LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Yum! Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) Board of Directors declared a dividend of
$0.25 per share of common stock, which will be distributed February 4,
2011, to shareholders of record at the close of business on January 14,
2011.
Yum! continues to return significant cash to shareholders through its
dividend program, first initiated in 2004. Since then, the dividend has
increased each year with the most recent increase of 19% announced in
September. Over time, Yum! targets a payout ratio of 35-40% of annual
net income.
Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, is the world’s largest
restaurant company in terms of system restaurants, with more than 37,000
restaurants in over 110 countries and territories. The company is ranked
#216 on the Fortune 500 List, with revenues of nearly $11 billion in
2009. Four of the company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco
Bell and Long John Silver’s – are the global leaders of the chicken,
pizza, Mexican–style food and quick–service seafood categories,
respectively. A&W Restaurants is the longest running quick-service
franchise chain in America. Outside the United States in 2009, the Yum!
Brands system opened more than four new restaurants each day of the
year, making it a leader in international retail development.
Source: Yum! Brands Inc.
Contact:
Yum! Brands Inc.
Analysts:
Tim Jerzyk, Senior Vice President
Investor Relations, 888-298-6986
Steve Schmitt, Director Investor
Relations, 888-298-6986
or
Media:
Amy Sherwood, Vice
President Public Relations, 502-874-8200
www.yum.com