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MICROS Delivers End-to-End Solution to Pizza Hut UK Home Service Delivery Stores to Install First, Followed By Dine-in Restaurants COLUMBIA, Md., Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MICROS Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRS), a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, and Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd., have signed a major account agreement under which Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd. purchases and installs MICROS RES 3000 and mymicros.net at all of its equity locations in the United Kingdom. Following successful operational trials earlier this year, the initial phase of installations, to over 100 Home Delivery Stores, commenced in August. To service the sophisticated requirements of the pizza delivery segment, the MICROS offering constitutes a complete end-to-end solution that includes point-of-sale, delivery, guest services, labor management, secure desktop, enterprise management, web-based reporting and analysis, inventory control, and MICROS Workstation 4 (WS4) POS terminals. "Given our scale and growth plans, we were looking for a fully integrated, scaleable solution that would meet the demands of both our Home Delivery and Dine-in restaurant businesses," stated Keith Adams, Director of IT for Pizza Hut (UK) Ltd. "We have been impressed with the total MICROS product offering. The flexibility of the enterprise mymicros.net technology has enabled us to deliver an enhanced Above Store reporting capability that will play a major role in our overall IT infrastructure." Kaweh Niroomand, Executive Vice President, EAME Region for MICROS stated, "According to industry analysts, delivery/takeaway will become one of the fastest growing foodservice sectors in Europe by 2008, and Pizza Hut UK as a leader in that market, is a perfect partner for MICROS. MICROS looks forward to expanding this technology partnership with Pizza Hut UK in the years to come." About Pizza Hut Pizza Hut (UK) currently has almost 600 outlets, including 380 company- owned dine-in restaurants, 120 company-owned home delivery outlets and almost 100 franchise-owned stores. Pizza Hut is a division of Yum! Brands Inc. -- the world's largest restaurant group -- with over 30,000 outlets in 90 countries. Pizza Hut (UK) is a 50/50 joint venture between Yum! Brands Inc. and Whitbread Group PLC. The company currently employs almost 20,000 people in the UK. Whitbread Group PLC is the UK's leading leisure business, employing 65,000 people and managing some of the UK's strongest brands in hotels, restaurants and racquets, health and fitness clubs, at around 1,900 locations across the UK. Pizza Hut (UK) is famous for its unrivalled record of product development. It has consistently introduced unique new pizza concepts to the UK, such as The Edge, Stuffed Crust, Twisted Crust and The Quad. It also has an extensive and innovative delivery operation, which has pioneered service innovations such as the Oven Fresh Delivery System and the Delivery Service Guarantee, launched in 2003. In the 2003 National Business Awards, Pizza Hut was one of only five finalists in the Employer of the Year category and was the only casual dining restaurant brand to be nominated for any of the 24 awards. Find out more at http://www.pizzahut.co.uk/. About MICROS Systems, Inc. MICROS Systems, Inc. provides enterprise applications for the hospitality and retail industries worldwide. Over 150,000 MICROS systems are currently installed in table and quick service restaurants, hotels, motels, casinos, leisure and entertainment, and retail operations in more than 130 countries, and on all seven continents. In addition, MICROS provides property management systems, central reservation and customer information solutions under the brand MICROS-Fidelio for more than 15,000 hotels worldwide, as well as point- of-sale and loss prevention products through its subsidiary Datavantage for more than 50,000 specialty retail stores worldwide. MICROS stock is traded through NASDAQ under the symbol MCRS. For more information on MICROS and its advanced information technology solutions for the hospitality industry, please contact Louise Casamento, Director of Marketing at (443) 285-8144 or (800) 638-0985. You can also visit the MICROS website at http://www.micros.com/ or send an email to . The MICROS logo is a registered trademark of MICROS Systems, Inc. All other product and brand names are the property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: MICROS Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Louise Casamento, Director of Marketing of MICROS Systems, Inc., +1-443-285-8144 Web site: http://www.micros.com/ http://www.pizzahut.co.uk/

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