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| <schemaVersion> X0306 </schemaVersion> |
| <documentType> 4 </documentType> |
| <periodOfReport> 2020-05-22 </periodOfReport> |
| <issuer> |
| | <issuerCik> 0000901491 </issuerCik> |
| | <issuerName> PAPA JOHNS INTERNATIONAL INC </issuerName> |
| | <issuerTradingSymbol> PZZA </issuerTradingSymbol> |
| | </issuer> |
| <reportingOwner> |
| | <reportingOwnerId> |
| | | <rptOwnerCik> 0001086323 </rptOwnerCik> |
| | | <rptOwnerName> KIRTLEY OLIVIA F </rptOwnerName> |
| | | </reportingOwnerId> |
| | <reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet1> P. O. BOX 99900 </rptOwnerStreet1> |
| | | <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2> |
| | | <rptOwnerCity> LOUISVILLE </rptOwnerCity> |
| | | <rptOwnerState> KY </rptOwnerState> |
| | | <rptOwnerZipCode> 40269 </rptOwnerZipCode> |
| | | <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription> |
| | | </reportingOwnerAddress> |
| | <reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | | <isDirector> 1 </isDirector> |
| | | </reportingOwnerRelationship> |
| | </reportingOwner> |
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| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2020-05-22 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> A </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
| <footnoteId id="F1"/> |
| </transactionCoding> |
| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 214.6008 </value> |
| </transactionShares> |
| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 77.7000 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
| </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| </transactionAmounts> |
| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 196636.1503 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| </postTransactionAmounts> |
| | | <ownershipNature> |
| <directOrIndirectOwnership> |
| <value> D </value> |
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| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | <nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | | <securityTitle> |
| <value> Common Stock </value> |
| </securityTitle> |
| | | <transactionDate> |
| <value> 2020-05-22 </value> |
| </transactionDate> |
| | | <transactionCoding> |
| <transactionFormType> 4 </transactionFormType> |
| <transactionCode> A </transactionCode> |
| <equitySwapInvolved> 0 </equitySwapInvolved> |
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| | | <transactionAmounts> |
| <transactionShares> |
| <value> 12.0000 </value> |
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| <transactionPricePerShare> |
| <value> 77.7000 </value> |
| </transactionPricePerShare> |
| <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode> |
| <value> A </value> |
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| | | <postTransactionAmounts> |
| <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
| <value> 196648.1503 </value> |
| </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction> |
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| <value> D </value> |
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| | | </nonDerivativeTransaction> |
| | </nonDerivativeTable> |
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| <footnotes> |
| | <footnote id="F1"> Acquisition of dividends on shares held in Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan. </footnote> |
| | <footnote id="F2"> Acquisition of dividend equivalent rights on restricted stock units awarded May 9, 2019 and May 8, 2020. </footnote> |
| | </footnotes> |
| <ownerSignature> |
| | <signatureName> Debra A. Tate, by power of attorney </signatureName> |
| | <signatureDate> 2020-05-26 </signatureDate> |
| | </ownerSignature> |
| </ownershipDocument> |