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.
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