Yum! Brands Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.41 Per Share
March 25 2015 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a
dividend of $0.41 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend
will be distributed May 1, 2015 to shareholders of record at the
close of business on April 10, 2015. Since initiating a dividend in
2004, Yum! has increased its dividend at a double-digit percentage
rate each of the past ten years, placing Yum! in a select group of
companies from the S&P 500 to do so.
Yum!’s first priority with the operating cash it generates is to
invest in high-return global growth opportunities. In addition,
Yum! is committed to returning significant cash to shareholders.
The Company has returned over $6 billion of cash through the
combination of share repurchases and dividends over the past five
years.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over
41,000 restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum!
is ranked #216 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13
billion. In 2014 Yum! was named among the top 100 Corporate
Citizens by Corporate Responsibility Magazine and one of the Aon
Hewitt Top Companies for Leaders in North America. The Company's
restaurant brands - KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell - are the global
leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories.
Outside the United States, the Yum! Brands system opens over five
new restaurants per day on average, making it a leader in
international retail development.
Analysts:Steve Schmitt, 888-298-6986Vice President Investor
Relations & Corporate StrategyorElizabeth Grenfell,
888-298-6986Director Investor RelationsorMedia:Virginia Ferguson,
502-874-8200Director Public Relations
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