Company: JACK
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000807882-25-000004
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Company: JACK IN THE BOX INC
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: DEF 14A
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page 15)                                                            |     | FOR all Nominees           |
| 2.                |     | Ratification of KPMG LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for FY2025 (page 33) |     | FOR                        |
| 3.                |     | Advisory Vote to Approve Executive Compensation (page 34)                                  |     | FOR                        |

Shareholders also will transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. How to Vote ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You are entitled to vote at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on January 3, 2025, the record date for the meeting. On the record date, there were approximately 18,855,553 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. For more details on voting and the Annual Meeting logistics, refer to the “Questions and Answers” section of this Proxy Statement.

2 JACK IN THE BOX INC. | 2025 PROXY STATEMENT

Corporate Governance Highlights ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jack in the Box Inc. (“Jack in the Box” or the “Company”) is committed to good corporate governance, which we believe promotes the long-term interests of shareholders and strengthens Board and Management accountability. We believe good governance also fosters trust in the Company by all our stakeholders, including our guests, employees, franchisees, suppliers and the communities we serve. The “Corporate Governance” section of this Proxy Statement describes our governance framework, which includes the following features:

| • |     | Annual election of directors with majority voting |

| • |     | Eight of our nine current directors are independent |

| • |     | Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |

| • |     | Regular executive sessions of independent directors |

| • |     | Annual evaluation of CEO and Non-Executive Chairman by independent directors |

| • |     | Policy restricting directors to service on no more than three other public company boards |

| • |     | No supermajority standards — shareholders may amend bylaws or charter by majority vote |

| • |     | Shareholder right to act by written consent |

| • |     | Shareholder right to call special shareholder meetings by shareholders with an aggregate of 25% of the Company's outstanding common stock |

| • |     | CEO and other members of Management regularly meet with the investment community, and the Board is informed of feedback through Investor Relations updates at each Board meeting |

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