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Papa John's International Inc. filings document the company’s Nasdaq-listed common stock, restaurant operating results, governance matters, and material corporate events. Earnings-related 8-K filings furnish quarterly and annual financial releases covering system-wide restaurant sales, comparable sales, diluted earnings per share, restaurant openings, and outlook commentary for the Papa Johns system.
Proxy and annual meeting filings cover director elections, shareholder voting results, executive compensation, equity awards, and board governance. Other current reports address leadership and compensatory arrangements, annual meeting scheduling, and refranchising activity within the company’s restaurant portfolio.
Papa Johns International executive Ravi Thanawala, CFO & President, North America, reported two tax-related share dispositions. On March 3, 2026, 1,801 shares of common stock were withheld at $31.99 per share, and on March 4, 2026, 774 shares were withheld at $30.81 per share.
Both transactions were coded as tax-withholding dispositions rather than open-market sales, and Thanawala continued to hold more than 89,000 Papa Johns shares directly after these events.
Papa Johns International executive John Kevin Vasconi reported a tax-related share disposition. As Chief Digital & Tech Officer, he transferred 923 shares of common stock on a tax-withholding basis at $31.99 per share. After this non-market transaction, he directly holds 43,941 common shares.
Papa Johns International reported that Chief Digital & Tech Officer John Kevin Vasconi acquired shares through an equity award. He received 19,568 shares of common stock at no purchase price as a grant of restricted stock.
The award vests in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. After this grant, Vasconi directly holds a total of 44,864 Papa Johns common shares.
Penegor Todd Allan reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Papa John’s International reported that President and CEO Todd Allan Penegor received a grant of 100,188 shares of common stock as an equity award. The shares were granted at $0.00 per share as restricted stock and will vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. Following this award, Penegor directly holds 210,498 shares of Papa John’s common stock.
Thanawala Ravi reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Papa John's International reported that Ravi Thanawala, its CFO and President, North America, received a grant of 39,136 shares of common stock as a restricted stock award. These shares vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date. Following this grant, Thanawala directly holds 91,697 shares of Papa John's common stock.
Papa John's International Chief Administrative Officer Caroline Miller Oyler reported equity compensation and related share movements in company stock. She received a grant of 19,568 shares of restricted stock at no cost. According to a footnote, these shares vest in three equal annual installments beginning one year from the grant date.
On an earlier date, 252 shares of common stock were withheld at $31.35 per share to cover tax obligations, a disposition classified as payment of tax liability rather than an open-market sale. Following these transactions, she directly holds tens of thousands of common shares and also has 685.13 shares held indirectly through a 401(k) plan based on a statement dated as of December 31, 2025.
Collins Christopher K reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
Papa Johns International senior vice president of corporate finance and principal accounting officer Christopher K. Collins reported stock awards rather than open-market trades. He received two grants of common stock: 7,867 restricted shares and 3,288 restricted shares at no purchase price. One award vests fully on the second anniversary of the grant date, subject to continued service, while the other vests in three equal annual installments starting one year from the grant date. After these grants, his directly held common stock position increased in line with the reported post-transaction balances.
Papa John’s International filed its annual report describing a global pizza business built on franchising and company-owned stores. As of December 28, 2025, the system had 6,083 restaurants in 50 countries and territories, including 475 Company-owned and 5,608 franchised locations.
The company organizes operations into four segments: Domestic Company-owned restaurants, North America franchising, North America commissaries, and International. Domestic Company-owned units in the 2025 comparable base generated average annual sales of $1.3 million, while comparable North America franchised restaurants averaged $1.1 million.
Papa John’s highlights a strategy focused on product innovation around its “BETTER INGREDIENTS. BETTER PIZZA.®” positioning, heavier data-driven marketing, technology investment, and closer franchise partnerships. The report also outlines extensive risk factors, including intense QSR pizza competition, reliance on key suppliers, franchisee health, geopolitical volatility, labor and regulatory pressures, cybersecurity, and substantial debt of $722.3 million as of year-end 2025.
Papa John’s International reported weaker results for 2025 while meeting its revised guidance and opening more restaurants. Full-year global system-wide restaurant sales reached $4.92 billion, up 1% excluding currency, but total revenues were flat at $2.1 billion.
Net income fell to $32.1 million from $84.2 million, and diluted EPS dropped to $0.90 from $2.54, largely reflecting prior-year gains on asset sales and higher marketing, depreciation and incentive costs. Adjusted EBITDA declined to $201.1 million from $227.3 million, and adjusted diluted EPS decreased to $1.43 from $2.34.
Fourth-quarter revenue fell 6% to $498.2 million, with North America comparable sales down 5% and international comparable sales up 6%. Despite the profit pressure, free cash flow improved to $61.3 million from $34.1 million, and the company opened 279 new restaurants, ending the year with 6,083 locations. For 2026, it guides adjusted EBITDA of $200–$210 million and expects global system-wide sales to be flat to down low single digits.
Papa John's International director John C. Miller reported an acquisition of common stock through an equity award. On this Form 4, he received 106 shares of common stock at a reference price of $31.59 per share, described as dividend equivalent rights on annual restricted stock unit awards. Following this grant, Miller now directly holds 7,477 common shares.