As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 16, 2006

Registration No.                     

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

JACK IN THE BOX INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		95-2698708
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
9330 Balboa Avenue, San Diego, CA		92123
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

     

(Full title of the Plan)

LAWRENCE E. SCHAUF, Esq.
Executive Vice President and Secretary
9330 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, California 92123-1516
(Name and address of agent for service)
(858) 571-2435
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:
CAMERON JAY RAINS, Esq.
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
4365 Executive Drive, Suite 1100
San Diego, California 92121-2133
(858) 677-1400

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

Proposed maximum

Proposed maximum

Title of securities

Amount to be

offering price

aggregate offering

Amount of

to be registered

registered (1)

per share (2)

price (2)

registration fee

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

100,000 shares

$44.155

$4,415,500

$472.46

(1)		Pursuant to rule 416, there are also being registered hereunder such indeterminate number of shares of Common Stock as may be issued pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)		Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices of the Company’s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on May 11, 2006.

 

 

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

     All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents which have been filed by Jack in the Box Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:

     (1) The Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2005;

     (2) The Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended January 22, 2006 and April 16, 2006;

     (3) The Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, dated May 16, 2006, February 22, 2006, February 21, 2006, November 30, 2005, November 16, 2005, November 15, 2005 and October 27, 2005;

     (4) The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated November 14, 2005;

     (5) The description of the Company’s Common Stock contained in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-9390) filed February 11, 1992.

     In addition, all documents filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained herein or in a document all or part of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed documents which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     The class of securities to be offered is registered under section 12 of the Exchange Act.

ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     Inapplicable.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Inapplicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

Number		Description
4.1		Jack in the Box Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan(1)
4.2		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended(2)
4.3		Amended and Restated Bylaws(3)
4.3(a)		Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws (4)
5		Opinion of PLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
23.1		Consent of PLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24		Power of Attorney (included on signature page)

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Diego, State of California, on the 16^th of May, 2006.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Lawrence E. Schauf, Linda A. Lang and Jerry P. Rebel, and each or any of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title		Date
/S/ LINDA A. LANG   Linda A. Lang		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)		May 16, 2006
/S/ JERRY P. REBEL   Jerry P. Rebel		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)		May 16, 2006
/S/ MICHAEL E. ALPERT   Michael E. Alpert		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ ANNE B. GUST   Anne B. Gust		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ ALICE B. HAYES   Alice B. Hayes		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ MURRAY H. HUTCHISON   Murray H. Hutchison		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ MICHAEL W. MURPHY   Michael W. Murphy		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ L. ROBERT PAYNE   L. Robert Payne		Director		May 16, 2006
/S/ DAVID M. TEHLE   David M. Tehle		Director		May 16, 2006

EXHIBIT INDEX

Number		Description
4.1		Jack in the Box Inc. Employee Stock Purchase plan(1)
4.2		Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended(2)
4.3		Amended and Restated Bylaws(3)
4.3(a)		Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws (4)
5		Opinion of PLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP
23.1		Consent of PLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
23.2		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24		Power of Attorney (included on signature page)