Western Sizzlin Stops Offer for Jack in the Box

Western Sizzlin Corporation (Nasdaq: WEST – News) terminated its exchange offer for up to 680,500 shares of Jack in the Box Inc. (NYSE: JBX – News) as a result of a regulatory compliance condition. Western intends to commence the exchange offer after Western’s registration statement on Form S-4 has become effective under the Securities Act of 1933. As of the close of business on October 16, 2008, no shares of Jack in the Box common stock had been tendered into the exchange offer.