Pizza Hut^® Honors Honest Abe's 200th Birthday with Pizza for a Penny
America's Favorite Pizza Offers Great Deal When You Buy Any Large at Menu Price

Dallas, TX (February 11, 2009) — His copper profile rests in the pockets and purses of millions of Americans and starting Thursday, February 12, as Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday is celebrated, those one cent coins will be good for an unbelievable deal on America's Favorite Pizza. With the new Penny Pizza Deal, Pizza Hut is giving customers a one-topping medium pizza for just one penny with purchase of a large pizza at menu price— real, honest savings to celebrate 200 years for Honest Abe.

"A birthday celebration 200 years in the making deserves a momentous deal," said Scott Bergren, Pizza Hut president. "Abe Lincoln is synonymous with the penny, so we thought offering a medium-one topping pizza for one cent was the perfect way to celebrate a great American."

Honest Abe would appreciate the honest, real ingredients that go into every Pizza Hut pizza. Pizza Hut's new all-natural ingredients include all-natural sauce from vine-ripened tomatoes and no high-fructose corn syrup; pepperoni with no artificial preservatives and no added nitrites; all-natural Italian sausage with no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives; and 100% real beef with no fillers. For lovers of whole grains and all-natural ingredients, The Natural™ pizza from Pizza Hut includes a crust with eight grams of whole grains per slice and all-natural mozzarella cheese. Medium sizes of The Natural, Hand-Tossed Style, Pan Pizza and Pizza Hut's everyday value pizza, Pizza Mia^™, are all included in the Penny Pizza Deal.

We cannot tell a lie -- there's more to Pizza Hut these days than just great pizza. The delicious taste and convenience of delivery pasta is now available in four different varieties of Tuscani Pastas. The newest introduction is Tuscani Lasagna, the authentic Italian taste of America's favorite pasta dish. You can also try Meaty Marinara, Creamy Chicken Alfredo and Premium Bacon Mac ‘N Cheese. Each order includes more than three pounds of pasts and five oven-baked breadsticks.

You can order pizza or any other Pizza Hut product at pizzahut.com, via text message or mobile web, even through the popular Facebook platform. No national chain gives you more convenient ways to order than Pizza Hut. For more information or to take advantage of the Penny Pizza Deal, visit www.pizzahut.com.

About Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut, an American icon, delivers more pizza, pasta and wings than any other restaurant. A shining example of success in American entrepreneurism, the company began 50 years ago in Wichita, Kansas, and today operates more than 10,000 restaurants in hundreds of countries. In 2008 Pizza Hut was ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among national pizza chains by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. Pizza Hut, Inc. is a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM). To check out what's new at "The Hut" visit www.pizzahut.com.