Financial Statement Presentation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

We have prepared our accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (“Financial Statements”) in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. Therefore, we suggest that the accompanying Financial Statements be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 (“2019 Form 10-K”).

Yum! Brands, Inc. and its Subsidiaries (collectively referred to herein as the “Company,” “YUM,” “we,” “us” or “our”) franchise or operate a system of over 50,000 restaurants in more than 150 countries and territories. As of June 30, 2020, 98% of these restaurants were owned and operated by franchisees. The Company’s KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell brands are global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories, respectively. The Habit Burger Grill, a concept we acquired on March 18, 2020, is a fast-casual restaurant concept specializing in made-to-order chargrilled burgers, sandwiches and more.

As of June 30, 2020, YUM consisted of four operating segments:


•	The KFC Division which includes our worldwide operations of the KFC concept


•	The Pizza Hut Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Pizza Hut concept


•	The Taco Bell Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Taco Bell concept


•	The Habit Burger Grill Division which includes our worldwide operations of the Habit Burger Grill concept

YUM's fiscal year begins on January 1 and ends December 31 of each year, with each quarter comprised of three months. The majority of our U.S. subsidiaries and certain international subsidiaries operate on a weekly periodic calendar where the first three quarters of each fiscal year consists of 12 weeks and the fourth quarter consists of 16 weeks in fiscal years with 52 weeks and 17 weeks in fiscal years with 53 weeks. Our remaining international subsidiaries operate on a monthly calendar similar to that on which YUM operates. Our Habit Burger Grill Division operates on a weekly periodic calendar where each quarter consists of 13 weeks, except in fiscal years with 53 weeks when the fourth quarter consists of 14 weeks.

Our preparation of the accompanying Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

The accompanying Financial Statements include all normal and recurring adjustments considered necessary to present fairly, when read in conjunction with our 2019 Form 10-K, the results of the interim periods presented. Our results of operations, comprehensive income, cash flows and changes in shareholders' deficit for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Our significant interim accounting policies include the recognition of advertising and marketing costs, generally in proportion to revenue, and the recognition of income taxes using an estimated annual effective tax rate.

We have reclassified certain other items in the Financial Statements for the prior periods to be comparable with the classification for the quarter and year to date ended June 30, 2020. These reclassifications had no effect on previously reported Net Income.

COVID-19

In late 2019 a novel strain of coronavirus, COVID-19, was first detected. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, and governmental authorities around the world have implemented measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19, including restrictions on travel outside the home and other limitations on business and other activities as well as encouraging social distancing. As a result of COVID-19, we and our franchisees have experienced significant store closures and instances of reduced store-level operations, including reduced operating hours and dining-room closures. Recently, COVID-19 cases have been increasing in the U.S. and certain other regions of the world, which has resulted in some governmental authorities re-imposing restrictions on business and other activities that were previously lifted or reduced. The impacts of COVID-19 significantly impacted our results in the quarter and year to date ended June 30, 2020.

As a result of the impact of COVID-19 on the Habit Burger Grill's results as well as general market conditions, we recognized an after-tax goodwill impairment charge of $107 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 related to our Habit Burger Grill reporting unit (See Note 2). There were no other significant impairments recorded during the year to date ended June 30, 2020. Due to the uncertainty surrounding our current assumptions regarding the expected severity and duration of the impact of COVID-19 on our and our franchisees' operations, we currently believe it is reasonably possible that certain significant estimates underlying long- lived asset and goodwill impairment evaluations as well as expected credit loss assessments within these Financial Statements will change in the near term. The effect of such a change may be material.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued a standard that requires measurement and recognition of expected versus incurred credit losses for financial assets held. As required, we adopted this standard on January 1, 2020 which resulted in the recording of a cumulative adjustment to Accumulated deficit of $8 million primarily to establish an expected credit loss liability for the contingent aspect of our financial guarantees. Substantially all of our financial guarantees relate to lease payments that our franchisees are primarily liable for and for which we are secondarily liable. See Note 14.

Upon adoption of the standard the Company's accounting policy for the measurement of credit losses related to our primary financial asset, our receivables from our franchisees, is as shown below.

Expected credit losses for uncollectible franchisee receivable balances consider both current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts of future conditions. Current conditions we consider include pre-defined aging criteria as well as specified events that indicate we may not collect the balance due. Reasonable and supportable forecasts used in determining the probability of future collection consider publicly available data regarding default probability.

In January 2017, the FASB issued a standard that eliminates the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill to measure a goodwill impairment charge. Instead, an impairment charge is recognized based on the excess of a reporting unit’s carrying amount over its fair value. We adopted this standard, which requires prospective application, beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2020. As a result, the goodwill impairment charge related to our Habit Burger Grill reporting unit (See Note 2) was measured as the excess of its carrying value over its fair value.