YUM BRANDS INC 10-Q

Item 5. Other Information Securities Trading Plans During the three months ended March 31, 2025, none of the Company’s directors or executive officers adopted or terminated any contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of Company securities that was intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or any “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” as defined in Item 408 (c) of Regulation S-K except as follows: Name/Title Type of Plan Adoption Date End Date Aggregate Number of Securities to be Sold Plan Description Scott Mezvinsky / Chief Executive Officer, KFC Global Rule 10b5-1 trading plan March 5, 2025 December 31, 2025 2,865 (1) Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights and Sale of Resulting Shares (1) Represents the number of shares of common stock underlying the stock appreciation rights awards specified in the plan. The actual number of shares of common stock to be received and sold following the exercise of the awards will depend upon the appreciation in the value of the awards and the number of shares withheld for any taxes. 38 Item 6. Exhibits (a) Exhibit Index Exhibit No. Exhibit Description 10.1† Separation Agreement, General Release and Covenant Not to Sue, dated as of August 13, 2024, and revised as of August 16, 2024, by and between Yum Restaurant Services Group, LLC and Scott Catlett, as attached herein. 10.2† Resignation and Transition Services Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2025, by and between Kentucky Fried Chicken Canada Company, YUM! Brands, Inc. and Sabir Sami, which is incorporated herein by reference from Exhibit 10.24† to YUM’s Report on Form 10-K filed on February 19, 2025 . 15 Letter from KPMG LLP regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information (Acknowledgement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm). 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document † Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan. 39 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized officer of the registrant. YUM! BRANDS, INC. (Registrant) Date: May 6, 2025 /s/ David Russell Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) 40