Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors and Shareholders
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 February 28, 2007, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of YUM as of December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, 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 30, 2006, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2006 and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2006, which reports appear in the December 30, 2006 annual report on Form 10-K of YUM. Our report refers to changes in the method of quantifying errors and accounting for defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans in 2006, and a change in method of accounting for share-based payments in 2005.
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 |
$3,000,000,000 Debt Securities |
| 333-133097 |
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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
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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
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/s/ KPMG LLP
Louisville, Kentucky
February 28, 2007