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SHARON JOHN TO JOIN JACK IN THE BOX INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Aug. 4, 2014

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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)---- Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ: JACK) today announced that Sharon John will be joining the company's board of directors, effective September 18, 2014. John is Chief Executive Officer of Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc., an interactive entertainment retailer with approximately 400 company and franchised Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide generating close to $400 million in annual sales.

John joins the Jack in the Box Inc. board with more than 25 years of retail marketing, branding and executive management experience in the public and private sectors. Prior to joining Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. in 2013, she served three years as President of the Stride Rite Children's Group, a footwear division of Wolverine Worldwide with more than 300 stores in the U.S. and abroad. From 2002 to 2010 John held several senior management roles with Hasbro Inc., most recently as General Manager and Senior Vice President of its Global Preschool/Playskool business unit and, prior to that as the Senior Vice President and General Manager of the U.S. Toy division where she managed a wide portfolio of brands, including NERF, Transformers and My Little Pony. In 2002, John founded her own toy company, Checkerboard Toys, and served as its CEO until joining Hasbro. In 1999 John was Vice President of Marketing & Product Development for the U.S. toy division of Vtech Holdings Ltd., and from 1994 to 1999 she held several senior management positions at Mattel, Inc., most recently as Vice President of International Marketing for the company's Disney business unit. John also has experience working at top marketing and advertising agencies, including DDB Needham Worldwide and Backer Spielvolgel Bates, both in New York.




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