Exhibit 10.1.8
 
SEVENTH AMENDMENT
Dated as of August 23, 2002
 
This SEVENTH 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 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 and the Sixth Amendment dated as of November 17, 2000 (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 certain provisions of
the Credit Agreement to permit and facilitate (a) an increase in the aggregate
principal amount of loans permitted to be made to franchisees and (b) the
Borrower’s prepayment of certain outstanding indebtedness and other obligations.
 
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(f)(vii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the amount “$5,000,000” referred to therein to $25,000,000.
 
(b)    Section 6.02(k) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the text of clause (i) of such Section with the following:
(i)    Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the
scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Debt other than (A) the prepayment
of the Advances in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (B) regularly
scheduled or required repayments or redmeptions of Surviving Debt, (C) the
redemption of the Existing Senior Notes as contemplated hereby, (D) the
redemption of the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes following the issuance of
the senior subordinated notes described in clause (A) of the definition of
“Permitted Subordinated Debt,” (E) Debt incurred pursuant to the CRC Leases and
(F) the CRC Excluded Debt.

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SECTION 2:     Conditions to Effectiveness.  This Amendment shall not be
effective until each of the following conditions precedent shall 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
and 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)    Representation 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 the date hereof
 
(d)    No Default.  No event has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a
Default or Event of Default.
 
SECTION 4.    References 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 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 of the
Consent by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed
counterpart of this Amendment of such Consent.
 
SECTION 6.    Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed
in accordance with, the laws of the State of California.

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

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   Name:  Harold L. Sachs
   Title:  Vice President and Treasurer
BANK OF AMERICA, NA. as Agent
By:     RICHARD G. PARKHURST, JR.

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   Name:  Richard G. Parkhurst, Jr.
   Title:  Managing Director
Lenders
BANK OF AMERICA, NA.
By:     RICHARD G. PARKHURST, JR.

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   Name:  Richard G. Parkhurst, Jr.
   Title:  Managing Director
CREDIT LYONNAIS LOS ANGELES BRANCH
By:     DIANNE M. SCOTT

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   Name:  Dianne M. Scott
   Title:  First Vice President/Manager
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
By:     LINDA WELKER

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   Name:  Linda Welker
   Title:  Vice President
BANK ONE TEXAS, NA.
By:     JOSEPH R. PERDENZA

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   Name:  Joseph R. Perdenza
   Title:  Assistant Vice President

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CIBC, INC.
By:    STEPHANIE E. DeVANE

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   Name:  Stephanie E. DeVane
   Title:  Executive Director
              CIBC World Markets Corp., As Agent
MORGAN GUARANTY TRUST CO.
By:    ROBERT BOTTAMEDI

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   Name:  Robert Bottamedi
   Title:  Vice President
NATEXIS BANQUE - BFCE
By:    GARY KANIA

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   Name:  Gary Kania
   Title:  Vice President
By:    JORDAN SADLER

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Name:  Jordan Sadler
Title:  Assistant Vice President

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CONSENT
Dated as of August 23, 2002
 
The Undersigned, as Guarantors under the “Guaranty” (as much terms are defined
in and under the Credit Agreement referred to in the foregoing Seventh
Amendment), each hereby consents and agrees to the foregoing Seventh 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
Seventh 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 Seventh
Amendment.
 
 
CP DISTRIBUTION CO., a Delaware corporation,
CP WHOLESALE CO., a Delaware corporation and
JACK IN THE BOX, INC., a New Jersey corporation
By:    LAWRENCE E. SCHAUF

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   Lawrence E. Schauf
   Executive Vice President and Secretary
FOODMAKER INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISING, INC.
a Delaware corporation
By:    HAROLD L. SACHS

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   Harold L. Sachs
   Vice President and Treasurer