Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2012

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	2012		2011		2010
Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc.	$	1,597	$	1,319	$	1,158
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	461		469		474
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	12		12		12
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	473		481		486
Basic EPS	$	3.46	$	2.81	$	2.44
Diluted EPS	$	3.38	$	2.74	$	2.38
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	3.1		4.2		2.2

(a) These unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the periods presented.