Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
YUM! Brands, Inc.:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements listed below of YUM! Brands, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“YUM”) of our reports dated March 2, 2006, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of YUM as of December 31, 2005 and December 25, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2005, and all related financial statement schedules, management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, which reports appear in the December 31, 2005 annual report on Form 10-K of YUM.
Description | Registration Statement Number |
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Forms S-3 and S-3/A |
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YUM! Direct Stock Purchase Program | 333-46242 |
$2,000,000,000 Debt Securities | 333-42969 |
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Form S-8s |
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YUM! Restaurants Puerto Rico, Inc. Save-Up Plan | 333-85069 |
Restaurant Deferred Compensation Plan | 333-36877, 333-32050 |
Executive Income Deferral Program | 333-36955 |
YUM! Long-Term Incentive Plan | 333-36895, 333-85073, 333-32046 |
SharePower Stock Option Plan | 333-36961 |
YUM! Brands 401(k) Plan | 333-36893, 333-32048, 333-109300 |
YUM! Brands, Inc. Restaurant General Manager |
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Stock Option Plan | 333-64547 |
YUM! Brands, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan | 333-32052, 333-109299 |
/s/ KPMG LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
March 2, 2006