YUM! BRANDS NEWS
Steve Schmitt
Vice President Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy
YUM! BRANDS INC. DECLARES QUARTERLY DIVIDEND OF $0.41 PER SHARE
LOUISVILLE, KY - May 1, 2015 - Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a
dividend of $0.41 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend will be distributed August 7, 2015 to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 17, 2015. Since initiating a dividend in 2004,
Yum! has increased its dividend at a double-digit percentage rate each of the past ten years, placing
Yum! in a select group of companies from the S&P 500 to do so.
Yum!'s first priority with the operating cash it generates is to invest in high-return global growth opportunities. In addition, Yum! is committed to returning significant cash to shareholders. The Company has returned over $6 billion of cash through the combination of share repurchases and dividends over the past five fiscal years.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over 41,000 restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum! is ranked #216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13 billion and in 2014 was named among the top 100 Corporate Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine. The
Company's restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opened over five new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in international retail development.
Analysts are invited to contact:
Steve Schmitt, Vice President Investor Relations & Corporate Strategy, at 888/298-6986
Elizabeth Grenfell, Director Investor Relations, at 888/298-6986
Members of the media are invited to contact:
Virginia Ferguson, Director Public Relations, at 502/874-8200
Yum! Brands, Inc. • 1900 Colonel Sanders Lane • Louisville, KY 40213
Tel 888 298-6986 • Fax 502 874-2410 • Web Site www.yum.com
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