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Domino's Pizza UK & IRL PLC 12 April 2000 DOMINO'S PIZZA UK & IRL PLC ANNOUNCES E-FULFILMENT DEAL WITH GAMEPLAY Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc ('Domino's Pizza') announces a marketing agreement with gameplay, a leading games retailer, which marks a move into e-fulfilment. In association with gameplay, Domino's Pizza, the first pizza delivery brand in the world to offer both online and interactive TV pizza ordering, will maximise its existing delivery infrastructure and exclusively deliver advance copies of the Electronic Arts Euro 2000 game for Playstation one night before its consumer launch (Friday 5 May 2000). Stephen Hemsley, Finance Director of Domino's explained: 'Domino's has long believed that e-commerce represents enormous potential for our business, and we have the scale, geographic spread and infrastructure to capitalise on these opportunities and provide fulfilment. The agreement with gameplay allows us to capitalise on this infrastructure and underlines our dominance in this area by forging yet another strategic alliance with a leading company.' Consumers will be able to log onto gameplay's website (www.gameplay.com), use a link to gameplay on the Domino's website (www.dominos.co.uk) or use their Open interactive TV from Thursday 13 April 2000 until Monday 1 May 2000 and order the game in advance. On Thursday 4 May 2000 the Euro 2000 game will be delivered along with a large Pepperoni Passion pizza and a bottle of coke for £29.99, the RRP of the game when it is officially launched. Since the launch of its online and interactive TV ordering facilities at the end of 1999, the new sales channels have accounted for over 2.5% of Domino's overall sales. Domino's Pizza UK & IRL plc is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market ('AIM') of the London Stock Exchange. Domino's Pizza is the UK's leading pizza delivery brand by sales and units, and holds the master franchise to own, operate and franchise Domino's Pizza stores in the UK and Ireland. The first UK store opened in 1985 and there are currently 205 stores in the UK and Ireland. Domino's Pizza is the world's leading pizza delivery company and was founded in the United States in 1960. There are currently more than 6100 stores open in 61 nations around the world. For further information please contact: Domino's Pizza Stephen Hemsley 01908 580000 Bernadette Eddisford 01908 580672 Seymour Pierce Jonathan Wright 0207 648 8700 Buchanan Communications Tom Gadsby/Catherine Miles 0207 466 5000
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