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Yum Brands, Inc. Supplier Code of Conduct

YUM! Brands, Inc. ("Yum") is committed to conducting its business in an ethical, legal and socially responsible manner. To encourage compliance with all legal requirements and ethical business practices, Yum has established this Supplier Code of Conduct (the "Code") for Yum's U.S. suppliers ("Suppliers").

Compliance with Laws and Regulations

Suppliers are required to abide by all applicable laws, codes or regulations including, but not limited to, any local, state or federal laws regarding wages and benefits, workmen's compensation, working hours, equal opportunity, worker and product safety. Yum also expects that Suppliers will conform their practices to the published standards for their industry.

Employment Practices

Working Hours & Conditions: In compliance with applicable laws, regulations, codes and industry standards, Suppliers are expected to ensure that their employees have safe and healthy working conditions and reasonable daily and weekly work schedules. Employees should not be required to work more than the number of hours allowed for regular and overtime work periods under applicable local, state and federal law.

Non-Discrimination: Suppliers should implement a policy to effectuate all applicable local and federal laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, physical disability, national origin, creed or any other basis prohibited by law.

Child Labor: Suppliers should not use workers under the legal age for employment for the type of work being performed in any facility in which the Supplier is doing work for Yum. In no event should Suppliers use employees younger than 14 years of age.

Forced and Indentured Labor: In accordance with applicable law, no Supplier should perform work or produce goods for Yum using labor under any form of indentured servitude, nor should threats of violence, physical punishment, confinement, or other form of physical, sexual, psychological, or verbal harassment or abuse be used as a method of discipline or control.

Notification to Employees: To the extent required by law, Suppliers should establish company-wide policies implementing the standards outlined in this Code and post notices of those policies for their employees. The notices should be in all languages necessary to fully communicate the policy to its employees.

Audits and Inspections

Each Supplier should conduct audits and inspections to insure their compliance with this Code and applicable legal and contractual standards. In addition to any contractual rights of Yum or Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op, LLC ("UFPC"), the Supplier's failure to observe the Code may subject them to disciplinary action, which could include termination of the Supplier relationship. The business relationship with Yum and UFPC is strengthened upon full and complete compliance with the Code and the Supplier's agreements with Yum and UFPC.

Application

The Code is a general statement of Yum's expectations with respect to its Suppliers. The Code should not be read in lieu of but in addition to the Supplier's obligations as set out in any agreements between Yum or UFPC and the Supplier. In the event of a conflict between the Code and an applicable agreement, the agreement shall control.

LJS Seafood Sourcing

Long John Silver's is committed to encouraging the sustainable management of the resources from which it sources seafood. It is our belief that the best method of ensuring that seafood is responsibly managed is through the active enforcement of existing governmental regulations in fishery management and, where needed, improvement of those governmental regulations.

The Long John Silver's seafood sourcing falls under our Worldwide Code of Conduct that guides YUM activities around the world. It commits us to act as an environmentally responsible corporate citizen, to provide a safe and healthy work environment and to seek methods that are socially responsible and economically sound. We are committed to ensuring that our suppliers abide by all laws and regulations and established industry practices that govern their business, wherever they operate, and we have developed the resources, through the purchasing cooperative of which we are a member, to independently evaluate supplier conduct. If it is brought to our attention that any supplier of YUM is in repeated violation of any employment law or regulation governing their business, and corrective action is not taken, we would terminate our approval of this supplier. Moreover, we will continue our commitment to protecting the environment, and enhancing the quality of life in the communities in which we operate.

Consistent with the YUM policies described above, Long John Silver's is committed to continuing to buy only seafood that is harvested and produced in compliance with all national laws and regulations, regardless of where harvested. It is not only environmentally sound to source seafood from resources that are managed to provide sustained, predictable quantities of safe and wholesome seafood, it is also clearly in LJS' business interests to do so. LJS is proud of its sourcing record, and works with responsible sourcing partners from around the world. For example all of the fish currently used in LJS battered and baked fish is sourced from fisheries under the jurisdiction of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, one of the world leaders in progressive and responsible fishery management practices. Since 1992, LJS has sourced the vast majority of its seafood from these fisheries, or from other fisheries that have been certified as sustainable by respected, independent organizations.

Administering the LJS seafood sourcing program is Unified Foodservice Purchasing Cooperative (UFPC). UFPC has dedicated, seafood experts with more than 70 years cumulative experience in the seafood industry including past experience working for the aforementioned North Pacific Fishery Management Council. UFPC's mission is to provide an "assured supply" of seafood products for LJS. UFPC cannot accomplish that mission unless it sources seafood from responsibly managed fisheries capable of producing reliable supplies of seafood products.