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| | | | | | Exhibit No. | | | | | | Exhibit Description | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 15 | | | | | | Letter from KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information (Acknowledgement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm). | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.1† | | | | | | YUM! Brands Executive Income Deferral Program, Plan Document for the 409A Program, as effective January 1, 2005, and as Amended and Restated as of January 1, 2026, as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.2† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global YUM! Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.3† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global YUM! Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.4† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.5† | | | | | | YUM! Brands Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global Performance Share Unit Agreement (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.6† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Three Year Cliff Vesting (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.7† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – Sign on (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.8† | | | | | | YUM! Brands, Inc. 2025 Long Term Incentive Plan Form of Global Restricted Stock Unit Agreement – CEO Award (2026), as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.9† | | | | | | YUM! Brands Leadership Retirement Plan, Plan Document for the 409A Program, as effective January 1, 2005, and as amended and restated as of January 1, 2026, as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 10.10† | | | | | | Retention Bonus Agreement dated October 26, 2025, between the Company and Aaron Powell, as attached herein. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 31.1 | | | | | | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 31.2 | | | | | | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 32.1 | | | | | | Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 32.2 | | | | | | Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.INS | | | | | | XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.SCH | | | | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.CAL | | | | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.LAB | | | | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.PRE | | | | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document | | | | | |
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| | | | | | 101.DEF | | | | | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document | | | | | |
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| | | | | | † | | | | | | Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan. | | | | | |
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