---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001041061-21-000048"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T01:57:00.514097+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KFC CEO Tony Lowings to resign Dec 31; Sabir Sami named successor effective Jan 1, 2022

## Summary
- Tony Lowings, CEO of KFC Division, to resign effective Dec 31, 2021.
- Lowings will assist transition in another capacity until his retirement in March 2022.
- Sabir Sami, currently KFC COO and Managing Director of KFC Asia, becomes KFC CEO on Jan 1, 2022.
- Leadership transition is planned; successor is internal from KFC Asia operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001041061-21-000048
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2021-09-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106121000048/0001041061-21-000048-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106121000048/yum-20210917.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-21-000048
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-21-000048.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-21-000048.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sabir Sami was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division at YUM BRANDS INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division
  source text: Sabir Sami, currently KFC Division Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director of KFC Asia, will become Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division on January 1, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106121000048/0001041061-21-000048-index.htm
- Executive change
  Tony Lowings resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division at YUM BRANDS INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division
  source text: Mr. Tony Lowings, Chief Executive Officer of the KFC Division (“KFC”) of Yum! Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Company that he plans to resign as Chief Executive Officer of KFC on December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106121000048/0001041061-21-000048-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.