Papa John's International Pizza, Inc. (PZZA) President and Chief Executive Officer to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell


ADVISORY, June 15, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --



 What:
 John Schnatter, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Papa John's
 International Pizza, Inc. (PZZA), will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in
 New York City's Times Square.

 Schnatter's visit to New York is the latest installment of "Papa's
 Road Trip," Schnatter's nationwide tour to meet his loyal customers
 and team members, while also searching for the original 1972 Z28
 Camaro he sold twenty-five years ago to open his first Papa John's
 Restaurant. Schnatter is offering a $25,000 reward to whoever can tell
 him where that original car is today and more information on the road
 trip and his search can be found online at www.papasroadtrip.com.

 In honor of the occasion and to celebrate Papa John's 25th
 Anniversary, Schnatter will preside over The NASDAQ Stock Market
 Closing Bell.

 Where:
 NASDAQ MarketSite - 4 Times Square - 43rd & Broadway - Broadcast
 Studio

 When:
 Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET

 Contacts:
 Tish Muldoon
 Papa John's International Pizza, Inc.
 (502) 261-4987

 Doug Terfehr
 Fleishman-Hillard
 (314) 982-9134 (office)
 (314) 550-0934 (mobile)
 Doug.terfehr@fleishman.com

 NASDAQ MarketSite:
 Robert Madden
 (646) 441-5045 (office)
 Robert.Madden@NASDAQOMX.com

Feed Information:

The Closing Bell is available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on AMC-3/C-3 (ul 5985V; dl 3760H). The feed can also be found on Ascent fiber 1623. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Madden at (646) 441-5045.

Radio Feed:

An audio transmission of the Closing Bell is also available from 3:50 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. on uplink IA6 C band / transponder 24, downlink frequency 4180 horizontal. The feed can be found on Ascent fiber 1623 as well.

Webcast:

A live webcast of the NASDAQ Closing Bell will be available at: http://www.nasdaq.com/about/marketsitetowervideo.asx

Photos:

To obtain a high-resolution photograph of the Market Close, please go to http://www.nasdaq.com/reference/marketsite_events.stm and click on the market close of your choice.

About Papa John's International Pizza, Inc. (PZZA):

Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Papa John's International, Inc. (Nasdaq:PZZA) is the world's third largest pizza company. For nine of the last 10 years, consumers have rated Papa John's No. 1 in customer satisfaction among all national pizza chains in the highly regarded American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Papa John's also ranks first among pizza companies in the 2008 Brand Keys Customer Loyalty Engagement Index, was honored by Restaurants & Institutions Magazine (R&I) with the 2008 Silver Award for Consumers' Choice in Chains in the pizza segment, and was named 2007 Pizza Today Chain of the Year. For more information about the company or to order pizza online, visit Papa John's at www.papajohns.com.

About NASDAQ OMX:

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with over 3,800 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX Group offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market; NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North; and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and ETFs. NASDAQ OMX Group technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX Group exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

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