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This page provides access to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings for Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM), a North Carolina corporation based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company’s common stock, no par value, is registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol YUM. Through its filings, Yum! Brands discloses financial results, governance changes, financing transactions and other material events affecting its system of KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Habit Burger & Grill restaurants.
Yum! Brands files current reports on Form 8-K to announce items such as quarterly results, amendments to its bylaws, leadership changes and securitization financing activity. For example, recent 8-K filings describe financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, the initiation of a formal review of strategic options for the Pizza Hut brand, amendments to the company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws, and refinancing of notes issued through a Taco Bell securitization facility. Other 8-K filings outline board and executive appointments and changes in corporate governance procedures.
In addition to 8-Ks, investors typically review annual reports on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for comprehensive financial statements, segment data and risk factor discussions, as well as proxy materials that address director elections and executive compensation. While those specific documents are not reproduced here, this filings page is designed to surface Yum! Brands’ regulatory disclosures as they are made available through EDGAR.
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YUM! Brands is asking shareholders to vote at its virtual 2026 Annual Meeting on May 14, 2026. Investors will elect eleven directors to serve until the 2027 meeting, ratify KPMG LLP as independent auditors for 2026, and cast an advisory “say‑on‑pay” vote on executive compensation.
Shareholders will also consider a shareholder proposal to lower the ownership threshold required to call a special meeting from 25% of outstanding shares to 10%. The Board cites existing shareholder rights and alignment with common market practice and unanimously recommends voting against this proposal while supporting all three management proposals.
Yum Brands director Tanya Domier exercised derivative awards to acquire common stock. On this date, she converted 2,787 Phantom Stock units into 2,787 shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Following the transactions, she holds 7,744 common shares indirectly through a trust and 0.9048 Phantom Stock units directly.
Oberg Kathleen K. reported acquisition or exercise transactions in this Form 4 filing.
YUM Brands director Kathleen K. Oberg reported compensation-related equity grants. She was awarded 162.6545 units of Phantom Stock, each convertible into one share of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. She also received 910 shares of Common Stock, both held as direct ownership.
Phantom units are accrued under the YUM! Brands, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Plan, which has no expiration dates for these phantom units, and payments are made in accordance with elections on file.
YUM Brands Inc. filed an initial insider ownership report (Form 3) for Kathleen K. Oberg, identifying her as a director of the company. The filing data shows no reported transactions, share holdings, or derivative positions for her in this submission.
Yum Brands KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky exercised stock appreciation rights covering 483 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $68.00 per share. He then returned 212 shares to the issuer at $155.48 and sold 271 shares in open-market transactions at $154.18 per share.
These transactions were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following the reported sale, his direct common stock holdings shown in this filing were 0 shares, while 4,342 stock appreciation rights were reported as outstanding after the derivative exercise.
Yum Brands CEO Christopher Lee Turner reported a small open-market sale of company stock. He sold 257 shares of Yum Brands common stock at a price of $154.18 per share in a transaction dated April 1, 2026. The sale was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, indicating it was pre-arranged rather than a discretionary trade. After this transaction, Turner directly holds 64,801.66 shares of Yum Brands common stock, so the sale represents a minor portion of his overall stake.
Yum! Brands, Inc. appointed Kathleen K. Oberg to its Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2026. She will stand for election by shareholders at the next Annual Meeting, meaning investors will have the opportunity to formally confirm her board role.
As a non-employee director, Ms. Oberg will receive a one-time stock grant with a fair market value of $25,000 on April 1, 2026 and a prorated portion of her annual stock retainer under the company’s standard director compensation program. The company states there is no arrangement or understanding with any other person under which she was selected.
Yum! Brands Inc — The Vanguard Group filed Amendment No. 13 to a Schedule 13G/A reporting 0 shares beneficially owned and 0% of the class as disclosed in Item 4. The filing explains an internal realignment effective January 12, 2026 under SEC Release No. 34-39538 that led certain Vanguard subsidiaries and business divisions to report holdings separately.
The document lists Vanguard's address and states that no other person known to Vanguard has a >5% interest in the reported securities. The filing is signed by Ashley Grim, Head of Global Fund Administration, dated 03/27/2026.
Yum Brands KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky reported several equity transactions. He exercised 483 stock appreciation rights into 483 shares of common stock at $68 per share. On the same date, he disposed of 196 shares to the issuer at $168.16 and sold 287 shares in the open market at $166.29, reducing his directly held common stock to zero while holding 4,825 stock appreciation rights. At least one of these trades was conducted pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.