---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-272893"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "YUMC"
cik: "0001673358"
company_name: "Yum China Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-16T21:18:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T21:20:19.439273+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Yum China to acquire Pizza Hut IP rights in China from Yum! Brands for $1.2B cash

## Summary
- Purchase price $1.2B cash; expected closing Q3 2026; not subject to financing condition.
- Acquired entities hold Pizza Hut brand IP and related rights for the PRC.
- Existing KFC/Taco Bell master license amended; Yum China may earn incentives based on KFC system sales growth targets over 12 years.
- Yum China to fund via cash and debt; no termination fees; specific performance rights included.
- Closing not before August 17, 2026; subject to customary conditions including no prohibitive law.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-272893
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: YUMC
- cik: 0001673358
- company_name: Yum China Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-16T21:18:32+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000119312526272893/0001193125-26-272893-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000119312526272893/yumc-20260616.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Yum China Holdings, Inc. entered into Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Yum! Brands, Inc. valued at US$1.2 billion (effective 2026-06-16).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Yum! Brands, Inc.
  - Value: US$1.2 billion
  - Effective: 2026-06-16
  source text: On June 16, 2026, Yum China Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” or “Yum China”), entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Yum! Brands, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (“Yum! Brands”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1673358/000119312526272893/0001193125-26-272893-index.htm

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