Company: JACK
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000807882-25-000004
Chunk: 5

Company: JACK IN THE BOX INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: DEF 14A
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which requires Compensation Committee approval in the case of executive officers).Page 65.                                                                    |
| ☒ |     | No RSU or option awards provide for vesting upon a change in control without a “double trigger” (termination and consummation of the change in control) unless the award is not assumed or substituted for by the acquirer.Page 65. |

Additional Information Please see the “Questions and Answers” section that immediately follows for important information about the proxy materials, voting, the Annual Meeting, Company documents, communications, and the deadlines to submit shareholder proposals for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

8 JACK IN THE BOX INC. | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT

| QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |

JACK IN THE BOX INC. 9357 Spectrum Center Blvd San Diego, California 92123 PROXY STATEMENT ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS February 28, 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Proxy Materials and Voting Information

| 1. |     | Why am I receiving these materials? |

We sent you these proxy materials because the Board of Directors (sometimes referred to as the “Board”) of Jack in the Box Inc. (sometimes referred to as the “Company,” “Jack in the Box,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is soliciting your proxy to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) and at any postponements or adjournments of the Annual Meeting. The Annual Meeting will be held February 28, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time via live webcast at http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/JACK2025. You will need the 16-digit control number provided on the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, your proxy card, or on the instructions that accompanied your proxy materials. If you held shares of our common stock on January 3, 2025 (the “Record Date”), you are invited to attend the Annual Meeting and vote on the proposals below under the heading “What are my voting choices for each of the items to be voted on at the 2025 Annual Meeting?” However, you do not need to attend the Annual Meeting to vote your shares. Instead, you may complete, sign, date, and return the enclosed proxy card. You may also vote before the Annual Meeting over the Internet or by telephone. The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Notice”), Proxy Statement, the enclosed proxy card