Yum! Brands, Inc. filings document the public-company record for a franchised restaurant operator with KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit Burger brands. Form 8-K reports cover quarterly and annual results, earnings releases, board changes, bylaw amendments and material agreements tied to the company's restaurant-system financing structure.
Proxy materials describe director elections, executive compensation, shareholder-meeting procedures and governance practices. Other disclosures address Yum!'s NYSE-listed common stock, subsidiary financing arrangements, senior secured notes, restricted-group debt information and capital-structure matters associated with a large global quick-service restaurant franchisor.
YUM! Brands, Inc. is the issuer in JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s Amendment No. 4, which reports beneficial ownership of 16,891,995 common shares, or 6.1% of the class, as of September 30, 2026. The report lists sole voting power over 14,498,334 shares and shared voting power over 343,407 shares, plus sole dispositive power over 16,845,612 shares and shared dispositive power over 44,825 shares.
YUM Brands Inc. Chief Executive Officer Christopher Lee Turner sold 285 shares of common stock on October 7, 2026, at $140.11 per share pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan. The transaction was direct, and the reported post-sale direct holding was 63,225 shares.
YUM Brands’ KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky reported an exercise and disposition sequence on October 1, 2026, pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan. He exercised 482 stock appreciation rights with a $68.00 exercise price and acquired 482 common shares; 241 shares were returned to the issuer at $136.43 per share and 241 shares were sold at $136.89 per share. The reported position after the exercise was 1,446 stock appreciation rights.
Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) completed the divestiture of its global Pizza Hut business outside Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan to Toppings TopCo, LLC, an entity affiliated with LongRange Capital, for $1,488,000,000 in cash, subject to adjustments, under an Equity Purchase Agreement dated June 16, 2026. Yum! also previously closed the sale of Pizza Hut in Mainland China to Yum China Holdings, Inc. on August 7, 2026, bringing aggregate consideration for the two Pizza Hut transactions to $2.7 billion, subject to purchase price adjustments. The LongRange transaction includes a potential $75 million earn‑out payable to Yum! by 2030 based on future performance.
In connection with the closing, Aaron Powell, Chief Executive Officer of the Pizza Hut business, resigned from that role and all other positions with Yum! effective September 1, 2026. Management stated that, following the Pizza Hut divestitures, Yum! will operate as a more focused company centered on KFC, Taco Bell and Habit Burger & Grill and highlighted its global scale, digital capabilities and technology platform Byte by Yum! as key drivers of future growth.
YUM BRANDS INC (YUM) reported insider transactions by KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky. On 2026-09-01, he exercised 482 Stock Appreciation Rights at an exercise price of $68.00 per share, receiving 482 shares of common stock. That same day, he disposed of 214 shares to the issuer at $153.31 per share and sold 268 shares at $153.64 per share, all pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Following the derivative exercise, he directly held 1,928 shares, and separately held 1,487 shares indirectly in a 401(k) plan.
YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) is the issuer of common stock for which former officer Aaron Powell has filed a Rule 144 notice to sell shares held for his account. The notice lists multiple lots of common stock tied to restricted stock vesting events in 2025 and 2026, and references a prior sale of 6,001 shares in July 2026 for an aggregate amount of $962,680.42.
YUM! Brands, Inc. (YUM) received a notice that officer Christopher Turner intends to sell shares of its common stock under Rule 144. The planned sale covers 831 shares of common stock related to Restricted Stock Vesting expected on 02/06/2026, through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE.
The notice also reports that Turner sold 250 shares of YUM common stock for 40105 on 07/01/2026 and 261 shares for 39972.15 on 08/03/2026. These sales are reported for aggregation purposes under Rule 144.
YUM BRANDS INC (YUM) is the issuer for a planned Rule 144 sale by Scott Mevzinsky. The notice covers up to 1,232 shares of YUM common stock to be sold through Merrill Lynch on or after 09/01/2026, in connection with a prior SAR Exercise and Sale dated 02/10/2017. Over the previous three months, Mevzinsky reported sales of 277 shares on 07/01/2026 for $44,436.34 and 268 shares on 08/03/2026 for $41,044.20, also under Rule 144.
YUM BRANDS INC (YUM) reported that Chief Executive Officer and director Christopher Lee Turner sold 261 shares of common stock on 2026-09-01 in an open-market or private transaction at a price of $153.64 per share. The transaction was executed pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and following this sale he directly holds 63,509.66 shares of YUM common stock.
YUM BRANDS INC (YUM) filed an amendment to its current report to update governance information related to a recent board appointment. The company previously disclosed the appointment of Steve Bratspies to its Board of Directors on August 20, 2026. At that time, he had not been assigned to any standing committees.
Effective August 27, 2026, the Board appointed Mr. Bratspies to the Board’s Management Planning and Development Committee. No other changes to board composition, committee structure, or company operations are described in this amendment.