EX-15 2 yum-3312018xex15.htm EXHIBIT 15
Acknowledgement of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
YUM! Brands, Inc.
Louisville, Kentucky
With respect to the registration statements below, we acknowledge our awareness of the use therein of our report dated May 9, 2018 related to our review of interim financial information.

Description |  | Registration Statement Number
Form S-3 |  |
Yum! Direct Stock Purchase Program |  | 333-46242
Debt Securities |  | 333-188216
Form S-8 |  |
Restaurant Deferred Compensation Program |  | 333-36877, 333-32050
Executive Income Deferral Program |  | 333-36955
SharePower Stock Option Plan |  | 333-36961
YUM! Brands 401 (k) Plan |  | 333-36893, 333-32048, 333-109300
YUM! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager Stock Option Plan |  | 333-64547
YUM! Brands, Inc. Long-Term Incentive Plan |  | 333-32052, 333-109299, 333-170929, 333-223152

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
May 9, 2018