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November 20, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.21 per share of common stock, which will be distributed February 5, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 15, 2010. 
October 06, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2009 EPS Growth of 21%, Excluding Special Items; Led by Robust China Profit Growth of 32%; Raises Full-Year EPS Growth Forecast to 12%, Excluding Special Items
September 30, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. Announces 11% Increase in Quarterly Dividend and Authorization for $300 Million Share Repurchases
July 14, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2009 EPS of $0.63; $0.50 Per Share or 10% Growth Excluding Special Items; Maintains Guidance for Full Year 2009 EPS Growth of 10%, Excluding Special Items
June 25, 2009 Pizza Hut Named Most Trusted Food Service Brand in India by The Economic Times for Fifth Year
May 28, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) announced a dividend of $0.19 per
share of common stock, which will be distributed August 7, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of
business on July 17, 2009.
May 15, 2009 Institutional Investor Survey Names Yum! Brands’ Richard Carucci #1 Chief Financial Officer in the Restaurant Industry
April 22, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. Reports First Quarter 2009 EPS of $0.48, 14% Growth Excluding Special Items; Expects Full Year 2009 EPS Growth of 10%, Excluding Special Items
March 27, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) announced that its Board of Directors approved a dividend of $0.19 per share of common stock, which will be distributed May 1, 2009, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 10, 2009.
March 25, 2009 Yum! Brands Agrees to Purchase 20% Interest in Little Sheep Group Limited
February 03, 2009 Yum! Brands Inc. Reports Strong Full Year 2008 EPS Growth of 14% or $1.91 Per Share, Excluding Special Items and Fourth Quarter Operating Profit Growth of 17%, Excluding Special Items.
YUM! BRANDS INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $0.21 PER SHARE
LOUISVILLE, KY – November 20, 2009 – Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.21 per share of common stock, which will be distributed February 5, 2010, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 15, 2010.
Yum! continues to return significant cash to shareholders through its dividend program, first initiated in 2004. Since then, the dividend has increased each year with the most recent increase of 11% announced in September. The company expects to generate strong operating cash flow of over $1.5 billion this year from its diverse global portfolio and targets a payout ratio of 35–40% of annual net income each year.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world’s largest restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 36,000 restaurants in more than 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked #239 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues in excess of $11 billion in 2008. Four of the company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Long John Silver’s – are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza, Mexican–style food and quick–service seafood categories, respectively. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opened more than four new restaurants each day of the year, making it the largest retail developer in the world. The company has consistently been recognized for its reward and recognition culture, diversity leadership, community giving, and consistent shareholder returns. Yum! Brands has been named one of the “100 Best Corporate Citizens” by Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine for its ongoing commitment to corporate responsibility and ranked among the best investor relations web sites in North America in the 2009 IR Global Rankings. For the second year, the company launched the world’s largest private sector hunger relief effort in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme and other hunger relief agencies. To date, this effort is helping to save approximately 4 million people in remote corners of the world, where hunger is most prevalent.
Analysts are invited to contact:
Tim Jerzyk, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, at 888⁄298–6986
Bruce Bishop, Director Investor Relations, at 888⁄298–6986
Members of the media are invited to contact:
Amy Sherwood, Vice President Public Relations, at 502⁄874–8200
