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Pension, Retiree Medical and Retiree Savings Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Retiree Medical Benefits | Pension, Retiree Medical and Retiree Savings Plans U.S. Pension Plans We sponsor qualified and supplemental (non-qualified) noncontributory defined benefit plans covering certain full-time salaried and hourly U.S. employees. The qualified plan meets the requirements of certain sections of the Internal Revenue Code and provides benefits to a broad group of employees with restrictions on discriminating in favor of highly compensated employees with regard to coverage, benefits and contributions. The supplemental plans provide additional benefits to certain employees. We fund our supplemental plans as benefits are paid. The most significant of our U.S. plans is the YUM Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), which is a qualified plan. Our funding policy with respect to the Plan is to contribute amounts necessary to satisfy minimum pension funding requirements, including requirements of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, plus additional amounts from time-to-time as are determined to be necessary to improve the Plan’s funded status. We do not expect to make any significant contributions to the Plan in 2018. Our two significant U.S. plans were previously amended such that any salaried employee hired or rehired by YUM after September 30, 2001 is not eligible to participate in those plans. During the fourth quarter of 2016, the Company allowed certain former employees with deferred vested balances in the Plan an opportunity to voluntarily elect an early payout of their benefits. See Note 5 for details. We do not anticipate any plan assets being returned to the Company during 2018 for any U.S. plans. Obligation and Funded Status at Measurement Date: The following chart summarizes the balance sheet impact, as well as benefit obligations, assets, and funded status associated with our two significant U.S. pension plans. The actuarial valuations for all plans reflect measurement dates coinciding with our fiscal year end.
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Change in benefit obligation: |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |  | $ | 993 |  |  | $ | 1,134 |
Service cost |  | 10 |  |  | 17 |
Interest cost |  | 41 |  |  | 54 |
Plan amendments |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Curtailments |  | (2 | ) |  | (4 | )
Special termination benefits |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |
Benefits paid |  | (76 | ) |  | (26 | )
Settlement payments(a) |  | (73 | ) |  | (260 | )
Actuarial (gain) loss |  | 115 |  |  | 77 |
Administrative expense |  | (5 | ) |  | (6 | )
Benefit obligation at end of year |  | $ | 1,007 |  |  | $ | 993 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year |  | $ | 837 |  |  | $ | 1,004 |
Actual return on plan assets |  | 129 |  |  | 87 |
Employer contributions |  | 52 |  |  | 38 |
Settlement payments(a) |  | (73 | ) |  | (260 | )
Benefits paid |  | (76 | ) |  | (26 | )
Administrative expenses |  | (5 | ) |  | (6 | )
Fair value of plan assets at end of year |  | $ | 864 |  |  | $ | 837 |
Funded status at end of year |  | $ | (143 | ) |  | $ | (156 | )
(a) | For discussion of the settlement payments made in connection with the deferred vested program in 2016, see Note 5.
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Accrued benefit liability - current |  | $ | (8 | ) |  | $ | (16 | )
Accrued benefit liability - non-current |  | (135 | ) |  | (140 | )
|  | $ | (143 | ) |  | $ | (156 | )
The accumulated benefit obligation was $976 million and $960 million at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.
Information for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Projected benefit obligation |  | $ | 1,007 |  |  | $ | 993 |
Accumulated benefit obligation |  | 976 |  |  | 960 |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 864 |  |  | 837 |
Information for pension plans with a projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Projected benefit obligation |  | $ | 1,007 |  |  | $ | 993 |
Accumulated benefit obligation |  | 976 |  |  | 960 |
Fair value of plan assets |  | 864 |  |  | 837 |
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Service cost |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 18 |
Interest cost |  | 41 |  |  | 54 |  |  | 55 |
Amortization of prior service cost(a) |  | 6 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 1 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (45 | ) |  | (65 | ) |  | (62 | )
Amortization of net loss |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 45 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 17 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 57 |
Additional (gain) loss recognized due to: Settlement charges(b) |  | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 32 |  |  | $ | 5 |
Special termination benefits |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 1 |
Pension data adjustment(c) |  | $ | 22 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
(a) | Prior service costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive benefits.
(b) | Settlement losses result when benefit payments exceed the sum of the service cost and interest cost within a plan during the year. These losses were recorded in Other pension (income) expense.
(c) | Reflects a non-cash, out-of-year charge related to the adjustment of certain historical deferred vested liability balances in the Plan during the first quarter of 2017 recorded in Other pension (income) expense. See Note 5.
Pension gains (losses) in AOCI:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Beginning of year |  | $ | (180 | ) |  | $ | (170 | )
Net actuarial gain (loss) |  | (10 | ) |  | (54 | )
Curtailments |  | 2 |  |  | 4 |
Amortization of net loss |  | 5 |  |  | 6 |
Amortization of prior service cost |  | 6 |  |  | 6 |
Prior service cost |  | (2 | ) |  | (4 | )
Settlement charges |  | 19 |  |  | 32 |
End of year |  | $ | (160 | ) |  | $ | (180 | )
Accumulated pre-tax losses recognized within AOCI:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Actuarial net loss |  | $ | (134 | ) |  | $ | (150 | )
Prior service cost |  | (26 | ) |  | (30 | )
|  | $ | (160 | ) |  | $ | (180 | )
The estimated net loss that will be amortized from AOCI into net periodic pension cost in 2018 is $16 million. The estimated prior service cost that will be amortized from AOCI into net periodic pension cost in 2018 is $6 million.
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at the measurement dates:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Discount rate |  | 3.90 | % |  | 4.60 | %
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.75 | % |  | 3.75 | %
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the net periodic benefit cost for fiscal years:
|  | 2017(a) |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Discount rate |  | 4.53 | % |  | 4.90 | % |  | 4.30 | %
Long-term rate of return on plan assets |  | 6.06 | % |  | 6.75 | % |  | 6.75 | %
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.75 | % |  | 3.75 | % |  | 3.75 | %
(a) Reflects a weighted average due to interim remeasurements in 2017. Our estimated long-term rate of return on plan assets represents the weighted-average of expected future returns on the asset categories included in our target investment allocation based primarily on the historical returns for each asset category and future growth expectations. Plan Assets The fair values of our pension plan assets at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 by asset category and level within the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Level 1: |  |  |  |
Cash |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 2 |
Cash Equivalents(a) |  | 12 |  |  | 12 |
Fixed Income Securities - U.S. Corporate(b) |  | 177 |  |  | 172 |
Equity Securities – U.S. Large cap(b) |  | 257 |  |  | 244 |
Equity Securities – U.S. Mid cap(b) |  | 43 |  |  | 41 |
Equity Securities – U.S. Small cap(b) |  | 43 |  |  | 43 |
Equity Securities – Non-U.S.(b) |  | 87 |  |  | 83 |
Level 2: |  |  |  |
Fixed Income Securities – U.S. Corporate(c) |  | 86 |  |  | 76 |
Fixed Income Securities – U.S. Government and Government Agencies(d) |  | 177 |  |  | 152 |
Fixed Income Securities – Other(d) |  | 35 |  |  | 31 |
Total fair value of plan assets(e) |  | $ | 920 |  |  | $ | 856 |
(a) | Short-term investments in money market funds.
(b) | Securities held in common trusts.
(c) | Investments held directly by the Plan.
(d) | Includes securities held in common trusts and investments held directly by the Plan.
(e) | 2017 and 2016 exclude net unsettled trade payables of $56 million and $19 million, respectively.
Our primary objectives regarding the investment strategy for the Plan’s assets are to reduce interest rate and market risk and to provide adequate liquidity to meet immediate and future payment requirements. To achieve these objectives, we are using a combination of active and passive investment strategies. The Plan's equity securities, currently targeted to be 50% of our investment mix, consist primarily of low-cost index funds focused on achieving long-term capital appreciation. The Plan diversifies its equity risk by investing in several different U.S. and foreign market index funds. Investing in these index funds provides the Plan with the adequate liquidity required to fund benefit payments and plan expenses. The fixed income asset allocation, currently targeted to be 50% of our mix, is actively managed and consists of long-duration fixed income securities that help to reduce exposure to interest rate variation and to better correlate asset maturities with obligations. The fair values of all pension plan assets are determined based on closing market prices or net asset values. A mutual fund held as an investment by the Plan includes shares of Common Stock valued at $0.3 million at both December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 (less than 1% of total plan assets in each instance). Benefit Payments The benefits expected to be paid in each of the next five years and in the aggregate for the five years thereafter are set forth below:
Year ended: |  |
2018 |  | $ | 65 |
2019 |  | 37 |
2020 |  | 39 |
2021 |  | 42 |
2022 |  | 44 |
2023 - 2027 |  | 257 |
Expected benefit payments are estimated based on the same assumptions used to measure our benefit obligation on the measurement date and include benefits attributable to estimated future employee service. International Pension Plans We also sponsor various defined benefit plans covering certain of our non-U.S. employees, the most significant of which are in the UK. Both of our UK plans have previously been frozen such that they are closed to new participants and existing participants can no longer earn future service credits. At the end of 2017 and 2016, the projected benefit obligations of these UK plans totaled $287 million and $261 million, respectively and plan assets totaled $358 million and $305 million, respectively. These plans were both in a net overfunded position at the end of 2017 and 2016 and related expense amounts recorded in each of 2017, 2016 and 2015 were not significant. The funding rules for our pension plans outside of the U.S. vary from country to country and depend on many factors including discount rates, performance of plan assets, local laws and regulations. We do not plan to make significant contributions to either of our UK plans in 2018. Retiree Medical Benefits Our post-retirement plan provides health care benefits, principally to U.S. salaried retirees and their dependents, and includes retiree cost-sharing provisions. This plan was previously amended such that any salaried employee hired or rehired by YUM after September 30, 2001 is not eligible to participate in this plan. Employees hired prior to September 30, 2001 are eligible for benefits if they meet age and service requirements and qualify for retirement benefits. We fund our post-retirement plan as benefits are paid. At the end of both 2017 and 2016, the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation was $55 million. Actuarial gains of $8 million and $10 million were recognized in AOCI at the end of 2017 and 2016, respectively. The net periodic benefit cost recorded was $2 million in 2017 and $3 million in both 2016 and 2015, the majority of which is interest cost on the accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation. The weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost for the post-retirement medical plan are identical to those as shown for the U.S. pension plans. Our assumed heath care cost trend rates for the following year as of 2017 and 2016 are 6.3% and 6.6%, respectively, with expected ultimate trend rates of 4.5% reached in 2038. There is a cap on our medical liability for certain retirees. The cap for Medicare-eligible retirees was reached in 2000 and the cap for non-Medicare eligible retirees was reached in 2014; with the cap, our annual cost per retiree will not increase. A one-percentage-point increase or decrease in assumed health care cost trend rates would have no impact on total service and interest cost or on the post-retirement benefit obligation. The benefits expected to be paid in each of the next five years are approximately $5 million and in aggregate for the five years thereafter are $17 million. Retiree Savings Plan We sponsor a contributory plan to provide retirement benefits under the provisions of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (the “401(k) Plan”) for eligible U.S. salaried and hourly employees. Participants are able to elect to contribute up to 75% of eligible compensation on a pre-tax basis. Participants may allocate their contributions to one or any combination of multiple investment options or a self-managed account within the 401(k) Plan. We match 100% of the participant’s contribution to the 401(k) Plan up to 6% of eligible compensation. We recognized as compensation expense our total matching contribution of $13 million in 2017, $14 million in 2016 and $13 million in 2015.

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