UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):     August 4, 2011

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(d)       Election of New Director

On August 4, 2011, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Jack in the Box Inc. (the “Company”) elected Madeline Kleiner as a member of the Board, effective September 22, 2011, to serve until the next annual meeting of shareholders.

Ms. Kleiner was most recently executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary for Hilton Hotels Corporation, a hotel and resort company. At Hilton, Ms. Kleiner oversaw the company’s legal affairs and the ethics, privacy and government affairs functions. Previously, Ms. Kleiner served as senior executive vice president, chief administrative officer and general counsel of H. F. Ahmanson & Company and its subsidiary, Home Savings of America, where she was responsible for oversight of legal, human resources, legislative and government affairs and corporate communications. Prior to that, Ms. Kleiner was a partner at the law firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where she advised corporations and their boards primarily in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities transactions and compliance. There is no arrangement or understanding pursuant to which Ms. Kleiner was appointed as a director and there are no related party transactions between the Company and Ms. Kleiner. Ms. Kleiner has been appointed to the Nominating & Governance Committee.

For service as a non-management director during 2011, Ms. Kleiner will receive a pro rata portion of an annual (i) Board service cash retainer of $50,000 and (ii) Committee membership cash retainer of $5,000.  She will also be eligible for awards of equity in the form of restricted stock units that vest one year from the date of grant. Under the Company’s Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Management Directors, directors may elect to defer payment of all or any part of their retainers. Ms. Kleiner and the Company will also enter into the Company’s standard form of Directors Indemnification Agreement, the form of which is attached to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 29, 2002, as Exhibit 10.11.

On August 8, 2011, the Company issued a news release on Ms. Kleiner’s appointment to the Jack in the Box Inc. Board of Directors, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and is attached to this Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Exhibits
(d) Exhibits

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.