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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 (YUM) – Form 4 insider activity for 08/06/2025. KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky exercised 409 Stock-Appreciation Rights (SARs) at $49.66, converting them to common shares. To cover taxes and take cash, he disposed of 146 shares at $139.50 (code D) and sold 263 shares on the open market at $139.92 (code S). Post-transactions he now owns 1,755 shares directly and 1,487 shares through the 401(k) plan, plus 1,636 unexercised SARs. The filing was executed under a pre-established Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, limiting any valuation inference. Overall share reduction is modest relative to his remaining equity and does not signal material corporate development.
Yum! Brands, Inc. – Form 144 notice of proposed insider sale
The filer intends to sell up to 2,080 shares of YUM common stock through Merrill Lynch on the NYSE on or about 6 Aug 2025. The filing lists an aggregate market value of $291,034, implying a price near $140 per share. The shares were originally obtained via Stock Appreciation Right (SAR) exercises dated 5 Feb 2016 and 18 Sep 2015. No other sales have been reported in the last three months, and the filer certifies no possession of undisclosed material information.
With 277.96 million shares outstanding, the proposed sale represents approximately 0.0007 % of the float—far too small to influence control or liquidity. Form 144 is a disclosure requirement; it does not guarantee that the trade will occur.
- Shares to be sold: 2,080
- Estimated value: $291,034
- Approximate sale date: 06 Aug 2025
- Acquired via: SAR exercises
Yum! Brands, Inc. (YUM) – Form 144 filing records a planned insider transaction. Shareholder Scott Mezvinsky intends to sell 263 common shares through Merrill Lynch on or about 6 Aug 2025. At the filing’s reference price, the sale is valued at $36,799, equal to an immaterial 0.0001 % of the company’s 277.96 million shares outstanding.
The shares were originally acquired on 5 May 2016 via a stock-appreciation-right (SAR) exercise. The filer also disclosed two prior sales during the last three months—268 shares on 4 Jun 2025 for $39,120 and 272 shares on 1 Jul 2025 for $40,332—bringing total recent dispositions to 803 shares worth roughly $116,000.
No operational data, earnings guidance, or financing changes accompany the notice, and the seller certifies no undisclosed adverse information under Rule 10b5-1. Given the small size relative to YUM’s float and the absence of corporate developments, the filing is viewed as routine personal portfolio management with negligible impact on the company’s fundamentals or valuation.
On 07/15/2025 Yum! Brands (YUM) filed a Form 4 detailing insider transactions by Chief Executive Officer David W. Gibbs. The filing shows two stock-appreciation-right (SAR) exercises—7,788 shares at an exercise price of $49.66 and 3,184 shares at $56.67—for a total acquisition of 10,972 shares. During the same trading session, Gibbs disposed of and sold an equal 10,972 shares at market prices ranging from $146.60 to $147.17 under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, leaving his direct holdings unchanged at 102,893 common shares. He also reports 120,893 shares held indirectly through family trusts. Remaining unexercised SARs total 61,224 units with expirations in 2026. No company-level financial metrics were provided; the disclosure strictly concerns the CEO’s personal equity activity.
Form 144 filing: The notice details a proposed insider sale of Yum! Brands (YUM) common stock under SEC Rule 144.
- Securities to be sold: 7,117 common shares.
- Broker: Merrill Lynch, 8890 Lyra Dr., Columbus, OH 43240.
- Estimated market value: US$1,043,352 based on the price reflected in the filing.
- Planned execution date: 15 July 2025 on the NYSE.
- Total shares outstanding: 279,101,936; the proposed sale equals roughly 0.0026 % of shares outstanding.
- Past 3-month sales by the same seller:
- 15 May 2025 – 7,063 shares for US$1,028,161
- 16 Jun 2025 – 7,032 shares for US$1,012,608
- Acquisition background: The shares derive from stock appreciation right (SAR) exercises dated 5 Feb 2016 and 20 May 2016.
The filer attests that no undisclosed material adverse information is known. No additional financial metrics or corporate developments are provided in the filing.