JACK IN THE BOX INC. (NASDAQ:JACK) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

General

On July 8, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), Jack in the Box Funding, LLC (the “Master Issuer”), a limited-purpose, bankruptcy-remote, wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Jack in the Box Inc. (the “Company”), completed its previously announced financing transaction and issued $575 million of its Series 2019-1 3.982% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2-I (the “Class A-2-I Notes”), $275 million of its Series 2019-1 4.476% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2-II (the “Class A-2-II Notes”) and $450 million of its Series 2019-1 4.970% Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes, Class A-2-III (the “Class A-2-III Notes” and together with the Class A-2-I Notes and the Class A-2-II Notes, the “Class A-2 Notes”), in an offering exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). In connection with the issuance of the Class A-2 Notes, the Master Issuer also entered into a revolving financing facility of Series 2019-1 Variable Funding Senior Secured Notes, Class A-1 (the “Variable Funding Notes”), which allows for the drawing of up to $150 million under the Variable Funding Notes, which include certain instruments, including a letter of credit facility. The Class A-2 Notes and the Variable Funding Notes are referred to collectively as the “Notes.” The Notes were issued in a privately placed securitization transaction to which certain of the Company’s revenue-generating assets, consisting principally of franchise-related agreements, real estate assets, and intellectual property and license agreements for the use of intellectual property, are held by the Master Issuer and certain other limited-purpose, bankruptcy remote, wholly owned indirect subsidiaries of the Company that act as Guarantors (as defined below) of the Notes and that have pledged substantially all of their assets, excluding certain real estate assets and subject to certain limitations, to secure the Notes.

The Notes were issued under a Base Indenture, dated July 8, 2019, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 (the “Base Indenture”), and the related supplemental indenture dated as of July 8, 2019, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.2 (the “Series 2019-1 Supplement” and collectively with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) each between the Master Issuer and Citibank, N.A., as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and securities intermediary. The Indenture allows the Master Issuer to issue additional series of notes in the future subject to certain conditions.

Class A-2 Notes

Interest and principal payments on the 2019 Notes are payable on a quarterly basis. The requirement to make such quarterly principal payments on the Class A-2 Notes is subject to certain financial conditions set forth in the Indenture. The legal final maturity date of the Notes is in August 2049, but, unless earlier prepaid to the extent permitted under the Indenture, the anticipated repayment dates of the Class A-2-I Notes, the Class A-2-II Notes and the Class A-2-III Notes will be August 2023, August 2026 and August 2029, respectively. If the Master Issuer has not repaid or refinanced the Class A-2 Notes prior to the respective anticipated repayment date, additional interest will accrue on each tranche of the Class A-2 Notes at a rate equal to the greater of (A) 5.00% per 2 annum and (B) a per annum interest rate equal to the amount, if any, by which the sum of (i) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a quarterly bond-equivalent basis) on such anticipated repayment date of the United States Treasury Security having a term closest to 10 years, plus (ii) 5.00%, plus (iii)(1) with respect to the Series 2019-1 Class A-2-I Notes, 2.265%, (2) with respect to the Series 2019-1 Class A-2-II Notes, 2.670%, and (3) with respect to the Series 2019-1 Class A-2-III Notes, 3.058%, exceeds the original interest rate with respect to such tranche. The Class A-2 Notes are secured by the collateral described below under “Guarantees and Collateral.”

Variable Funding Notes

The Variable Funding Notes were issued under the Indenture and allow for drawings on a revolving basis. Drawings and certain additional terms related to the Variable Funding Notes are governed by the Class A-1 Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 8, 2019 (the “Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, by and among the Master Issuer, the Guarantors (as defined below), Jack in the Box Inc. as manager (the “Manager”), certain conduit investors, financial institutions and funding agents, and Coöperatieve Rabobank, U.A., New York Branch, as provider of letters of credit, as swingline lender and as administrative agent. The Variable Funding Notes will be governed by both the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement and the Indenture. Depending on the type of borrowing under the Variable Funding Notes, interest on the Variable Funding Notes will be based on (i) the prime rate, (ii) overnight federal funds rates, (iii) the London interbank offered rate for U.S. Dollars or (iv) with respect to advances made by conduit investors, the weighted average cost of, or related to, the issuance of commercial paper allocated to fund or maintain such advances, in each case plus any applicable margin, as more fully set forth in the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement. While the Master Issuer does not anticipate drawing on the Variable Funding Notes on the Closing Date, the Master Issuer expects to have approximately $76 million in undrawn letters of credit issued under the Variable Funding Notes on the Closing Date. There is a commitment fee on the unused portion of the Variable Funding Notes facility, which ranges from 50 basis points to 100 basis points based on the utilization under the Variable Funding Notes facility. As of the Closing Date, it is anticipated that the principal and interest on the Variable Funding Notes will be repaid in full on or prior to August 2024, subject to two one-year extensions at the option of the Manager. Following the anticipated repayment date (and any extensions thereof), additional interest will accrue on the Variable Funding Notes equal to 5.00% per annum. The Variable Funding Notes and other credit instruments issued under the Variable Funding Note Purchase Agreement are secured by the collateral described below under “Guarantees and Collateral.”