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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-272881"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUM"
cik: "0001041061"
company_name: "YUM BRANDS INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-16T21:16:02+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:18:33.508383+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum! Brands sells global Pizza Hut business for $2.688B in cash; adds $4B buyback

## Summary
- Sale of global Pizza Hut (ex-China) to Toppings TopCo for $1.488B cash + up to $75M earn-out.
- PRC Pizza Hut business sold to Yum China for $1.2B cash; amended KFC/Taco Bell license with Yum China.
- Board approves new $4.0B share repurchase authorization through June 2028, supplementing $400M remaining.
- Transactions expected to close by Sept 2026 (global) and Nov 2026 (China), subject to customary conditions.
- Net after-tax proceeds to be used for investing in business and returning excess capital to shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-272881
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUM
- cik: 0001041061
- company_name: YUM BRANDS INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T21:16:02+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000119312526272881/0001193125-26-272881-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041061/000119312526272881/d47355d8k.htm

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