SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Hill Paul A.

(Last) (First) (Middle)
16/F TWO GRAND GATEWAY
3 HONG QIAO ROAD

(Street)
SHANGHAI F4 200030

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Yum China Holdings, Inc. [ YUMC ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Vice President, Controller
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/01/2016
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Appreciation Right $14.88 11/01/2016 A 4,320 (1) 02/04/2021 Common Stock 4,320 $0 4,320 D
Stock Appreciation Right $19 11/01/2016 A 7,332 (2) 02/06/2023 Common Stock 7,332 $0 7,332 D
Stock Appreciation Right $21.3 11/01/2016 A 7,409 (3) 02/05/2024 Common Stock 7,409 $0 7,409 D
Stock Appreciation Right $22.32 11/01/2016 A 7,443 (4) 02/06/2025 Common Stock 7,443 $0 7,443 D
Stock Appreciation Right $21.06 11/01/2016 A 8,401 (5) 02/05/2026 Common Stock 8,401 $0 8,401 D
Restricted Stock Unit (6) 11/01/2016 A 6,994 (7) (8) Common Stock 6,994 $0 6,994 D
Phantom Stock (6) 11/01/2016 A 662 (9) (8) Common Stock 662 $0 662 D
Stock Appreciation Right $19.46 11/01/2016 A 3,516 (1) 02/08/2022 Common Stock 3,516 $0 3,516 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Vested in full.
2. Vesting occurs 25% per year beginning one year from 2/6/2013.
3. Vesting occurs 25% per year beginning one year from 2/5/2014.
4. Vesting occurs 25% per year beginning one year from 2/6/2015
5. Vesting occurs 25% per year beginning one year from 2/5/2016.
6. Conversion occurs on a one-for-one basis.
7. Vesting occurs 25% on the first two anniversaries of 1/4/2016 and the remaining 50% will vest on the third anniversary of 1/4/2016.
8. This grant does not have an expiration date.
9. Distribution occurs upon earlier of separation of employment or 1/1/2017.
Remarks:
The transactions reported on this Form 4 (the "Reported Awards") represent awards made to the Reporting Person pursuant to the terms of the Employee Matters Agreement between the Issuer and YUM! Brands, Inc. dated as of October 31, 2016. Each Reported Award represents the conversion of an award previously granted to the Reporting Person by YUM! Brands, Inc. The Employee Matters Agreement was entered into in connection with the spin-off (the "Spin-Off") of the Issuer from YUM! Brands, Inc. The Reporting Person is also the beneficial owner of 1,661 shares of Common Stock, which shares were acquired by the Reporting Person pursuant to the Spin-Off in a transaction exempt from reporting pursuant to Rule 16a-9.
/s/ Pingping Liu, Power of Attorney 11/03/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of  Shella Ng, Pingping
Liu, Ruonan You and M. Gayle Hobson signing singly, the undersigned's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director of Yum China Holdings, Inc.
(the ?Company?), Form 144 in under Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 144, 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power
of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 or Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.


This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned no longer is required to file Forms 144, 3, 4, and 5 and with
respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities issued
by the Company unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, except, however, that M. Gayle
Hobson will no longer be appointed attorney-in-fact under this Power of
Attorney as of November 1, 2016.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of September, 2016.


					/s/Paul A. Hill