Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

3 Months Ended

Mar. 23, 2013

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	Quarter ended
	3/23/2013		3/24/2012
Net Income – YUM! Brands, Inc.	$	337	$	458
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	455		465
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	10		13
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	465		478
Basic EPS	$	0.74	$	0.99
Diluted EPS	$	0.72	$	0.96
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	4.5		1.9

(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.