Jack in the Box Inc. (JACK) CEO Darin Harris on Q2 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Jack in the Box Inc. (NASDAQ:JACK) Q2 2021 Earnings Conference Call May 12, 2021 5:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Ron Parham - Investor Relations, Arbor Advisory Group
Darin Harris - Chief Executive Officer
Tim Mullany - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Brian Bittner - Oppenheimer
Jared Garber - Goldman Sachs
Dennis Geiger - UBS
John Glass - Morgan Stanley
Jeffrey Bernstein - Barclays
Brian Mullan - Deutsche Bank
Andrew Charles - Cowen
David Tarantino - Baird
Eric Gonzalez - KeyBanc Capital Markets
Jeff Farmer - Gordon Haskett

Operator

Good day, everyone and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Jack in the Box, Inc. Second Quarter Fiscal 2021 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Christian, and I'll be your conference operator. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Have read the prepared remarks, the management from Jack in the Box will conduct a question-and-answer session, and conference participants will be given instructions at that time. As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded. A replay of the call will be available on the Jack in the Box corporate website, starting today.

I'd now like to turn the call over to Mr. Ron Parham with Arbor Advisory Group. Sir, please go ahead.

Ron Parham

Thank you, Christian, and good evening everyone. Thanks for joining us tonight. Joining me on today's call are Chief Executive Officer, Darin Harris; and EVP, Chief Financial Officer, Tim Mullany. During our prepared remarks and the Q&A portion of today's call, we will refer to non-GAAP items, including operating earnings per share, adjusted EBITDA as well as restaurant-level margin and franchise level margin. Please refer to the non-GAAP reconciliations provided in today's earnings release and available in the Investor Relations section of our website at www.jackinthebox.com.

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