Domino's Pizza Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results

Year-to-date, the Company has repurchased approximately $161 million in principal amount of its long-term debt. As of the quarter end, the Company had nearly $49 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents.

During the third quarter, domestic same store sales were flat while international same store sales grew 2.7%. The quarter also marked the 63rd consecutive quarter of same store sales growth in Domino's international division.

  Third Quarter Highlights:



  (dollars in               Third        Third    First Three First Three

   millions, except        Quarter      Quarter     Quarters    Quarters

   per share data)         of 2009      of 2008     of 2009     of 2008

                           -------      -------   ----------- -----------

  Net income                 $17.8        $10.1       $56.1       $42.9



  Weighted average

   diluted shares       57,981,137   58,042,743  57,680,513  58,859,220



  Diluted earnings per

   share, as-reported        $0.31        $0.17       $0.97       $0.73

  Items affecting

   comparability (see

   section below)           $(0.14)      $(0.05)     $(0.40)     $(0.17)

                            ------       ------      ------      ------

  Diluted earnings per

   share, as adjusted        $0.17        $0.13       $0.57       $0.56

                             =====        =====       =====       =====







  --  Diluted EPS was $0.31 on an as-reported basis for the third quarter,

      up $0.14 from the prior year period.  Excluding items affecting

      comparability, diluted EPS increased $0.04, primarily due to operating

      margin improvements and lower interest expense primarily from recent

      debt extinguishments. This was offset in part by the negative impact

      of foreign currency exchange rates on international operations.  (See

      the Items Affecting Comparability section and the Comments on

      Regulation G section.)





  --  Global Retail Sales were down 1.9% in the third quarter, or up 3.9%

      when excluding the impact of foreign currency.









                                                 Third           Third

                                                Quarter         Quarter

                                                of 2009         of 2008

                                               ---------       ---------

  Same store sales growth: (versus prior

   year period)

    Domestic Company-owned stores                  (2.0)%         (3.4)%

    Domestic franchise stores                      +0.3%          (6.4)%

                                                -------           -----

    Domestic stores                                 0.0%          (6.1)%

                                                    ===           =====

    International stores                           +2.7%          +5.4%

                                                  =====          ======





  Global retail sales growth: (versus prior

   year period)

    Domestic stores                                (1.6)%         (5.8)%

    International stores                           (2.1)%        +14.1%

                                                   -----          -----

    Total                                          (1.9)%         +2.4%

                                                   =====         ======



  Global retail sales growth: (versus prior

   year period, excluding foreign currency impact)

    Domestic stores                                (1.6)%         (5.8)%

    International stores                          +10.4%         +12.2%

                                                  -----          -----

    Total                                        +  3.9%        +  1.6%

                                                 ======         ======







                     Domestic

                     Company-  Domestic   Total

                      owned    Franchise Domestic  International

                      Stores    Stores    Stores      Stores     Total

                     --------  --------- --------  ------------- -----

  Store counts:

    Store count at

     June 14, 2009    483      4,484     4,967         3,906     8,873

    Openings            -         17        17            49        66

    Closings           (2)       (45)      (47)           (6)      (53)

                       --        ---       ---            --       ---

    Store count at

     September 6,

     2009             481      4,456     4,937         3,949     8,886

                      ===      =====     =====         =====     =====

    Third quarter

     2009 net growth   (2)       (28)      (30)           43        13

                       ==        ===       ===            ==        ==

    Trailing four

     quarters net

     growth           (31)      (118)     (149)          309       160

                      ===       ====      ====           ===       ===

David A. Brandon, Domino's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: "We did a good job of anticipating the economic downturn in the U.S. and we cut costs before the economy weakened. We have been intensely focused on controlled overhead spending throughout the past three years. As a result, we are now in a position to invest in our business; invest in our franchisees; invest in our marketing; invest in our technology; and expand our global footprint. We're making excellent progress... and we're in a great position to take full advantage of all of the opportunities we will encounter when domestic consumer spending improves and we return to a more normalized economic environment."

Brandon added, "Our proven, steady, and reliable business model consistently generates on average free cash flow in excess of $1 million per-week that we will continue to deploy in a manner that creates significant shareholder value."

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