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Pizza Hut(R) BOOK IT!(R) National Reading Incentive Program Announces Winners in 'All-Star Reader' Sweepstakes

Pizza Hut(R) BOOK IT!(R) National Reading Incentive Program Announces Winners in 'All-Star Reader' Sweepstakes

Published 05-15-07

Submitted by Pizza Hut, Inc.

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2007--The Pizza Hut(R) BOOK
IT!(R) Program announced today the ten winners in the "All Star Reader" classroom sweepstakes.

Hundreds of teachers from across the United States were qualified to win by confirming that 100% of their students met their reading goals all six months of the 2006-2007 BOOK IT! Program.

"The All-Star Reader sweepstakes is a great way to recognize and reward teachers and their classrooms for meeting their reading goals," said Leslie Tubbs, BOOK IT! Program director. "Participation in the BOOK IT! Program reached nearly one million classrooms this year and we're proud of the millions of students who were motivated by the
program to read."

Each of the ten winning classrooms will receive two $500 airline gift cards for the teacher's personal use, one $100 Barnes and Noble(R) gift card for classroom use and a drawstring backpack containing a selection of BOOK IT! Program incentive items and a $15 Pizza Hut gift card for each student in the class.

Winners include:

Carolyn Simmons, Bushnell Prairie City Elementary - Bushnell, IL

Sarah Williams, Calvary Chapel Academy - Murrieta, CA

Beverley Faulstich, Coral Springs Elementary - Coral Springs, FL

Priscilla Teran, Drexel Elementary - Tucson, AZ

Cheryl Broach, Greenman Elementary - Aurora, IL

Meg Blocker, Inverness Primary - Inverness, FL

Mary Ann Pettit, Newlon School - Denver, CO

Shea Mulanax, Roland Elementary - Roland, OK

Rebecca Smalley, Scottdale Elementary - Scottdale, PA

Carol Simmons, St. Peter School - Elizabethtown, PA

Reaching more than 22 million kids each year, the BOOK IT! Program is the largest reading incentive program in America for kindergarten through sixth grade children. The BOOK IT! Program encourages at-home reading time and provides teachers free materials to implement the program in classrooms.

Since its inception, Pizza Hut, Inc. has invested approximately $290 million in the BOOK IT!(R) Program, and offers the materials to implement the program, as well as the incentives, free to teachers. The program rewards students with praise, recognition and Pizza Hut(R) pizza for their reading accomplishments.

About Pizza Hut

As the world's largest pizza restaurant company with almost 6,600 restaurants in the United States and more than 4,000 restaurants in 100 other countries, Pizza Hut, Inc., a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM) is America's Favorite Pizza. The company's 49-year legacy of leadership and innovation has made it the recognized leader in the $37 billion pizza category. Those hungry for more information can go to the official Pizza Hut Website at www.pizzahut.com.

About BOOK IT!

The BOOK IT! Program is a reading incentive program created by Pizza Hut in 1985. The program is available to public, private and parochial elementary schools at no cost. More than 22 million children, in nearly one million classrooms, enroll in the six-month program each school year. For more information about BOOK IT!, call 1-800-4-BOOKIT or visit www.bookitprogram.com.

Copyright Business Wire 2007

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Pizza Hut, a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), serves and delivers more pizzas than any other pizza company in the world. With easy order options including the Pizza Hut app, mobile site, Facebook and Twitter messenger and Amazon devices, Pizza Hut is committed to providing an easy pizza experience - from order to delivery. Founded in 1958, Pizza Hut has become the most-recognized pizza restaurant in the world, operating more than 16,400 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Pizza Hut is also the proprietor of The Literacy Project, an initiative designed to enable access, empower teachers and inspire a lifelong love of reading. The program is rooted in the foundation set by the Pizza Hut BOOK IT! Program, which is the longest-running corporate supported literacy program, impacting more than 14 million students each year. For more information, visit www.pizzahut.com. Follow Pizza Hut on Facebook (www.facebook.com/PizzaHut), Twitter (www.twitter.com/pizzahut) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/pizzahut).

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