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Issuer:     YUM BRANDS INC (YUM)
CIK:        0001041061
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-01-08T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001041061-25-000002
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Yum! terminates Turkey franchise agreements; 537 restaurants closing; expects ~$60M charge
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- Terminated franchise agreements with IS Gida A.S. in Turkey; 283 KFC and 254 Pizza Hut restaurants expected to close.
- Re-acquired master franchise rights in Germany for KFC and Pizza Hut in December 2024.
- Anticipates pre-tax special charge of ~$60M in Q4 2024 (Germany acquisition + Turkey termination costs).
- Loss of royalties from Turkey closures will have no material impact on core operating profit in 2025+.
- Unit count reduction reflected at end of Q1 2025; company reaffirms global unit growth trajectory.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000002/0001041061-25-000002-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000104106125000002/yum-20250108.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001041061-25-000002

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