Exhibit 10.1.9
 
EIGHTH AMENDMENT
Dated as of September 27, 2002
 
This EIGHTH AMENDMENT (this “Amendment”) is among JACK IN THE BOX INC. (formerly
Foodmaker, Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the financial
institutions and other entities party to the Credit Agreement referred to below
(the “Lenders”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (formerly NationsBank, N.A.
(successor to NationsBank of Texas, N.A)), as L/C Bank (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) and as agent (the “Agent”) for the Lenders and the Issuing Banks
thereunder.
 
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
 
1.    The Borrower, the Lenders, the Arranger, the Documentation Agent and the
Agent have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of April 1, 1998, as amended
by the First Amendment dated as of August 24, 1998, the Second Amendment dated
as of February 27, 1999, the Third Amendment dated as of September 17, 1999, the
Fourth Amendment dated as of December 6, 1999, the Fifth Amendment dated as of
May 3, 2000, the Sixth Amendment dated as of November 17, 2000 and the Seventh
Amendment dated as of August 23, 2002 (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement.”)
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
 
2.    The Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend Section 6.02(g)(v) of
the Credit Agreement with respect to the repurchase by the Borrower of its
capital stock.
 
3.    The Required Lenders are, on the terms and conditions stated below,
willing to grant the requests of the Borrower.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
 
SECTION 1.  Amendments to Credit Agreement.    Effective as of the date hereof
and subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2
hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
 
(a)    Section 6.02(g)(v) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:
 
“(v) the Borrower may acquire capital stock of the Borrower, provided that the
aggregate purchase price for all such capital stock acquired on or after
December 6, 1999 shall not exceed $90,000,000 in the aggregate and that at the
time of and immediately after any such acquisition, the Borrower would not be in
Default hereunder.”
 
SECTION 2.  Conditions to Effectiveness.    This Amendment shall not be
effective until each of the following conditions precedent shall have been
satisfied:
 
(a)    the Agent shall have executed this Amendment and shall have received
counterparts of this Amendment executed by the Borrower and the Required Lenders
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counterparts of the Consent appended hereto (the “Consent”) executed by each of
the Guarantors listed therein (such Guarantors, together with the Borrower, each
a “Loan Party” and, collectively, the “Loan Parties”); and
 
(b)    each of the representations and warranties in Section 3 below shall be
true and correct.
 
SECTION 3.   Representations and Warranties.    The Borrower represents and
warrants as follows:
 
(a)    Authority.    The Borrower and each other Loan Party has the requisite
corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and the
Consent, as applicable, and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the
Loan Documents (as amended hereby) to which it is a party. The execution,
delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Amendment and by each other
Loan Party of the Consent, and the performance by each Loan Party of each Loan
Document (as amended hereby) to which it is a party have been duly approved by
all necessary corporate action of such Loan Party and no other corporate
proceedings on the part of such Loan Party are necessary to consummate such
transactions.
 
(b)    Enforceability.     This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered
by the Borrower. The Consent has been duly executed and delivered by each
Guarantor. This Amendment and each Loan Document (as amended hereby) is the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party hereto and thereto,
enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, and is in full
force and effect.
 
(c)    Representations and Warranties.    The representations and warranties
contained in each Loan Document (other than any such representations and
warranties that, by their terms, are specifically made as of a date other than
the date hereof) are true and correct on and as of the date hereof as though
made on and as of the date hereof
 
(d)    No Default.    No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default or Event of Default.
 
SECTION 4.   Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.    (a) Upon and
after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit
Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Loan
Documents to “the Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like
import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
 
(b)    Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are
hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed.
 
(c)    The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not,
except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or
remedy of any Lender, any Issuing Bank, the Arranger, the Documentation Agent or
the Agent under any of the Loan

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Documents, nor constitute a waiver or amendment of any provision of any of the
Loan Documents.
 
SECTION 5.   Counterparts.    This Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all
of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment or the
Consent by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment or such Consent.
 
SECTION 6.    Governing Law.    This Amendment shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.
 
[Signature Pages follow]
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Eighth Amendment to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first written above.
 
JACK IN THE BOX INC. (successor to
Foodmaker, Inc.),
a Delaware corporation
 
By:
 
HARLOD L. SACHS     

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Name: Harold L. Sachs
Title: VP and Treasurer

 
BANK OF AMERICA, NA.,
as Agent
 
By:
 
KATHERINE E. TRAVISS

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Name: Katherine E. Traviss
Title: Agency Management Officer

 
Lenders
 
BANK OF AMERICA, NA
 
By:
 
CHITT SWAMIDASAN

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Name: Chitt Swamidasan
Title: Principal

 
CREDIT LYONNAIS NEW YORK
BRANCH
 
By:
 
F. FRANK HERRERA

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Name: F. Frank Herrera
Title: Vice President

 

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UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
 
By:
 
BRUCE BRESLAU

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Name: Bruce Breslau
Title: Senior Vice President

 
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A
 
By:
 
MYRA JUETTEN

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Name: Myra Juetten
Title: Vice President

 
FLEET NATIONAL BANK
 
By:
 
THOMAS P. TANS

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Name: Thomas P. Tans
Title: Director

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CONSENT
Dated as of September 27, 2002
 
The Undersigned, as Guarantor under the “Guaranty” (as much terms are defined in
and under the Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Eighth Amendment),
hereby consents and agrees to the foregoing Eighth Amendment and hereby confirms
and agrees that the Guaranty is, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that, upon
the effectiveness of, and on and after the date of, said Eighth Amendment, each
reference in the Guaranty to the “Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof” and
words of like imports to the Credit Agreement shall mean and be a reference to
the Credit Agreement as amended by said Eighth Amendment.
 
FOODMAKER INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING, INC.
      a Delaware corporation
 
By:
 
HAROLD L. SACHS

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Harold L. Sachs
Vice President and Treasurer

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