Company: JACK
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000807882-25-000072
Chunk: 39

Company: JACK IN THE BOX INC
Filing Date: 2025-11-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 39
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 is completed, we may not realize the expected strategic or financial benefits. We could face transitional challenges, including potential loss of revenue or synergies, costs associated with separation activities, and the diversion of management’s attention from ongoing operations. In addition, the sale could result in the recognition of material accounting charges or changes to our tax position, which could adversely affect our results of operations in the period in which the transaction closes.

If the transaction is delayed or fails to close, or if the post-closing transition is more difficult or costly than anticipated, our business, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Risks Related to Legal and Regulatory Risks

Increasing regulatory and legal complexity may adversely affect restaurant operations and our financial results.

Our regulatory environment exposes us to complex compliance and similar risks that could affect our operations and results in material ways. In many of our markets, we are subject to increasing regulation, which has increased our cost of doing business. We are affected by the cost, compliance and other risks associated with the often conflicting and highly prescriptive regulations, including where inconsistent standards imposed by multiple governmental authorities can adversely affect our business and increase our exposure to litigation or governmental investigations or proceedings.

Our success depends in part on our ability to manage the impact of new, potential or changing regulations that can affect our business plans and operations. These include regulations affecting product packaging, marketing, the nutritional content and safety of our food and other products, labeling and other disclosure practices. Compliance efforts with those regulations may be affected by the need to comply with different, potentially conflicting laws in different jurisdictions, and the need to rely on the accuracy and completeness of information from third-party suppliers (particularly given varying requirements and practices for testing and disclosure).

Regulatory bodies may enact new laws or promulgate new regulations that are adverse to our business, or they may view matters or interpret laws and regulations differently than they have in the past or in a manner adverse to our business. These new laws or regulations could negatively impact our financial results or affect restaurant operations.

Governmental regulation, including in one or more of the following areas, may adversely affect our existing and future operations and results, including by harming our ability to profitably operate our restaurants.

Americans with Disabilities Act and Similar State Laws

We are subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act and similar state laws that give civil rights protections to individuals with disabilities in the context of employment, public accommodations, and other areas. The expenses associated with any modifications we may be required to undertake with respect to our restaurants or services,