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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001041061-02-000015.txt : 20020813
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20020813124135
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001041061-02-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20020813
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial statements and exhibits
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20020813

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			YUM BRANDS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041061
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812]
		IRS NUMBER:				133951308
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13163
		FILM NUMBER:		02728724

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1441 GARDINER LANE
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40213
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5028748300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1900 COLONEL SANDERS LANE
		CITY:			LOUISVILLE
		STATE:			KY
		ZIP:			40213

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GREAT AMERICAN RESTAURANT CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970618

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRICON GLOBAL RESTAURANTS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970627
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<DESCRIPTION>CERTIFICATION FORM 8-K
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<p ALIGN=CENTER><b><FONT SIZE=4>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b><BR>
<font size=3>Washington, D.C. 20549</font><BR><BR>
<font size=4><b>FORM 8-K</b><BR><BR>
CURRENT REPORT</FONT><BR><BR>
<font size=3><b>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
 of 1934<BR><BR>
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)</b><BR>
<b>August 12, 2002</b><BR><BR>
<b>Commission file number 1-13163</b></font><BR></p>

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<p align=center><b><FONT SIZE=4>YUM! BRANDS, INC.</font></b><BR>
<font size=3>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font><BR>
<BR>

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     <TD align=center width=35%>North Carolina</Td>
<td width=40%>&nbsp;</td>
     <Td  align=center width=25%>13-3951308</Td></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD align=center ><HR Size=1 noshade width=85%></TD>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
     <TD align=center ><HR Size=1 noshade width=70%></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD align=center >(State or other jurisdiction</TD>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
     <TD align=center >(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD align=center >of incorporation or organization)</TD>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
     <TD align=center > Identification No.)</TD></TR>
</TABLE><BR><BR>

<p align=center>1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;40213<BR>
(Address of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code)</p>

<BR>

<p align=center>Registrant's telephone number, including area code:&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(502) 874-8300</p>

<BR>

<p align=center>Former name or former address, if changed since last report:
&nbsp;&nbsp;N/A</P>

<BR><BR>

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<p>Item 7.&nbsp;<U>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS</U></p>

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     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">(c)</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">Exhibits  </P></TD>
</TR>
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<BR>

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     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">99.1</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">Sworn
Statement of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated August 12,
2002, pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order dated June 27, 2002. </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">99.2</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">Sworn
Statement of Chief Financial Officer of the Company, dated August 12, 2002, pursuant to
Securities and Exchange Commission Order dated June 27, 2002.</P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>



<p>Item 9.&nbsp;<U>REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE</U></p>

<blockquote>On August 12, 2002, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company each furnished to
the Securities and Exchange Commission a sworn personal statement as required by order of the Commission dated
June 27, 2002 (File No. 4-460).  Copies of the sworn statements are furnished as Exhibits 99.1
and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</blockquote>



<p align=center>2</p>

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<p ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3>SIGNATURE</FONT></p>

<p align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the  requirements of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p>


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<TD WIDTH="45%">&nbsp;</td>
<TD><U>YUM! BRANDS, INC.</u><BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Registrant)<BR>
</TD></TR>
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<BR>
<BR><BR><BR>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
<TD WIDTH="45%">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;August 13, 2002</td>
<TD><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Brent A. Woodford&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><BR>
Vice President and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>

<p align=center>3</P>
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE><BR><BR>


<p align=right>Exhibit 99.1</p>

<P><B>STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES
RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS</b></P>

<P>I, David C. Novak, state and attest that:</P>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(1) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">To
the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of YUM! Brands,
Inc., (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.) and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report:  </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">no
covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the
period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">no
covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the
covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form
8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(2) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">I
have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of YUM! Brands, Inc.  </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(3) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">In
this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
statement, is a "covered report":  </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 of Tricon Global
Restaurants, Inc.; </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">all
reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of YUM!
Brands, Inc., filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149;</TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">any amendments to any of the foregoing.</P></TD></TR></Table><BR><BR><BR>






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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD WIDTH="50%"></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="50%"></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD><BR><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David C. Novak&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
David C. Novak<BR>
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
     <TD>Subscribed and sworn to<BR>
before me this 12th day of <BR>
August, 2002</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD>&nbsp;<BR>
<BR>
</TD>
     <TD><BR><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Jocelyn Edwards</U><BR>Notary Public<BR><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD>August 12, 2002</TD>
     <TD>My Commission Expires:<BR><BR>
<U>August 6, 2005</u></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD></TD>
     <TD></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD></TD>
     <TD></TD></TR>
</TABLE>



<BR><BR><BR><BR>
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE><BR><BR><BR>


<p align=right>Exhibit 99.2</P>

<P><B>STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS</b></P>


<P>I, David J. Deno, state and attest that:</P>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(1) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">To
the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of YUM! Brands,
Inc., (formerly known as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.) and, except as corrected or
supplemented in a subsequent covered report: </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149; </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">no
covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the
period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy
materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149; </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">no
covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the
covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading
as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form
8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed). </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(2) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">I
have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Audit Committee of the Board of
Directors of YUM! Brands, Inc. </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="3%">(3) </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="94%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">In
this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this
statement, is a "covered report": </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149; </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2001 of Tricon Global
Restaurants, Inc.; </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149; </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">all
reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of YUM!
Brands, Inc., filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K
identified above; and </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

<TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0">
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="6%">&#149; </TD>
     <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
     <TD WIDTH="91%"><P ALIGN="LEFT">any
amendments to any of the foregoing. </P></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>

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<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD WIDTH="50%"></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="50%"></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD><BR><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;David J. Deno&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
David J. Deno<BR>
Chief Financial Officer</TD>
     <TD>Subscribed and sworn to<BR>
before me this 12th day of <BR>
August, 2002</TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD>&nbsp;<BR>
<BR>
</TD>
     <TD><BR><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Jocelyn Edwards</U><BR>Notary Public<BR><BR></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD>August 12, 2002</TD>
     <TD>My Commission Expires:<BR><BR>
<U>August 6, 2005</u></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD></TD>
     <TD></TD></TR>
<TR VALIGN="TOP">
     <TD></TD>
     <TD></TD></TR>
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