Yum! Brands, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.46 Per Share
November 19 2015 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a
dividend of $0.46 per share of common stock. The quarterly dividend
will be distributed February 5, 2016 to shareholders of record at
the close of business on January 15, 2016. Since initiating a
dividend in 2004, Yum! has increased its dividend at a double-digit
percentage rate each of the past eleven 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
fiscal years.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has over
41,000 restaurants in more than 125 countries and territories. Yum!
is ranked #228 on the Fortune 500 List with revenues of over $13
billion in 2014 and is 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.
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Yum! Brands, Inc.Analysts are invited to contact:Steve Schmitt,
888-298-6986Vice President Investor Relations & Corporate
StrategyorElizabeth Grenfell, 888-298-6986Director Investor
RelationsorMembers of the media are invited to contact:Virginia
Ferguson, 502-874-8200Director Public Relations
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