EX-99.2 5 d68941dex992.htm EX-99.2 EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

INDEX TO FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

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Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     2  

Consolidated Statements of Income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

     4  

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

     5  

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

     6  

Consolidated Statements of Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

     7  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

     9  

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

     10  

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Yum China Holdings, Inc.:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Yum China Holdings, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

The accompanying consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes, were not audited by us and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion on them.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the consolidated financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Assessment of impairment of long-lived assets of restaurants

As discussed in Notes 2, 7 and 11 to the consolidated financial statements, property, plant and equipment, net and operating lease right-of-use assets were US$1,504 million and US$1,886 million, respectively, as of June 30, 2020, which included the long-lived assets of the Company’s restaurants. For restaurant assets with an indicator that the carrying value may not be recoverable, the Company evaluates recoverability of these assets by comparing the forecasted undiscounted cash flows of the restaurant’s operations to the carrying value of such assets. For restaurant assets that are not deemed to be recoverable, the Company estimates the fair value of the restaurant assets based on the higher of the forecasted discounted cash flows of the restaurant’s operations and the price market participants would pay to sub-lease the operating lease right-of-use assets and acquire the remaining restaurant assets.

 

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We identified the assessment of impairment of long-lived assets of restaurants as a critical audit matter because a high degree of subjective auditor judgment was required in assessing the sales growth rates used to estimate the forecasted undiscounted cash flows of the restaurants’ operations. In addition, specialized skills and knowledge were required to assess the Company’s market rental assumptions to estimate the fair values of the operating lease right-of-use assets.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the critical audit matter. This included controls related to the determination of the significant assumptions of sales growth rates and market rental. To evaluate the sales growth rates, we compared the sales growth rates of a sample of restaurants to the historical sales growth rates and the Company’s operation plans of restaurants. We performed sensitivity analyses over the sales growth rates of a sample of restaurants to assess their impact on the restaurants’ forecasted undiscounted cash flows. We involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:

 

   

Evaluating the market rental of a sample of restaurants, by comparing the market rental to a market rental range that was independently developed using external data; and

 

   

Developing independent estimates of the fair values of the operating lease right-of-use assets of a sample of restaurants and comparing the results of our estimates to the Company’s estimates, based on the price the market participants would pay to sub-lease the right-of-use assets.

Evaluation of uncertain tax position

As discussed in Notes 2 and 16 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recognizes the benefit of positions taken or expected to be taken in tax returns in the financial statements when it is more likely than not (more than a 50% likelihood) that the position would be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. The Company is currently under a national audit on transfer pricing by the Chinese State Taxation Administration (“STA”) regarding certain related party transactions for the period from 2006 to 2015.

We identified the evaluation of the Company’s uncertain tax position pertaining to the transfer pricing used in the related party transactions under audit by the STA as a critical audit matter. Specifically, a high degree of subjective auditor judgment and specialized skills and knowledge were required in evaluating the Company’s interpretation of the applicable tax laws and regulations and its assessment of the uncertain tax position.

The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of the control related to the assessment of the uncertain tax position. Since tax law is complex and often subject to interpretation, we involved tax professionals with specialized skills and knowledge, who assisted in:

 

   

Reading the correspondence received by the Company from the tax authorities in connection with the transfer pricing audit by the STA, as well as responses and information the Company submitted to the tax authorities;

 

   

Evaluating the Company’s identification and consideration of information that could significantly affect the recognition, measurement or disclosure of the uncertain tax position; and

 

   

Evaluating the Company’s interpretation of applicable tax laws and regulations, technical analysis and the application of the accounting standards in assessing the potential impact from the uncertain tax position.

/s/ KPMG Huazhen LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2016.

Shanghai, China

August 28, 2020

 

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Consolidated Statements of Income

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

(in US$ millions, except per share data)

 

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Revenues

                                              

Company sales

   $ 3,240     $ 4,015  

Franchise fees and income

     72       75  

Revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates

     318       324  

Other revenues

     26       14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     3,656       4,428  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Costs and Expenses, Net

    

Company restaurants

    

Food and paper

     1,051       1,245  

Payroll and employee benefits

     778       916  

Occupancy and other operating expenses

     1,015       1,185  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Company restaurant expenses

     2,844       3,346  

General and administrative expenses

     212       223  

Franchise expenses

     33       36  

Expenses for transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates

     316       321  

Other operating costs and expenses

     23       11  

Closures and impairment expenses, net

     29       15  

Other income, net

     (26     (31
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses, net

     3,431       3,921  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating Profit

     225       507  

Interest income, net

     17       19  

Investment gain

     37       27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income Before Income Taxes

     279       553  

Income tax provision

     (77     (139
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income — including noncontrolling interests

     202       414  

Net income — noncontrolling interests

     8       14  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income — Yum China Holdings, Inc.

   $ 194     $ 400  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in millions):

    

Basic

     376       378  

Diluted

     387       389  

Basic Earnings Per Common Share

   $ 0.51     $ 1.06  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

   $ 0.50     $ 1.03  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

(in US$ millions)

 

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Net income — including noncontrolling interests

   $ 202     $ 414  

Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax of nil

   Foreign currency (loss) gain arising during the period

     (35     1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income — including noncontrolling interests

             167               415  

Comprehensive income — noncontrolling interests

     6       15  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income — Yum China Holdings, Inc.

   $ 161     $ 400  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Balance Sheets

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019

(in US$ millions)

 

 

     As of June 30,     As of December 31  
     2020     2019  

ASSETS

    

Current Assets

                                                              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 674     $ 1,046  

Short-term investments

     1,034       611  

Accounts receivable, net

     83       88  

Inventories, net

     346       380  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     166       134  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Assets

   $ 2,303     $ 2,259  

Property, plant and equipment, net

     1,504       1,594  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     1,886       1,985  

Goodwill

     309       254  

Intangible assets, net

     183       94  

Deferred income taxes

     99       95  

Investments in unconsolidated affiliates

     68       89  

Other assets

     611       580  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

   $ 6,963     $ 6,950  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST AND EQUITY

    

Current Liabilities

    

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

   $ 1,660     $ 1,691  

Income taxes payable

     63       45  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Current Liabilities

     1,723       1,736  

Non-current operating lease liabilities

     1,677       1,803  

Non-current finance lease obligations

     24       26  

Other liabilities

     252       210  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     3,676       3,775  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest

     12       –    

Equity

    

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 1,000 million shares authorized; 397 million shares and 395 million shares issued at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively; 377 million shares and 376 million shares outstanding at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively

     4       4  

Treasury stock

     (728     (721

Additional paid-in capital

     2,444       2,427  

Retained earnings

     1,565       1,416  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (82     (49
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Yum China Holdings, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity

     3,203       3,077  

Noncontrolling interests

     72       98  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Equity

     3,275       3,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities, Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest and Equity

   $ 6,963     $ 6,950  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Equity

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Six months ended June 30, 2020

(in US$ millions)

 

 

    Yum China Holdings, Inc.     Noncontrolling
Interests
    Total
Equity
    Redeemable
Noncontrolling
Interest
 
    Common Stock     Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income Loss
    Treasury Stock  
    Shares*     Amount     Shares*     Amount  

Balance at December 31, 2019

    395     $ 4     $ 2,427     $ 1,416     $ (49     (19   $ (721   $ 98     $ 3,175     $ –    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income

          194             8       202       –    

Foreign currency translation adjustment

            (33         (2     (35     –    
                 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

                    167       –    

Acquisition of business

                    –         12  

Dividends declared

                  (32     (32  

Cash dividends declared ($0.12 per common share)

          (45             (45  

Repurchase of shares of common stock

              –         (7       (7  

Exercise and vesting of share-based awards

    2       –         –                   –      

Share-based compensation

        17                 17    
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2020

    397     $ 4     $ 2,444     $ 1,565     $ (82     (20   $ (728   $ 72     $ 3,275     $ 12  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*:

Shares may not add due to rounding.

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Equity (Continued)

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Six months ended June 30, 2019

(in US$ millions)

 

 

    Yum China Holdings, Inc.     Noncontrolling
Interests
    Total
Equity
    Redeemable
Noncontrolling
Interest
 
    Common
Stock
    Additional
Paid-in
Capital
    Retained
Earnings
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
    Treasury
Stock
 
(Unaudited)   Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Balance at December 31, 2018

    392     $ 4     $ 2,402     $ 944     $ (17     (13   $ (460   $ 103     $ 2,976     $ 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Income

          400             14       414       –    

Foreign currency translation adjustment

            —             1       1       –    
                 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

                    415       –    

Dividends declared

                  (34     (34  

Cash dividends declared ($0.24 per common share)

          (91             (91  

Repurchase of shares of common stock

              (4   $ (140       (140  

Exercise and vesting of share-based awards

    2       –         –                   —      

Share-based compensation

        15                 15    

Cumulative effect of accounting change

          (60           (3     (63  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2019

    394     $ 4     $ 2,417     $ 1,193     $ (17     (17   $ (600   $ 81     $ 3,078     $ 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

Six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019

(in US$ millions)

 

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Cash Flows — Operating Activities

                                              

Net income — including noncontrolling interests

   $ 202     $ 414  

Depreciation and amortization

     214       217  

Non-cash operating lease cost

     178       167  

Closures and impairment expenses

     29       15  

Investment gain

     (37     (27

Equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates

     (34     (37

Distributions of income received from unconsolidated affiliates

     25       38  

Deferred income taxes

     6       6  

Share-based compensation expense

     17       15  

Changes in accounts receivable

     6       (5

Changes in inventories

     35       (1

Changes in prepaid expenses and other current assets

     17       —    

Changes in accounts payable and other current liabilities

     (16     70  

Changes in income taxes payable

     17       3  

Changes in non-current operating lease liabilities

     (194     (188

Other, net

     (13     (30
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

     452       657  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows — Investing Activities

    

Capital spending

     (185     (212

Purchases of short-term investments

     (1,093     (409

Purchase of long-term time deposits

     (57     —    

Maturities of short-term investments

     662       248  

Contribution to unconsolidated affiliates

     (13     —    

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

     (177     —    

Disposal of equity securities

     54       —    

Other, net

     48       5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

     (761     (368
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows — Financing Activities

    

Repurchase of shares of common stock

     (8     (143

Cash dividends paid on common stock

     (45     (91

Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests

     (7     (25

Other, net

     1       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Used in Financing Activities

     (59     (259
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of Exchange Rates on Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

     (6     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

     (374     30  

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash — Beginning of Period

     1,055       1,266  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash — End of Period

   $ 681     $ 1,296  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Data

    

Cash paid for income tax

     64       135  

Non-cash Investing and Financing Activities

    

Capital expenditures included in accounts payable and other current liabilities

     122       104  

See accompanying Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Tabular amounts in US$ millions, except for number of shares and per share data)

Note 1 – Description of Business

Yum China Holdings, Inc. (“Yum China” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) was incorporated in Delaware on April 1, 2016.

The Company owns, franchises or has ownership in entities that own and operate restaurants (also referred to as “stores” or “units”) under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Little Sheep, COFFii & JOY, East Dawning and Taco Bell concepts (collectively, the “concepts”). In connection with the separation of the Company in 2016 from its former parent company, Yum! Brands, Inc. (“YUM”), Yum! Restaurants Asia Pte. Ltd., a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of YUM, and Yum Restaurants Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited (“YCCL”), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into a 50-year master license agreement with automatic renewals for additional consecutive renewal terms of 50 years each, subject only to YCCL being in “good standing” and unless YCCL gives notice of its intent not to renew, for the exclusive right to use and sublicense the use of intellectual property owned by YUM and its subsidiaries for the development and operation of the KFC, Pizza Hut and, subject to achieving certain agreed-upon milestones, Taco Bell brands and their related marks and other intellectual property rights for restaurant services in the People’s Republic of China (the ”PRC” or “China”), excluding Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau. In exchange, we pay a license fee to YUM equal to 3% of net system sales from both our Company and franchise restaurants. We own the intellectual property of Little Sheep, COFFii & JOY and East Dawning, and pay no license fee related to these concepts.

In 1987, KFC was the first quick-service restaurant brand to enter China. As of June 30, 2020, there are over 6,700 KFCs in China. We maintain a 58% and 70% controlling interest in the entities that own and operate the KFCs in Shanghai and Beijing, respectively. During the first quarter of 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of an additional 36% equity interest in an unconsolidated affiliate that operates KFC stores in and around Wuxi, China (“Wuxi KFC”), for cash consideration of approximately $98 million, increasing the Company’s equity interest to 83%, allowing the Company to consolidate the entity. The acquisition was considered immaterial. We began consolidating Wuxi KFC upon the completion of acquisition. We have a 47% noncontrolling ownership in each of our unconsolidated affiliates that own and operate KFCs in Hangzhou and Suzhou.

The first Pizza Hut in China opened in 1990. As of June 30, 2020, there are over 2,200 Pizza Hut restaurants in China.

In 2017, the Company completed the acquisition of a controlling interest in the holding company of DAOJIA.com.cn (“Daojia”), an established online food delivery service provider. The Company agreed to pay cash consideration of $36.7 million to the sellers and made a concurrent capital contribution of $25.0 million to Daojia. As of the completion of the acquisition, the Company held 90% of Daojia’s outstanding shares of common stock, or 80% of its equity interests on a fully-diluted basis. Daojia became an operating segment of the Company. The acquisition was considered immaterial.

On April 8, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of a 93.3% interest in the Huang Ji Huang group (“Huang Ji Huang”), a leading Chinese CDR franchise business, for cash consideration of $185 million. Huang Ji Huang became an operating segment of the Company. The acquisition was considered immaterial.

In the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company partnered with Lavazza Group, the world renowned family-owned Italian coffee company, and entered into a joint venture to explore and develop the Lavazza coffee shop concept in China. As the first step, a new Lavazza flagship store was opened in Shanghai, China.

The Company has two reportable segments: KFC and Pizza Hut. Our remaining operating segments, including the operations of Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang, East Dawning, Taco Bell, Daojia, COFFii & JOY and our e-commerce business, are combined and referred to as All Other Segments, as those operating segments are insignificant both individually and in the aggregate.

 

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Note 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Our preparation of the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Basis of Preparation and Principles of Consolidation. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. We consolidate entities in which we have a controlling financial interest, the usual condition of which is ownership of a majority voting interest. We also consider consolidating an entity in which we have certain interests where the controlling financial interest may be achieved through arrangements that do not involve voting interests. Such an entity, known as a variable interest entity (“VIE”), is required to be consolidated by its primary beneficiary. The primary beneficiary is the entity that possesses the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance and has the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits from the VIE that are significant to it.

Our most significant variable interests are in entities that operate restaurants under franchise arrangements. We do not generally have an equity interest in our franchisee businesses. Additionally, we do not typically provide significant financial support such as loans or guarantees to our franchisees. We have variable interests in certain entities that operate restaurants under franchise agreements through real estate lease arrangements with them to which we are a party. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had future lease payments due from franchisees, on a nominal basis, of approximately $44 million and $47 million, respectively. As our franchise arrangements provide our franchisee entities the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact their economic performance, we do not consider ourselves the primary beneficiary of any such entity that might otherwise be considered a VIE.

Through the acquisition of Daojia, the Company also acquired a VIE and subsidiaries of the VIE effectively controlled by Daojia. There exists a parent-subsidiary relationship between Daojia and its VIE as a result of certain exclusive agreements that require Daojia to consolidate its VIE and subsidiaries of the VIE because Daojia is the primary beneficiary that possesses the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact its economic performance, and is entitled to substantially all of the profits and has the obligation to absorb all of the expected losses of the VIE. The acquired VIE and its subsidiaries were considered immaterial, both individually and in the aggregate. The results of Daojia’s operations have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements since the acquisition date.

We consolidate the entities that operate KFCs in Shanghai, Beijing and Wuxi where we have controlling interests of 58%, 70% and 83%, respectively. We report Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, which includes the minority shareholders of the entities, separately on the face of our Consolidated Statements of Income. The portion of equity not attributable to the Company for these entities is reported within equity, separately from the Company’s stockholders’ equity on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We have a noncontrolling 47% interest in each of the entities that operate the KFCs in Hangzhou and Suzhou. These entities are not VIEs and our lack of majority voting rights precludes us from controlling these affiliates. Thus, we do not consolidate these affiliates. Instead, we account for them under the equity method. Our share of the net income or loss of these unconsolidated affiliates is included in Other income, net in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

The results of Huang Ji Huang’s operations have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements since its acquisition date of April 8, 2020.

Foreign Currency. Our functional currency for the operating entities in China is the Chinese Renminbi (“RMB”), the currency of the primary economic environment in which they operate. Income and expense accounts for our operations are then translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates prevailing during the period. Assets and liabilities are then translated into U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date. Foreign currency translation adjustments are recorded in the Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Gains and losses arising from the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations on transactions in foreign currency, to the extent they arise, are included in Other income, net in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

 

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Franchise Operations. We execute agreements which set out the terms of our arrangement with franchisees. Our franchise agreements typically require the franchisee to pay an initial, non-refundable fee and continuing fees based upon a percentage of sales. Subject to our approval and their payment of a renewal fee, a franchisee may generally renew the franchise agreement upon its expiration.

The 3% license fees we pay to YUM for the right to sublicense the KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell intellectual property to franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates are recorded in Franchise expenses. License fees due to YUM for our Company-owned stores are included within restaurant margin in Occupancy and other operating expenses. Total license fees paid to YUM were $116 million and $139 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Certain direct costs of our franchise operations are charged to Franchise expenses. These costs include provisions for estimated uncollectible fees, rent or depreciation expense associated with restaurants we sub-lease to franchisees, and certain other direct incremental franchise support costs.

We also have certain transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates, which consist primarily of sales of food and paper products, advertising services and other services provided to franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. Related expenses are included in Expenses for transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates.

Revenue Recognition. The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”) on January 1, 2018, and applied the full retrospective approach.

The Company’s revenues primarily include Company sales, Franchise fees and income and Revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates.

Company Sales

Revenues from Company-owned restaurants are recognized when a customer takes possession of the food and tenders payment, which is when our obligation to perform is satisfied. The Company presents sales net of sales-related taxes. We also offer our customers delivery through both our own mobile applications and third-party aggregators’ platforms. For delivery orders placed through our mobile applications, we use our dedicated riders, while for orders placed through third-party aggregators’ platforms, we either used our dedicated riders or third-party aggregators’ delivery staff in the past. With respect to delivery orders delivered by our dedicated riders, we control and determine the price for the delivery service and generally recognize revenue, including delivery fees, when a customer takes possession of the food. When orders are fulfilled by the delivery staff of third-party aggregators, who control and determine the price for the delivery service, we recognize revenue, excluding delivery fees, when control of the food is transferred to the third-party aggregators’ delivery staff. The payment terms with respect to these sales are short-term in nature. Starting in 2019, we used our own dedicated riders to deliver orders placed through aggregators’ platforms to customers of KFC and Pizza Hut stores.

We recognize revenues from prepaid stored-value products, including gift cards and product vouchers, when they are redeemed by the customer. Prepaid gift cards sold at any given point generally expire over the next 36 months, and product vouchers generally expire over a period of up to 12 months. We recognize breakage revenue, which is the amount of prepaid stored-value products that is not expected to be redeemed, either (1) proportionally in earnings as redemptions occur, in situations where the Company expects to be entitled to a breakage amount, or (2) when the likelihood of redemption is remote, in situations where the Company does not expect to be entitled to breakage, provided that there is no requirement for remitting balances to government agencies under unclaimed property laws. The Company reviews its breakage estimates at least annually based upon the latest available information regarding redemption and expiration patterns.

Our privilege membership programs offer privilege members rights to multiple benefits, such as free delivery and discounts on certain products. For certain KFC and Pizza Hut privilege membership programs offering a pre-defined amount of benefits that can be redeemed ratably over the membership period, revenue is ratably recognized over the period based on the elapse of time. With respect to the Pizza Hut family privilege membership program offering members a mix of distinct benefits, including a welcome gift and assorted discount coupons with pre-defined quantities, consideration collected is allocated to the benefits provided based on their relative standalone selling price and revenue is recognized when food or services are delivered or the benefits expire. In determining the relative standalone selling price of the benefits, the Company considers likelihood of future redemption based on historical redemption pattern and reviews such estimates periodically based upon the latest available information regarding redemption and expiration patterns.

 

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Franchise Fees and Income

Franchise fees and income primarily include upfront franchise fees, such as initial fees and renewal fees, and continuing fees. We have determined that the services we provide in exchange for upfront franchise fees and continuing fees are highly interrelated with the franchise right. We recognize upfront franchise fees received from a franchisee as revenue over the term of the franchise agreement or the renewal agreement because the franchise rights are accounted for as rights to access our symbolic intellectual property in accordance with ASC 606. The franchise agreement term is generally 10 years for KFC and Pizza Hut, five or 10 years for Little Sheep, and three or 10 years for Huang Ji Huang. We recognize continuing fees, which are based upon a percentage of franchisee sales, as those sales occur.

Revenues from Transactions with Franchisees and Unconsolidated Affiliates

Revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates consist primarily of sales of food and paper products, advertising services and other services provided to franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates.

The Company centrally purchases substantially all food and paper products from suppliers for substantially all of our restaurants, including franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates, and then sells and delivers them to the restaurants. The performance obligation arising from such transactions is considered distinct from the franchise agreement as it is not highly dependent on the franchise agreement and the customer can benefit from the procurement service on its own. We consider ourselves the principal in this arrangement as we have the ability to control a promised good or service before transferring that good or service to the franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. Revenue is recognized upon transfer of control over ordered items, generally upon delivery to the franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates.

For advertising services, the Company often engages third parties to provide services and acts as a principal in the transaction based on our responsibilities of defining the nature of the services and administering and directing all marketing and advertising programs in accordance with the provisions of our franchise agreements. The Company collects advertising contributions, which are generally based on certain percentage of sales from substantially all of our restaurants, including franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. Other services provided to franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates consist primarily of customer and technology support services. Advertising services and other services provided are highly interrelated to franchise right, and are not considered individually distinct. We recognize revenue when the related sales occur.

Loyalty Programs

Each of the Company’s KFC and Pizza Hut reportable segments operates a loyalty program that allows registered members to earn points for each qualifying purchase. Points, which generally expire 18 months after being earned, may be redeemed for future purchases of KFC or Pizza Hut branded products or other products for free or at a discounted price. Points cannot be redeemed or exchanged for cash. The estimated value of points earned by the loyalty program members is recorded as a reduction of revenue at the time the points are earned, based on the percentage of points that are projected to be redeemed, with a corresponding deferred revenue liability included in Accounts payable and other current liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets and subsequently recognized into revenue when the points are redeemed or expire. The Company estimates the value of the future redemption obligations based on the estimated value of the product for which points are expected to be redeemed and historical redemption patterns and reviews such estimates periodically based upon the latest available information regarding redemption and expiration patterns.

Direct Marketing Costs. We charge direct marketing costs to expense ratably in relation to revenues over the year in which incurred and, in the case of advertising production costs, in the year the advertisement is first shown. Deferred direct marketing costs, which are classified as prepaid expenses, consist of media and related advertising production costs which will generally be used for the first time in the next fiscal year and have historically not been significant. Our direct marketing expenses incurred for Company-owned restaurants were $139 million and $174 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and were included in Occupancy and other operating expenses. In addition, the direct marketing costs incurred for franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates were $31 million and $32 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and were recorded in Expenses for transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates.

 

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Research and Development Expenses. Research and development expenses associated with our food innovation activities, which are expensed as incurred, are reported in general and administrative expenses (“G&A expense”). Research and development expenses were $2 million and $2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Share-Based Compensation. Prior to the separation, all employee equity awards were granted by YUM. Upon the separation, holders of outstanding YUM equity awards generally received both adjusted YUM awards and Yum China awards, or adjusted awards of either YUM or Yum China in their entirety, to maintain the pre-separation intrinsic value of the awards. The modified equity awards have the same terms and conditions as the awards held immediately before the separation, except the number of shares and the price were adjusted. The incremental compensation cost, measured as the excess of the fair value of the award immediately after the modification over the fair value of the award immediately before the modification, based on Black-Scholes option-pricing model was immaterial, and YUM and the Company continue to recognize the unamortized fair value of the awards over the remaining requisite service period as their respective employees continue to provide services. All awards granted following the separation were granted under the Company’s Long Term Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). We recognize all share-based payments to employees and directors, including grants of stock options, restricted stock units (“RSUs”), stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) and performance share units (“PSUs”), in the Consolidated Financial Statements as compensation cost over the service period based on their fair value on the date of grant. This compensation cost is recognized over the service period on a straight-line basis, net of an assumed forfeiture rate, for awards that actually vest and when performance conditions are probable of being achieved, if applicable. Forfeiture rates are estimated at grant date based on historical experience and compensation cost is adjusted in subsequent periods for differences in actual forfeitures from the previous estimates. We present this compensation cost consistent with the other compensation costs for the employee recipient in either payroll and employee benefits or G&A expenses.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. Long-lived assets, primarily Property, plant and equipment (“PP&E”) and operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. The assets are not recoverable if their carrying value is less than the undiscounted cash flows we expect to generate from such assets. If the assets are not deemed to be recoverable, impairment is measured based on the excess of their carrying value over their fair value.

For purposes of impairment testing for our restaurants, we have concluded that an individual restaurant is the lowest level of independent cash flows unless our intent is to refranchise restaurants as a group. We review our long-lived assets of such individual restaurants (primarily operating lease ROU assets and PP&E) semi-annually for impairment, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of a restaurant may not be recoverable. One of our primary indicators of potential impairment for our semi-annual impairment testing of these restaurant assets include two consecutive years of operating losses after a restaurant has been open for three years. We evaluate the recoverability of these restaurant assets by comparing the forecasted undiscounted cash flows of the restaurant’s operation, which are based on our entity-specific assumptions, to the carrying value of such assets. The forecasted undiscounted cash flows incorporate our best estimate of sales growth based upon our operation plans for the unit and actual results at comparable restaurants. For restaurant assets that are not deemed to be recoverable, we write down an impaired restaurant to its estimated fair value, which becomes its new cost basis. Fair value is an estimate of the price market participants would pay for the restaurant and its related assets. In determining the fair value of restaurant-level assets, we considered the highest and best use of the assets from market participants’ perspective, which is represented by the higher of the forecasted discounted cash flows from operating restaurants and the price market participants would pay to sub-lease the operating lease ROU assets and acquiring remaining restaurant assets, even if that use differs from the current use by the Company. The after-tax cash flows incorporate reasonable assumptions we believe a franchisee would make such as sales growth and include a deduction for royalties we would receive under a franchise agreement with terms substantially at market. The discount rate used in the fair value calculation is our estimate of the required rate-of-return that a franchisee would expect to receive when purchasing a similar restaurant and the related long-lived assets. The discount rate incorporates rates of returns for historical refranchising market transactions and is commensurate with the risks and uncertainty inherent in the forecasted cash flows. Estimates of the price market participants would pay to sub-lease the operating lease ROU assets are based on comparable market rental information that could be reasonably obtained for the property. In situations where the highest and best use of the restaurant level assets from market participants’ perspective is represented by sub-leasing the operating lease right-of-use assets and acquiring remaining restaurant assets, the Company continues to use these assets in operating its restaurant business, which is consistent with its long-term strategy of growing revenue through operating restaurant concepts.

 

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When we believe it is more likely than not a restaurant or groups of restaurants will be refranchised for a price less than their carrying value, but do not believe the restaurant(s) have met the criteria to be classified as held for sale, we review the restaurants for impairment. We evaluate the recoverability of these restaurant assets by comparing estimated sales proceeds plus holding period cash flows, if any, to the carrying value of the restaurant or group of restaurants. For restaurant assets that are not deemed to be recoverable, we recognize impairment for any excess of carrying value over the fair value of the restaurants, which is based on the expected net sales proceeds. To the extent ongoing agreements to be entered into with the franchisee simultaneous with the refranchising are expected to contain terms, such as royalty rates, not at prevailing market rates, we consider the off-market terms in our impairment evaluation. We recognize any such impairment charges in Refranchising gain. Refranchising gain includes the gains or losses from the sales of our restaurants to new and existing franchisees, including any impairment charges discussed above. We recognize gains on restaurant refranchising when the sale transaction closes, the franchisee has a minimum amount of the purchase price in at-risk equity and we are satisfied that the franchisee can meet its financial obligations.

When we decide to close a restaurant, it is reviewed for impairment, and depreciable lives are adjusted based on the expected disposal date. Other costs incurred when closing a restaurant such as costs of disposing of the assets as well as other facility-related expenses are generally expensed as incurred. Additionally, at the time we decide to close a restaurant, we reassess whether it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the termination option, and remeasure lease liability to reflect changes in lease term and remaining lease payments based on the planned exit date, if applicable. The amount of the re-measurement of the lease liability is recorded as an adjustment to the operating lease ROU asset first, with any remaining amount recorded in Closures and impairment expenses if the carrying amount of the operating lease ROU asset is reduced to zero. Any costs recorded upon store closure as well as any subsequent adjustments to remaining operating lease ROU assets and lease liabilities as a result of lease termination are recorded in Closures and impairment expenses. In the event we are forced to close a store and receive compensation for such closure, that compensation is recorded in Closures and impairment expenses. To the extent we sell assets associated with a closed store, any gain or loss upon that sale is also recorded in Closures and impairment expenses.

Considerable management judgment is necessary to estimate future cash flows, including cash flows from continuing use, terminal value, lease term and refranchising proceeds. Accordingly, actual results could vary significantly from our estimates.

Government Subsidies. Government subsidies generally consist of financial subsidies received from provincial and local governments for operating a business in their jurisdictions and compliance with specific policies promoted by the local governments. There are no defined rules and regulations to govern the criteria necessary for companies to receive such benefits, and the amount of financial subsidy is determined at the discretion of the relevant government authorities. Government subsidies are recognized when it is probable that the Company will comply with the conditions attached to them, and the subsidies are received. If the subsidy is related to an expense item, it is recognized as a reduction to the related expense to match the subsidy to the costs that it is intended to compensate. If the subsidy is related to an asset, it is deferred and recorded in other liabilities and then recognized ratably over the expected useful life of the related asset in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Income Taxes. We record deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases as well as operating loss, capital loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences or carryforwards are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Additionally, in determining the need for recording a valuation allowance against the carrying amount of deferred tax assets, we consider the amount of taxable income and periods over which it must be earned, actual levels of past taxable income and known trends and events or transactions that are expected to affect future levels of taxable income. Where we determine that it is more likely than not that all or a portion of an asset will not be realized, we record a valuation allowance.

 

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On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”) was signed into law effective for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017. The Tax Act requires complex computations with significant estimates to be performed, significant judgments to be made in interpretation of the provisions, and the preparation and analysis of information not previously relevant or regularly produced. The U.S. Treasury Department, the IRS, the SEC and other standard-setting bodies could interpret or issue guidance on how provisions of the Tax Act will be applied or otherwise administered that is different from our current interpretation. We completed our analysis of the Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 according to guidance released by the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS as of December 2018 and made an adjustment of $36 million to reduce the provisional amount for transition tax recorded in 2017 accordingly. The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released the final transition tax regulations in the first quarter of 2019. We completed the evaluation of the impact on our transition tax computation based on the final regulations released in the first quarter of 2019 and recorded an additional income tax expense of $8 million for the transition tax accordingly.

We are subject to reviews, examinations and audits by Chinese tax authorities, the IRS and other taxing authorities with respect to income and non-income based taxes. We recognize the benefit of positions taken or expected to be taken in our tax returns when it is more likely than not that the position would be sustained upon examination by these tax authorities. A recognized tax position is then measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement. We evaluate unrecognized tax benefits, including interest thereon, on a quarterly basis to ensure that they have been appropriately adjusted for events, including audit settlements, which may impact our ultimate payment for such exposures.

We have investments in our foreign subsidiaries where the carrying values for financial reporting exceed the tax basis. We have not provided deferred tax on the portion of the excess that we believe is indefinitely reinvested, as we have the ability and intent to indefinitely postpone the basis differences from reversing with a tax consequence. The Company’s separation from YUM was intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. income tax purposes resulting in the excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis in our investment in the China business continuing to be indefinitely reinvested. The excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis as of December 31 2017 was subject to the one-time transition tax under the Tax Act as a deemed repatriation of accumulated undistributed earnings from the foreign subsidiaries. However, we continue to believe that the portion of the excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis (including earnings and profits subject to the one-time transition tax) is indefinitely reinvested in our foreign subsidiaries for foreign withholding tax purposes.

Pursuant to the China Enterprise Income Tax Law (“EIT Law”), a 10% PRC withholding tax is generally levied on dividends declared by companies in China to their non-resident enterprise investors unless otherwise reduced according to treaties or arrangements between the Chinese central government and the governments of other countries or regions where the non-China resident enterprises are incorporated. Hong Kong has a tax arrangement with mainland China that provides for a 5% withholding tax on dividends distributed to a Hong Kong resident enterprise, upon meeting certain conditions and requirements, including, among others, that the Hong Kong resident enterprise own at least 25% equity interest of the Chinese enterprise and is a “beneficial owner” of the dividends. We believe that our Hong Kong subsidiary, which is the equity holder of our Chinese subsidiaries, met the relevant requirements pursuant to the tax arrangement between mainland China and Hong Kong in 2018 and is expected to meet the requirements in the subsequent years; thus, it is more likely than not that our dividends declared or earnings expected to be repatriated since 2018 are subject to the reduced withholding tax of 5%.

See Note 16 for a further discussion of our income taxes.

Fair Value Measurements. Fair value is the price we would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability (exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants. For those assets and liabilities we record or disclose at fair value, we determine fair value based upon the quoted market price, if available. If a quoted market price is not available for identical assets, we determine fair value based upon the quoted market price of similar assets or the present value of expected future cash flows considering the risks involved, including counterparty performance risk if appropriate, and using discount rates appropriate for the duration. The fair values are assigned a level within the fair value hierarchy, depending on the source of the inputs into the calculation.

 

Level 1    Inputs based upon quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.
Level 2                    Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3    Inputs that are unobservable for the asset.

 

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Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash equivalents represent highly liquid investments with original maturities not exceeding three months and are primarily comprised of time deposits and money market funds. Cash and overdraft balances that meet the criteria for right to offset are presented net on our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Short-term Investments. Short-term investments primarily represent time deposits with original maturities of over three months but less than one year when purchased.

Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable consist of trade receivables and royalties from franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates, and are generally due within 30 days of the period in which the corresponding sales occur and are classified as Accounts receivable on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Prior to the adoption of ASC 326, our provision for uncollectible receivable balances was based upon pre-defined aging criteria or upon the occurrence of other events that indicated that we may not collect the balance due. Additionally, we monitor the financial condition of our franchisees and record provisions for estimated losses on receivables when we believe it is probable that our franchisees will be unable to make their required payments. Upon adoption of ASC 326 starting from January 1, 2020, our provision of credit losses for accounts receivable is based upon the current expected credit losses (“CECL”) model. The CECL model requires an estimate of the credit losses expected over the life of accounts receivable since initial recognition, and accounts receivable with similar risk characteristics are grouped together when estimating CECL. In assessing the CECL, the Company considers both quantitative and qualitative information that is reasonable and supportable, including historical credit loss experience, adjusted for relevant factors impacting collectability and forward-looking information indicative of external market conditions. While we use the best information available in making our determination, the ultimate recovery of recorded receivables is also dependent upon future economic events and other conditions that may be beyond our control. Trade receivables that are ultimately deemed to be uncollectible, and for which collection efforts have been exhausted, are written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts. As of June 30, 2020, and December 31, 2019, the ending balances of provision for accounts receivable were $1 million and $1 million, respectively, and amounts of accounts receivable past due were immaterial. Receivables due from unconsolidated affiliates including trade receivables and dividend receivables were $92 million and $58 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Receivables from Payment Processors or Aggregators. Receivables from payment processors such as WeChat and Alipay or aggregators are cash due from them for clearing transactions and are included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets. The cash was paid by customers through these payment processors or aggregators for food provided by the Company. The Company considers and monitors the credit worthiness of the third-party payment processors and aggregators used. An allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded in the period in which a loss is determined to be probable. Receivable balances are written off after all collection efforts have been exhausted. As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, no allowance for doubtful accounts was provided for such receivables.

Inventories. We value our inventories at the lower of cost (computed on the first-in, first-out method) or net realizable value.

Property, Plant and Equipment. We state PP&E at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. We calculate depreciation and amortization on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows: 20 to 50 years for buildings, the lesser of estimated useful lives (5 to 10 years) and remaining lease term for leasehold improvements, 3 to 10 years for restaurant machinery and equipment and 3 to 5 years for capitalized software costs. We suspend depreciation and amortization on assets related to restaurants that are held for sale.

Leases. The Company adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASC 842”) and subsequent amendments issued by FASB on January 1, 2019, using a modified retrospective method for leases that exist at, or are entered into after, January 1, 2019.

Upon adoption of ASC 842, ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized upon lease commencement for operating leases based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As the rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined, we use our incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date in determining the imputed interest and present value of lease payments. The incremental borrowing rate was determined using a portfolio approach based on the rate of interest that we would have to borrow an amount equal to the lease payments on a collateralized basis over a similar term. The incremental borrowing rate is primarily influenced by the risk-free interest rate of China, the Company’s credit rating and lease term, and is updated on a quarterly basis for measurement of new lease liabilities.

 

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For operating leases, the Company recognizes a single lease cost on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term. For finance leases, the Company recognizes straight-line amortization of the ROU asset and interest on the lease liability. For rental payments either based on a percentage of the restaurant’s sales in excess of a fixed base amount or solely based on a percentage of the restaurant’s sales, they are recognized as variable lease expenses as incurred.

The Company has elected not to recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for leases with an initial term of 12 months or less; we recognize lease expense for these leases on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In addition, the Company has elected not to separate non-lease components (e.g., common area maintenance fees) from the lease components.

From time to time, we purchase the rights to use government-owned land and the building occupying the land for a fixed period of time. Prior to the adoption of ASC 842, these land use rights and related buildings were recorded in Other Assets and Property, Plant and Equipment in our Consolidated Balance Sheets, and are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the land use rights. Upon the adoption of ASC 842 on January 1, 2019, land use rights acquired are assessed in accordance with ASC 842 and recognized in right-of-use assets if they meet the definition of lease.

See Note 11 for further discussions on our leases.

Internal Development Costs and Abandoned Site Costs. We capitalize direct costs associated with the site acquisition and construction of a Company unit on that site, including direct internal payroll and payroll-related costs. Only those site-specific costs incurred subsequent to the time that the site acquisition is considered probable are capitalized. If we subsequently make a determination that it is probable a site for which internal development costs have been capitalized will not be acquired or developed, any previously capitalized internal development costs are expensed and included in G&A expenses.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. From time to time, the Company acquires restaurants from our existing franchisees or acquires another business, including restaurants business of unconsolidated affiliates. Goodwill from these acquisitions represents the excess of the cost of a business acquired over the net of the amounts assigned to assets acquired, including identifiable intangible assets and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is not amortized and has been assigned to reporting units for purposes of impairment testing. Our reporting units are our individual operating segments.

We evaluate goodwill for impairment on an annual basis or more often if an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate impairment might exist. We have selected the beginning of our fourth quarter as the date on which to perform our ongoing annual impairment test for goodwill. We may elect to perform a qualitative assessment for our reporting units to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is greater than its carrying value. If a qualitative assessment is not performed, or if as a result of a qualitative assessment it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit exceeds its carrying value, then the reporting unit’s fair value is compared to its carrying value. Fair value is the price a willing buyer would pay for a reporting unit, and is generally estimated using discounted expected future after-tax cash flows from the business operation of the reporting unit. The discount rate is our estimate of the required rate-of-return that a third-party buyer would expect to receive when purchasing a business from us that constitutes a reporting unit. We believe the discount rate is commensurate with the risks and uncertainty inherent in the forecasted cash flows. If the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, we will record an impairment charge based on that difference. The impairment charge will be limited to the amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

If we record goodwill upon acquisition of a restaurant(s) from a franchisee and such restaurant(s) is then sold within two years of acquisition, the goodwill associated with the acquired restaurant(s) is written off in its entirety. If the restaurant is refranchised two years or more subsequent to its acquisition, we include goodwill in the carrying amount of the restaurants disposed of based on the relative fair values of the portion of the reporting unit disposed of in the refranchising and the portion of the reporting unit that will be retained.

 

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We determine the useful life of intangible assets with consideration of the factors including the expected use of the asset, the expected useful life of another asset or a group of assets to which the useful life of the intangible asset may relate, any legal, regulatory or contractual provisions that may limit the useful life, our historical experiences in renewing or extending similar arrangements, the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition and other economic factors and the level of maintenance expenditures required to obtain the expected future cash flows from the assets. We evaluate the remaining useful life of an intangible asset that is not being amortized each reporting period to determine whether events and circumstances continue to support an indefinite useful life. If an intangible asset that is not being amortized is subsequently determined to have a finite useful life, we amortize the intangible asset prospectively over its estimated remaining useful life. The Company’s indefinite-lived intangible asset represents Little Sheep and Huang Ji Huang trademarks which we consider their useful life to be indefinite since we intend to use Little Sheep and Huang Ji Huang trademarks indefinitely and there are no legal, regulatory or contractual provisions that may limit the useful life of the trademarks. Intangible assets that are deemed to have a finite life are generally amortized over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis to their residual value as follows:

 

Reacquired franchise rights    5 to 10 years
Huang Ji Huang franchise related assets                19 years
Daojia platform    8 years
Customer-related assets    2-15 years
Others    Up to 20 years

The useful life of reacquired franchise rights was determined based on the contractual term whereas both the contractual term and historical pattern of renewing franchise agreements were considered in assessing the useful life of Huang Ji Huang franchise related assets. Customer-related assets primarily represent customer relationship and user base acquired and the estimate of the useful life was based on the historical pattern of extending similar arrangements and attrition rate of users. Others primarily represent Little Sheep’s secret recipe. The useful life of Daojia platform and Little Sheep’s secret recipe was assessed based on our estimate of periods generating cash flows from utilizing such assets.

We evaluate our indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment on an annual basis or more often if an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate impairments might exist. We perform our annual test for impairment of our indefinite-lived intangible assets at the beginning of our fourth quarter. We may elect to perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset is greater than its carrying value. If a qualitative assessment is not performed, or if as a result of a qualitative assessment it is not more likely than not that the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset exceeds its carrying value, then the asset’s fair value is compared to its carrying value. Fair value is an estimate of the price a willing buyer would pay for the intangible asset and is generally estimated by discounting the expected future after-tax cash flows associated with the intangible asset.

Our finite-lived intangible assets that are not allocated to an individual restaurant are evaluated for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the intangible asset may not be recoverable. An intangible asset that is deemed not recoverable based on forecasted undiscounted future cash flow is written down to its estimated fair value, which is our estimate of the price a willing buyer would pay for the intangible asset based on discounted expected future after-tax cash flows. For purposes of our impairment analysis, we update the cash flows that were initially used to value the finite lived intangible asset to reflect our current estimates and assumptions over the asset’s future remaining life.

Equity Investments. The Company’s equity investments include investments in unconsolidated affiliates and investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair value.

The Company applies the equity method to account for the investments in unconsolidated affiliates over which it has significant influence but does not control. Equity method investments are included as Investments in unconsolidated affiliates on our Consolidated Balance Sheets. Our share of the earnings or losses of equity method investees are included within Other income, net on our Consolidated Statements of Income. We record impairment charges related to an investment in an unconsolidated affiliate whenever events or circumstances indicate that a decrease in the fair value of an investment has occurred which is other than temporary. In addition, we evaluate our investments in unconsolidated affiliates for impairment when they have experienced two consecutive years of operating losses.

For our investments in equity securities with readily determinable fair value, over which the Company has neither significant influence nor control, they are measured at fair value with subsequent changes recognized in net income.

 

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Financial Instruments. We account for derivative instruments and liability-classified equity contracts (e.g., warrants) as either assets or liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The financial instruments are recorded at their respective fair value as determined on the day of issuance and subsequently adjusted to the fair value at each reporting date. Changes in the fair value of financial instruments are recognized periodically in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The estimated fair values of derivative instruments and liability-classified equity contracts are determined at discrete points in time using standard valuation techniques.

Guarantees. We account for guarantees in accordance with ASC Topic 460 (“ASC 460”), Guarantees. Accordingly, the Company evaluates its guarantees to determine whether (a) the guarantee is specifically excluded from the scope of ASC 460, (b) the guarantee is subject to ASC 460 disclosure requirements only, but not subject to the initial recognition and measurement provisions, or (c) the guarantee is required to be recorded in the financial statements at fair value. The Company provides: (i) indemnifications to certain investors and other parties for certain losses suffered or incurred by the indemnified party in connection with third-party claims; and (ii) indemnifications of officers and directors against third-party claims arising from the services they provide to the Company. To date, the Company has not incurred costs as a result of these obligations and does not expect to incur material costs in the future. Accordingly, the Company has not accrued any liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets related to these indemnifications.

Asset Retirement Obligations. We recognize an asset and a liability for the fair value of a required asset retirement obligation (“ARO”) when such an obligation is incurred. The Company’s AROs are primarily associated with leasehold improvements which, at the end of the lease, the Company is contractually obligated to remove in order to comply with the lease agreement. As such, we amortize the asset on a straight-line basis over the lease term and accrete the liability to its nominal value using the effective interest method over the lease term.

Contingencies. The Company records accruals for certain of its outstanding legal proceedings or claims when it is probable that a liability will be incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates, on a quarterly basis, developments in legal proceedings or claims that could affect the amount of any accrual, as well as any developments that would make a loss contingency both probable and reasonably estimable. The Company discloses the amount of the accrual if it is material.

Retirement Plans. Certain of the Company’s employees participate in noncontributory defined benefit plans and post-retirement medical plans sponsored by YUM prior to October 31, 2016. Subsequent to the separation, employees participating in YUM’s plans were enrolled in the Yum China Holdings, Inc. Leadership Retirement Plan (“YCHLRP”), an unfunded, unsecured account-based retirement plan which allocates a percentage of pay to an account payable to the executive following the executive’s separation of employment from the Company or attainment of age 55.

The Company also offers other defined contribution plans to employees. The total contribution for such employee benefits was expensed as incurred. The Company has no additional legal obligation or liabilities for the benefits beyond the paid and accrued amounts. See Note 13 for additional information.

PRC Value-Added Tax. The Company has been subject to VAT within the normal course of its restaurant business nationwide since May 1, 2016.

Entities that are VAT general taxpayers are permitted to offset qualified input VAT paid to suppliers against their output VAT upon receipt of appropriate supplier VAT invoices on an entity-by-entity basis. When the output VAT exceeds the input VAT, the difference is remitted to tax authorities, usually on a monthly basis; whereas when the input VAT exceeds the output VAT, the difference is treated as an input VAT credit asset which can be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net VAT payables. VAT related to purchases and sales which have not been settled at the balance sheet date is disclosed separately as an asset and liability, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. At each balance sheet date, the Company reviews the outstanding balance of any input VAT credit asset for recoverability, giving consideration to the indefinite life of the input VAT credit assets as well as its forecasted operating results and capital spending, which inherently includes significant assumptions that are subject to change.

As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, an input VAT credit asset of $237 million and $243 million were recorded in Other assets, respectively, and payable of $6 million and $5 million were recorded in Accounts payable and other current liabilities, respectively, on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company has not made an allowance for the recoverability of the input VAT credit asset, as the balance is expected to be utilized to offset against VAT payables more than one year from June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Any input VAT credit asset would be classified as Prepaid expenses and other current assets if the Company expected to use the credit within one year.

 

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Earnings Per Share. Basic earnings per share represent net earnings to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common shares were exercised or converted into common shares. See Note 4 for further information.

Common Stock Repurchases. We may repurchase shares of Yum China common stock under a program authorized by our board of directors from time to time in open market or privately negotiated transactions, including block trades, accelerated share repurchase transactions and the use of Rule 10b5-1 trading plans. Shares repurchased are included in treasury stock in the financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), which requires measurement and recognition of expected versus incurred credit losses for financial assets held. The FASB subsequently issued amendments to clarify the implementation guidance. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We adopted these standards on January 1, 2020 using the modified retrospective method. The adoption of this standard resulted in a change of our provision policy primarily for accounts receivable, but such adoption did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework –changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”), which amends the fair value measurement guidance by modifying disclosure requirements. ASU 2018-13 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2020, and such adoption did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-15, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other-Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract (“ASU 2018-15”), which aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs in a cloud computing arrangement service contract with those for an internal-use software license. ASU 2018-15 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We adopted this standard on January 1, 2020, and such adoption did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808), Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606 (“ASU 2018-18”), which clarifies that transactions in a collaborative arrangement should be accounted for under ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) (“ASC 606”) when the counterparty is a customer for a distinct good or service. The amendment also precludes an entity from presenting consideration from a transaction in a collaborative arrangement as revenue if the counterparty is not a customer for that transaction. ASU 2018-18 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We adopted the standard on January 1, 2020, and such adoption did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Tax (Topic 740), Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes by eliminating certain exceptions to the guidance in Topic 740 related to the approach for intraperiod tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The guidance also simplifies aspects of the accounting for franchise taxes and enacted changes in tax laws or rates and clarifies the accounting for transactions that result in a step-up in the tax basis of goodwill. ASU 2019-12 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2021, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on our financial statements.

 

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In January 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-01, Investments—Equity Securities (Topic 321), Investments—Equity Method and Joint Ventures (Topic 323), and Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815) (“ASU 2020-01”), which clarifies the interaction for equity securities under Topic 321 and investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting in Topic 323 and the accounting for certain forward contracts and purchased options accounted for under Topic 815. ASU 2020-01 is effective for the Company from January 1, 2021, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact the adoption of this standard will have on our financial statements.

Note 3 – Revenue

The following table presents revenue disaggregated by types of arrangements and segments:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2020  

Revenues

   KFC      Pizza
Hut
     All
Other

Segments
     Corporate and
Unallocated
     Combined      Elimination     Consolidated  

Company sales

   $ 2,480      $ 744      $ 16      $ —        $ 3,240      $ —       $ 3,240  

Franchise fees and Income

     65        2        5        —          72        —         72  

Revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates

     31        2        16        269        318        —         318  

Other revenues

     —          —          41        2        43        (17     26  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

   $ 2,576      $ 748      $ 78      $ 271      $ 3,673      $ (17   $ 3,656  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (Unaudited)  

Revenues

   KFC      Pizza
Hut
     All Other
Segments)
     Corporate and
Unallocated
     Combined      Elimination     Consolidated  

Company sales

   $ 2,949      $ 1,048      $ 18      $ —        $ 4,015      $ —       $ 4,015  

Franchise fees and Income

     69        2        4        —          75        —         75  

Revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates

     32        2        12        278        324        —         324  

Other revenues

     —          1        30        2        33        (19     14  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

   $ 3,050      $ 1,053      $ 64      $ 280      $ 4,447      $ (19   $ 4,428  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Franchise Fees and Income

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
             2020                      2019          
            (Unaudited)  

Initial fees, including renewal fees

   $ 7      $ 4  

Continuing fees and rental income

     65        71  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Franchise fees and income

   $ 72      $ 75  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Costs to Obtain Contracts

Costs to obtain contracts consist of upfront franchise fees that we paid to YUM prior to the separation in relation to initial fees or renewal fees we received from franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates, as well as license fees that are payable to YUM in relation to our deferred revenue of prepaid stored-value products, privilege membership programs and customer loyalty programs. They meet the requirements to be capitalized as they are incremental costs of obtaining contracts with customers and the Company expects to generate future economic benefits from such costs incurred. Such costs to obtain contracts are included in Other assets in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and are amortized on a systematic basis that is consistent with the transfer to the customer of the goods or services to which the assets relate. Subsequent to the separation, we are no longer required to pay YUM initial or renewal fees that we receive from franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. The Company did not incur any impairment losses related to costs to obtain contracts during any of the periods presented. Costs to obtain contracts were $9 million and $9 million at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Contract Liabilities

Contract liabilities at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
     2020      2019  

Contract liabilities

                                                       

- Deferred revenue related to prepaid stored-value products

   $ 100      $ 86  

- Deferred revenue related to upfront franchise fees

     39        39  

- Deferred revenue related to customer loyalty programs

     25        24  

- Deferred revenue related to privilege membership programs

     21        16  

- Others

     3        3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 188      $ 168  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Contract liabilities primarily consist of deferred revenue related to prepaid stored-value products, privilege membership programs, customer loyalty programs and upfront franchise fees. Deferred revenue related to prepaid stored-value products, privilege membership programs, and customer loyalty programs is included in Accounts payable and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Deferred revenue related to upfront franchise fees that we expect to recognize as revenue in the next 12 months is included in Accounts payable and other current liabilities, and the remaining balance is included in Other liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Revenue recognized that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period amounted to $63 million and $48 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Changes in contract liability balances were not materially impacted by business acquisition, change in estimate of transaction price or any other factors during any of the years presented.

The Company has elected, as a practical expedient, not to disclose the value of remaining performance obligations associated with sales-based royalty promised to franchisees in exchange for franchise right and other related services. The remaining duration of the performance obligation is the remaining contractual term of each franchise agreement. We recognize continuing franchisee fees and revenues from advertising services and other services provided to franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates based on certain percentage of sales, as those sales occur.

 

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Note 4 – Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

The following table summarizes the components of basic and diluted earnings per share (in millions, except for per share data):

 

                                           
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Net Income – Yum China Holdings, Inc.

   $ 194     $ 400  

Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)(a)

     376       378  

Effect of dilutive share-based awards(a)

     7       8  

Effect of dilutive warrants(b)

     4       3  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)

     387       389  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic Earnings Per Share

   $ 0.51     $ 1.06  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted Earnings Per Share

   $ 0.50      $ 1.03  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share-based awards excluded from the diluted EPS computation(c)

     4       2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

As a result of the separation, shares of Yum China common stock were distributed to YUM’s shareholders of record as of October 19, 2016 and included in the calculated weighted-average common shares outstanding. Holders of outstanding YUM equity awards generally received both adjusted YUM awards and Yum China awards, or adjusted awards of either YUM or Yum China in their entirety. Any subsequent exercise of these awards, whether held by the Company’s employees or YUM’s employees, would increase the number of common shares outstanding. The incremental shares arising from outstanding equity awards are included in the computation of diluted EPS, if there is dilutive effect. See Note 14 for a further discussion of share-based compensation.

(b)

Pursuant to the investment agreements dated September 1, 2016 (Note 10), Yum China issued to strategic investors two tranches of warrants on January 9, 2017, with each tranche initially providing the right to purchase 8,200,405 shares of Yum China common stock, at an initial exercise price of $31.40 and $39.25 per share, respectively, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. The warrants may be exercised at any time through October 31, 2021. The incremental shares arising from outstanding warrants are included in the computation of diluted EPS, if there is dilutive effect when the average market price of Yum China common stock for the year exceeds the applicable exercise price of the warrants.

(c)

These outstanding stock appreciation rights, RSUs and PSUs were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the years to date presented, or because certain PSUs are contingently issuable based on the achievement of performance and market conditions, which have not been met as of June 30, 2020.

Note 5 – Items Affecting Comparability of Net Income and Cash Flows

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the Company’s operations in the six months ended June 30, 2020. The decrease in Operating profit was mainly driven by same-store sales declines and temporary store closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, and offset by one-time rent concessions of $25 million from landlords and a one-time government subsidy in the form of a reduction in social security contributions of $49 million. Operating profit for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $225 million, a decrease of 56% from the six months ended June 30, 2019.

 

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Restaurant-level Impairment

We recorded restaurant-level impairment charges of $36 million (including property, plant and equipment of $31 million and ROU assets of $5 million) and $25 million (including property, plant and equipment of $12 million and ROU assets of $13 million) for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively. The increase in restaurant-level impairment charges in 2020 mainly resulted from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. See Note 12 for additional information.

Meituan Dianping (“Meituan”) investment

In the third quarter of 2018, the Company subscribed for 8.4 million, or less than 1%, of the ordinary shares of Meituan, an e-commerce platform for services in China, for a total consideration of approximately $74 million, when it launched its initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in September 2018. In the second quarter of 2020, the Company sold 4.2 million of its ordinary shares of Meituan for proceeds of approximately $54 million, and realized a $17 million pre-tax gain which was recognized during the holding period. The Company recorded $14 million of U.S. tax in the six months ended June 30, 2020, including $7 million and $7 million related to gain on our investment in equity securities of Meituan recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and prior year, respectively.

The Company accounted for the equity securities at fair value with subsequent fair value changes recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income. The fair value of the investment in Meituan is determined based on the closing market price for the shares at the end of each reporting period. The fair value change, to the extent the closing market price of shares of Meituan as of the end of reporting period is higher than our cost, is subject to U.S. tax.

A summary of pre-tax gains or losses on investment on equity securities recognized which was included in Investment gain or loss in our Consolidated Statements of Income is as follows:

 

                                           
     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Unrealized gains recorded on equity securities still held as of the end of the period

   $ 38     $ 27  

Losses recorded on equity securities sold during the period

     (1     –    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gains recorded on equity securities

   $ 37     $ 27  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Transition Tax

The Company recorded $164 million as an additional income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017, the period in which the Tax Act was enacted. It includes an estimated one-time transition tax of $130 million on the deemed repatriation of accumulated undistributed foreign earnings, $5 million primarily related to the re-measurement of certain deferred tax assets based on the rates at which they are expected to reverse in the future, and the valuation allowance of $30 million for certain deferred tax assets. We completed our analysis of the Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 according to guidance released by the U.S. Treasury Department and IRS as of December 2018 and made an adjustment of $36 million to reduce the provisional amount for transition tax recorded in 2017 accordingly. The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released the final transition tax regulations in the first quarter of 2019. We completed the evaluation of the impact on our transition tax computation based on the final regulations released in the first quarter of 2019 and recorded an additional income tax expense of $8 million for the transition tax accordingly.

Partner PSU Awards

In February 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved new grants of SARs, RSUs and PSUs to employees under the Yum China Holdings, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). The awards will be earned based on their respective vesting terms, with PSUs subject to market conditions or performance conditions. A special award of PSUs (“Partner PSU Awards”) was granted to select employees who were deemed critical to the Company’s execution of its strategic operating plan. These Partner PSU Awards will only vest if threshold performance goals are achieved over a four-year performance period, with the payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target number of shares. Partner PSU Awards were granted to address increased competition for executive talent, motivate transformational performance and encourage management retention. Given the unique nature of these grants, the Compensation Committee of the Board does not intend to grant similar, special grants to the same employees during the performance period. The impact from these special awards is excluded from metrics that management uses to assess the Company’s performance. The Company recognized a share-based compensation cost associated with the Partner PSU Awards of $2 million for six months ended June 30, 2020.

Note 6 – Other Income, net

 

                                           
     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2020     2019  
           (Unaudited)  

Equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates

   $ 34     $ 37  

Derecognition of indemnification asset(a)

     (3     –    

Foreign exchanges and other

     (5     (6
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income, net

   $ 26     $ 31  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

In the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company derecognized a $3 million indemnification asset previously recorded for the Daojia acquisition as the indemnification right pursuant to the purchase agreement expired. The expense was included in Other income, net, but was not allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes.

 

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Note 7 – Supplemental Balance Sheet Information

 

                                             
     As of
June 30,
    As of
December 31,
 
     2020     2019  

Accounts Receivable, net

    

Accounts receivable, gross

   $ 84     $ 89  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (1     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

   $ 83     $ 88  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     As of
June 30,
    As of
December 31,
 
     2020     2019  

Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

    

Receivables from payment processors and aggregators

   $ 26     $ 41  

Prepaid rent

     1       2  

Dividends receivable from unconsolidated affiliates

     51       8  

Other prepaid expenses and current assets

     88       83  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

   $ 166      $ 134   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     As of
June 30,
    As of
December 31,
 
     2020     2019  

Property, Plant and Equipment

    

Buildings and improvements

   $ 2,146     $ 2,159  

Finance leases, primarily buildings

     30       30  

Machinery and equipment and construction in progress

     1,254       1,282  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, gross

     3,430       3,471  

Accumulated depreciation

     (1,926     (1,877
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 1,504     $ 1,594  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment was $205 million and $205 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

                                             
     As of
June 30,
    As of
December 31,
 
     2020     2019  

Other Assets

    

VAT assets

   $     237      $     243   

Land use right (a)

     129       133  

Investment in equity securities

     93       110  

Long-term deposits

     73       71  

Investment in long-term time deposits(b)

     57       –    

Costs to obtain contracts

     9       9  

Restricted cash

     7       9  

Others

     6       5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Assets

   $ 611     $ 580  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)

Amortization expense related to land use right was $2 million and $2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

(b)

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had $57 million invested in long-term time deposits, bearing a fixed interest rate with original maturity of three years. The asset is restricted for use in order to secure the balance of prepaid store-value cards issued by the Company pursuant to regulatory requirements.

 

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     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
     2020      2019  

Accounts Payable and Other Current Liabilities

     

Accounts payable

   $ 566      $ 623  

Operating leases liabilities

     401        382  

Accrued compensation and benefits

     179        223  

Contract liabilities

     155        135  

Accrued capital expenditures

     122        150  

Accrued marketing expenses

     94        64  

Other current liabilities

     143        114  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

   $ 1,660      $ 1,691  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
     2020      2019  

Other Liabilities

     

Deferred income tax liabilities

   $ 101      $ 67  

Accrued income tax payable

     62        69  

Contract liabilities

     33        33  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     56        41  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other liabilities

   $ 252      $ 210  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Cash, Cash equivalents, and Restricted Cash for Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

                                             
     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
     2020      2019  

Cash and cash equivalents as presented in Consolidated Balance Sheets

   $ 674      $ 1,046  

Restricted cash included in Other assets(c)

     7        9  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash as presented in Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

   $    681      $ 1,055  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(c)

As of June 30, 2020, the $7 million of restricted cash included in Other assets within our Consolidated Balance Sheet represents amounts deposited into an escrow account pursuant to a definitive agreement entered into in April 2020 to acquire an additional 25% equity interest in an unconsolidated affiliate that operates KFC stores in and around Suzhou, China (“Suzhou KFC”). The Suzhou KFC acquisition was completed on August 3, 2020 and was considered immaterial. As of December 31, 2019, the $9 million of restricted cash represents amounts deposited into an escrow account pursuant to a definitive agreement entered into in August 2019 to acquire a controlling interest in the Huang Ji Huang group. The Huang Ji Huang acquisition was completed on April 8, 2020 and was considered immaterial.

 

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Note 8 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill are as follows:

 

     Total
Company
     KFC      Pizza
Hut
     All Other
Segments
 

Balance as of December 31, 2019

           

Goodwill, gross

   $ 645      $ 235      $ 19      $ 391  

Accumulated impairment losses (a)

     (391      —          —          (391
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill, net

   $ 254      $ 235      $ 19      $ —    

Goodwill acquired(b)

     59        —          —          59  

Effect of currency translation adjustment and other

     (4      (3      (1      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2020

           

Goodwill, gross

     700        232        18        450  

Accumulated impairment losses

     (391                    (391
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Goodwill, net

     309        232        18        59  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Accumulated impairment losses represent goodwill attributable to the Little Sheep and Daojia reporting unit.

(b)

Goodwill acquired resulted from the acquisition of Huang Ji Huang. (Note 1).

Intangible assets, net as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

     June 30, 2020  
     Gross
Carrying
Amount(a)
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Accumulated
Impairment
Losses(b)
     Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Finite-lived intangible assets

           

Reacquired franchise rights

   $ 147      $ (118    $ —        $ 29  

Huang Ji Huang franchise related assets(c)

     21        —          —          21  

Daojia platform

     16        (4      (12      —    

Customer-related assets

     12        (9      (2      1  

Other

     9        (4      —          5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     205        (135      (14      56  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indefinite-lived intangible assets Little Sheep trademark

     51        —          —          51  

Huang Ji Huang trademark(c)

     76        —          —          76  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     127        —          —          127  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total intangible assets

   $ 332      $ (135    $ (14    $ 183  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     December 31, 2019  
     Gross
Carrying

Amount(a)
     Accumulated
Amortization
     Accumulated
Impairment
Losses(b)
     Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Finite-lived intangible assets

           

Reacquired franchise rights

   $ 148      $ (113    $ –        $ 35  

Daojia platform

     16        (4      (12      –    

Customer-related assets

     12        (8      (2      2  

Other

     9        (4      –          5  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 185      $ (129    $ (14    $ 42  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indefinite-lived intangible assets Little Sheep trademark

   $ 52      $ –        $ –        $ 52  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total intangible assets

   $ 237      $ (129    $ (14    $ 94  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Changes in gross carrying amount include effect of currency translation adjustment.

(b)

Accumulated impairment losses represent impairment charges on intangible assets acquired from Daojia primarily attributable to the Daojia platform.

(c)

Increase in gross carrying amount of finite-lived and indefinite-lived intangible assets primarily resulted from the acquisition of Huang Ji Huang. (Note 1).

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was $6 million and $10 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets is expected to approximate $7 million for the remainder of 2020, $13 million in 2021, $13 million in 2022, $3 million in 2023 and $2 million in 2024.

Note 9 – Credit Facilities

As of June 30, 2020, the Company had credit facilities of RMB 3,713 million (approximately $526 million), comprised of onshore credit facilities of RMB 2,300 million (approximately $326 million) in the aggregate and offshore credit facilities of $200 million in the aggregate.

The credit facilities had remaining terms ranging from less than one year to three years as of June 30, 2020. Each credit facility bears interest based on the prevailing rate stipulated by the People’s Bank of China, Loan Prime Rate (“LPR”) published by the National Interbank Funding Centre of the PRC or London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration. Each credit facility contains a cross- default provision whereby our failure to make any payment on a principal amount from any credit facility will constitute a default on other credit facilities. Some of the credit facilities contain covenants limiting, among other things, certain additional indebtedness and liens, and certain other transactions specified in the respective agreement. Interest on any outstanding borrowings is due at least monthly. Some of the onshore credit facilities contain sub-limits for overdrafts, non-financial bonding, standby letters of credit and guarantees. As of June 30, 2020, we had outstanding bank guarantees of RMB 89 million (approximately $13 million) to secure our lease payment to landlords for certain Company-owned restaurants. The credit facilities were therefore reduced by the same amount, while there were no bank borrowings outstanding as of June 30, 2020.

Note 10 – Investment Agreements with Strategic Investors

On September 1, 2016, YUM and the Company entered into investment agreements (the “Investment Agreements”) with each of Pollos Investment L.P., an affiliate of Primavera Capital Group (“Primavera”), and API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited, an affiliate of Zhejiang Ant Small and Micro Financial Services Group Co., Ltd. (“Ant Financial” and, together with Primavera, the “Investors”). Pursuant to the Investment Agreements, on November 1, 2016 (“Closing Date”), Primavera and Ant Financial invested $410 million and $50 million, respectively, for a collective $460 million investment (the “Investment”) in the Company in exchange for: (i) shares of Yum China common stock representing in the aggregate 5% of Yum China common stock issued and outstanding immediately following the separation subject to Post-Closing Adjustment for a final aggregate ownership of between 4.3% and 5.9% in Yum China and (ii) two tranches of warrants (the “Warrants”), exercisable for an approximate additional 4% ownership, in the aggregate, of Yum China common stock issued and outstanding after the separation, taking into account the shares previously issued to the Investors. Immediately before the closing of the Investment, Yum China had 363,758,219 shares of common stock issued and outstanding, with a par value US$0.01 per share. Pursuant to the Investment Agreements, on November 1, 2016, Yum China issued 17,064,172.74 and 2,080,996.68 shares of common stock (the “Closing Shares”) at US$24.03 per share (“Closing Price”) to Primavera and Ant Financial, respectively, subject to adjustment as described below.

 

 

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Pursuant to the Investment Agreements, the Investors and the Company determined the volume weighted-average trading price (“VWAP”) per share of Company common stock over the trading days occurring over the period from December 1, 2016 to December 30, 2016 (the “Measurement Period”), and discounted such VWAP by 8% (the “Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share”).

Since the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share of $25.05 exceeded the Closing Price of US$24.03 paid by the Investors at the Closing Date, on January 9, 2017, the Company repurchased from Primavera and Ant Financial 699,394.74 and 85,291.68 shares of common stock, respectively, at par value of $0.01 per share, based on the Adjusted VWAP Price Per Share as determined on December 30, 2016. The repurchased shares were included in Treasury Stock as of December 31, 2016 in the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In addition, pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreements, on January 9, 2017, Yum China issued to each of the Investors two tranches of Warrants. Upon exercise, the first tranche of Warrants initially provided Primavera and Ant Financial with the right to purchase 7,309,057 and 891,348 shares of Yum China common stock, respectively, at an initial exercise price of $31.40 per share. The second tranche of Warrants initially provided Primavera and Ant Financial with the right to purchase the same number of shares of Yum China common stock purchasable by Primavera and Ant Financial under the first tranche of Warrants, at an initial exercise price of $39.25 per share. The initial exercise price for the Warrants was based on $12 billion and $15 billion for the first tranche and second tranche, respectively, divided by the number of shares of common stock, including the Closing Shares after the Post-Closing Adjustment, issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date. The Warrants may be exercised at any time through October 31, 2021 and contain customary anti- dilution protections.

As a result of the issuance of the Closing Shares and the Post-Closing Adjustment (excluding shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants), Primavera and Ant Financial collectively beneficially owned approximately 4.8% of the outstanding shares of Yum China common stock as of January 9, 2017, or approximately 8.7% of the outstanding shares of Yum China common stock as of January 9, 2017 assuming the full exercise of both tranches of Warrants by each of the Investors.

Total cash proceeds of $460 million from the closing of the Investment were first allocated to the Post-Closing Adjustment and Warrants based on their fair value on November 1, 2016, with the residual value of $364 million allocated to the shares of common stock issued.

In October and November 2019, Primavera entered into pre-paid forward sale transactions with several financial institutions (the “Dealers”), pursuant to which Primavera is obligated to deliver to the Dealers all of its second tranche of Warrants. The Warrants or interests are subsequently transferrable in the secondary market to other financial investors.

 

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Note 11 – Leases

As of June 30, 2020, we operated over 7,400 company-owned restaurants, leasing the underlying land and/or building. We generally enter into lease agreements for our restaurants with initial terms of 10 to 20 years. Most of our lease agreements contain termination options that permit us to terminate the lease agreement early if the restaurant’s unit contribution is negative for a specified period of time. We generally do not have renewal options for our leases. Such options are accounted for only when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise the options. The rent under the majority of our current restaurant lease agreements is generally payable in one of three ways: (i) fixed rent; (ii) the higher of a fixed base rent or a percentage of the restaurant’s sales; or (iii) a percentage of the restaurant’s sales. Most leases require us to pay common area maintenance fees for the leased property. In addition to restaurants leases, we also lease office spaces, logistics centers and equipment. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

In limited cases, we sub-lease certain restaurants to franchisees in connection with refranchising transactions or lease our properties to other third parties. The lease payments under these leases are generally based on the higher of a fixed base rent or a percentage of the restaurant’s annual sales. Income from sub-lease agreements with franchisees or lease agreements with other third parties are included in Franchise fees and income and Other revenue, respectively, within our Consolidated Statements of Income. The impact of ASC 842 on our accounting as a lessor was not significant.

Supplemental Balance Sheet

 

                                                                    
     As of
June 30,
2020
    As of
December 31,
2019
   

Account Classification

Assets

      

Operating lease right-of-use assets

   $ 1,886     $ 1,985    

Operating lease right-of-use assets

Finance lease right-of-use assets

     17       18    

Property, plant and equipment, net

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total leased assets

   $ 1,903     $ 2,003    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Liabilities

      

Current

      

Operating lease liabilities

   $ 401     $ 382    

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

Finance lease liabilities

     2       2    

Accounts payable and other current liabilities

Non-current

      

Operating lease liabilities

     1,677       1,803    

Non-current operating lease liabilities

Finance lease liabilities

     24       26    

Non-current finance lease liabilities

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total lease liabilities

   $ 2,104     $ 2,213     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   
Summary of Lease Cost    Six Months
Ended June 30,
   

Account Classification

     2020     2019      
           (unaudited)      

Operating lease cost

   $    241      $    234     

Occupancy and other operating expenses, G&A or Franchise expenses

Finance lease cost

      

Amortization of leased assets

     1       1    

Occupancy and other operating expenses

Interest on lease liabilities

     1       1    

Interest expense, net

Variable lease cost (a)

     104       171    

Occupancy and other operating expenses or Franchise expenses

Short-term lease cost

     5       5    

Occupancy and other operating expenses or G&A

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Sub-lease income

     (12     (14  

Franchise fees and income or Other revenues

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total lease cost

   $ 340     $ 398    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

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(a)

In the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company was granted $25 million in lease concessions from landlords related to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lease concessions were primarily in the form of rent reduction over the period of time when the Company’s restaurant business was adversely impacted. The Company applied the interpretive guidance in a FASB staff Q&A document issued in April 2020 and elected: (1) not to evaluate whether a concession received in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is a lease modification and (2) to assume such concession was contemplated as part of the existing lease contract with no contract modification. Such concession was recognized as negative variable lease cost in the period the concession was granted.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information

 

     Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
     2020      2019  
            (unaudited)  

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

                                                   

Operating cash flows from operating leases

   $ 233      $ 241  

Operating cash flows from finance leases

     1        1  

Financing cash flows from finance leases

     1        1  

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities(b):

     

Operating leases

   $ 93      $ 119  

Finance leases

     (1      —    

 

(b)

This supplemental non-cash disclosure for ROU obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities also includes noncash transactions resulting in adjustments to the lease liability or ROU asset due to modification or other reassessment events.

Lease Term and Discount Rate

 

     Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
           (unaudited)  

Weighted-average remaining lease term (years)

                                                  

Operating leases

     6.9       7.2  

Finance leases

     11.1       12.1  

Weighted-average discount rate

    

Operating leases

     6.0     6.1

Finance leases

     5.8     5.7

 

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Summary of Future Lease Payments and Lease Liabilities

Maturities of lease liabilities as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

                                                                       
     As of June 30, 2020  
     Amount of
Operating
Leases
     Amount of
Finance
Leases
     Total  

Remainder of 2020

     274        2        276  

2021

     457        4        461  

2022

     397        4        401  

2023

     334        3        337  

2024

     271        3        274  

Thereafter

     810        20        830  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total undiscounted lease payment

     2,543        36        2,579  

Less: imputed interest(c)

     465        10        475  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Present value of lease liabilities

     2,078        26        2,104  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                                                       
     As of December 31, 2019  
     Amount of
Operating
Leases
     Amount of
Finance
Leases
     Total  

2020

   $ 504      $ 4      $ 508  

2021

     448        4        452  

2022

     389        4        393  

2023

     325        3        328  

2024

     261        3        264  

Thereafter

     781        21        802  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total undiscounted lease payment

     2,708        39        2,747  

Less: imputed interest(c)

     523        11        534  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Present value of lease liabilities

   $ 2,185      $ 28      $ 2,213  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(c)

As the rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined, we use our incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the lease commencement date in determining the imputed interest and present value of lease payments. We used the incremental borrowing rate on January 1, 2019 for operating leases that commenced prior to that date.

As of June 30, 2020, we have additional lease agreements that have been signed but not yet commenced, with total undiscounted minimum lease payments of $115 million. These leases will commence between the third quarter of 2020 and 2023 with lease terms of 1 year to 20 years.

Note 12 – Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures

The Company’s financial assets and liabilities primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term time deposits, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and lease liabilities, and the carrying values of these assets and liabilities approximate their fair value in general.

The Company accounts for its investment in the equity securities of Meituan at fair value, which is determined based on the closing market price for the shares at the end of each reporting period, with subsequent fair value changes recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income.

The following table is a summary of our financial assets measured on a recurring basis or disclosed at fair value and the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the measurement falls. The Company classifies its cash equivalents, short-term investments, long-term time deposits, and investment in equity securities within Level 1 or Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy because it uses quoted market prices or alternative pricing sources and models utilizing market observable inputs to determine their fair value, respectively. No transfers among the levels within the fair value hierarchy occurred in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

 

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     Fair Value Measurement or Disclosure at
June 30, 2020
 
     Balance at
June 30,
2020
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Cash equivalents:

           

Time deposits

   $ 230         $ 230     

Money market funds

     52        52        

Fixed rate debt securities(a)

     28           28     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash equivalents

     310        52        258        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

           

Time deposits

     1,034           1,034     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total short-term investments

     1,034        —          1,034        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other assets:

           

Investment in equity securities

     93        93        

Long-term time deposits

     57           57     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $     1,494      $ 145      $ 1,349      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Fair Value Measurement or Disclosure at
December 31, 2019
 
     Balance at
December 31,
2019
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Cash equivalents:

           

Time deposits

   $ 407         $ 407     

Money market funds

     331        331        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cash equivalents

     738        331        407        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-term investments:

           

Time deposits

     611           611     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total short-term investments

     611        —          611        —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other assets:

           

Investment in equity securities

     110        110        
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,459      $ 441      $ 1,018      $ —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Classified as held-to-maturity investments and measured at amortized cost.

Non-recurring fair value measurements

In addition, certain of the Company’s restaurant-level assets (including operating lease ROU assets, property, plant and equipment), goodwill and intangible assets, are measured at fair value based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) on a non-recurring basis, if determined to be impaired. As of June 30, 2020, the fair value of restaurant-level assets, if determined to be impaired, are primarily represented by the price market participant would pay to sub-lease the operating lease ROU assets and acquire remaining restaurants assets, which reflects the highest and best use of the assets. Significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement include market rental prices, which were determined with the assistance of an independent valuation specialist. The direct comparison approach is used as the valuation technique by assuming sub-lease of each of these properties in its existing state with vacant possession. By making reference to lease transactions as available in the relevant market, comparable properties in close proximity have been selected and adjustments have been made to account for the difference in factors such as location and property size.

The following table presents amounts recognized from all non-recurring fair value measurements based on unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. These amounts exclude fair value measurements made for restaurants that were subsequently closed or refranchised prior to those respective year-end dates.

 

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     Six Months Ended June 30,       
             2020                    2019           

Account Classification

            (Unaudited)       

Restaurant-level impairment(a)

   $ 30      $ 19      Closure and impairment expenses, net

ROU impairment prior to the adoption of ASC 842(b)

     –          82      Retained Earnings
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

   $ 30      $ 101     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

(a)

Restaurant-level impairment charges are recorded in Closures and impairment expenses, net and resulted from our semi-annual impairment evaluation of long-lived assets of individual restaurants that were being operated at the time of impairment and had not been offered for refranchising. We performed an additional impairment evaluation in the first quarter of 2020, considering the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic an impairment indicator. A trend of continuing operating losses for certain restaurants due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in higher impairment during the second quarter of 2020.We also performed an additional impairment evaluation upon adoption of ASC 842 in the first quarter of 2019. The remaining net book value of assets at fair value as of each relevant measurement date, after considering the impairment charge recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, was $76 million and $ 20 million, respectively.

 

(b)

ROU impairment prior to the adoption of ASC 842 represents an impairment charge on operating lease ROU assets arising from existing operating leases as of January 1, 2019. After netting with the related impact on deferred taxes of $19 million and the impact on noncontrolling interests of $3 million, we recorded a cumulative adjustment of $60 million to retained earnings in accordance with the transition guidance for the new lease standard. For those restaurants under operating leases with full impairment on their long-lived assets (primarily property, plant and equipment) before January 1, 2019, an additional impairment charge would have been recorded before January 1, 2019 had the operating lease ROU assets been recognized at the time of impairment.

Note 13 – Retirement Plans

For executives who were hired or re-hired after September 30, 2001, YUM has implemented the YUM LRP. This is an unfunded, unsecured account-based retirement plan which allocates a percentage of pay to an account payable to the executive following the executive’s separation of employment from YUM or attainment of age 55. The Company adopted the YCHLRP upon separation while the assets and liabilities associated with these employees under YUM LRP were transferred to YCHLRP. YCHLRP will continue to be in effect until terminated by the Company’s board of directors. The terms of the YCHLRP are substantially similar to the terms of the YUM LRP. Under the YCHLRP, certain executives who are at least age 21, who are classified as salary level 12, who are not eligible to participate in a tax-qualified defined benefit plan, and who satisfy certain additional requirements as to work location and assignment, are eligible to participate in the YCHLRP if selected for participation by the Company. The YCHLRP is an unfunded, unsecured account-based retirement plan that allocates a percentage of pay to an account payable to an executive following the later to occur of the executive’s separation of employment from the Company or attainment of age 55. Under the YCHLRP, participants aged 55 or older are entitled to a lump sum distribution of their account balance on the last day of the calendar quarter that occurs on or follows their separation of employment. The liabilities of $5.1 million and $4.8 million attributable to our employees under the YCHLRP as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, are included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

YUM offers certain of the Company’s executives working in China retirement benefits under the Bai Sheng Restaurants China Holdings Limited Retirement Scheme (previously known as the Bai Sheng Restaurants (Hong Kong) Ltd. Retirement Scheme). Under this defined contribution plan, YUM provides a company funded contribution ranging from 5% to 10% of an executive’s base salary. Upon termination, participants will receive a lump sum equal to a percentage of the Company’s contributions inclusive of investment return. This percentage is based on a vesting schedule that provides participants with a vested 30% interest upon completion of a minimum of 3 years of service, and an additional 10% vested interest for each additional completed year, up to a maximum of 100%. The Company adopted the same plan after the separation and the contribution amount to the plan for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was insignificant.

 

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As stipulated by Chinese state regulations, the Company participates in a government-sponsored defined contribution retirement plan. Substantially all employees are entitled to an annual pension equal to a fixed proportion of the average basic salary amount of the geographical area of their last employment at their retirement date. In the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, we are required to make contributions to the local social security bureau between 12% and 20% of the previous year’s average basic salary amount of the geographical area where the employees are under our employment. Contributions are recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Income as they become payable. We have no obligation for the payment of pension benefits beyond the annual contributions as set out above. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Company also received one-time government subsidy related to COVID-19 pandemic in the form of a reduction in social security contributions, which was recognized as reduction to the related expenses when it was granted. The Company contributed $72 million and $84 million to the government-sponsored plan for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Note 14 – Share-Based Compensation

Overview

Upon the separation, holders of outstanding YUM equity awards generally received both adjusted YUM awards and Yum China awards, or adjusted awards of either YUM or Yum China in their entirety, to maintain the pre-separation intrinsic value of the awards. Depending on the tax laws of the country of employment, awards were modified using either the shareholder method or the employer method. Share issuances for Yum China awards held by YUM’s employees will be satisfied by Yum China. Share issuances for YUM awards held by the Company’s employees will be satisfied by YUM. The shareholder method was based on the premise that employees holding YUM awards prior to the separation should receive an equal number of awards of both YUM and Yum China. Under the employer method, employees holding YUM awards prior to the separation had their awards converted into awards of the company that they worked for subsequent to the separation. As a result, Yum China may issue shares of common stock to YUM’s employees upon exercise or vesting of various types of awards, including stock options, SARs, RSUs, and awards from the executive income deferral plan.

The modified equity awards have the same terms and conditions as the awards held immediately before the separation, except that the number of shares and the price were adjusted. In accordance with ASC 718, the Company compared the fair value of the awards immediately prior to the separation to the fair value immediately after the separation to measure the incremental compensation cost, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model (the “BS model”). The incremental compensation cost was insignificant, and YUM and the Company continue to recognize the unamortized original grant-date fair value of the modified awards over the remaining requisite service period as their respective employees continue to provide services. Share-based compensation for the Company’s employees is based on both YUM awards and Yum China awards held by those employees.

Effective October 31, 2016, the Company adopted the Yum China Holdings, Inc. Long Term Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”). The Company has reserved for issuance under the 2016 Plan of 45,000,000 shares of our common stock. Under this plan, the exercise price of stock options and SARs granted must be equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant.

Potential awards to employees and non-employee directors under the 2016 Plan include stock options, incentive options, SARs, restricted stock, stock units, RSUs, performance shares, performance units, and cash incentive awards. We have issued only stock options, SARs, RSUs and PSUs under the 2016 Plan. While awards under the 2016 Plan can have varying vesting provisions and exercise periods, outstanding awards under the 2016 Plan vest in periods ranging from three to five years. Stock options and SARs expire ten years after grant.

The Company recognizes all share-based payments to employees and non-employee directors in the Consolidated Financial Statements as compensation cost on a straight-line basis over the service period based on their fair value on the date of grant, for awards that actually vest and when performance conditions are probable of being achieved, if applicable. If no substantive service condition exists, the grant-date fair value is fully recognized as expense upon grant. Certain awards are subject to specific retirement conditions, which allow the awards to fully vest as long as the employee is actively employed for at least one year following the grant date, provides at least six months notification of intention to retire, and signs non-solicitation and non-compete agreements. Under such circumstances, the grant-date fair value of the award is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the one-year service period from the grant date.

 

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Award Valuation

Stock Option and SARs

The Company estimated the fair value of each stock option and SAR award granted to the Company’s employees as of the date of grant, using the BS model with the following assumptions:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2020     2019  

Risk-free interest rate

     1.5     2.5

Expected term (years)

     6.50       6.50  

Expected volatility

     33.2     32.0

Expected dividend yield

     1.1     1.2

Share option and SAR awards granted to employees typically have a graded vesting schedule of 25% per year over four years and expire 10 years after grant. The Company uses a single weighted-average term for awards that have a graded vesting schedule. Based on analysis of the historical exercise and post-vesting termination behavior, the Company determined that employees exercised the awards on average after 6.5 years. Forfeitures were estimated based on historical experience. Historical data used to estimate the expected term and forfeiture rate were based on data associated with the Company’s employees who were granted share-based awards by YUM prior to the separation.

For those awards granted by the Company after the separation, the Company considered the volatility of common shares of comparable companies in the same business as the Company, as well as the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The Company initially had no plan to pay dividends at the time of the grant. On October 4, 2017, the board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend program, and declared an initial cash dividend of $0.10 per share on Yum China’s common stock. In the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the dividend yield was estimated based on the Company’s dividend policy at the time of the grant.

RSUs and PSUs

RSU awards generally vest over a three-year period with a majority of the awards cliff vesting at 100% on the third grant anniversary. The fair values of RSU awards are based on the closing price of the Company’s stock on the date of grant.

During 2019 and 2018, the Company granted PSUs that are subject to market conditions and service conditions, cliff vesting at the end of the performance period. The number of shares to be distributed is based on the Company’s performance on its total shareholder return relative to its peer group in the MSCI International China Index, measured over a three-year performance period. The fair value of PSU awards was valued based on the outcome of the Monte-Carlo Simulation model (the “MCS model”) and amortized on a straight-line basis over the three-year period. The total amount of fair value for the PSUs granted in 2019 and 2018 is immaterial.

In February 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors approved new grants of a special award of PSUs (“Partner PSU Awards”) to select employees who were deemed critical to the Company’s execution of its strategic operating plan under the 2016 Plan. These Partner PSU Awards are subject to market and performance conditions, and will cliff vest only if threshold performance goals are achieved over a four-year performance period, with the payout ranging from 0% to 200% of the target number of shares. The fair value of the Partner PSU Awards was determined based on the outcome of the MCS model and closing price of the Company’s stock on the date of the grant. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair value of Partner PSU Awards include the risk-free interest rate of 1.4%, expected dividend yield of 1.1%, and expected volatility of 33.4%.

 

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The annual PSU awards granted in February 2020 are cliff vested based only on the Company’s achievement of performance goals with a relative total shareholder return payout modifier against MSCI China Index, measured over a three-year period. The fair value of annual PSU awards was determined based on the outcome of the MCS model. The assumptions used in determining the grant date fair value of annual PSU awards include the risk-free interest rate of 1.4% and expected volatility of 33.4%.

Compensation costs associated with annual and Partner PSU awards are recognized on a straight-line basis over the performance period when performance conditions are probable of being achieved, adjusted for estimated forfeiture rate.

Others

Commencing from November 11, 2016, Yum China also granted annual awards of common stock to non-employee directors for their service on Yum China’s board of directors. The fair value of these awards is based on the closing price per share of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant. The shares were issued outright to the directors on the date of grant, with no conditions attached. Therefore, the fair value of the awards was fully recognized as expenses upon grant. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, a total of 54,757 and 60,419 shares of Yum China common stock, respectively, were granted to non-employee directors and the grant-date fair value of $2.6 million and $2.4 million respectively, was immediately recognized in full in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Award Activity

Stock Options and SARs

 

     Shares (in
thousands)
    Weighted-
Average
Exercise Price
     Weighted-
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term (years)
     Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value (in
millions)
 

Outstanding at January 1, 2020

     14,373       24.22        5.11        342  

Granted

     1,314       42.71        

Exercised

     (2,229     18.81        

Forfeited or expired

     (153     37.00        
  

 

 

         

Outstanding at June 30, 2020

     13,305 (a)      26.80        5.36        283  
  

 

 

         

Exercisable at June 30, 2020

     10,100       22.79        4.36        255  
  

 

 

         

 

  (a)

As of June 30, 2020, outstanding awards include 496,428 stock options and 12,808,777 SARs with weighted-average exercise prices of $18.50 and $27.13, respectively. Outstanding awards represent Yum China awards held by employees of both the Company and YUM.

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of SARs granted in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $13.36 and $13.43, respectively. The total intrinsic value of stock options and SARs exercised by the Company’s employees during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $23 million and $29 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2020, $34 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options and SARs, which will be reduced by any forfeitures that occur, is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of approximately 1.84 years. This reflects unrecognized cost for both Yum China awards and YUM awards held by the Company’s employees. The total fair value at grant date or modification date of awards held by the Company’s employees that vested during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $14 million and $13 million, respectively.

 

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RSUs and PSUs

 

     Shares (in
thousands)
     Weighted-
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
 

Unvested at January 1, 2020

     971        36.08  

Granted

     1,163        39.75  

Vested

     (307      26.97  

Forfeited

     (17      39.64  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Unvested at June 30, 2020

                 1,810        39.95  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of RSUs and PSUs granted in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was $39.75 and $45.30, respectively. The weighted-average grant-date fair value of annual and Partner PSUs granted in the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $39.51. As of June 30, 2020, $12 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to 615,853 unvested RSUs and $27 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to 1,194,275 PSUs, which will be reduced by any forfeiture that occurs, are expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted-average vesting period of approximately 1.60 and 3.27 years, respectively.

Impact on Net Income

Share-based compensation expense was $17 million and $15 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Deferred tax benefits of $1 million and $1 million was recognized in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Note 15 – Equity

Immediately after the separation on October 31, 2016, Yum China authorized capital stock consisted of 1,000 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 364 million shares of Yum China common stock were issued and outstanding. As of June 30, 2020, 397 million shares of Yum China common stock were issued and 377 million shares were outstanding.

Share Repurchase Program

Our Board of Directors has authorized an aggregate of $1.4 billion of our share repurchase program. The Company repurchased 0.2 million and 3.5 million shares of common stock at a total cost of $7 million and $140 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of June 30, 2020, $692 million remained available for repurchase under the current authorization. The Company temporarily suspended the share repurchase in the second quarter of 2020.

Cash Dividend

On October 4, 2017, the board of directors approved a regular quarterly cash dividend program. The Company paid a cash dividend of $0.12 per share for each quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020. Total cash dividends of $45 million and $91 million were paid to shareholders in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Company temporarily suspended its dividend payments in the second quarter of 2020.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (“AOCI”)

The Company’s other comprehensive income (loss) for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and AOCI balances as of June 30, 2020, December 31, 2019 were comprised solely of foreign currency translation adjustments. Other comprehensive loss was $35 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, and other comprehensive gain was $1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019. The accumulated balances reported in AOCI in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for currency translation adjustments were net loss of $82 million, $49 million as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. There was no tax effect related to the components of other comprehensive income for all periods presented.

 

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Restricted net assets

The Company’s ability to pay dividends is primarily dependent on the Company receiving distributions of funds from its subsidiaries. Relevant PRC statutory laws and regulations permit payments of dividends by the Company’s PRC subsidiaries only out of their retained earnings, if any, as determined in accordance with PRC accounting standards and regulations. The results of operations reflected in the Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP differ from those reflected in the statutory financial statements of the Company’s subsidiaries.

In accordance with the PRC Regulations on Enterprises with Foreign Investment and the articles of association of the Company’s PRC subsidiaries, a foreign-invested enterprise established in the PRC is required to provide certain statutory reserves, namely general reserve fund, the enterprise expansion fund and staff welfare and bonus fund which are appropriated from net profit as reported in the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. A foreign-invested enterprise is required to allocate at least 10% of its annual after-tax profit to the general reserve until such reserve has reached 50% of its respective registered capital based on the enterprise’s PRC statutory accounts. Appropriations to the enterprise expansion fund and staff welfare and bonus fund are at the discretion of the board of directors for all foreign-invested enterprises. The aforementioned reserves can only be used for specific purposes and are not distributable as cash dividends.

As a result of these PRC laws and regulations subject to the limit discussed above that require annual appropriations of 10% of after-tax income to be set aside, prior to payment of dividends as general reserve fund, the Company’s PRC subsidiaries are restricted in their ability to transfer a portion of their net assets to the Company in the form of dividend payments, loans or advances. The restricted net assets of the PRC subsidiaries is approximately $616 million as of June 30, 2020.

Furthermore, cash transfers from the Company’s PRC subsidiaries to its subsidiaries outside of China are subject to PRC government control of currency conversion. Shortages in the availability of foreign currency may restrict the ability of the PRC subsidiaries to remit sufficient foreign currency to pay dividends or other payments to the Company, or otherwise satisfy their foreign currency-denominated obligations.

Note 16 – Income Taxes

In December 2017, the U.S. enacted the Tax Act, which included a broad range of tax reforms, including, but not limited to, the establishment of a flat corporate income tax rate of 21%, the elimination or reduction of certain business deductions, and the imposition of tax on deemed repatriation of accumulated undistributed foreign earnings. The Tax Act has impacted Yum China in two material aspects: (1) in general, all of the foreign-source dividends received by Yum China from its foreign subsidiaries will be exempted from taxation starting from its tax year beginning after December 31, 2017 and (2) Yum China recorded additional income tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2017, including an estimated one-time transition tax on its deemed repatriation of accumulated undistributed foreign earnings and additional tax related to the revaluation of certain deferred tax assets.

We completed our analysis of the Tax Act in the fourth quarter of 2018 according to guidance released by the U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS as of December 2018 and made a reversal to provisional amount in the amount of $36 million for the transition tax recorded in 2017 accordingly. The U.S. Treasury Department and the IRS released the final transition tax regulations in the first quarter of 2019. We completed the evaluation of the impact on our transition tax computation based on the final regulations released in the first quarter of 2019 and recorded an additional income tax expense of $8 million for the transition tax accordingly.

The Tax Act requires a U.S. shareholder to be subject to tax on Global Intangible Low Taxed Income (“GILTI”) earned by certain foreign subsidiaries. We have elected the option to account for current year GILTI tax as a period cost as incurred.

U.S. and foreign income (loss) before taxes are set forth below:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
             2020                      2019          
            (unaudited)  

U.S.

   $ (6    $ (2

Mainland China

     246        524  

Other Foreign

     39        31  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 279      $ 553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The details of our income tax provision (benefit) are set forth below:

 

          Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
                  2020                      2019          
                 (unaudited)  

Current:            

  

Federal

   $ 5      $ 10  
   Foreign      66        123  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 71      $ 133  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred:

   Federal    $  11      $ —    
   Foreign      (5      6  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 6      $ 6  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 
      $ 77      $ 139  
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

The reconciliation of income taxes calculated at the U.S. federal statutory rate to our effective tax rate is set forth below:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2020     2019  
                  (unaudited)  

U.S. federal statutory rate

   $ 59        21.0   $ 116        21.0

Impact from the Tax Act

     —          —         8        1.4  

Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations

     11        4.2       26        4.9  

Adjustments to reserves and prior years

     (4      (1.6     (7      (1.3

Change in valuation allowances

     3        1.2       —          —    

Impact from investment (gain) loss

     7        2.4       (4      (0.8

Others, net

     1        0.6              —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Effective income tax rate

   $ 77        27.8   $ 139        25.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations. This item includes local taxes, withholding taxes, and shareholder-level taxes, net of foreign tax credits. A majority of our income is earned in China, which is generally subject to a 25% tax rate. The negative impact in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 is primarily due to the decrease of the U.S. federal statutory rate to 21%, which is lower than China’s statutory income tax rate.

Adjustments to reserves and prior years. This item includes: (1) changes in tax reserves, including interest thereon, established for potential exposure we may incur if a taxing authority takes a position on a matter contrary to our position; and (2) the effects of reconciling income tax amounts recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income to amounts reflected on our tax returns, including any adjustments to the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The impact of certain effects or changes may offset items reflected in the ‘Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations’ line.

Change in valuation allowances. This item relates to changes for deferred tax assets generated or utilized during the current period and changes in our judgment regarding the likelihood of using deferred tax assets that existed at the beginning of the year. The impact of certain changes may offset items reflected in ‘Statutory rate differential attributable to foreign operations’.

Impact from investment (gain) loss. This item relates to the gain or loss on investment in equity securities of Meituan. The Company recorded $14 million U.S. tax in the six months ended June 30, 2020, including $7 million and $ 7 million related to gain on investment in equity securities of Meituan recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2020 and prior year, respectively.

Others. This item primarily includes the impact of permanent differences related to current year earnings, as well as U.S. tax credits and deductions.

 

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The details of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 deferred tax assets (liabilities) are set forth below:

 

     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
               2020                          2019            

Operating losses and tax credit carryforwards

   $ 37      $ 25  

Tax benefit from Little Sheep restructuring

     18        18  

Employee benefits

     4        4  

Share-based compensation

     5        5  

Leases

     61        61  

Other liabilities

     13        13  

Deferred income and other

     64        58  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross deferred tax assets

     202        184  

Deferred tax asset valuation allowances

     (46      (47
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax assets

   $ 156      $ 137  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Intangible assets

     (42      (23

Property, plant and equipment

     (77      (59

Gain from re-measurement of equity interest upon acquisition

     (22      (22

Unrealized gains from equity securities

     (11      —    

Others

     (6      (5
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Gross deferred tax liabilities

   $ (158    $ (109
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net deferred tax (liabilities) assets

   $ (2    $ 28  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Reported in Consolidated Balance Sheets as:

     

Deferred income taxes

     99        95  

Other liabilities

     (101      (67
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (2    $ 28  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

We have investments in our foreign subsidiaries where the carrying values for financial reporting exceed the tax basis. We have not provided deferred tax on the portion of the excess that we believe is indefinitely reinvested, as we have the ability and intent to indefinitely postpone the basis differences from reversing with a tax consequence. The Company’s separation from YUM was intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. income tax purposes resulting in the excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis in our investment in the China business continuing to be indefinitely reinvested. The excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis as of December 31, 2017 was subject to the one-time transition tax under the Tax Act as a deemed repatriation of accumulated undistributed earnings from the foreign subsidiaries. However, we continue to believe that the portion of the excess of financial reporting basis over tax basis (including earnings and profits subject to the one-time transition tax) is indefinitely reinvested in our foreign subsidiaries for foreign withholding tax purposes. We estimate that our total temporary difference for which we have not provided foreign withholding taxes is approximately $2 billion at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The foreign withholding tax rate on this amount is 5% or 10% depending on the manner of repatriation and the applicable tax treaties or tax arrangements.

At June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company had operating loss carryforwards of approximately $142 million and $94 million, respectively, primarily related to our Little Sheep and Daojia business as well as certain underperforming entities, most of which will expire by 2025. These losses are being carried forward in jurisdictions where we are permitted to use tax losses from prior periods to reduce future taxable income.

Cash payments for tax liabilities on income tax returns filed were $64 million and $135 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

We recognize the benefit of positions taken or expected to be taken in tax returns in the financial statements when it is more likely than not that the position would be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. A recognized tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon settlement.

 

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A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
             2020                      2019          
            (unaudited)  

Beginning of Period

   $ 19      $ 22  

Additions on tax positions

     5        3  

Reductions due to statute expiration

     (6      (7
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of Period

   $ 18      $ 18  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

In the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, our unrecognized tax benefits were increased by $5 million and $3 million, respectively. The unrecognized tax benefits balance of $18 million as of June 30, 2020 related to the uncertainty with regard to the deductibility of certain business expenses incurred, all of which, if recognized upon audit settlement or statute expiration, would affect the effective tax rate. The Company believes it is reasonably possible its unrecognized tax benefits of $18 million as of June 30, 2020, which is included in Other liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, may decrease by approximately $6 million in the next 12 months, which if recognized, would affect the 2021 effective tax rate. The accrued interest and penalties related to income taxes at June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are set forth below:

 

     As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
             2020                      2019          

Accrued interest and penalties

   $ 3      $ 5  

During the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, a net benefit of $2 million and $3 million, respectively, for interest and penalties was recognized in our Consolidated Statements of Income as components of our income tax provision.

The Company’s results are subject to examination in the U.S. federal jurisdiction as well as various U.S. state jurisdictions as part of YUM’s and our own income tax filings, and separately in foreign jurisdictions. Any liability arising from these examinations related to periods prior to the separation is expected to be settled among the Company, YCCL and YUM in accordance with the tax matters agreement we entered into in connection with the separation.

We are subject to reviews, examinations and audits by Chinese tax authorities, the IRS and other taxing authorities with respect to income and non-income based taxes. Since 2016, we have been under a national audit on transfer pricing by the STA in China regarding our related party transactions for the period from 2006 to 2015. The information currently exchanged with tax authorities focuses on our franchise arrangement with YUM. We have submitted information to the extent it is available to the Company. It is reasonably possible that there could be significant developments, including expert review and assessment by the STA, within the next 12 months. The ultimate assessment will depend upon further review of the information provided and ongoing technical and other discussions with the STA and in-charge local tax authorities, and therefore it is not possible to reasonably estimate the potential impact. We will continue to defend our transfer pricing position. However, if the STA prevails in the assessment of additional tax due based on its ruling, the assessed tax, interest and penalties, if any, could have a material adverse impact on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Note 17 – Segment Reporting

The Company has two reportable segments: KFC and Pizza Hut. Starting from the first quarter of 2019, our newly developed COFFii & JOY concept and e-commerce business became operating segments, as their financial results started being regularly reviewed by the Company’s chief operating decision maker. Our remaining operating segments, including the operations of Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang, COFFii & JOY, East Dawning, Taco Bell, Daojia and our e-commerce business, are combined and referred to as All Other Segments, as these operating segments are insignificant both individually and in the aggregate.

 

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     Six Months Ended June 30, 2020  
     KFC      Pizza
Hut
     All
Other
Segments
     Corporate
and
Unallocated(a)
     Combined      Elimination     Consolidated  

Revenues

                   

Revenue from external customers

   $ 2,576      $ 748      $ 61      $ 271      $ 3,656      $ —       $ 3,656  

Inter-segment revenue

     —          —          17        —          17        (17     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,576      $ 748      $ 78      $ 271      $ 3,673        (17   $ 3,656  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 (unaudited)  
     KFC      Pizza
Hut
     All
Other
Segments
     Corporate
and
Unallocated(a)
     Combined      Elimination     Consolidated  

Revenues

                   

Revenue from external customers

   $ 3,050      $ 1,053      $ 45      $ 280      $ 4,428      $ —       $ 4,428  

Inter-segment revenue

     —          —          19        —          19        (19     —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,050      $ 1,053      $ 64      $ 280      $ 4,447      $ (19   $ 4,428  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  

Operating Profit

           2020                      2019          
            (unaudited)  

KFC(b)

   $ 312      $ 493  

Pizza Hut

     (13      79  

All Other Segments

     (12      (10

Unallocated revenues from transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates(c)

     269        278  

Unallocated Other revenues

     2        2  

Unallocated expenses for transactions with franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates(c)

     (270      (276

Unallocated Other operating costs and expenses

     (2      (2

Unallocated and corporate G&A expenses

     (58      (58

Unallocated Other (loss) income

     (3      1  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Profit

     225        507  

Interest income, net(a)

     17        19  

Investment gain (loss)(a)

     37        27  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income Before Income Taxes

   $ 279      $ 553  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Depreciation and Amortization    Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2020      2019  
            (unaudited)  

KFC

   $ 145      $ 147  

Pizza Hut

     57        60  

All Other Segments

     3        2  

Corporate and Unallocated

     9        8  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 214      $ 217  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Impairment Charges    Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2020      2019  
            (unaudited)  

KFC(d)

   $ 16      $ 12  

Pizza Hut(d)

     17        11  

All Other Segments(d)

     3        2  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 36      $ 25  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Capital Spending    Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
             2020                      2019          
            (unaudited)  

KFC

   $ 111      $ 138  

Pizza Hut

     31        34  

All Other Segments

     3        4  

Corporate and Unallocated

     40        36  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 185      $ 212  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Assets    As of
June 30,
     As of
December 31,
 
     2020      2019  

KFC(e)

   $ 3,025      $ 3,160  

Pizza Hut

     854        950  

All Other Segments

     356        166  

Corporate and Unallocated(f)

     2,728        2,674  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 6,963      $ 6,950  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Amounts have not been allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes.

(b)

Includes equity income from investments in unconsolidated affiliates of $34 million and $37 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

(c)

Primarily includes revenues and associated expenses of transactions with franchisee and unconsolidated affiliates derived from the Company’s central procurement model whereby the Company centrally purchases substantially all food and paper products from suppliers then sells and delivers to all restaurants, including franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. Amounts have not been allocated to any segment for purposes of making operating decisions or assessing financial performance as the transactions are deemed corporate revenues and expenses in nature.

(d)

Primarily includes store closure impairment charges, restaurant-level impairment charges resulting from our semi-annual impairment evaluation as well as our additional impairment evaluation performed in the first quarter of 2020 in response to adverse impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, and incremental restaurant-level impairment charges in the first quarter of 2019 as a result of adopting ASC 842. (See Note 12).

(e)

Includes investments in unconsolidated affiliates.

(f)

Primarily includes cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, investment in equity securities, long-term time deposits, and inventories that are centrally managed.

As substantially all of the Company’s revenue is derived from the PRC and substantially all of the Company’s long-lived assets are located in the PRC, no geographical information is presented. In addition, revenue derived from and long-lived assets located in the U.S., the Company’s country of domicile, are immaterial.

Note 18 – Contingencies

Indemnification of China Tax on Indirect Transfers of Assets

 

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In February 2015, the STA issued Bulletin 7 on Income arising from Indirect Transfers of Assets by Non-Resident Enterprises. Pursuant to Bulletin 7, an “indirect transfer” of Chinese taxable assets, including equity interests in a Chinese resident enterprise (“Chinese interests”), by a non-resident enterprise, may be recharacterized and treated as a direct transfer of Chinese taxable assets, if such arrangement does not have reasonable commercial purpose and the transferor has avoided payment of Chinese enterprise income tax. As a result, gains derived from such an indirect transfer may be subject to Chinese enterprise income tax at a rate of 10%. YUM concluded and we concurred that it is more likely than not that YUM will not be subject to this tax with respect to the distribution. However, given how recently Bulletin 7 was promulgated, there are significant uncertainties regarding what constitutes a reasonable commercial purpose, how the safe harbor provisions for group restructurings are to be interpreted and how the taxing authorities will ultimately view the distribution. As a result, YUM’s position could be challenged by Chinese tax authorities resulting in a 10% tax assessed on the difference between the fair market value and the tax basis of the separated China business. As YUM’s tax basis in the China business is minimal, the amount of such a tax could be significant.

Any tax liability arising from the application of Bulletin 7 to the distribution is expected to be settled in accordance with the tax matters agreement between the Company and YUM. Pursuant to the tax matters agreement, to the extent any Chinese indirect transfer tax pursuant to Bulletin 7 is imposed, such tax and related losses will be allocated between YUM and the Company in proportion to their respective share of the combined market capitalization of YUM and the Company during the 30 trading days after the separation. Such a settlement could be significant and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and our financial condition. At the inception of the tax indemnity being provided to YUM, the fair value of the non-contingent obligation to stand ready to perform was insignificant and the liability for the contingent obligation to make payment was not probable or estimable.

Guarantees for Franchisees and Unconsolidated Affiliates

From time to time we have guaranteed certain lines of credit and loans of franchisees and unconsolidated affiliates. As of June 30, 2020, guarantees on behalf of franchisees were immaterial and no guarantees were outstanding for unconsolidated affiliates.

Indemnification of Officers and Directors

The Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws include provisions that require the Company to indemnify directors or officers for monetary damages for actions taken as a director or officer of the Company or while serving at the Company’s request as a director or officer or another position at another corporation or enterprise, as the case may be. The Company purchases standard directors and officers insurance to cover claims or a portion of the claims made against its directors and officers. Since a maximum obligation is not explicitly stated in the Company’s bylaws or in the indemnification agreements and will depend on the facts and circumstances that arise out of any future claims, the overall maximum amount of the obligations cannot be reasonably estimated. The Company has not been required to make payments related to these obligations, and the fair value for these obligations is zero as of June 30, 2020.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is subject to various lawsuits covering a variety of allegations from time to time. The Company believes that the ultimate liability, if any, in excess of amounts already provided for these matters in the Consolidated Financial Statements, is not likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s annual results of operations, financial condition or cash flows. Matters faced by the Company from time to time include, but are not limited to, claims from landlords, employees, customers and others related to operational, contractual or employment issues.

 

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Note 19 – Subsequent Events

Acquisition of Additional Interest in Unconsolidated Affiliate

On August 3, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of an additional 25% equity interest in an unconsolidated affiliate that operates KFC stores in and around Suzhou, China (“Suzhou KFC”), for cash consideration of $149 million. Upon closing of the acquisition, the Company increased its equity interest to 72%, allowing the Company to consolidate Suzhou KFC. The acquisition was considered immaterial.

 

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