UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2024

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(469) 980-2898

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) held its 2024 annual meeting of stockholders on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 8:00 a.m. local time, at Kerry Hotel, 38 Hung Luen Road, Hung Hom Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (the “Annual Meeting”). A total of 325,243,921 shares, or 82.96% of the Company’s outstanding common stock, were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting, constituting a quorum. At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s stockholders: (i) elected the 11 director nominees listed below to serve until the 2025 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders; (ii) approved and ratified the appointment of KPMG Huazhen LLP and KPMG as the Company’s independent auditors for 2024; (iii) approved, on an advisory basis, the Company’s named executive officer compensation; (iv) approved the Board of Directors’ continuing authority to approve issuances of shares of common stock or securities convertible into common stock in an amount not to exceed 20% of the Company’s total number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of the Annual Meeting, effective from date of the Annual Meeting until the earlier of the date the next annual meeting is held or June 23, 2025; and (v) approved the Board of Directors’ continuing authority to approve the repurchases of shares of common stock in an amount not to exceed 10% of the Company’s total number of outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of the Annual Meeting, effective from date of the Annual Meeting until the earlier of the date the next annual meeting is held or June 23, 2025.

Set forth below are the voting results for each of the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.