PRICING SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 21 Filed Under Rule
(To Prospectus dated January 11, 1995) 424(b)(2) and 424(c)
CUSIP 71345L DG 0 File No. 33-57181
$25,000,000
PEPSICO, INC.
7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due September 27, 2010
Interest Payable Monthly
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Underwriter: Lehman Brothers Inc.
Initial Offering Price: 100.00%
Underwriter's Discount: 0.00%
Currency: U. S. Dollars
Date of Issue: September 27, 1995
Issuance form: Book entry
Scheduled Maturity Date: September 27, 2010
Coupon: 7.00% per annum
Day count basis: 30/360
Interest Accrual Date: September 27, 1995, or the most recent date for
which interest has been paid or provided for, as the case may be. Interest
will accrue from each Interest Accrual Date to but excluding the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date.
Interest Payment Dates: Monthly on the 27th of each month, commencing
October 27, 1995 and ending on the Scheduled Maturity Date or an earlier
Optional Redemption Date.
Principal Payment Dates: Scheduled Maturity Date, or an earlier Optional
Redemption Date
Business Days: New York
Calculation Agent: PepsiCo, Inc.
Optional Redemption Dates: The 7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due
September 27, 2010 may be redeemed, in whole but not in part, at the option
of PepsiCo, at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest
to the date of such redemption, on any September 27, December 27, March 27
or June 27 (subject to adjustment in accordance with the Following Business
Day Convention) prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date commencing on
September 27, 1997, upon 15 days' written notice by PepsiCo to the
holders of such Notes.
Option to elect prepayment: None
Sinking fund: Not applicable
Settlement Date: September 27, 1995
The 7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due September 27, 2010 will be
purchased by the Underwriter at 100.00% of their principal amount (the
"Initial Offering Price"). The Underwriter has advised PepsiCo that it
intends to offer all or part of the 7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due
September 27, 2010 directly to the public initially at the Initial
Offering Price of such Debt Securities. After the 7.00% Callable Debt
Securities Due September 27, 2010 are released for sale to the public,
the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be
varied by the Underwriter.
For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the 7.00% Callable Debt
Securities Due September 27, 2010 will be treated as Fixed Rate Debt
Securities, issued without OID. This treatment is consistent with the
applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
and the final OID regulations, which are generally effective for debt
instruments issued on or after April 4, 1994.
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Lehman Brothers Inc.
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September 6, 1995
