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 KFC Division CEO Scott Mezvinsky reported two transactions in phantom stock units on February 9, 2026 under the company’s Executive Income Deferral Program. Each phantom stock unit converts into one share of common stock on a one-for-one basis.
The first transaction involved 38.3511 phantom stock units at $162.93 per underlying share, leaving 1,035.2908 derivative securities beneficially owned directly. The second covered 115.0534 phantom stock units at $162.93, with 3,105.8724 derivative securities then beneficially owned directly. The program does not have specified expiration dates.
Yum! Brands executive Russell David Eric, Sr. Vice President and Controller, reported an update to his deferred compensation holdings. On February 9, 2026, he had a Form 4 transaction involving 78.7338 units of Phantom Stock at $162.93 per unit.
Following this transaction, he beneficially owns 1,010.9933 Phantom Stock units, held directly. These phantom units convert into Yum! Brands common stock on a one-for-one basis and are part of the Yum! Brands, Inc. Executive Income Deferral Program, under which units have no expiration date and payments follow elections on file.
Yum Brands CEO and Chairman Christopher Lee Turner reported equity transactions dated February 9, 2026. He converted 1,495 restricted stock units into the same number of common shares on a one-for-one basis at an exercise price of $0. On the same date, he acquired 1,495 common shares coded as an M transaction at $158.90 per share, and disposed of 590 common shares coded as an F transaction at $158.90 per share. Following these transactions, he directly owned 62,799.66 common shares and 2,991.01 restricted stock units that continue to vest 25% per year from the grant date, with the final distribution four years from grant.
Yum Brands executive Sean Tresvant, Taco Bell CEO and YUM Chief Commercial Officer, reported routine equity activity. On February 9, 2026, 997 restricted stock units converted on a one-for-one basis into 997 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $158.90 per share. In a related tax transaction, 370 common shares were disposed of at $158.90 per share. After these transactions, Tresvant directly held 4,620 shares of common stock and 1,995.37 restricted stock units. The RSU award vests 25% per year beginning one year from the grant date, with the final distribution occurring four years from grant.
YUM Brands executive Tracy L. Skeans, the company’s COO and CPO, reported equity compensation activity on February 9, 2026. She acquired 1,421 shares of common stock through the conversion of restricted stock units at a reference price of $158.90 per share.
To cover associated tax obligations, 561 common shares were withheld, also at $158.90 per share, leaving her with 7,849 directly held common shares. In addition, she reports indirect holdings of 2,103 common shares through a 401(k) plan and 2,970 common shares held via the Skeans Trust.
YUM’s Pizza Hut CEO Aaron Powell reported routine equity transactions. On February 9, 2026, he converted 1,246 restricted stock units into common stock at an exercise price of $0 and a related acquisition of 1,246 common shares at $158.90 per share.
On the same date, a separate disposition coded F covered 492 common shares at $158.90 per share. After these transactions, Powell directly held 21,583.48 common shares and 2,493.18 restricted stock units, with the RSUs converting to common stock on a one-for-one basis and vesting over four years.
Yum Brands Inc.'s Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Erika Burkhardt reported equity transactions dated February 9, 2026. She converted 199 restricted stock units into the same number of common shares at a reported price of $158.90 per share.
On the same date, a separate transaction coded F shows the disposition of 61 common shares at $158.90 per share. After these transactions, she directly beneficially owned 202 common shares and 400.09 restricted stock units, with the RSUs converting to common stock on a one-for-one basis.
YUM! Brands director Keith Barr received 1,718.5294 phantom stock units on February 6, 2026. The units were acquired at a price of $0 under the YUM! Brands, Inc. Director Deferred Compensation Plan and are held directly.
Each phantom unit converts into one share of YUM! Brands common stock on a one-for-one basis, and the plan footnotes state that these phantom units do not have expiration dates. Payments are made in accordance with elections that are already on file for the director.
YUM! Brands director Nelson Thomas acquired 1,718.5294 phantom stock units as compensation. The award was granted on February 6, 2026 under the company’s Director Deferred Compensation Plan at a price of $0 per unit. Each phantom unit is convertible into one share of common stock and does not have an expiration date.
YUM! Brands director Tanya Domier received an award of phantom stock under the company’s Director Deferred Compensation Plan. On 02/06/2026, she acquired 1,718.5294 phantom stock units at a price of $0 per unit, all held as direct beneficial ownership.
The phantom stock is convertible into common stock on a one-for-one basis, meaning each unit represents one share of YUM! Brands common stock. According to the plan terms, payments follow elections previously filed by the director, and the phantom units do not have expiration dates, making this a long-term, cash-settled or share-settled compensation-linked position rather than an open-market purchase or sale.