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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-19-002651
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190328
ITEM INFORMATION:		Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190329
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190329

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000901491
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				611203323
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1229

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21660
		FILM NUMBER:		19717081

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2002 PAPA JOHNS BOULEVARD
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40299-2334
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5022617272

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		P O BOX 99900
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40269-9990
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">As previously disclosed, pursuant to the </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">Securities Purchase Agreement, dated February 3, 2019 (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Purchase Agreement</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">&#x201D;), entered into by </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Papa John&#x2019;s International, Inc. (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;"> with certain funds affiliated with, or managed by, Starboard Value LP (collectively, &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Starboard</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">&#x201D;), S</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">tarboard was given the option, </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">exercisable at its discretion, to purchase up to an additional 50,000 shares of </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">the Company&#x2019;s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Series B Preferred Stock</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;"> on or prior to March&nbsp;29, 2019. </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">On March 28, 2019, pursuant to Starboard&#x2019;s option under the Purchase Agreement, the Company issued and sold 50,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to Starboard at a purchase price of $1,000 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $50,000,000.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">Securities and Exchange Commission</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> on February 4, 2019, and is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">On March 28, 2019, the Company also issued and sold an aggregate of 2,530 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to franchisees of the Company at a purchase price of $1,000 per share, for an aggregate purchase price of $2,530,000, in cash. The offering of Series B Preferred Stock to franchisees was contemplated in the </font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;color:#000000;">Purchase Agreement.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The sale of the Series B Preferred Stock to the franchisees has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-weight:bold;">Securities Act</font><font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&#x201D;), in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506(c) of Regulation D as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder. Each of the franchisees represented to the Company that they qualify as an &#x201C;accredited investor&#x201D; as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">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.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Date: &nbsp;&nbsp;March 29, 2019 </font></p>
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