PRICING SUPPLEMENT NUMBER 24 Filed Under Rule
(To Prospectus dated January 11, 1995) 424(b)(2) and 424(c)
CUSIP 71345L DK-1 File No. 33-57181
$25,000,000
PEPSICO, INC.
7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due October 27, 2005
Interest Payable Semiannually
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Underwriter: Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Initial Offering Price: 100.00%
Underwriter's Discount: 0.30%
Currency: U. S. Dollars
Date of Issue: October 27, 1995
Issuance form: Book entry
Scheduled Maturity Date: October 27, 2005
Coupon: 7.00% per annum
Day count basis: 30/360
Interest Accrual Date: October 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: Semiannually on the 27th of April and October,
commencing April 27, 1996, 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
October 27, 2005 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 October 27, 1997, and semiannually
thereafter on each October 27th and April 27th, upon 15 calendar days'
written notice by PepsiCo to the holders of such Notes.
Option to elect prepayment: None
Sinking fund: Not applicable
Settlement Date: October 27, 1995
The 7.00% Callable Debt Securities Due October 27, 2005 will be
purchased by the Underwriter at 99.70% 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
October 27, 2005 directly to the public initially at the Initial
Offering Price of such Debt Securities. After the 7.00% Callable Debt
Securities Due October 27, 2005 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 October 27, 2005 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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Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
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September 27, 1995
