | Operating EBIT |

| • |     | Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) |

| • |     | Systemwide Sales (All Restaurants) |

69 JACK IN THE BOX INC. | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT

| PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE |

Required Disclosure of the Relationship Between CAP and Financial Performance Measures The charts below illustrate the relationship between the pay and performance figures that are included in the pay versus performance tabular disclosure above. As noted above, CAP is calculated in accordance with SEC rules and does not fully represent the actual compensation earned by or actually