Domino's USA Announces Leadership Changes

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Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:02am EST

New Leadership appointed for Company Stores, Franchise Operations, Franchise
Relations

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Domino's Pizza, Inc.
(NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, today announced
several significant promotions and leadership changes in the operational
divisions of the Company's U.S. business. All moves are effective immediately,
and all positions report to President of Domino's U.S.A. Patrick Doyle.
    Director of Corporate Operations Asi Sheikh will join the Domino's U.S.A.
Leadership Team and the Domino's Pizza LLC Leadership Council as Executive
Vice President, Team U.S.A. Sheikh, 43, will lead all of Domino's U.S.
company-owned stores.
    Sheikh joined Domino's Pizza in 1984 as a pizza delivery driver while
working his way through college in North Carolina. Since 1994, he has led the
corporate stores in New York and New Jersey. He was named the Company's
Corporate Operations Director of the Year an unprecedented four times.
    "Asi has demonstrated time and again his ability to drive results in one
of the most competitive markets in the world," Doyle said. "No Domino's Pizza
operator in the world has driven better results with that many stores over so
many years. He has accomplished that by building a world-class, deep team of
operators. I'm really excited to see the results he'll drive with all of Team
USA."
Scott Hinshaw, who has been EVP of Team USA since September 2007, becomes
Executive Vice President, Franchise Operations and Development. Hinshaw, 44,
is a 22-year veteran of Domino's Pizza and has provided strong leadership to
Team USA over many years.
    "With this appointment, I'm putting the best possible person in charge of
the core of our business. Scott is an operator. He has managed stores; he has
supervised stores," Doyle said. "By combining Franchise Operations and
Development under Scott, I'm convinced he'll be able to do within our
franchise system the same thing he did with Team USA -- develop the best
possible pool of franchisees to lead and build great Domino's stores. He knows
what it takes to drive great performance and he'll ensure that his team is
getting our franchisees the resources and training they need to produce
outstanding results."
    Domino's Pizza Chairman and CEO David Brandon, 55, commented on the moves:
"In these two promotions, we will now have two strong store operators on the
company's Leadership Team and Leadership Council. They will provide all store
operators with a strong voice at the highest level of decision-making in our
company. When I appointed Patrick to the role of President-Domino's USA in
September, I challenged him to build a great team -- one that would be
accountable, and one that would bring operations expertise to the table. He's
done that."
    Doyle also announced that Jim Stansik, 52, is moving into a new role as
Executive Vice President of Franchise Relations.
    "Jim has exceptional credibility in our system," Doyle said. "Over 22
years with Domino's, he has built deep relationships with our franchisees
based on open, direct communication and integrity. Jim will play a critical
role in ensuring that our franchisees' voices and opinions are heard as our
Leadership Council makes decisions for our system. He will help to unify and
lead our system as we make the changes necessary to drive performance moving
forward."
    About Domino's
    Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza
delivery. Domino's is listed on the NYSE under the symbol "DPZ."  Through its
primarily franchised system, Domino's operates a network of 8,510 franchised
and Company-owned stores in the United States and more than 55 countries. The
Domino's Pizza(R) brand, named a Megabrand by Advertising Age magazine, had
global retail sales of nearly $5.1 billion in 2006, comprised of $3.2 billion
domestically and nearly $1.9 billion internationally.  During the third
quarter of 2007, the Domino's Pizza(R) brand had global retail sales of more
than $1.2 billion, comprised of approximately $725.7 million domestically and
approximately $510.7 million internationally.  Domino's Pizza was named "Chain
of the Year" by Pizza Today magazine, the leading publication of the pizza
industry and is the "Official Pizza of NASCAR(R)."  Customers can place orders
online in English and Spanish by visiting www.dominos.com or from a Web-
enabled cell phone by visiting mobile.dominos.com.  More information on the
Company, in English and Spanish, can be found on the Web at www.dominos.com.
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SOURCE  Domino's Pizza, Inc.

Tim McIntyre, +1-734-930-3563, tim.mcintyre@dominos.com
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