Items Affecting Comparability of Net Income and Cash Flows

U.S. Business Transformation

As part of our plan to transform our U.S. business we took several measures in 2011, 2010 and 2009 ("the U.S. business transformation measures"). These measures include: continuation of our U.S. refranchising; General and Administrative ("G&A") productivity initiatives and realignment of resources (primarily severance and early retirement costs); and investments in our U.S. Brands made on behalf of our franchisees such as equipment purchases.

For information on our U.S. refranchising, see the Refranchising (Gain) Loss section on pages 63 and 64.

In connection with our G&A productivity initiatives and realignment of resources (primarily severance and early retirement costs), we recorded pre-tax charges of $21 million, $9 million and $16 million in the years ended December 31, 2011, December 25, 2010 and December 26, 2009, respectively. The unpaid current liability for the severance portion of these charges was $18 million and $1 million as of December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively. Severance payments in the years ended December 31, 2011, December 25, 2010 and December 26, 2009 totaled approximately $4 million, $7 million and $26 million, respectively.

Additionally, the Company recognized a reduction to Franchise and license fees and income of $32 million in the year ended December 26, 2009 related to investments in our U.S. Brands. These investments reflected our reimbursements to KFC franchisees for installation costs of ovens for the national launch of Kentucky Grilled Chicken. The reimbursements were recorded as a reduction to Franchise and license fees and income as we would not have provided the reimbursements absent the ongoing franchise relationship.

As a result of a decline in future profit expectations for our LJS and A&W U.S. businesses due in part to the impact of a reduced emphasis on multi-branding, we recorded a non-cash charge of $26 million, which resulted in no related income tax benefit, in the fourth quarter of 2009 to write-off goodwill associated with our LJS and A&W U.S. businesses we owned at the time.

We are not including the impacts of these U.S. business transformation measures in our U.S. segment for performance reporting purposes as we do not believe they are indicative of our ongoing operations. Additionally, we are not including the depreciation reduction of $10 million and $9 million for the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively, arising from the impairment of the KFCs offered for sale in the year ended December 25, 2010 within our U.S. segment for performance reporting purposes. Rather, we are recording such reduction as a credit within unallocated Occupancy and other operating expenses resulting in depreciation expense for the impaired restaurants we continue to own being recorded in the U.S. segment at the rate at which it was prior to the impairment charge being recorded.

LJS and A&W Divestitures

During the fourth quarter of 2011 we sold the Long John Silver's and A&W All American Food Restaurants brands to key franchise leaders and strategic investors in separate transactions.

We recognized $86 million of pre-tax losses and other costs primarily in Closures and impairment (income) expenses during 2011 as a result of these transactions. Additionally, we recognized $104 million of tax benefits related to tax losses associated with the transactions.

We are not including the pre-tax losses and other costs in our U.S. and YRI segments for performance reporting purposes as we do not believe they are indicative of our ongoing operations. In 2011, these businesses contributed 5% and 1% to Franchise and license fees and income for the U.S. and YRI segments, respectively. While these businesses contributed 1% to both the U.S. and YRI segments' Operating Profit in 2011, the impact on our consolidated Operating Profit was not significant.

Consolidation of a Former Unconsolidated Affiliate in Shanghai, China

On May 4, 2009 we acquired an additional 7% ownership in the entity that operates more than 200 KFCs in Shanghai, China for $12 million, increasing our ownership to 58%. The acquisition was driven by our desire to increase our management control over the entity and further integrate the business with the remainder of our KFC operations in China. Prior to our acquisition of this additional interest, this entity was accounted for as an unconsolidated affiliate under the equity method of accounting due to the effective participation of our partners in the significant decisions of the entity that were made in the ordinary course of business. Concurrent with the acquisition we received additional rights in the governance of the entity, and thus we began consolidating the entity upon acquisition. As required by GAAP, we remeasured our previously held 51% ownership in the entity, which had a recorded value of $17 million at the date of acquisition, at fair value and recognized a gain of $68 million accordingly. This gain, which resulted in no related income tax expense, was recorded in Other (income) expense on our Consolidated Statement of Income during 2009 and was not allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes.

Under the equity method of accounting, we previously reported our 51% share of the net income of the unconsolidated affiliate (after interest expense and income taxes) as Other (income) expense in the Consolidated Statements of Income. We also recorded a franchise fee for the royalty received from the stores owned by the unconsolidated affiliate. From the date of the acquisition, we have reported the results of operations for the entity in the appropriate line items of our Consolidated Statements of Income. We no longer recorded franchise fee income for these restaurants nor did we report Other (income) expense as we did under the equity method of accounting. Net income attributable to our partner’s ownership percentage is recorded in Net Income – noncontrolling interests. For the year ended December 25, 2010, the consolidation of the existing restaurants upon acquisition increased Company sales by $98 million, decreased Franchise and license fees and income by $6 million and increased Operating Profit by $3 million versus the year ended December 26, 2009. The impact of the acquisition on Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc. was not significant to the year ended December 25, 2010.

The pro forma impact on our results of operations if the acquisition had been completed as of the beginning of 2009 would not have been significant.

Little Sheep Initial Investment and Pending Acquisition

During 2009, our China Division paid approximately $103 million, in several tranches, to purchase 27% of the outstanding common shares of Little Sheep and obtain Board of Directors representation. We began reporting our investment in Little Sheep using the equity method of accounting, and this investment is included in Investments in unconsolidated affiliates on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Equity income recognized from our investment in Little Sheep was not significant in the years ended December 31, 2011, December 25, 2010 or December 26, 2009.

In May 2011, we announced our intent to acquire an additional 66% controlling interest in Little Sheep. As a result, we placed $300 million in escrow and provided a $300 million letter of credit to demonstrate availability of funds to acquire the additional shares in this business. The funds placed in escrow were restricted to the pending acquisition of Little Sheep and are separately presented in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2011 and in our Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2011. See Note 21 for information regarding the completion of this acquisition subsequent to year-end.

YRI Acquisitions

On October 31, 2011, YRI acquired 68 KFC restaurants from an existing franchisee in South Africa for $71 million.

On July 1, 2010, we completed the exercise of our option with our Russian partner to purchase their interest in the co-branded Rostik’s-KFC restaurants across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. As a result, we acquired company ownership of 50 restaurants and gained full rights and responsibilities as franchisor of 81 restaurants, which our partner previously managed as master franchisee. We paid cash of $60 million, net of settlement of a long-term note receivable of $11 million, and assumed long-term debt of $10 million which was subsequently repaid. The remaining balance of the purchase price of $12 million will be paid in cash in July 2012.

The impact of consolidating these businesses on all line-items within our Consolidated Statement of Income was insignificant to the comparison of our year-over-year results.

Refranchising (Gain) Loss

The Refranchising (gain) loss by reportable segment is presented below. We do not allocate such gains and losses to our segments for performance reporting purposes.



	Refranchising (gain) loss
	2011			2010			2009
China	$	(14	)	$	(8	)	$	(3	)
YRI ^(a)(b)(c)	69			53			11
U.S.^(d)	17			18			(34		)
Worldwide	$	72		$	63		$	(26	)

(a)

During the year ended December 31, 2011 we decided to refranchise or close all of our remaining Company-operated Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK market. While an asset group comprising approximately 350 dine-in restaurants did not meet the criteria for held-for-sale classification as of December 31, 2011, our- decision to sell was considered an impairment indicator. As such we reviewed this asset group for potential impairment and determined that its carrying value was not recoverable based upon our estimate of expected refranchising proceeds and holding period cash flows anticipated while we continue to operate the restaurants as company units. Accordingly, we wrote this asset group down to our estimate of its fair value, which is based on the sales price we would expect to receive from a buyer. This fair value determination considered current market conditions, trends in the Pizza Hut UK business, and prices for similar transactions in the restaurant industry and resulted in a non-cash pre-tax write-down of $74 million which was recorded to Refranchising (gain) loss. This impairment charge decreased depreciation expense versus what would have otherwise been recorded by $3 million in 2011. This depreciation reduction was not allocated to the YRI segment, resulting in depreciation expense in the YRI segment results continuing to be recorded at the rate at which it was prior to the impairment charges being recorded for these restaurants. We will continue to review the asset group for any further necessary impairment until the date it is sold. The write-down does not include any allocation of the Pizza Hut UK reporting unit goodwill in the asset group carrying value. This additional non-cash write-down would be recorded, consistent with our historical policy, if the asset group ultimately meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale. Upon the ultimate sale of the restaurants, depending on the form of the transaction, we could also be required to record a charge for the fair value of any guarantee of future lease payments for any leases we assign to a franchisee and for the cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment associated with Pizza Hut UK. The decision to refranchise or close all remaining Pizza Hut restaurants in the UK was considered to be a goodwill impairment indicator. We determined that the fair value of our Pizza Hut UK reporting unit exceeded its carrying value and as such there was no impairment of the approximately $100 million in goodwill attributable to the reporting unit.

(b)

In the year ended December 25, 2010 we recorded a $52 million loss on the refranchising of our Mexico equity market as we sold all of our Company-owned restaurants, comprised of 222 KFCs and 123 Pizza Huts, to an existing Latin American franchise partner. The buyer is serving as the master franchisee for Mexico which had 102 KFC and 53 Pizza Hut franchise restaurants at the time of the transaction. The write-off of goodwill included in this loss was minimal as our Mexico reporting unit included an insignificant amount of goodwill. This loss did not result in any related income tax benefit.

(c)

During the year ended December 26, 2009 we recognized a non-cash $10 million refranchising loss as a result of our decision to offer to refranchise our KFC Taiwan equity market. During the year ended December 25, 2010 we refranchised all of our remaining company restaurants in Taiwan, which consisted of 124 KFCs. We included in our December 25, 2010 financial statements a non-cash write-off of $7 million of goodwill in determining the loss on refranchising of Taiwan. Neither of these losses resulted in a related income tax benefit. The amount of goodwill write-off was based on the relative fair values of the Taiwan business disposed of and the portion of the business that was retained. The fair value of the business disposed of was determined by reference to the discounted value of the future cash flows expected to be generated by the restaurants and retained by the franchisee, which include a deduction for the anticipated royalties the franchisee will pay the Company associated with the franchise agreement entered into in connection with this refranchising transaction. The fair value of the Taiwan business retained consists of expected, net cash flows to be derived from royalties from franchisees, including the royalties associated with the franchise agreement entered into in connection with this refranchising transaction. We believe the terms of the franchise agreement entered into in connection with the Taiwan refranchising are substantially consistent with market. The remaining carrying value of goodwill related to our Taiwan business of $30 million, after the aforementioned write-off, was determined not to be impaired as the fair value of the Taiwan reporting unit exceeded its carrying amount.

(d)

U.S. refranchising losses in the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010 are primarily due to losses on sales of and offers to refranchise KFCs in the U.S. There were approximately 250 and 600 KFC restaurants offered for refranchising as of December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively. While we did not yet believe these KFCs met the criteria to be classified as held for sale, we did, consistent with our historical practice, review the restaurants for impairment as a result of our offer to refranchise. We recorded impairment charges where we determined that the carrying value of restaurant groups to be sold was not recoverable based upon our estimate of expected refranchising proceeds and holding period cash flows anticipated while we continue to operate the restaurants as company units. For those restaurant groups deemed impaired, we wrote such restaurant groups down to our estimate of their fair values, which were based on the sales price we would expect to receive from a franchisee for each restaurant group. This fair value determination considered current market conditions, real-estate values, trends in the KFC U.S. business, prices for similar transactions in the restaurant industry and preliminary offers for the restaurant groups to date. The non-cash impairment charges that were recorded related to our offers to refranchise these company-operated KFC restaurants in the U.S. decreased depreciation expense versus what would have otherwise been recorded by $10 million and $9 million in the years ended December 31, 2011 and December 25, 2010, respectively. These depreciation reductions were not allocated to the U.S. segment resulting in depreciation expense in the U.S. segment results continuing to be recorded at the rate at which it was prior to the impairment charges being recorded for these restaurants. We will continue to review the restaurant groups for any further necessary impairment until the date they are sold. The aforementioned non-cash impairment charges do not include any allocation of the KFC reporting unit goodwill in the restaurant group carrying value. This additional non-cash write-down would be recorded, consistent with our historical policy, if the restaurant groups, or any subset of the restaurant groups, ultimately meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale. We will also be required to record a charge for the fair value of our guarantee of future lease payments for leases we assign to the franchisee upon any sale.

Store Closure and Impairment Activity

Store closure (income) costs and Store impairment charges by reportable segment are presented below. These tables exclude $80 million of net losses recorded in 2011 related to the LJS and A&W divestitures and a $26 million goodwill impairment charge recorded in 2009 related to the LJS and A&W businesses we previously owned. Neither of these amounts were allocated to segments for performance reporting purposes:



	2011
	China			YRI		U.S.		Worldwide
Store closure (income) costs^(a)	$	(1	)	$	4	$	4	$	7
Store impairment charges	13			18		17		48
Closure and impairment (income) expenses	$	12		$	22	$	21	$	55



	2010
	China		YRI		U.S.		Worldwide
Store closure (income) costs^(a)	$	—	$	2	$	3	$	5
Store impairment charges	16		12		14		42
Closure and impairment (income) expenses	$	16	$	14	$	17	$	47



	2009
	China			YRI		U.S.		Worldwide
Store closure (income) costs^(a)	$	(4	)	$	—	$	13	$	9
Store impairment charges ^(b)	13			22		33		68
Closure and impairment (income) expenses	$	9		$	22	$	46	$	77


(a)	Store closure (income) costs include the net gain or loss on sales of real estate on which we formerly operated a Company restaurant that was closed, lease reserves established when we cease using a property under an operating lease and subsequent adjustments to those reserves and other facility-related expenses from previously closed stores.


(b)	The 2009 store impairment charges for YRI include $12 million of goodwill impairment for our Pizza Hut South Korea market.

The following table summarizes the 2011 and 2010 activity related to reserves for remaining lease obligations for closed stores.



	Beginning Balance		Amounts Used		New Decisions	Estimate/Decision Changes	CTA/ Other		Ending Balance
2011 Activity	$	28	(12	)	17	2	(1	)	$	34
2010 Activity	$	27	(12	)	8	—	5		$	28