Yum China Holdings, Inc. (09987) released a Next Day Disclosure Return covering share repurchases and adjustments to its issued shares. According to the filing, the company had an opening balance of 362,691,275 ordinary shares as of 23 October 2025. On 24 October 2025, 70,389 shares were repurchased at a price of USD 45.46 per share in the United States and subsequently canceled, while 2,579 new shares were issued at USD 44.8 under long-term incentive plans. This resulted in a closing balance of 362,623,465 shares.
Additional share repurchases in Hong Kong between mid-September and 24 October 2025 were noted, relating to shares repurchased for cancellation but not yet canceled. The company also repurchased 70,936 shares on the New York Stock Exchange at prices between USD 44.75 and USD 45.85 on 24 October 2025, for an aggregate amount of USD 3,199,986.8. On the same date in Hong Kong, 17,800 shares were repurchased at HKD 350 to HKD 354, totaling HKD 6,254,870.16.
Under the repurchase mandate approved on 23 May 2025, Yum China Holdings, Inc. is authorized to repurchase up to 37,239,649 shares, representing 2.83% of the issued shares as of that date. The company reported that the latest repurchases on the NYSE and in Hong Kong were carried out through independent brokers under existing agreements.