8-K

UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, DC  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORTPursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 17, 2011

PAPA JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-21660	61-1203323
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

2002 Papa John’s Boulevard Louisville, Kentucky	40299-2334
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (502) 261-7272

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Mark S. Shapiro was appointed to the Papa John’s International, Inc. (the “Company”) Board of Directors on February 17, 2011. Mr. Shapiro will serve for a term expiring at the Company’s 2011 Annual Meeting of stockholders, and will stand for election by the stockholders at the Annual Meeting to be held April  28, 2011. Mr. Shapiro will serve on the Company’s Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following document is herewith furnished as an exhibit to this report:

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
99.1	Papa John’s International, Inc. press release dated February 21, 2011.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		PAPA JOHN’S INTERNATIONAL, INC.
		(Registrant)
Date:	February 22, 2011	/s/ J. David Flanery
		J. David Flanery
		Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Papa John’s Appoints Mark Shapiro to Board of Directors

LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 21, 2011--Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) today announced the appointment of Mark S. Shapiro to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Shapiro, age 41, has served as Chief Executive Officer of Dick Clark Productions since May 2010. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Six Flags, Inc., the world’s largest regional theme park company, from 2005 to 2010. Prior to joining Six Flags, Mr. Shapiro spent 12 years at ESPN, Inc. where he served as executive vice president, programming and production and in various other capacities.

“We are excited to welcome Mark to our Board,” said Papa John’s Founder, Chairman and co-Chief Executive Officer, John Schnatter. “His experience in the entertainment sector will bring a new perspective to the Board and additional energy to our brand.”

Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Papa John’s International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) is the world’s third largest pizza company. For 10 of the past 11 years, consumers have rated Papa John’s No. 1 in customer satisfaction among all national pizza chains in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). Papa John’s also was honored by Restaurants & Institutions Magazine (R&I) with the 2009 Gold Award for Consumers’ Choice in Chains in the pizza segment. Papa John’s is the Official Pizza Sponsor of the National Football League and Super Bowl XLV, XLVI and XLVII. For more information about the company or to order pizza online, visit Papa John’s at www.papajohns.com.

CONTACT:
Papa John’s International, Inc.
Darryl Carr
Director, Corporate Communications
502-261-4318