EX-23.1 4 ex23-1.htm CONSENT OF KPMG LLP ex23-1.htm
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm



The Board of Directors
YUM! Brands, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of YUM! Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries (YUM) of our reports dated February 23, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of YUM as of December 27, 2008 and December 29, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity (deficit) and comprehensive income (loss) for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 27, 2008, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 27, 2008, which reports appear in the December 27, 2008 annual report on Form 10-K of YUM. Our report on the consolidated financial statements refers to changes in accounting for uncertainty in income taxes in 2007 and the method of quantifying errors and accounting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans in 2006.

Description
Registration Statement Number
   
Form S-3 and S-3/A
 
   
Debt Securities
333-133097
YUM! Direct Stock Purchase Program
333-46242
$2,000,000,000 Debt Securities
333-42969
   
Form S-8s
 
   
YUM! Restaurants Puerto Rico, Inc. Save-Up Plan
333-85069
Restaurant Deferred Compensation Plan
333-36877, 333-32050
Executive Income Deferral Program
333-36955
YUM! Long-Term Incentive Plan
333-36895, 333-85073, 333-32046
SharePower Stock Option Plan
333-36961
YUM! Brands 401(k) Plan
333-36893, 333-32048, 333-109300
YUM! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager
 
     Stock Option Plan
333-64547
YUM! Brands, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan
333-32052, 333-109299




/s/ KPMG LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
February 23, 2009