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Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS") | 12 Months Ended
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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.

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