Yum China Board Declares $0.29 Dividend, Sets Dec. 22 Payment

Yum China Holdings, Inc.’s board declared a $0.29-per-share cash dividend payable Dec. 22, extending a shareholder-return program that includes $1.5 billion in planned returns for 2026. Shareholders of record as of the close of business Dec. 1 qualify for the payment. The dividend per-share rate follows a 21% increase in February. Yum China returned $1.08 billion to shareholders through Sept. 30: $778 million through share repurchases and $302 million in cash dividends. In November, the board added $1 billion to the company’s share-repurchase authorization, leaving about $1.3 billion available for future buybacks.

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