Former YUM! Brands officer Aaron Powell filed a Form 144 notice on October 30, 2026, disclosing a proposed sale of 16,000 shares of YUM! Brands, Inc. common stock on NYSE.

Key Highlights

  • Proposed sale size: 16,000 shares of YUM! Brands common stock with an aggregate market value of $2,507,630, according to the filing.
  • Seller identity: Aaron Powell, identified in the filing as a former officer of YUM! Brands, Inc.
  • Approximate sale date: October 30, 2026, via broker Merrill Lynch, located at 8890 Lyra Drive, 5th Floor, Columbus, OH 43240.
  • Shares outstanding: The filing lists 272,901,085 shares of common stock outstanding.
  • Acquisition sources: The shares to be sold were acquired through a combination of restricted stock vestings (between February 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026) and a stock option exercise dated February 10, 2025, paid on October 30, 2026.
  • Recent prior sales: Powell sold a combined 10,422 shares in four separate transactions between September 1 and October 15, 2026, generating gross proceeds of $1,575,470 in aggregate.

Aaron Powell's Proposed Disposition of YUM! Brands Common Stock

According to the Form 144 filing submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Aaron Powell, a former officer of YUM! Brands, Inc. (NYSE:YUM), provided notice of a proposed sale of 16,000 shares of the company's common stock. The filing lists the approximate sale date as October 30, 2026, with Merrill Lynch named as the executing broker. The aggregate market value of the proposed sale is reported as $2,507,630.

The filing details six separate acquisition transactions underlying the shares to be sold. Five of those transactions were restricted stock vestings from YUM Brands Inc, occurring on February 6, 2026 (571 shares), February 9, 2026 (754 shares), February 10, 2026 (1,753 shares), February 11, 2026 (669 shares), and October 15, 2026 (58 shares). The sixth transaction was a stock option exercise dated February 10, 2025, covering 12,195 shares, with payment recorded as October 30, 2026, in the form of shares.

The filing also discloses Powell's sales of YUM! Brands common stock during the three months preceding this notice. Those transactions include a sale of 6,001 shares on September 1, 2026, generating gross proceeds of $921,994; a sale of 422 shares on October 7, 2026, generating $59,126; a sale of 550 shares on October 8, 2026, generating $77,000; and a sale of 3,449 shares on October 15, 2026, generating $517,350. YUM! Brands is headquartered at 1441 Gardiner Lane, Louisville, Kentucky 40213.

What Was Disclosed

Aaron Powell, a former officer of YUM! Brands, Inc., filed a Form 144 notice on October 30, 2026, disclosing a proposed sale of 16,000 shares of common stock with an aggregate market value of $2,507,630, acquired through restricted stock vestings and a stock option exercise.