Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On February 27, 2020, the Compensation Committee (the "Committee") of the Board
of Directors of Jack in the Box Inc. (the "Company") approved the adoption of a
Severance Plan for Executive Officers (the "Executive Severance Plan"),
effective March 9, 2020. The Executive Severance Plan provides severance
benefits to the Company's Chief Executive Officer (the "CEO") and each other
employee of the Company serving as an "Executive Officer" (as defined as an
officer pursuant to Rule 16a-1(f) of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and qualifying for treatment as an officer under Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) ("Eligible Employees"), in the
event such Eligible Employee is involuntarily terminated without Cause that
constitutes a Qualifying Termination (each as defined in the Executive Severance
Plan) either before, or more than 24 months after, a Change in Control of the
Company (as defined in the Executive Severance Plan) (a "Non-CIC Qualifying
Termination").
In the event that an Eligible Employee experiences a Non-CIC Qualifying
Termination, and provided that the Eligible Employee timely executes an
effective general release of claims against the Company and allows it to become
effective, the Eligible Employee will receive the following benefits under the
Executive Severance Plan: (i) a severance payment in the amount of 12 months of
base salary (24 months in the case of the CEO), (ii) a payment equivalent to the
aggregate amount of the Eligible Employee's monthly COBRA premium payment in
excess of the monthly premium the Eligible Employee would pay as an active
employee of the Company, for 12 months (24 months in the case of the CEO) and
(iii) eligibility to receive a prorated annual incentive payment for the year in
which the Non-CIC Qualifying Termination occurs, based on actual achievement of
the performance goals under the Company's performance incentive program for such
year.
The foregoing description is only a summary of the Executive Severance Plan and
is qualified in its entirety by the Executive Severance Plan, a copy of which is
attached to this report as Exhibit 10.1.


ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(d) Exhibits

Exhibit


  No.     Description

  10.1     Jack in the Box Inc. Severance Plan for Executive Officers, dated
         March 9, 2020

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