Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Results

February 2021

Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Statements & Non-GAAP Measures

This presentation contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We intend all forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts and by the use of forward-looking words such as "expect," "expectation," "believe," "anticipate," "may," "could," "intend," "belief," "plan," "estimate," "target," "predict," "project," "likely," "will," "continue," "should," "forecast," "outlook" or similar terminology. These statements are based on current estimates and assumptions made by us in light of our experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that we believe are appropriate and reasonable under the circumstances, but there can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future strategies, business plans, investment, dividend and share repurchase plans, earnings, performance and returns of Yum China, anticipated effects of population and macroeconomic trends, the expected impact of the COVID-19 outbreak, the anticipated effects of our innovation, digital and delivery capabilities on growth and beliefs regarding the long-term drivers of Yum China's business. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those indicated by those statements. We cannot assure you that any of our expectations, estimates or assumptions will be achieved. The forward-looking statements included in this presentation are only made as of the date of this presentation, and we disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward- looking statement to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by law. Numerous factors could cause our actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements, including, without limitation: whether we are able to achieve development goals at the times and in the amounts currently anticipated, if at all, the success of our marketing campaigns and product innovation, our ability to maintain food safety and quality control systems, the changes in public health conditions, including the COVID-19 outbreak, our ability to control costs and expenses, including tax costs, as well as changes in political, economic and regulatory conditions in China. In addition, other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial could affect the accuracy of any such forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements should be evaluated with the understanding of their inherent uncertainty. You should consult our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the information set forth under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q) for additional detail about factors that could affect our financial and other results. This presentation includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in this presentation where indicated. You are urged to consider carefully the comparable GAAP measures and reconciliations.

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Business Highlights

Appendix - Financial Results

Stores in Photos: KFC - Changsha Yanghushui street ;Pizza Hut - Beijing Jiuxianqiao

Proven Resilience and Strong Execution in 2020

Safety

Agility

Profitability

Ensured safety of our

300mn+ Members

$961 mn

employees and

80% Digital Order

Operating Profit

customers

50%+ Off-premise sales

$732 mn

Adjusted OP1

Innovation

Store Growth

Portfolio Growth

~500

1,165 New stores

New or upgraded

10,506 Total stores

products

1 See the appendix for a reconciliation to the non-GAAP adjusted measures

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Corporate Responsibility: Going the Extra Mile

Recognized

Commitment

Industry Leader for the Restaurant and Leisure Facilities industry of DJSI in 2020

Certified as Top Employer China for the third year in 2021

Bloomberg Gender Equality Index for the third year in 2021

Support our

Support our

Provided 170,000+ free

New Plastic

Target 30% reduction

meals to 1,450+

Reduction

of non-degradable

Employees

Community

hospitals and

Initiatives

plastic packaging

community health

weight by 2025

centers during COVID-

• Launched Family Care Program for

19 outbreak

• All KFC & Pizza Hut

Provided modern

restaurants stopped

restaurant management team

using plastic straws

kitchen equipment to

• Set up fund for COVID affected

70 schools in Hubei in

Replaced disposable

frontline employees and their families

2020. 1,200 schools

plastic cutlery and

and ~400,000 students

plastic bags with eco-

benefitted since 2008

friendly options in most

restaurants

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Resilience During Challenging Times

Resilient Performance in Q4

Profitable Growth

Leading Digital Capabilities

Total revenue grew 11%1

Gross new stores: 1,165 FY

Q4 Sales were

System sales grew 5%2

Total stores: 10,506

Digital payment: 97%

Same-store sales: 96% of prior year2

New store cash payback periods3:

Digital order: ~83%

15.1% restaurant margin

~2 years

Delivery & takeaway: 50%+

US$180 mn Operating Profit

~3-4 years

From Members: ~59%

(US$961 mn FY)

Members: 300+ mn

Privileges sold: ~38 mn FY

1 Stated in reported currency, includes the consolidation of Huang Ji Huang from April 2020 and Suzhou KFC from August 2020.

2 Both stated in constant currency basis. System sales includes the consolidation of Huang Ji Huang from April 2020.

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3 Refers to Average Pre-tax Cash Payback Period; Includes units opened from October 2018 to September 2019, after deduction of 3% license fee.

Re-establishing Momentum

11%

Total revenue growth1 (%)

1%

-11%

-24%

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Operating Profit (US$mn)

556

320

320

97 98

128132

180 182

System sales growth2 (%)

1%

-4%

-20%

5%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

83%

78%61%

Same-store sales growth2 (%)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

-6%

-4%

-11%

-15%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Operating Profit growth (%)

5%

-66%-35%-33%-67%

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Reported

Adjusted

1 Stated in reported currency, 2 Stated in constant currency basis.

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Note: Include the consolidation of Huang Ji Huang from April 2020 and Suzhou KFC from August 2020. Operating Profit included special item impact of -$1mn,-$4mn, $236mn and -$2mn in Q1 to Q4 respectively.

Q4 Operating Profit Increased 90% YoY (78% ex FX)

Operating Profit (US$ mn)

2019

2020

Q4

180

182

94

105

ReportedAdjusted

YoY

+90%

+72%

YoY ex F/X

+78%

+61%

Full Year

961

912

901

732

Reported

Adjusted

YoY

+7%

-20%

YoY ex F/X

+7%

-20%

Key Factors for Q4 Year-Over-Year Growth

• Productivity improvement and other store cost savings

  • Lower commodity prices
  • New unit contribution
  • Relief provided by landlords and government agencies
  • Foreign exchange
  • Operational deleverage from the same-store sales decline
  • Wage inflation and increased rider cost associated with the rise in delivery volume
  • Higher promotion costs

Note: See the appendix for a reconciliation to the non-GAAP adjusted measures

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Powerful Digital Ecosystem

  • Improves engagement with customers
  • Improves efficiency

Privilege

Mobile

Mobile

Super Apps

Tableside Order

Program

Pre-order

Online

MembershipQueuing

Program

K-Music

K-Run

Delivery

YUMC

Pay

V-gold &

Smile to Pay

E-Gifting

Book Kingdom

Operations

Marketing

Merchandise

Payment

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Membership Programs and Super Apps

Drive Frequency and Spend

275+ mm

KFC Members1

Memberships

~140 mm

Downloads from

iOS and Andriod 1

~89 mm

MAU2 in Q4 2020

~60%

KFC Sales3

~2x

>2x

ARPU4of

Privilege

Active Members

Frequency5

85+ mm

Pizza Hut Members1

~30 mm

Downloads from iOS and Andriod1

~13 mm

MAU2 in Q4 2020

~53%

Pizza Hut Sales3

~9mm in Q4

~38mm in 2020

Privilege Membership

Subscriptions Sold

1

Accumulative up to December 31, 2020. 2 MAU refers to the monthly active users of the KFC Super App, Pizza Hut Super App, as well as the miniprograms embedded in third party applications. 3 Q4 2020.

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4

Compare ARPU (annual spending per active member) in 2020 and 2016. 5 After subscription vs. before subscription for privilege members.

Delivery and Takeaway are Key Growth Drivers

Delivery

+

Takeaway

=

Off-premise

% of Company sales

% of Company sales

% of Company sales

28%

15%

19%

12%

2017

2018

2019

2020

36%

20%

24%

25%

2017 2018 2019 2020

~30%

25%+

2019

2020

~9%

~5%

2019

2020

55%+

~40%

in Q4 2020

in Q4 2020

Note: % of Company sales include Wuxi KFC since 2018, and include Suzhou KFC since August 2020

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New Store Growth with Attractive Paybacks

2018

2019

2020

1,165

1,006

Gross

819

505

new

257 360

stores

Q4

Full Year

10,506

9,200

Total

8,484

stores

18 YE

19 YE

20 YE

Lower Tier Penetration

New Unit Payback1

2020 new stores

Tier 1-2

Tier 3-6

58% KFC

42%

51%

PH

49%

Tier 1-2

Tier 3-6

KFC

~2-3 yrs

~2 yrs

Total stores

Tier 1-2

Tier 3-6

Pizza Hut

~4-5 yrs

~3-4 yrs

56%

KFC 44%

42%

PH

58%

Note: Included Huang Ji Huang stores from April 2020

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1 Refers to Average Pre-tax Cash Payback Period; Includes units opened from October 2018 to September 2019, after deduction of 3% license fee.

Remodels Keep Our Brands Fresh

Remodeled stores

2018

2019

2020

931 972 939

416

232 297

Q4

Full Year

2020 YTD remodel

Others

, 2

Pizza

Hut,

375

KFC,

562

Always Something New

KFC

Pizza Hut

Stores in Photos: KFC - Hangzhou EFC shopping mall; Pizza Hut - Shanghai New World shopping mall and Beijing Jiuxianqiao

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KFC Remained Resilient

Q4 2020 Highlights

System sales +3%1

Restaurant

306

Same-store sales -4%1

margin

Gross new

Operating profit of

stores

16.8%

US$203 million2

Transactions -9%

Average ticket +5%

+2.3 ppts y/y

166 remodels

Holiday campaigns

~85% Digital orders

+15ppts y/y

Members: 275+ million

Value promotions

~27% Delivery sales

Member sales: ~60%

Menu innovation

+7ppts y/y

1

Stated in constant currency basis.

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2 Segment Operating Profit before unallocated shared service costs and re-measurement gain from Suzhou KFC acquisition

Attractive Campaigns and Abundant Value

National Day Celebration

Christmas / New Year

Member Campaign

Crazy Thursday

Bucket with 17 items:

Christmas Giant Bucket at ¥129

Members Only: Buy one get one free

Extended Crazy Thursday

¥65 savings

to Wednesday and Friday

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Product Innovations Across Categories

Premium Burger

Breakfast

Drinks

Dessert

Wagyu Beef Burger

Sweet pumpkin congee with longan, lotus

New Soymilk Tea

Hokkaido Caramel Cremia

seeds and more

KFC dessert kiosks only

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Remarkable Progress in Pizza Hut

Q4 2020 Highlights

System sales -3%1

Restaurant margin

96 Gross

Operating profit of

new stores

Same-store sales -5%1

10.4%

US$14 million2

Transactions -2%

+3.7 ppts y/y

130 remodels

Average ticket -3%

Menu innovation

~75% Digital orders

+40 ppts y/y

Members: 85+ million

Great value proposition

~33% Delivery sales

Member sales: ~53%

Enhanced privilege programs

+6 ppts y/y

1

Stated in constant currency basis.

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2 Segment Operating Profit before unallocated shared service costs.

Innovative Products for Dine-In and Off-Premise

Dine-In Campaigns

Delivery Campaigns

Thick-cut fillet pizza

4-person combo, save up to ¥300

Crayfish with mozzarella cheese

Portuguese chicken curry

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Strong Digital and Membership Programs

Scream Wednesday

Delivery Member Acquisition

Super Privilege Plus

Online Campaign

Extended Scream Wednesday

@¥158, members enjoy discounts and free

Delivery new members only: ¥9.9 pizza

delivery at Pizza Hut for 1 year, and

Double 12: Buy one get one free

to Monday and Tuesday

subscriptions on other platforms

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Driving Synergies between Huang Ji Huang and Little Sheep

Huang Ji Huang

Little Sheep

East Dawning

649 stores270 stores8 stores

Hot pot

Self-heating instant hot pot

soup base

Salty duck

Steamed bun + Soy milk

Stores in photos: Huang Ji Huang - Guangzhou New Park; Little Sheep - Lanzhou Wanda Plaza; East Dawning - Shanghai Guoquanlu

Store count as of December 31, 2020

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Three Distinct Coffee Brands

Simply a good cup

Specialty

price

of coffee and great price

atmosphere

coffee at affordable

Premium coffee & indulgent

KFC stores

42 stores

4 stores

Osmanthus coffee

Coffee capsules

Winter hot drinks

Pasta lunch set

Christmas dessert

Christmas drinks

Stores in photos: KFC - Shanghai Jinqiao; COFFii&JOY - Ningbo Century Oriental Plaza; Lavazza - Shanghai Metro City

Store count as of December 31, 2020

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Taco Bell Expanded to 12 Stores

Expanded to 4 new cities in 2020

Localized Products at Great Value

Beijing

Ningbo

Chengdu

Shenzhen

Mexican style spicy chicken

Christmas/New Year combo

rice bowl and wrap

for 2 person at 99 yuan

Stores in photos: Beijing - Hello Mart; Ningbo - The Mixc; Chengdu - The Mixc; Shenzhen - COCO Park

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Launched Ready Meals

KAIFENGCAI

Pizza Hut

Cheese stuffed chicken breast /

"LuoSiFen" - Spicy noodle soup - a popular dish famous for its smell

Chicken soup

Ready-to-cook steak and pasta

Low fat chicken breast

Fried rice in 3 different style

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2021 Outlook and Strategic Priorities

2021 FINANCIAL TARGETS

STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

  • ~1,000 gross new stores
  • ~$600 million Capex
  • Top priority is to safeguard the health and safety of our employees and customers
  • Stay agile and adapt to the fluid situations
  • Grow our store footprint and develop emerging brands
  • Step up investment in digitization and infrastructure to support expansion
  • Manage cost with vigilance and drive efficiency improvement

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Capital Allocation Powers Business Growth

Cash

US$4.3 bn cash and short term investment

  • Strong operating cash flows

Free cash flow from operations1 (US$mn)

863

750 695

469

2017 2018 2019 2020

Capital Expenditure

  • To accelerate store expansion and remodeling
  • To develop our emerging brands
  • To step up investment in digitalization, automation and logistics infrastructure

Capital expenditures (US$mn)

470

415

435

419

2017 2018 2019 2020

Shareholder Returns

US$1.2bn (since spin-off)

  • Resumed cash dividends in 4Q'2020
  • Expect steady returns to shareholders, in line with our profit growth

Cash dividends distributed and share repurchases (US$mn)

473 442

166

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2017 2018 2019 2020

M&A and Investment

  • To remain disciplined
  • To explore opportunities:
    • Brands with excellent growth potential synergy
    • New capabilities and technologies
    • Build and support our ecosystem

Past transactions

Restaurant

Huang Ji

brands

Huang (2020)

Joint

Acquired 36%

Ventures

of Wuxi KFC

(2018)

Acquired 25%

of Suzhou KFC

(2020)

1 Refers to net cash from operating activities minus capital expenditure.

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Business Highlights

Appendix - Financial Results

Stores in Photos: KFC - Changsha Yanghushui street ;Pizza Hut - Beijing Jiuxianqiao

Note: 2018 & 2020 OP, NI and EPS included gain from re-measurementof equity interest upon Wuxi KFC and Suzhou KFC acquisition respectively

Q4 Results Improved Sequentially

Sales Growth1

Profit Margin

System sales growth (%)

Restaurant Margin (%)

6%

8%

9%

5%

5%

15.7%16.0%

15.1%

14.9%

11.5%12.4%

-5%

Q4

Full Year

Q4

Full Year

Same-store sales growth (%)

Operating Profit (OP) (US$ mn)

2%

2%

3%

1%

941

961

901

-4%

84

94

180

-9%

Q4

Full Year

Q4

Full Year

2018

2019

2020

1Stated in constant currency basis.

Note: Include the consolidation of Huang Ji Huang from April 2020 and Suzhou KFC from August 2020.

Net Income & EPS

Net Income (NI) (US$ mn)

708 713 784

74 90 151

Q4

Full Year

Diluted EPS (US$)

1.79 1.84 1.95

0.19 0.23 0.35

Q4

Full Year

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KFC Reported $801 million Operating Profit1 in 2020

Sales Growth2 (%)

Restaurant Margin (%)

Operating Profit1 (US$ mn)

System sales growth

949

17.9%

895

9% 10%

11%

17.8%

801

3%

7%

16.8%

16.3%

-5%

14.3%14.5%

Q4

Full Year

Same-store sales growth

3%

3%

4%

2%

-4%

136 161

203

-8%

Q4

Full Year

Q4

Full Year

  1. Segment Operating Profit before unallocated shared service costs and re-measurement gain from Wuxi and Suzhou KFC acquisition
  2. Stated in constant currency basis.

Q4

Full Year

2018

2019

2020

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Pizza Hut Achieved Solid Margin and Profit

Sales Growth1 (%)

System sales growth

1%3%

-2%-3% -1%

-15%

Q4

Full Year

Same-store sales growth

0%

1%

-4%

-5%

-5%

Q4

-14%

Full Year

  1. Stated in constant currency basis.
  2. Segment Operating Profit before unallocated shared service costs.

Restaurant Margin (%)

11.1%

10.4% 10.3% 10.5%

6.7%

4.9%

Q4

Full Year

Operating Profit2 (US$ mn)

114

98

62

14

-9

-3

Q4

Full Year

2018

2019

2020

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Growing Popularity of Membership and Digital

Members (mn)

275+

215+

160+

110+

17 YE

18 YE

19 YE

20 YE

85+

70+

50+

35+

17 YE

18 YE

19 YE

20 YE

Member Sales1

54%

62%

44%

32%

17 FY

18 FY

19 FY

20 FY

46%

52%

44%

18%

17 FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY

Digital Order2

84%

63%

19 FY

20 FY

67%

31%

19 FY

20 FY

MAU3

89 mm

in Q4 2020

13 mm

in Q4 2020

  1. Member sales as % of system sales
  2. Digital order as % of Company sales
  3. MAU refers to the monthly active users of the KFC Super App, Pizza Hut Super App, as well as the mini programs embedded in third party applications.

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Reconciliation of Reported Results to Non-GAAP Measures

Quarter Ended

Year to Date Ended

12/31/2020

12/31/2019

12/31/2020

12/31/2019

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

Reconciliation of Operating Profit to Adjusted Operating Profit

Operating Profit

$

180

$

94

$

961

$

901

Special Items, Operating Profit

(2)

(11)

229

(11)

Adjusted Operating Profit

$

182

$

105

$

732

$

912

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income

Net Income - Yum China Holdings, Inc.

$

151

$

90

$

784

$

713

Special Items, Net Income -Yum China Holdings, Inc.

(2)

(8)

169

(16)

Adjusted Net Income - Yum China Holdings, Inc.

$

153

$

98

$

615

$

729

Reconciliation of EPS to Adjusted EPS

Basic Earnings Per Common Share

$

0.36

$

0.24

$

2.01

$

1.89

Special Items, Basic Earnings Per Common Share

(0.01)

(0.02)

0.43

(0.04)

Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Common Share

$

0.37

$

0.26

$

1.58

$

1.93

Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

$

0.35

$

0.23

$

1.95

$

1.84

Special Items, Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

-

(0.02)

0.42

(0.04)

Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

$

0.35

$

0.25

$

1.53

$

1.88

Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate to Adjusted Effective Tax Rate

Effective tax rate

28.0%

26.8%

26.6%

25.9%

Impact on effective tax rate as a result of Special Items

0.3%

1.7%

(0.2)%

1.0%

Adjusted effective tax rate

27.7%

25.1%

26.8%

24.9%

Details of Special Items

Quarter Ended

Year to Date Ended

Gain from re-measurement of equity interest upon acquisition(1)

12/31/2020

12/31/2019

12/31/2020

12/31/2019

$

-

$

-

$

239

$

-

Share-based compensation expense for Partner PSU awards(2)

(2)

-

(7)

-

Derecognition of indemnification assets related to Daojia(3)

-

-

(3)

-

Daojia impairment(4)

-

(11)

-

(11)

Special Items, Operating Profit

(2)

(11)

229

(11)

Tax effect on Special Items(5)

-

1

(60)

1

Impact from the Tax Act(6)

-

-

-

(8)

Special Items, net income - including noncontrolling interests

(2)

(10)

169

(18)

Special Items, net income - noncontrolling interests

-

(2)

-

(2)

Special Items, Net Income -Yum China Holdings, Inc.

$

(2)

$

(8)

$

169

$

(16)

Weighted-average Diluted Shares Outstanding (in millions)

433

387

402

388

Special Items, Diluted Earnings Per Common Share

$

-

$

(0.02)

$

0.42

$

(0.04)

1) As a result of the acquisition of Suzhou KFC in the third quarter of 2020, the Company recognized a gain of $239 million from the re-measurement of our previously held 47% equity interest at fair value, which was not allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes.

  1. In February 2020, the Company granted Partner PSU Awards to select employees who were deemed critical to the Company's execution of its strategic operating plan. These 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 subject to the PSU awards. 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 does not intend to grant similar, special grants 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 share-based compensation cost of $2 million and $7 million associated with the Partner PSU Awards for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020, respectively.

3) In the quarter ended June 30, 2020, the Company derecognized a $3 million indemnification asset previously recorded for the Daojia acquisition as the indemnification right expired pursuant to the purchase agreement. The amount was included in Other income, net, but was not allocated to

any segment for performance reporting purposes.

4)

During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded an impairment charge of $11 million on intangible assets and goodwill attributable to the Daojia business. It was included

in Closures and impairment expenses in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income, but was not

allocated to any segment for performance reporting purposes. We recorded a tax benefit of $1 million associated with the impairment, and allocated $2 million of the after-tax impairment charge to noncontrolling interests.

5)

The tax expense was determined based upon the nature, as well as the jurisdiction, of each Special Item at the applicable tax rate.

6)

We completed the evaluation of the impact on our transition tax computation based on the final regulations that were released by the U.S. Treasury Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and became effective in the first quarter of 2019, and recorded an additional tax expense of

$8 million for the transition tax accordingly.

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