secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     JACK IN THE BOX INC (JACK)
CIK:        0000807882
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-20T11:32:41+00:00
Accession:  0000807882-26-000094
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Jack in the Box appoints Taylor Montgomery as President; expected CEO within 12 months
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- Taylor Montgomery, ex-Taco Bell Global Chief Brand Officer, appointed President effective Sept 14, 2026.
- Expected to become CEO within next 12 months and join Board; Mark King remains Executive Chairman.
- Compensation: $700k base, 75% target bonus, $1.5M RSU inducement, $220k sign-on, $500k PSU target for FY27.
- At Taco Bell oversaw $18B systemwide sales across 9,000+ restaurants; drove 7% sales growth, 8% profit growth last year.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788226000094/0000807882-26-000094-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/807882/000080788226000094/jack-20260818.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000807882-26-000094

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