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S-8, 1999-10-19
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    As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 19, 1999.

                                                  Registration No. 333-_________
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             450 FIFTH STREET, N.W.
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM S-8

                          REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                                   -----------

                                  PEPSICO, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          NORTH CAROLINA                               13-1584302
   (State or Other Jurisdiction           (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 of Incorporation or Organization)

                            Purchase, New York 10577
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

                               PEPSICO 401(K) PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                               Lawrence F. Dickie
        Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
                                  PepsiCo, Inc.
                            Purchase, New York 10577
                                 (914) 253-2950
            (Name, Address and Telephone Number, including area code,
                              of Agent for Service)

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                                           CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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                                                                             Proposed
                                                      Proposed Maximum        Maximum
  Title of Securities          Amount to be            Offering Price    Aggregate Offering         Amount of
    to be Registered          Registered <F1>          Per Share <F2>          Price <F2>        Registration Fee
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<S>                          <C>                          <C>                 <C>                     <C>
      Common Stock           1,000,000 Shares             $33.6875            $33,687,500             $9,365
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<FN>
<F1> In addition,  pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities  Act of 1933,  this
     Registration  Statement also covers (a) an indeterminable  number of shares
     that may be offered and issued pursuant to stock splits, stock dividends or
     similar  transactions,  and (b) an indeterminable amount of interests to be
     offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.

<F2> Estimated in accordance  with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended, solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.
</FN>
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                                     PART I

                    INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)
                                   PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.  Plan Information.*

ITEM 2.  Registration Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
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* Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus
is omitted from this  Registration  Statement in accordance  with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference
          ---------------------------------------

         PepsiCo,  Inc. (the  "Registrant") and the PepsiCo 401(k) Plan ("Plan")
hereby  incorporate  by reference in this  Registration  Statement the following
documents  previously  filed with the  Securities and Exchange  Commission  (the
"SEC"):

         (1)      the Registrant's  Annual Report on Form 10-K filed pursuant to
                  Section  13 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  for its
                  fiscal year ended December 26, 1998,

         (2)      the Registrant's  Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed for the
                  quarters ended March 20, 1999,  June 12, 1999 and September 4,
                  1999,

         (3)      the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC
                  on April 21, 1999 and

         (4)      the description of the  Registrant's  Common Stock,  par value
                  1-2/3  cents  per  share,   contained   in  the   Registrant's
                  Registration  Statement on Form 8-A, pursuant to Section 12(b)
                  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  as  amended  (the
                  "Exchange  Act"), and all amendments and reports filed for the
                  purpose of updating such description.

         All documents  subsequently  filed by the Registrant with the SEC under
Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of
a post-effective  amendment to this Registration  Statement which indicates that
all securities  offered have been sold or which  deregisters all securities then
remaining  unsold,  shall be  deemed to be  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by  reference  herein  shall be  deemed to be  modified  or  superseded  for the
purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein  modifies or supersedes  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

ITEM 4.   Description of Securities
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         Not applicable.

ITEM 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
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         The legality of the shares of Common Stock  issuable under the Plan has
been passed upon for the Registrant by Lawrence F. Dickie, Esq., Vice President,
Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant.  Mr. Dickie
holds options to purchase shares of the Registrant's Common Stock.

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ITEM 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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         (i)      Sections   55-8-50  through  55-8-58  of  the  North  Carolina
                  Business Corporation Act provide as follows:

         Section. 55-8-50.  Policy statement and definitions.

                  (a)  It  is  the  public   policy  of  this  State  to  enable
corporations  organized under this Chapter to attract and maintain  responsible,
qualified directors, officers, employees and agents, and, to that end, to permit
corporations  organized  under this  Chapter to  allocate  the risk of  personal
liability of directors,  officers,  employees and agents through indemnification
and insurance as authorized in this Part.

                  (b) Definitions in this Part:

                           (1)  'Corporation'  includes any domestic or foreign
corporation absorbed in a merger which, if its separate existence had continued,
would have had the  obligation  or power to indemnify its  directors,  officers,
employees,  or agents,  so that a person who would have been entitled to receive
or request  indemnification  from such corporation if its separate existence had
continued  shall stand in the same position  under this Part with respect to the
surviving corporation.

                           (2)  'Director'  means an individual  who is or was a
director  of  a  corporation  or  an  individual  who,  while  a  director  of a
corporation,  is or was  serving at the  corporation's  request  as a  director,
officer,  partner,  trustee,  employee,  or agent of another foreign or domestic
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other
enterprise.  A director is considered to be serving an employee  benefit plan at
the  corporation's  request if his duties to the corporation  also impose duties
on, or otherwise  involve  services by, him to the plan or to participants in or
beneficiaries  of the plan.  'Director'  includes,  unless the context  requires
otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director.

                           (3) 'Expenses'  means expenses of every kind incurred
in defending a proceeding, including counsel fees.

                           (4)  'Liability'   means  the  obligation  to  pay  a
judgment,  settlement,  penalty,  fine  (including  an excise tax assessed  with
respect to an employee  benefit  plan),  or  reasonable  expenses  incurred with
respect to a proceeding.

                           (4a) 'Officer',    'employee'   or  'agent' includes,
unless the context requires otherwise,  the estate or personal representative of
a person who acted in that capacity.

                           (5)  'Official  capacity'  means:  (i) when used with
respect to a director,  the office of director in a  corporation;  and (ii) when
used with respect to an individual  other than a director,  as  contemplated  in
G.S. 55-8-56,  the office in a corporation held by the officer or the employment
or agency  relationship  undertaken  by the  employee  or agent on behalf of the
corporation.  'Official capacity' does not include service for any other foreign
or domestic  corporation  or any  partnership,  joint venture,  trust,  employee
benefit plan, or other enterprise.

                           (6) 'Party' includes an individual who was, is, or is
threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

                           (7) 'Proceeding'  means any threatened,  pending,  or
completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,  administrative,
or investigative and whether formal or informal.

         Section 55-8-51. Authority to Indemnify.

                  (a) Except as provided in subsection  (d), a  corporation  may
indemnify  an  individual  made a party to a  proceeding  because he is or was a
director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

                           (1) He conducted himself in good faith; and

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                           (2) He reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct
in his official capacity with the corporation,  that his conduct was in its best
interests;  and (ii) in all  other  cases,  that his  conduct  was at least  not
opposed to its best interests; and

                           (3) In the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no
reasonable cause to believe his
conduct was unlawful.

                  (b) A director's  conduct with respect to an employee  benefit
plan  for a  purpose  he  reasonably  believed  to be in  the  interests  of the
participants  in and  beneficiaries  of the plan is conduct that  satisfies  the
requirement of subsection (a)(2)(ii).

                  (c)  The  termination  of a  proceeding  by  judgment,  order,
settlement,  conviction,  or upon a plea of no contest or its equivalent is not,
of itself,  determinative that the director did not meet the standard of conduct
described in this section.

                  (d) A  corporation  may not  indemnify  a director  under this
section:

                           (1) In  connection  with a  proceeding by or in the
right of the  corporation  in which  the  director  was  adjudged  liable to the
corporation; or

                           (2) In connection with any other proceeding  charging
improper  personal  benefit  to him,  whether  or not  involving  action  in his
official  capacity,  in which he was adjudged  liable on the basis that personal
benefit was improperly received by him.

                  (e) Indemnification permitted under this section in connection
with a  proceeding  by or in the  right  of the  corporation  that is  concluded
without a final  adjudication on the issue of liability is limited to reasonable
expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

                  (f) The authorization, approval or favorable recommendation by
the board of directors of a corporation of indemnification, as permitted by this
section, shall not be deemed an act or corporate transaction in which a director
has a  conflict  of  interest,  and no  such  indemnification  shall  be void or
voidable on such ground.

         Section 55-8-52. Mandatory indemnification.

                  Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation
shall  indemnify  a  director  who  was  wholly  successful,  on the  merits  or
otherwise,  in the defense of any  proceeding to which he was a party because he
is or was a director of the corporation  against reasonable expenses incurred by
him in connection with the proceeding.

         Section 55-8-53. Advance for expenses.

                  Expenses  incurred by a director in defending a proceeding may
be  paid  by the  corporation  in  advance  of the  final  disposition  of  such
proceeding  as  authorized  by the board of directors in the specific case or as
authorized or required under any provision in the articles of  incorporation  or
bylaws  or  by  any  applicable  resolution  or  contract  upon  receipt  of  an
undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay such amount unless it shall
ultimately  be  determined  that  he  is  entitled  to  be  indemnified  by  the
corporation against such expenses.

         Section 55-8-54. Court-ordered indemnification.

                  Unless  a  corporation's  articles  of  incorporation  provide
otherwise,  a director of the  corporation  who is a party to a  proceeding  may
apply for  indemnification  to the court conducting the proceeding or to another
court of competent jurisdiction.  On receipt of an application,  the court after
giving any notice the court considers necessary may order  indemnification if it
determines:

                           (1) The director is entitled to mandatory  indemnifi-
cation  under  G.S.  55-8-52,  in which  case the  court  shall  also  order the
corporation  to pay  the  director's  reasonable  expenses  incurred  to  obtain
court-ordered indemnification; or

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                           (2) The director is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not he met
the  standard of conduct  set forth in G.S.  55-8-51 or was  adjudged  liable as
described   in  G.S.   55-8-51(d),   but  if  he  was  adjudged  so  liable  his
indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred.

         Section 55-8-55. Determination and authorization of indemnification.

                  (a) A  corporation  may not  indemnify  a director  under G.S.
55-8-51 unless  authorized in the specific case after a  determination  has been
made that  indemnification  of the director is permissible in the  circumstances
because he has met the standard of conduct set forth in G.S. 55-8-51.

                  (b) The determination shall be made:

                           (1) By the board of directors by majority  vote of a
quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

                           (2) If a quorum cannot be obtained under  subdivision
(1), by majority vote of a committee  duly  designated by the board of directors
(in which  designation  directors who are parties may  participate),  consisting
solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

                           (3) By special  legal  counsel  (i)  selected  by the
board of directors or its committee in the manner  prescribed in subdivision (1)
or (2);  (ii) if a quorum of the board of  directors  cannot be  obtained  under
subdivision  (1) and a committee  cannot be designated  under  subdivision  (2),
selected by majority  vote of the full board of  directors  (in which  selection
directors who are parties may participate); or

                           (4) By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted
under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding may
not be voted on the determination.

                  (c)  Authorization  of  indemnification  and  evaluation as to
reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination
that indemnification is permissible, except that if the determination is made by
special legal  counsel,  authorization  of  indemnification  and valuation as to
reasonableness  of expenses  shall be made by those  entitled  under  subsection
(b)(3) to select counsel.

         Section 55-8-56. Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents.

                  Unless  a  corporation's  articles  of  incorporation  provide
otherwise:

                           (1) An  officer of the  corporation  is  entitled  to
mandatory  indemnification  under G.S.  55-8-52,  and is  entitled  to apply for
court-ordered  indemnification  under  G.S.  55-8-54,  in each  case to the same
extent as a director;

                           (2)  The   corporation   may  indemnify  and  advance
expenses under this Part to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation to
the same extent as to a director; and

                           (3) A  corporation  may also  indemnify  and  advance
expenses to an officer,  employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent,
consistent  with  public  policy,  that  may  be  provided  by its  articles  of
incorporation,  bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or
contract.

         Section 55-8-57. Additional indemnification and insurance.

                  (a)  In   addition  to  and   separate   and  apart  from  the
indemnification  provided for in G.S.  55-8-51,  55-8-52,  55-8-54,  55-8-55 and
55-8-56,  a  corporation  may in its articles of  incorporation  or bylaws or by
contract or  resolution  indemnify or agree to indemnify  any one or more of its
directors,  officers, employees, or agents against liability and expenses in any
proceeding (including without limitation a proceeding brought by or on behalf of
the corporation  itself) arising out of their status as such or their activities
in any of the foregoing  capacities;  provided,  however, that a corporation may
not  indemnify or agree to indemnify a person  against  liability or expenses he
may incur on account  of his  activities  which were at the time taken  known or
believed  by him to be  clearly  in  conflict  with  the best  interests  of the
corporation.  A  corporation  may likewise  and to the same extent  indemnify or

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agree to indemnify any person who, at the request of the corporation,  is or was
serving as a director,  officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another
foreign or domestic  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other
enterprise or as a trustee or administrator  under an employee benefit plan. Any
provision in any  articles of  incorporation,  bylaw,  contract,  or  resolution
permitted  under this  section  may include  provisions  for  recovery  from the
corporation of reasonable  costs,  expenses,  and attorneys'  fees in connection
with the  enforcement  of  rights to  indemnification  granted  therein  and may
further include provisions  establishing  reasonable  procedures for determining
and enforcing the rights granted therein.

                  (b)  The  authorization,   adoption,  approval,  or  favorable
recommendation  by  the  board  of  directors  of a  public  corporation  of any
provision in any articles of incorporation,  bylaw,  contract or resolution,  as
permitted in this section,  shall not be deemed an act or corporate  transaction
in  which a  director  has a  conflict  of  interest,  and no such  articles  of
incorporation  or bylaw  provision  or contract or  resolution  shall be void or
voidable on such grounds. The authorization,  adoption,  approval,  or favorable
recommendation  by the board of  directors  of a  nonpublic  corporation  of any
provision in any articles of incorporation,  bylaw,  contract or resolution,  as
permitted in this section, which occurred on or prior to July 1, 1990, shall not
be deemed an act or corporate  transaction in which a director has a conflict of
interest,  and no such articles of incorporation,  bylaw provision,  contract or
resolution  shall be void or voidable on such  grounds.  Except as  permitted in
G.S. 55-8-31, no such bylaw,  contract,  or resolution not adopted,  authorized,
approved or ratified by  shareholders  shall be  effective  as to claims made or
liabilities asserted against any director prior to its adoption,  authorization,
or approval by the board of directors.

                  (c) A  corporation  may  purchase  and  maintain  insurance on
behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of
the corporation,  or who, while a director,  officer,  employee, or agent of the
corporation,  is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer,  partner,  trustee,  employee,  or agent of another foreign or domestic
corporation,  partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other
enterprise,  against  liability  asserted  against  or  incurred  by him in that
capacity or arising from his status as a director,  officer, employee, or agent,
whether or not the  corporation  would have power to  indemnify  him against the
same liability under any provision of this Chapter.

         Section 55-8-58. Application of Part.

                  (a) If  articles of  incorporation  limit  indemnification  or
advance for expenses, indemnification and advance for expenses are valid only to
the extent consistent with the articles.

                  (b) This Part does not limit a  corporation's  power to pay or
reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with his appearance as a
witness in a proceeding at a time when he has not been made a named defendant or
respondent to the proceeding.

                  (c) This Part shall not affect rights or  liabilities  arising
out of acts or omissions occurring before July 1, 1990.

         (ii) Section 3.07 of Article III of the By-Laws of PepsiCo  provides as
follows:   Unless  the  Board  of  Directors  shall  determine  otherwise,   the
Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any person who
was or is,  or who is  threatened  to be  made,  a party to an  action,  suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer or
employee  of  the  Corporation,  or is or was  serving  at  the  request  of the
Corporation as a director,  officer or employee of another  enterprise,  against
expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts  paid in
settlement  actually  and  reasonably  incurred by him in  connection  with such
action, suit or proceeding.  Such  indemnification may, in the discretion of the
Board, include advances of a director's,  officer's or employee's expenses prior
to  final  disposition  of  such  action,  suit  or  proceeding.  The  right  of
indemnification  provided  for in this Section 3.07 shall not exclude any rights
to which such  persons may  otherwise  be entitled by contract or as a matter of
law.

         (iii)  Officers  and  directors  of PepsiCo  are  presently  covered by
insurance  which  (with  certain  exceptions  and  within  certain  limitations)
indemnifies  them  against  any losses  arising  from any alleged  wrongful  act
including any alleged error or misstatement or misleading  statement or wrongful
act or omission or neglect of duty.

         (iv)  PepsiCo  has entered  into  indemnification  agreements  with its
directors whereby (with certain exceptions) PepsiCo will, in general,  indemnify
directors,  to the  extent  permitted  by law,  against  liabilities,  costs  or
expenses  arising  out of his or her status as a director  by reason of anything
done or not done as a director.

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ITEM 7.   Exemption From Registration Claimed
          -----------------------------------

         Not applicable.

ITEM 8.   Exhibits
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Exhibit No.          Description
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4                    PepsiCo 401(k) Plan.

5a                   Opinion  and  consent of Lawrence  F.  Dickie,  Esq.,  Vice
                     President,   Associate   General   Counsel  and   Assistant
                     Secretary  of the  Registrant,  relating to the legality of
                     securities being registered.

5b                   Pursuant to  Instruction  (b) under Item 8 of Form S-8, the
                     Registrant  undertakes that it will submit or has submitted
                     the Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue
                     Service  in a timely  manner  and has made or will make all
                     changes  required by the Internal  Revenue Service in order
                     to  qualify  the Plan  under  Section  401 of the  Internal
                     Revenue Code.

23.1                 Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.2                 Consent  of  Lawrence  F.  Dickie,  Esq.,  Vice  President,
                     Associate  General  Counsel and Assistant  Secretary of the
                     Registrant  (included  in his  opinion  filed as  Exhibit 5
                     hereto).

24.1                 Powers of Attorney executed by  Roger A. Enrico, Michael D.
                     White,  Karl M. von der  Heyden,  John F. Akers,  Robert E.
                     Allen,  Peter Foy, Ray  L. Hunt,  John J. Murphy,  Steve S.
                     Reinemund, Sharon Percy  Rockerfeller,  Franklin A. Thomas,
                     P. Roy Vagelos and Arnold  C. Weber (incorporated herein by
                     reference to Exhibit 24 of  the Registrant's  Annual Report
                     on Form 10-K for its fiscal  year ended December 26, 1998).

24.2                 Power of Attorney executed by Lionel L. Nowell, III.

24.3                 Power of Attorney executed by Arthur C. Martinez.

24.4                 Power of Attorney executed by Franklin D. Raines.

ITEM 9.   Undertakings
          ------------

         The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

         (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                  (a) to  include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
         the Securities Act;

                  (b) to reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising
         after the  effective  date of the  registration  statement (or the most
         recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,  individually or in the
         aggregate,  represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
         in the  registration  statement.  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  any
         increase  or  decrease  in volume of  securities  offered (if the total
         dollar  value of  securities  offered  would not exceed  that which was
         registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
         maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
         with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,  the changes
         in volume and price  represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum
         aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
         Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

                  (c) to include any  material  information  with respect to the
         plan of  distribution  not  previously  disclosed  in the  registration
         statement  or  any  material   change  to  such   information   in  the
         registration statement;

provided,  however,  that  paragraphs  (1)(a)  and  (1)(b)  do not  apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant  pursuant to
Section  13 or  Section  15(d) of the  Exchange  Act that  are  incorporated  by
reference in this Registration Statement.

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         (2) That,  for the  purpose  of  determining  any  liability  under the
Securities Act, each such  post-effective  amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective  amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.

         The undersigned  Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

         Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such  indemnification is against
public  policy  as  expressed  in  the   Securities   Act  and  is,   therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  Registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  Registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as  expressed  in the  Securities  Act and will be  governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

                                   SIGNATURES

         THE REGISTRANT. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the
Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Purchase, State of New York, on October 18, 1999.

                                            PEPSICO, INC.


                                         By:  /s/ Lawrence F. Dickie
                                              Name:  Lawrence F. Dickie
                                              Title: Vice President, Associate
                                                     General Counsel and
                                                     Assistant Secretary

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated as of October 18, 1999.

Principal Executive Officer:

Roger A. Enrico*                                       Chairman of the Board
                                                    and Chief Executive Officer

Principal Financial Officer:

Michael D. White*                                      Senior Vice President
                                                    and Chief Financial Officer

Principal Accounting Officer:

Lionel L. Nowell, III*                                   Senior Vice President
                                                           and Controller

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Directors:

Karl M. Von Der Heyden                 )
John F. Akers                          )
Robert E. Allen                        )
Peter Foy                              )
Ray L. Hunt                            )
John J. Murphy                         )   *
Steve S. Reinemund                     )
Sharon Percy Rockefeller               )
Franklin A. Thomas                     )
P. Roy Vagelos                         )
Craig E. Weatherup                     )
Arnold R. Weber                        )



*  By:  /s/ Lawrence F. Dickie
         Lawrence F. Dickie
         Attorney-in-Fact

         THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended,  the  administrator  of the PepsiCo 401(k) Plan has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly  authorized,  in the City of  Purchase,  State of New York,  on October 18,
1999.

                                            PEPSICO 401(K) PLAN



                                            By:   /s/ Lawrence F. Dickie
                                                 Lawrence F. Dickie

                                            Title:  On behalf of the Plan
                                                    Administrator of the
                                                    PepsiCo 401(k) Plan




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.          Description
- -----------          -----------

4                    PepsiCo 401(k) Plan

5a                   Opinion  and  consent of Lawrence  F.  Dickie,  Esq.,  Vice
                     President,   Associate   General   Counsel  and   Assistant
                     Secretary of the Registrant.

5b                   Pursuant to  Instruction  (b) under Item 8 of Form S-8, the
                     Registrant  undertakes that it will submit or has submitted
                     the Plan and any amendments thereto to the Internal Revenue
                     Service  in a timely  manner  and has made or will make all
                     changes  required by the Internal  Revenue Service in order
                     to  qualify  the Plan  under  Section  401 of the  Internal
                     Revenue Code.

23.1                 Consent of KPMG LLP.

23.2                 Consent of   Lawrence  F.  Dickie,  Esq.,  Vice  President,
                     Associate  General  Counsel and Assistant  Secretary of the
                     Registrant  (included  in  his  opinion  filed as Exhibit 5
                     hereto).
24.1                 Powers of Attorney executed by  Roger A. Enrico, Michael D.
                     White,  Karl M. von der  Heyden,  John F. Akers,  Robert E.
                     Allen,  Peter Foy, Ray  L. Hunt,  John J. Murphy,  Steve S.
                     Reinemund, Sharon Percy  Rockerfeller,  Franklin A. Thomas,
                     P. Roy Vagelos and Arnold  C. Weber (incorporated herein by
                     reference to Exhibit 24 of  the Registrant's  Annual Report
                     on Form 10-K for its fiscal  year ended December 26, 1998).

24.2                 Power of Attorney executed by Lionel L. Nowell, III.

24.3                 Power of Attorney executed by Arthur C. Martinez.

24.4                 Power of Attorney executed by Franklin D. Raines.







                               PEPSICO 401(K) PLAN








         (Known as the Tropicana Retirement Savings and Investment Plan

                       for periods before October 1, 1999)



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ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS...........................................................................................3


ARTICLE II - PARTICIPATION........................................................................................3

2.1      COMMENCING PARTICIPATION.................................................................................3
2.2      SPECIAL RULES OF ADMINISTRATION IN CONNECTION WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF PLAN.................................3

ARTICLE III - CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS.......................................................................3

3.1      CONTRIBUTION ELECTIONS...................................................................................3
3.2      PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS....................................................................................3
3.3      AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS..................................................................................3
3.4      FLOATING RATE CONTRIBUTION ELECTION......................................................................3
3.5      MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS...................................................................................3
3.6      ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS...................................................................................3
3.7      QNECS....................................................................................................3
3.8      QMACS....................................................................................................3
3.9      MILITARY LEAVE...........................................................................................3
3.10     CONTRIBUTIONS SUBJECT TO DEDUCTIBILITY...................................................................3
3.11     ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS..............................................................................3
3.12     VALUATION; EARNINGS AND LOSSES...........................................................................3
3.13     RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS..................................................................................3

ARTICLE IV - INVESTMENTS..........................................................................................3

4.1      PARTICIPANT INVESTMENT PROVISIONS........................................................................3
4.2      INVESTMENT ELECTIONS.....................................................................................3
4.3      INVESTMENT FUNDS.........................................................................................3
4.4      INVESTMENT OF LOAN REPAYMENTS AND RESTORATION OF FORFEITURES.............................................3

ARTICLE V - VESTING...............................................................................................3

5.1      PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, AND ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS...............................3
5.2      MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS...................................................................................3
5.3      VESTING UPON RE-EMPLOYMENT AFTER A BREAK IN SERVICE......................................................3
5.4      FORFEITURES..............................................................................................3
5.5      ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES................................................................................3
5.6      RESTORATION OF FORFEITED ACCOUNT.........................................................................3

ARTICLE VI - IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS...............................................................................3

6.1      WITHDRAWAL OF AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS....................................................................3
6.2      WITHDRAWAL OF ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.....................................................................3
6.3      WITHDRAWAL OF FROZEN MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OR MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS....................................3
6.4      WITHDRAWAL OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, QNECS, QMACS........................................................3
6.5      WITHDRAWALS AFTER ATTAINING AGE 59-1/2...................................................................3
6.6      HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS.....................................................................................3
6.7      IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS........................................................3

ARTICLE VII - LOANS...............................................................................................3

7.1      GENERAL RULE.............................................................................................3
7.2      AMOUNT OF LOAN...........................................................................................3
7.3      INTEREST RATE AND SECURITY...............................................................................3
7.4      SOURCE OF LOANS..........................................................................................3
7.5      REPAYMENT AND TERM.......................................................................................3
7.6      DEFAULT..................................................................................................3
7.7      ADDITIONAL RULES.........................................................................................3
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ARTICLE VIII - DISTRIBUTIONS......................................................................................3

8.1      ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION UPON SEPARATION FROM SERVICE................................................3
8.2      DISTRIBUTIONS UPON RETIREMENT OR DISABILITY..............................................................3
8.3      INSTALLMENT OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.................................................................3
8.4      DISTRIBUTION UPON DEATH..................................................................................3
8.5      COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENTS.................................................................................3
8.6      FORM OF PAYMENT..........................................................................................3
8.7      AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION...................................................................................3
8.8      MANDATORY DISTRIBUTIONS..................................................................................3
8.9      DIRECT ROLLOVERS.........................................................................................3
8.10     QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS......................................................................3
8.11     BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION..................................................................................3
8.12     INCOMPETENT OR LOST DISTRIBUTEE..........................................................................3

ARTICLE IX - INVESTMENT OF THE TRUST..............................................................................3

9.1      TRUST AGREEMENT..........................................................................................3
9.2      APPOINTMENT OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS.......................................................................3
9.3      INVESTMENT MANAGER POWERS................................................................................3
9.4      POWER TO DIRECT INVESTMENTS..............................................................................3
9.5      EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT RULE...................................................................................3

ARTICLE X - PLAN ADMINISTRATION...................................................................................3

10.1     ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY AMONG FIDUCIARIES FOR PLAN AND TRUST ADMINISTRATION.........................3
10.2     ADMINISTRATION...........................................................................................3
10.3     CLAIMS PROCEDURE.........................................................................................3
10.4     RECORDS AND REPORTS......................................................................................3
10.5     OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS AND DUTIES...................................................................3
10.6     RULES AND DECISIONS......................................................................................3
10.7     PROCEDURES...............................................................................................3
10.8     AUTHORIZATION OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS...................................................................3
10.9     APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR DISTRIBUTIONS..................................................................3
10.10    FACILITY OF PAYMENT......................................................................................3
10.11    BLACKOUT PERIOD IN 1999..................................................................................3

ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION............................................................................3

11.1     AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN....................................................................................3
11.2     RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE PLAN OR DISCONTINUE CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................3
11.3     EFFECT OF TERMINATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.................................................3
11.4     EFFECT OF A PARTIAL TERMINATION..........................................................................3
11.5     PLAN MERGER..............................................................................................3
11.6     ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS.......................................................................3
11.7     WITHDRAWAL OF A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER...................................................................3

ARTICLE XII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS............................................................................3

12.1     ACTION BY THE COMPANY....................................................................................3
12.2     NO RIGHT TO BE RETAINED IN EMPLOYMENT....................................................................3
12.3     NON-ALIENATION OF BENEFITS...............................................................................3
12.4     REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.................................................3
12.5     SOURCE OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS...............................................................................3
12.6     CONSTRUCTION.............................................................................................3
12.7     GOVERNING LAW............................................................................................3

ARTICLE XIII - LIMITATION ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS................................................................3

13.1     CODE SECTION 402(G) LIMITATION ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS..................................................3
13.2     TREATMENT OF EXCESS DEFERRALS............................................................................3
13.3     COORDINATION WITH OTHER ARRANGEMENTS IN WHICH SALARY IS DEFERRED.........................................3
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ARTICLE XIV - NONDISCRIMINATION RULES.............................................................................3

14.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NONDISCRIMINATION RULES....................................................3
14.2     ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST..........................................................................3
14.3     MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PLAN SUBJECT TO THE ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST.....................3
14.4     RECHARACTERIZATION OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS..............................................................3
14.5     TREATMENT OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS........................................................................3
14.6     QNECS AND QMACS..........................................................................................3
14.7     ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TEST......................................................................3
14.8     MORE THAN ONE PLAN SUBJECT TO THE ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION TEST...............................................3
14.9     REQUIRED PLAN AGGREGATION FOR PURPOSES OF THE ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE AND ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION .........
TESTS.   3
14.10    REQUIRED PLAN DISAGGREGATION FOR PURPOSES OF THE ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE AND ACTUAL
CONTRIBUTION         ........................................................................................TESTS.
3
14.11    TREATMENT OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS..............................................................3
14.12    MULTIPLE USE LIMITATION..................................................................................3

ARTICLE XV - CODE SETION415 LIMITATION............................................................................3

15.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION................................................3
15.2     CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS..........................................................3
15.3     COMBINED CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION.....................................................................3
15.4     INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE...............................................................................3

ARTICLE XVI - TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS................................................................................3

16.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS.......................................................3
16.2     APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XVI...............................................................................3
16.3     MINIMUM VESTING..........................................................................................3
16.4     MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS....................................................................................3
16.5     ADJUSTMENT TO COMBINED LIMITATION........................................................................3

EXHIBIT A -- ELIGIBLE UNITS OF HOURLY-PAID EMPLOYEES..............................................................3
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                               PEPSICO 401(K) PLAN



                                    PREAMBLE

The PepsiCo 401(k) Plan ("Plan") permits eligible  employees to defer receipt of
a portion of their  compensation  on both a pre-tax and after-tax basis in order
to promote retirement savings.  The Plan provides for distributions in the event
of termination of employment. In addition,  withdrawals are permitted in certain
circumstances  and loans are  available  to  certain  participants.  The Plan is
intended  to  be  a  profit-sharing   plan  which  meets  the  requirements  for
qualification and tax-exemption under sections 401(a),  401(k) and 401(m) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The  Plan  was  originally  established  for the  benefit  of the  Employees  of
Tropicana Products, Inc. ("Tropicana"), in connection with the sale of Tropicana
to PepsiCo Inc. ("PepsiCo") by Seagram Enterprises, Inc. on August 25, 1998 (the
"Closing"). Prior to the Closing, Tropicana was a member of the controlled group
which  included  Joseph  E.  Seagram  &  Sons,   Inc.   ("Seagram")  and  was  a
participating  employer  in the  Retirement  Savings  and  Investment  Plan  for
Employees of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons,  Inc. and Affiliates (the "Seagram Plan")
sponsored  by Seagram.  Effective as of the  Closing,  Tropicana  ceased to be a
member of Seagram's  controlled  group and coincident  therewith  ceased to be a
participating  employer in the Seagram  Plan.  Tropicana  deemed it desirable to
adopt a 401(k) plan with respect to Tropicana's  eligible  employees and certain
former  employees  with  account   balances   remaining  in  the  Seagram  Plan.
Accordingly, effective as of the Closing, Tropicana adopted this Plan to receive
a spinoff of the portion of the Seagram Plan covering the following  individuals
("Seagram-Tropicana  employees"):  (i)  employees  of  Tropicana  and any of its
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subsidiaries  who were  employed on the Closing,  (ii)  terminated  employees of
Tropicana and any of its  subsidiaries  with account  balances under the Seagram
Plan as of the Closing,  and (iii) employees of Seagram or any affiliate thereof
who  were  transferred  to  (or  otherwise  became  employed  by)  Tropicana  in
connection with Tropicana's  divestiture by Seagram Enterprises,  Inc. Effective
immediately  thereafter,  PepsiCo replaced Tropicana as the sponsor of the Plan.
Following the Closing,  assets and liabilities were transferred from the Seagram
Plan  to  this   Plan  in  an  amount   equal  to  the   account   balances   of
Seagram-Tropicana employees in the Seagram Plan immediately before the transfer.
The accrued benefits of the Seagram-Tropicana employees in the Seagram Plan were
preserved in this Plan, as provided herein.

From the  Closing  through  September  30,  1999,  this  Plan  was  known as the
"Tropicana  Retirement  Savings and Investment Plan." Effective October 1, 1999,
the Plan's name  changed to the PepsiCo  401(k)  Plan,  a new  recordkeeper  was
appointed,  and certain  modification related to the change in recordkeeper were
adopted.

The rights and benefits of any individual who ceases to be a participant in this
Plan shall be determined in  accordance  with the  provisions of this Plan as in
effect  on the date such  individual  ceases  to be a  participant  in this Plan
unless otherwise specified in the Plan or required by law.

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                             ARTICLE I - DEFINITIONS

Each of the following terms when capitalized throughout this document shall have
the meaning ascribed to it below.

1.1      "ACCOUNT"  means  the sum of a  Participant's  After-tax  Contributions
         Account, Frozen Matching Contributions Account,  Matching Contributions
         Account, Pre-tax Contributions Account, Rollover Contributions Account,
         QMACs Account and QNECs Account,  which  constitutes the  Participant's
         total interest in the Trust.

1.2      "AFTER-TAX  CONTRIBUTIONS" means contributions made by a Participant in
         accordance with his or her  Contribution  Election  pursuant to Section
         3.3 or 3.4.

1.3      "AFTER-TAX  CONTRIBUTIONS  ACCOUNT" means the separate  subaccount of a
         Participant's  Account to which Participant's  After-tax  Contributions
         and any income or loss thereon are credited.

1.4      "BENEFICIARY"  means the  person  designated  by a  Participant  on the
         Beneficiary  Designation Form or such other person who becomes entitled
         to a benefit under the Plan in accordance with Section 8.11.

1.5      "BENEFICIARY  DESIGNATION  FORM" means the form  prescribed by the Plan
         Administrator for designating Beneficiaries.

1.6      "BOARD" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

1.7      "BORROWER"  means a  Participant  who  has made an  application  for or
         who has received a loan from the Plan in accordance with Section 7.1.
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1.8      "BREAK IN SERVICE"  means the period  commencing  on the  Participant's
         Service  Cutoff  Date  and  ending  on the  Participant's  Reemployment
         Commencement Date, except that a Break in Service shall not include any
         period of time when an individual is not an Employee  because he or she
         is  serving  in the  uniformed  services  of the  United  States if the
         individual  seeks  reinstatement  as  an  Employee  while  his  or  her
         reemployment  rights are  protected  by law. The defined term "Break in
         Service" is used solely for purposes of determining vesting.

1.9      "CODE" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

1.10     "COMPANY"  means  PepsiCo,  Inc., a corporation  organized and existing
         under  the laws of the  State of North  Carolina  or its  successor  or
         successors.

1.11     "COMPENSATION" means an Employee's W-2 wages as reported or reportable,
         but including elective  contributions that are made by an Employer that
         are  not  includible  in  gross  income  under  Code  Sections  125 and
         402(e)(3);  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, that a Participant's Compensation for a
         Plan  Year  shall not  exceed  the  amount  specified  in Code  Section
         401(a)(17),  as it is adjusted  from time to time for cost of living in
         accordance  with Code  Section  401(a)(17)(B).  An Eligible  Employee's
         Contribution  Election is expressed as a percentage of "Salary" and not
         as a percentage of "Compensation".

1.12     "CONTRIBUTION  ELECTION"  means  the  election  made  by a  Participant
         selecting   the   percentage  of  annual  Salary  to  be  deferred  and
         contributed  to the  Plan by the  Employer  as a  Pre-tax  Contribution
         and/or  contributed  by the  Participant  to the  Plan as an  After-tax
         Contribution.
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1.13     "DISABILITY" means a total and permanent physical or mental disability,
         as evidenced by (a) receipt of a Social Security disability pension, or
         (b)  receipt of  disability  payments  under the  Employer's  long-term
         disability program.

1.14    "EFFECTIVE  DATE" means the closing of the sale of Tropicana  Products,
         Inc. to the Company by Seagram Enterprises, Inc.

1.15    "ELIGIBLE  EMPLOYEE"  means each  Employee  who is in the employ of the
         Employer:

         (a)      in any executive or managerial position;

         (b)      in an office in a technical, professional, administrative or
                  clerical position;

         (c)      in a sales position; or

         (d)      in an hourly paid position and is employed in a classification
                  designated in Exhibit A;

         all as  determined  by the Employer  from the records of the  Employer.
         Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the following  Employees are excluded
         from the term "Eligible Employee":

         (i)      Employees  included  in  a  unit  of  employees  covered  by a
                  collective bargaining agreement between the Employer and their
                  employee representatives (excluding any representative that is
                  an  organization  more than half of whose  members are owners,
                  officers or executives of the Employer) in the  negotiation of
                  which  retirement  benefits  were the  subject  of good  faith
                  bargaining,   unless  such  collective   bargaining  agreement
                  provides for participation in the Plan;

         (ii)     U.S. citizens and U.S. lawful permanent residents ("green card
                  holder"),  who perform  services  outside of the United States
                  for an Employer,  are covered under local  retirement  benefit

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                  plans and have all or a portion of their  salary paid from the
                  U.S. payroll;

         (iii)    Nonresident  aliens who receive no earned  income  (within the
                  meaning  of  Code   Section   911(b))   and  the   regulations
                  thereunder)  from the Employer which  constitutes  income from
                  sources  within the United States  (within the meaning of Code
                  Section 861(a)(3) and the regulations thereunder);

         (iv)     Persons not employed or treated as common law  employees by an
                  Employer   regardless   if  such   persons  are   subsequently
                  determined  to be  common  law  employees  as  the  result  of
                  administrative agency or judicial proceeding.  A person is not
                  employed or treated as a common law employee for any period if
                  income and  employment  taxes have not actually  been withheld
                  from the  person's  compensation  payments for such period and
                  such  lack  of  withholding  is not due to a  mistake  in fact
                  acknowledged in writing by an Employer;

         (v)      Employees  who  are  eligible  to  participate  in one or more
                  employee  benefit plans of a third party with whom an Employer
                  has contracted for the provision of the Employees' services;

         (vi)     Leased employees within the meaning of Code Section  414(n)(2)
                  or (o); and

         (vii)    Employees   classified  as  student   interns  or  cooperative
                  students.

1.16     "ELIGIBLE  RETIREMENT  PLAN"  means an  individual  retirement  account
         described in Code Section  408(a),  an  individual  retirement  annuity

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         described in Code  Section  408(b),  an annuity plan  described in Code
         Section 403(a) or a qualified  trust  described in Code Section 401(a).
         However, with respect to a Participant's  Surviving Spouse, an Eligible
         Retirement  Plan  shall be only an  individual  retirement  account  or
         individual retirement annuity.

1.17     "ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER  DISTRIBUTION" means any distribution under the Plan
         of all or any portion of a Participant's Account, other than:

         (a)      A distribution that is one of a series of substantially  equal
                  periodic  payments  (made not less  frequently  than annually)
                  made for the life (or life  expectancy) of the Participant (or
                  the  Participant's  Surviving  Spouse) or the joint  lives (or
                  joint  life   expectancies)   of  the   Participant   (or  the
                  Participant's  Surviving Spouse) and the Participant's (or the
                  Participant's Surviving Spouse's) designated beneficiary;

         (b)      A distribution for a specified period of ten years or more;

         (c)      A distribution required under Code Section 401(a)(9); or

         (d)      The portion of any  distribution  in excess of the amount that
                  would be includible in gross income were it not rolled over to
                  an Eligible  Retirement Plan  (disregarding  for this purpose,
                  the  exclusion  from  income   applicable  to  net  unrealized
                  appreciation when employer securities are distributed).

1.18     "EMPLOYEE"  means any individual who is employed by an employer  within
         the PepsiCo  Organization  regardless  of whether the  individual is an
         Eligible  Employee  or a leased  employee  within  the  meaning of Code
         Sections 14(n)(2) or 414(o) (excluding persons who are leased employees
         described in Code Section 414(n)(5)).
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1.19     "EMPLOYER"  means Tropicana  Products,  Inc. and other units within the
         PepsiCo Organization that are part of the Tropicana business,  that are
         authorized by the Plan Sponsor to participate herein and that adopt the
         Plan for its Eligible Employees.

1.20     "EMPLOYMENT  COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  means the date on which the  Employee
         first  performs  an  Hour of  Service  for the  Employer  or any  other
         employer within the PepsiCo Organization under Section 1.32(a).

1.21     "ERISA" means the Employee  Retirement  Income Security Act of 1974, as
         amended.

1.22     "EXCESS AGGREGATE  CONTRIBUTIONS" means, with respect to any Plan Year,
         the  aggregate  amount  of  the  sum  of  the  After-tax  Contributions
         contributed by a Highly Compensated Employee and Matching Contributions
         made on behalf of Highly Compensated  Employees in excess of the limits
         set forth in Sections 14.7 or 14.12.

1.23     "EXCESS ANNUAL ADDITIONS" means Annual Additions, as defined in Section
         15.1(a),  that  exceed  the  Code  Section  415  limitation  on  Annual
         Additions.

1.24     "EXCESS  CONTRIBUTIONS"  means,  with  respect  to any Plan  Year,  the
         aggregate  amount of Pre-tax  Contributions  paid to the  Trustee for a
         Plan Year on behalf of Highly  Compensated  Employees  in excess of the
         limits set forth in Section 14.2 or 14.12.

1.25     "EXCESS  DEFERRALS" means, with respect to any Plan Year, the aggregate
         amount of Pre-tax  Contributions  contributed on behalf of Participants
         in excess of the Code Section  402(g)  limitation  set forth in Section
         13.1.

1.26     "FIDUCIARIES"  means the named fiduciaries as defined in Section 402 of
         ERISA, who shall be the Plan  Administrator and the Trustee,  and other
         parties  designated  as  fiduciaries,  as defined  in Section  3(21) of
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         ERISA,  by such named  fiduciaries in accordance  with the terms of the
         Plan and the Trust  Agreement  (but only with  respect to the  specific
         responsibilities of each in connection with the Plan and Trust).

1.27     "FIVE-PERCENT  OWNER" means with respect to a  corporation,  any person
         who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning of Code Section
         318) more than 5% of the outstanding stock of the corporation, or stock
         possessing more than 5% of the total voting power of the corporation.

1.28     "FIVE YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE" means a Break in Service of 60 consecutive
         months.  The  defined  term "Five Year Break in Service" is used solely
         for purposes of determining vesting.

1.29     "FROZEN  MATCHING   CONTRIBUTIONS"  means  any  Matching  Contributions
         contributed or allocated in respect of any Plan Year prior to 1995.

1.30     "FROZEN MATCHING  CONTRIBUTIONS  ACCOUNT" means the separate subaccount
         of a  Participant's  Account  to which  Participant's  Frozen  Matching
         Contributions and any income or loss thereon are credited.

1.31     "HIGHLY COMPENSATED  EMPLOYEE" means for any Plan Year commencing on or
         after  January  1,  1997,  any  employee  of the  PepsiCo  Organization
         (whether or not eligible for membership in the Plan) who

         (i)      was a five percent  owner (as defined in Code Section  416(i))
                  for such Plan Year or the prior Plan Year, or
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         (ii)     for the preceding Plan Year received Compensation in excess of
                  $80,000.  The $80,000 dollar amount in the preceding  sentence
                  shall be  adjusted  from  time to time for cost of  living  in
                  accordance with Code Section 414(q).

         Notwithstanding the foregoing, employees who are nonresident aliens and
         who  receive no earned  income  from any  employer  within the  PepsiCo
         Organization  which  constitutes  income from sources within the United
         States shall be disregarded for all purposes of this Section.

         The  provisions  of this  Section  shall  be  further  subject  to such
         additional  requirements  as shall be described in Code Section  414(q)
         and its  applicable  regulations,  which shall  override any aspects of
         this Section inconsistent therewith.

1.32     "HOUR OF SERVICE"  means,  with respect to any  applicable  computation
         period,

         (a)      each  hour for  which  the  Employee  is paid or  entitled  to
                  payment for the  performance of duties for the Employer or any
                  other employer within the PepsiCo Organization;

         (b)      each  hour for  which  the  Employee  is paid or  entitled  to
                  payment  by the  Employer  or any other  employer  within  the
                  PepsiCo  Organization  on account of a period  during which no
                  duties  are   performed,   whether   or  not  the   employment
                  relationship  has  terminated,   due  to  vacation,   holiday,
                  illness, incapacity (including disability), layoff, jury duty,
                  military duty or leave of absence, but not more than 501 hours
                  for any single continuous period;
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         (c)      each hour for which back pay,  irrespective  of  mitigation of
                  damages, is either awarded or agreed to by the Employer or any
                  other employer within the PepsiCo Organization,  excluding any
                  hour credited under clause (a) or (b), which shall be credited
                  to the  computation  period or  periods  to which  the  award,
                  agreement or payment  pertains  rather than to the computation
                  period in which the award, agreement or payment is made;

         (d)      solely for  purposes of  determining  whether an Employee  has
                  incurred a One Year Break in Service  under  Sections  1.39(a)
                  and 1.70(b), each hour for which an Employee would normally be
                  credited  under  paragraph (a) or (b) above during a period of
                  parental  leave but not more  than 501  hours  for any  single
                  continuous period. However, the number of hours credited to an
                  Employee  under this  paragraph  (d)  during  the  computation
                  period in which the parental  leave  began,  when added to the
                  hours credited to an employee under paragraphs (a) through (c)
                  above during that computation period, shall not exceed 501. If
                  the number of hours  credited under this paragraph (d) for the
                  computation  period in which the parental leave began is zero,
                  the provisions of this paragraph (d) shall apply as though the
                  parental leave began in the immediately  following computation
                  period.  For this purpose,  a parental leave means a period in
                  which the Employee is absent from work  immediately  following
                  his  or  her  active  employment  because  of  the  Employee's
                  pregnancy,  the birth of the Employee's child or the placement
                  of a child with the Employee in  connection  with the adoption

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                  of that child by the  Employee,  or for purposes of caring for
                  that child for a period beginning  immediately  following such
                  birth or placement; and

         (e)      solely for  purposes of  determining  whether an Employee  has
                  incurred a One Year Break in Service  under  Sections  1.39(a)
                  and 1.70(b), each hour for which an Employee would normally be
                  credited under  paragraph (a) or (b) above,  and not otherwise
                  credited under  paragraph (d) above,  during a period of leave
                  for the birth, adoption or placement of a child, to care for a
                  spouse or an immediate family member with a serious illness or
                  for the  Employee's  own  illness  pursuant  to the Family and
                  Medical Leave Act of 1993 and its regulations.

         Hours of Service to be credited to an individual  under paragraphs (b),
         (c), (d) and (e) above will be calculated by the Plan  Administrator by
         reference to the individual's most recent work schedule (or at the rate
         of eight hours per day in the event the Plan Administrator is unable to
         establish such schedule).

         No hours shall be credited  on account of any period  during  which the
         Employee performs no duties and receives payment solely for the purpose
         of complying with unemployment  compensation,  workers' compensation or
         disability insurance laws.

         The Hours of Service  credited shall be determined as required by Title
         29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Sections 2530.200b-2(b) and (c),
         and the rules set forth in such  Sections  are hereby  incorporated  by
         reference.

1.33     "INVESTMENT ELECTION" means the election by which a Participant directs
         the investment of his or her Account in accordance with Section 4.2.
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1.34     "INVESTMENT  FUNDS"  means the funds as  described  in  Article IV into
         which   Participants   (or,  as   provided   by  the  Plan,   the  Plan
         Administrator) may direct the Trustee to place an Account or such other
         investment  vehicles  as  the  Plan  Administrator  may,  in  its  sole
         discretion, determine.

1.35     "MATCHING  CONTRIBUTIONS  ACCOUNT"  means the separate  subaccount of a
         Participant's  Account to which  Participant's  Matching  Contributions
         (other than QMACs and Frozen Matching  Contributions) and any income or
         loss thereon are credited.

1.36     "NONELECTIVE  CONTRIBUTIONS"  means a contribution made by the Employer
         to  the  Plan  that  is  not  a  Pre-tax  Contribution  or  a  Matching
         Contribution.

1.37  "NON-HIGHLY  COMPENSATED  EMPLOYEE"  means an Employee who is not a Highly
Compensated Employee.

1.38     "NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE" means age 65.

1.39     "ONE YEAR BREAK IN SERVICE" means

         (a)      With respect to determining an Employee's Years of Eligibility
                  Service, a Plan Year after the Plan Year in which the Employee
                  first  becomes  employed  during  which  he or  she  does  not
                  complete more than 500 Hours of Service; and

         (b)      With respect to  determining  an  Employee's  Years of Vesting
                  Service, a Break in Service of 12 consecutive months.

1.40     "PARTICIPANT"  means an individual who has commenced  participation  as
         determined  under  Section 2.1,  but not  terminated  participation  as
         determined under Section 2.1(e).
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1.41     "PARTICIPANT  RESPONSE  SYSTEM" means the  participant  response system
         established  by the Company that permits  Participants  to manage their
         Account,  including,  but not limited  to, the ability to change  their
         Contribution  Elections,   (in  accordance  with  Section  3.1(c))  and
         Investment  Elections (in accordance  with Section 4.2), to apply for a
         loan in accordance with Article VII, to commence  participation  in the
         Plan (in  accordance  with  Section  2.1),  to apply for an  in-service
         withdrawal  (in   accordance   with  Article  VI),  and  to  request  a
         distribution  (in accordance  with Article VIII).  As determined by the
         Plan Administrator,  this system may take any form, and different forms
         may be used for different  purposes or different groups of Participants
         (E.G., an interactive telephone voice response system, a paper document
         system, an internet site, an intranet site, or an email protocol).

1.42     "PEPSICO  ORGANIZATION"  means the controlled group of organizations of
         which  the  Company  is a part,  as  defined  by Code  Section  414 and
         regulations issued  thereunder.  An entity shall be considered a member
         of the  PepsiCo  Organization  only  during the period it is one of the
         group of organizations described in the preceding sentence.

1.43     "PERIOD OF  SERVICE"  means the  period  commencing  on the  Employee's
         Employment  Commencement  Date or  Reemployment  Commencement  Date and
         ending on the next  Service  Cutoff  Date.  Periods  of  Service  shall
         include years and completed  months. A Participant's  Period of Service
         shall include any Period of Severance  that is less than 12 consecutive
         months.

1.44     "PERIOD  OF  SEVERANCE"  means  the  period  of time  commencing  on an
         Employee's Service Cutoff Date and ending on the date an Employee again
         performs an Hour of Service  with the  Employer  or any other  employer
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         within the PepsiCo Organization under Section 1.32(a). The defined term
         "Period of  Severance"  is used  solely  for  purposes  of  determining
         vesting.

1.45     "PLAN" means the PepsiCo  401(k)  Plan,  as may be amended from time to
         time.  For periods  before  October 1, 1999,  the Plan was known as the
         Tropicana Retirement Savings and Investment Plan,

1.46     "PLAN ADMINISTRATOR" means the Company, or its successor or successors,
         which  shall have  authority  to  administer  the Plan as  provided  in
         Article X.

1.47    "PLAN SPONSOR" means Tropicana Products, Inc. on the Effective Date and
         the Company immediately following that date.

1.48     "PLAN YEAR" means the calendar year.

1.49     "PRE-TAX  CONTRIBUTIONS"  means  contributions  made by an  Employer on
         behalf of a  Participant  in  accordance  with his or her  Contribution
         Election pursuant to Section 3.2 or 3.4.

1.50     "PRE-TAX  CONTRIBUTIONS  ACCOUNT"  means the separate  subaccount  of a
         Participant's  Account to which Pre-tax Contributions and any income or
         loss thereon are credited.

1.51     "PRINCIPAL  RESIDENCE LOAN" means a loan which is made to a Participant
         by the Plan,  in  accordance  with Section 7.5, to acquire or construct
         any dwelling  unit which,  within a reasonable  time will be used (such
         use to be  determined  at the time  the loan is made) as the  principal
         residence of the Participant.
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1.52     "QMACS" means Matching Contributions (a) in which a Participant is 100%
         vested,  as of the  date  they  are  allocated;  (b)  which  may not be
         distributed  to a  Participant  except on  account  of a  Participant's
         Retirement, death, Disability or Separation from Service; and (c) which
         the Employer  chooses to treat as Pre-tax  Contributions  in accordance
         with Section 14.6.

1.53     "QMACS  ACCOUNT"  means  the  separate  subaccount  of a  Participant's
         Account to which Participant's QMACs and any income or loss thereon are
         credited.

1.54     "QNECS" means Nonelective Contributions:  (a) in which a Participant is
         100% vested,  as of the date they are  allocated,  (b) which may not be
         distributed  to  a  Participant  except  on  account  of  Participant's
         Retirement, death, Disability or Separation from Service; and (c) which
         the  Employer  chooses  to treat  either as  Pre-tax  Contributions  or
         Matching Contributions in accordance with Section 14.6.

1.55     "QNECS  ACCOUNT"  means  the  separate  subaccount  of a  Participant's
         Account to which Participant's QNECs and any income or loss thereon are
         credited.

1.56     "REEMPLOYMENT  COMMENCEMENT  DATE"  means the date on which an Employee
         first  performs  an  Hour of  Service  for the  Employer  or any  other
         employer  within  the  PepsiCo  Organization   following  a  Period  of
         Severance.

1.57     "RETIREMENT"  means Separation from Service after attainment of age 60,
         or when eligible to commence the receipt of benefits  under any defined
         benefit  pension plan  sponsored by an Employer  (other than a lump sum
         distribution  which the plan  administrator of such plan can distribute
         to the Participant without the Participant's consent).
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1.58     "ROLLOVER  CONTRIBUTIONS"  means a contribution made in accordance with
         Section 3.7, by an Eligible Employee or a Participant to the Plan which
         consists  of a cash  distribution  from a  qualified  plan  under  Code
         Section 401(a) or a qualified  annuity under Code Section 403(a) and is
         an  "eligible  rollover   distribution"  as  defined  in  Code  Section
         402(c)(4)  or prior to January 1, 1993,  an amount  which may be rolled
         over in  accordance  with Section  402(a)(5) of the Code,  as in effect
         prior to the Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1992. For purposes
         of  this  Section,  amounts  may not be  rolled  over  from  individual
         retirement  account  ("IRA") if the IRA contains any funds derived from
         sources other than a rollover from a qualified  plan under Code Section
         401(a).

1.59     "ROLLOVER  CONTRIBUTIONS  ACCOUNT"  means the separate  subaccount of a
         Participant's  Account  or  an  Account  established  on  behalf  of an
         Eligible  Employee to which  Rollover  Contributions  and any income or
         loss thereon are credited.

1.60     "SALARY"  means an Employee's  base salary by the Employer in any year,
         determined  prior to any reduction  pursuant to Section 3.1 or pursuant
         to a cafeteria  plan under Code Section 125,  and  INCLUDING  overtime,
         commissions,  shift  differentials,  holiday pay, disability pay (other
         than long-term disability  payments),  grievance pay, funeral pay, jury
         duty pay,  military  leave  pay,  salary  adjustment  pay,  retro  pay,
         incentive awards, MIP awards, performance bonuses, PFP awards, start-up
         pay, route commissions,  supervisor's overtime, on call pay, sick leave
         pay,  vacation pay, personal pay, birthday pay, lead pay, parental pay,
         but EXCLUDING tips, reimbursements or other expense allowances,  fringe
         benefits (cash and noncash),  moving expenses,  deferred  compensation,
         welfare  benefits,   non-cash   remuneration,   workers'   compensation
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         accruals,  remuneration  paid in  currency  other  than  U.S.  dollars,
         severance  or   separation   pay  (whether   paid  before  or  after  a
         Participant's   Separation  from  Service),   amounts  paid  under  any
         long-term  incentive  plan, tax protection  payments or foreign service
         over base  allowances or premiums,  retirement  bonuses,  contributions
         (except for Pre-tax  Contributions)  to and benefits and  distributions
         under  the  Plan or  under  any  employee  benefit  plan or any plan or
         program of deferred  compensation,  including  without  limitation  any
         pension,  profit sharing, stock bonus, employee stock ownership,  stock
         option or incentive  program,  or dividends paid on any common stock of
         the Employer  included within or issued under any such plan or program,
         and stock options or income or gains from the exercise thereof.

         A Participant's Salary on which contributions are based for a Plan Year
         shall not exceed the amount specified in Code Section 401(a)(17), as it
         is  adjusted  from time to time for cost of living in  accordance  with
         Code Section 401(a)(17)(B).

1.61    "SEAGRAM  PLAN" means the Retirement  Savings and  Investment  Plan for
         Employees of Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc. and Affiliates.

1.62     "SEPARATION  FROM  SERVICE"  means the  termination  of the  Employee's
         relationship with the PepsiCo Organization.

1.63     "SERVICE  CUTOFF  DATE"  means  the  earliest  of:  (a) the  Employee's
         Separation  from Service date;  (b) the last day of the 24 month period
         following  the date the  Employee is first  absent from  employment  on
         account  of  layoff  or a leave  of  absence  taken on  account  of the
         Employee's pregnancy, the birth of Employee's child, the placement of a
         child with the Employee in connection with adoption proceedings, or for
         purposes of caring for such child for the period immediately  following
         such birth or  placement;  and (c) the date that an  Employee  fails to
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         return  from a family or medical  leave  under the  Family and  Medical
         Leave Act of 1993.  The  defined  term  "Service  Cutoff  Date" is used
         solely for purposes of determining vesting.

1.64     "SERVICE  ENTRY  EMPLOYEE"  means (a) any employee who, on the basis of
         his  regular,  stated  work  schedule,  is  classified  as a  part-time
         employee  by the  Employer,  and (b) an hourly  employee  of  Tropicana
         Transportation Corp.

1.65     "SPOUSE" means the person to whom an Employee is lawfully married.

1.66     "SURVIVING SPOUSE" means the Spouse of a Participant on the date of the
         Participant's death.

1.67     "TRUST"  means the trust  fund or funds  which  holds the assets of the
         Plan and are established by the Trust Agreement.

1.68     "TRUST AGREEMENT" means the trust agreement or agreements  entered into
         between the Company and the Trustee from time to time that provides for
         the holding of Plan assets.

1.69     "TRUSTEE" means the individual(s) or corporation(s)  appointed pursuant
         to the Trust  Agreement.  The Trustee may be changed from time to time,
         including by adoption of a new or amended Trust Agreement.

1.70     "YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY  SERVICE"  means,  with respect to a Service Entry
         Employee,  the 12-month  period of employment  with the Employer or any
         other employer  within the PepsiCo  Organization,  whether or not as an
         Eligible  Employee,  beginning on the date he or she first completes an
         Hour of  Service  upon hire or  rehire  following  a One Year  Break in
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         Service, or any Plan Year beginning after that date, in which he or she
         first  completes  at least 1,000 Hours of Service;  provided,  however,
         that:

         (a)      if an Employee  is absent from the service of the  Employer or
                  any other employer within the PepsiCo  Organization because of
                  service in the uniformed  services of the United States and he
                  or she returns to service with an employer  within the PepsiCo
                  Organization  having  applied  to  return  while  his  or  her
                  reemployment  rights were  protected by law, the absence shall
                  be included in his or her Eligibility Service; and

         (b)      if an  Employee's  employment  terminates  and  he or  she  is
                  subsequently reemployed after he has incurred a One Year Break
                  in Service,  his or her Years of  Eligibility  Service  earned
                  prior to his or her reemployment shall be disregarded upon his
                  or her reemployment if:

                  (i)      he or she was not partially or fully vested under the
                           provisions  of  Section  5.2  upon  his or her  prior
                           termination; and

                 (ii)      the number of his or her  consecutive One Year Breaks
                           in Service equals or exceeds five.

1.71     "YEAR OF VESTING  SERVICE" means a twelve  consecutive  month Period of
         Service.  The defined term "Year of Vesting Service" is used solely for
         purposes of determining vesting.


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                           ARTICLE II - PARTICIPATION

2.1      COMMENCING PARTICIPATION

(a)      Entry Date.
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         Any person on whose behalf an amount is  transferred  to this Plan from
         the Seagram Plan as of the Effective Date shall be a Participant on the
         Effective  Date.  In  addition,  any  other  Employee  shall  become  a
         Participant as follows:

         (i)      An Employee, other than a Service Entry Employee, may become a
                  Participant as soon as administratively  practicable following
                  the later of (A) the date such  Employee  performs one Hour of
                  Service  under  Section  1.32(a),  (B) the date such  Employee
                  becomes  an  Eligible  Employee,  or (c) the  Effective  Date.
                  However, such an Employee's participation in the Plan shall in
                  no event  commence later than the earlier of (A) the first day
                  of the first Plan Year beginning  after the date on which such
                  Employee satisfied such Service  requirement,  or (B) the date
                  six  months  after the date on which such  Employee  satisfied
                  such Service requirement.

         (ii)     A Service Entry  Employee may become a Participant  as soon as
                  administratively  practicable  following the latest of (A) the
                  date  the  Employee   completes  four  consecutive  months  of
                  employment  with  the  Employer  or one  Year  of  Eligibility
                  Service,  if  earlier,  (B) the date the  Employee  becomes an
                  Eligible Employee or (C) the Effective Date. However,  such an
                  Employee's  participation  in  the  Plan  shall  in  no  event
                  commence  later  than the  earlier of (A) the first day of the
                  first  Plan  Year  beginning  after  the  date on  which  such
                  Employee satisfied such Service  requirement,  or (B) the date

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                  six  months  after the date on which such  Employee  satisfied
                  such Service requirement.

(b)      Eligible  Employees  Who  Make  Rollover  Contributions.   An  Eligible
         -------------------------------------------------------
         Employee who makes a Rollover  Contribution  but who does not otherwise
         elect to participate in the Plan,  shall be considered a Participant in
         the Plan for all  purposes  except that such  Participant  shall not be
         entitled to (i) have Matching  Contributions made on his or her behalf,
         and (ii) have any forfeitures allocated to his or her Account.

(c)      Cessation of Eligible  Employee  Status. A Participant who ceases to be
         ---------------------------------------
         an Eligible  Employee  (regardless  of whether he or she also Separates
         from   Service)   shall  not  be  permitted   to  make  any   After-tax
         Contributions  to the  Plan or to have  any  Pre-tax  Contributions  or
         Matching Contributions made to the Plan on his or her behalf.

(d)      Resumption of Eligible Employee Status. If a Participant or an Eligible
         --------------------------------------
         Employee  who had met the  applicable  eligibility  requirements  under
         Section  2.1  but  who  elected  not to  participate,  ceases  to be an
         Eligible  Employee and again resumes  Eligible  Employee  status,  such
         Participant  or  Eligible  Employee,  as the case may be, may resume or
         commence   making   After-tax    Contributions   and   having   Pre-tax
         Contributions and Matching  Contributions  made on his or her behalf by
         contacting the Participant  Response System following his or her return
         to Eligible  Employee  status.  If any other person is reemployed as an
         Eligible  Employee,  he or she shall become a Participant in accordance
         with the provisions of Section 2.1.

(e)      Termination  of  Participation.  A  Participant  shall  cease  to  be a
         ------------------------------
         Participant in the Plan upon the earlier of:
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         (i)      The payment to him or her of all vested benefits due to him or
                  her under the Plan;

         (ii)     His or her  Separation  from Service  with no vested  benefits
                  under the Plan; or

         (iii)    His or her death.

2.2      SPECIAL RULES OF  ADMINISTRATION  IN CONNECTION WITH  ESTABLISHMENT  OF
         PLAN

         The following provisions shall govern the administration of the Plan in
         connection with its establishment:

(a)      Participants'  account  balances under the Seagram Plan  (including any
         loan notes  outstanding) will be transferred to this Plan on or as soon
         as  practicable  following the Effective  Date and shall be credited to
         the applicable Accounts of Participants under this Plan.

(b)      Except as  provided  in  paragraphs  (c) and (d)  below,  all  employee
         elections  in effect under the Seagram  Plan  immediately  prior to the
         Effective  Date,  including,  but not  limited  to,  contribution  rate
         elections,   investment   elections,   beneficiary   designations   and
         distribution  elections,  shall remain in effect under this Plan, until
         changed by the Participant in accordance with the terms of this Plan.

(c)      The Seagram  Stock Fund,  which is  comprised  primarily  of the common
         stock of The Seagram Company Ltd.,  without  nominal or par value,  was
         available under the Seagram Plan.  Effective on and after the Effective
         Date,  no  Participant  may make an Investment  Election  directing new
         contributions  to be  invested in or  directing  any  existing  Account
         balances to the Seagram Stock Fund. Any  Investment  Election in effect
         on or after the Effective Date directing  amounts to be invested in the
         Seagram Stock Fund shall be deemed an election to direct investment in:
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         (i) from the Effective  Date until  September  30, 1999,  the S&P Stock
         Fund,  and (ii)  effective  October 1, 1999,  the LaSalle  Stable Value
         Fund.

(d)      In the case of a Participant  whose Account  includes funds invested in
         the Seagram Stock Fund as of the Effective Date, the Seagram Stock Fund
         will continue to be available for their  existing  investments  in that
         Fund on a frozen basis from the  Effective  Date until January 31, 2000
         as provided in this paragraph (d).

         (i)      If the  Participant  applies for a reallocation  of his or her
                  Account that would result in an increase in the funds invested
                  in the Seagram Stock Fund, such reallocation shall be adjusted
                  so that it does not  result in such an  increase  pursuant  to
                  rules administered by the Plan Administrator for this purpose.

         (ii)     The Participant may make an Investment  Election  transferring
                  all or a portion of his or her Account from the Seagram  Stock
                  Fund to any other  Investment  Funds (1%  increments  or whole
                  dollars,   effective   October  1,  1999,   and  otherwise  in
                  accordance  with the Plan's  provisions for making  Investment
                  Elections).

         (iii)    The distribution or in-service  withdrawal of any portion of a
                  Participant's  Account invested in the Seagram Stock Fund will
                  be paid in cash.

         (iv)     The  Participant  can transfer assets out of the Seagram Stock
                  Fund at any  time  from  the  Effective  Date  through  a date
                  selected  by the Plan  Administrator  on or about  January 26,
                  2000. No participant-directed  transfers out of that Fund will
                  be permitted  after the selected  date until January 31, 2000.
                  Effective  on the  selected  date,  the assets in the  Seagram
                  Stock  Fund shall be  liquidated  and held in cash until on or
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                  about January 31, 2000, when any amounts invested in that Fund
                  will be transferred to the Fund elected by the Participant for
                  this  purpose,  or to the  LaSalle  Stable  Value  Fund if the
                  Participant does not make an appropriate investment election.

(e)      All Plan  contribution  limitations  and Code  limitations for the 1998
         calendar  year shall be applied by taking  into  account  contributions
         made to and Compensation  and Salary  recognized under the Seagram Plan
         for the period January 1, 1998 to the Effective Date.

(f)      To the extent  required  by law,  and  subject  to the Plan's  break in
         service  provisions,  an Employee  shall be credited with the period of
         service  recognized under the Seagram Plan as of the Effective Date for
         purposes of  determining an Employee's  eligibility to participate  and
         vesting.

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                   ARTICLE III - CONTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS

3.1      CONTRIBUTION ELECTIONS.

(a)      Each  Participant  who  wishes to make a  Contribution  Election  shall
         contact the  Participant  Response  System and specify,  in the case of
         Pre-tax Contributions,  the percentage of Salary to be reduced,  and/or
         in the case of After-tax Contributions,  the percentage of Salary to be
         contributed to the Plan.

(b)      A  Participant's  Contribution  Election  shall be effective as soon as
         administratively  practicable  following the date the Plan receives the
         Participant's Contribution Election; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that no
         Contribution Election shall be effective prior to the date the Employee
         becomes a Participant (or in the case of a Participant who ceases to be
         an Eligible Employee and then again becomes an Eligible  Employee,  the
         first date such Employee  again becomes an Eligible  Employee),  and no
         Contribution  Election shall be effective  unless the Participant has a
         valid  Investment  Election in effect.  A  Participant  may only make a
         Contribution  Election  with respect to Salary that  becomes  currently
         available after the date of such  Contribution  Election.  Contribution
         Elections  shall be made in whole  percentages  of  Salary  (or in such
         fractional  portions of whole percentages as the Plan Administrator may
         specify from time to time).

(c)      A Participant  may amend (to either increase or decrease the percentage
         of his or her  annual  Salary  reduced or  contributed  to the Plan) or
         revoke  his or her  Contribution  Election  on a  prospective  basis by
         contacting the Participant Response System.  Changes in a Participant's
         Contribution  Election  shall be effective as soon as  administratively
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         practicable  following  the date the Plan  receives  the  Participant's
         revised Contribution Election.

(d)      A Participant's  Contribution Election shall automatically apply to any
         increases or decreases in the Participant's Salary.

(e)      Percentage  Limit.  A  Contribution  Election  will  be  invalid  if it
         ----------------
         provides  for  an  aggregate   Pre-Tax   Contribution   and   After-Tax
         Contribution  in excess of 20% (17% for periods before January 1, 2000)
         of Salary.

3.2      PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

(a)      Highly Compensated Employees.  For Plan Years beginning after 1999, the
         ----------------------------
         Plan   Administrator   will  determine   whether  to  cap  the  Pre-tax
         Contributions  of Highly  Compensated  Employees other than as provided
         below in  paragraph  (b) and in  Articles  XIII,  XIV and XV. For prior
         periods,  and subject to the  limitations of Articles XIII, XIV and XV,
         each  Participant  who  is  both  an  Eligible  Employee  and a  Highly
         Compensated  Employee  may elect to reduce  his or her Salary for a pay
         period  by at least 1% and not more than 10% of his or her  Salary  for
         that pay period,  and have that amount  contributed  to the Plan by the
         Employer as Pre-tax Contributions.

(b)      General Limit.  Subject to the limitations of (a) above,  Articles XIII
         -------------
         and XV,  each  Participant  who is an  Eligible  Employee  may elect to
         reduce  his or her  Salary for a pay period by at least 1% and not more
         than 20% of his or her  Salary  for that pay  period  (17% for  periods
         before January 1, 2000) and have that amount contributed to the Plan by
         the Employer as a Pre-tax Contribution.
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3.3      AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

(a)      Contribution  Percentage.  Subject to the limitations of Articles XIII,
         ------------------------
         XIV and XV, each  Participant who is an Eligible  Employee may elect to
         contribute  from 1% to 20% (17% for periods  before January 1, 2000) of
         his  or  her  Salary  for a pay  period  to the  Plan  as an  After-tax
         Contribution.

(b)      Method of Contribution. After-tax Contributions may only be contributed
         ----------------------
         by payroll deduction.

3.4      FLOATING RATE CONTRIBUTION ELECTION.

(a)      Discontinued  Effective  January 1, 2000. No "floating  rate" elections
         ----------------------------------------
         (as defined in (b) below) shall be given effect on or after  January 1,
         2000, and no new floating rate elections  shall be accepted on or after
         October 1, 1999.  In the event a  Participant  does not withdraw his or
         her floating rate  election  before  January 1, 2000,  only the pre-tax
         portion of the floating rate election will be honored thereafter.

(b)      For  periods  prior to January 1, 2000,  in lieu of  electing  specific
         reduction  and  contribution  percentages  pursuant to Sections  3.2, a
         Participant  may  make  a  "floating  rate"  Contribution  Election  by
         designating  a  percentage  of Salary.  The  percentage  shall be first
         applied so that the  Participant  will defer as a Pre-tax  Contribution
         the maximum  percentage of Salary  permitted under Section 3.2 (but not
         in excess of the floating rate percentage selected by the Participant),
         and have that amount contributed to the Plan by the Employer as Pre-tax
         Contributions.  Thereafter, any remaining percentage of Salary shall be
         contributed by the  Participant as an After-tax  Contribution up to the
         maximum amount of Salary  permitted to be contributed to the Plan under
         Section  3.3  (taking  into  account any  After-tax  Contribution  made
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         pursuant to Section 3.3). The Plan  Administrator  may impose rules for
         limiting Floating Rate Contribution  Elections to a whole percentage or
         a similar limit.

3.5      MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS

(a)      Effective as of the first payment of Salary made on or after January 1,
         2000,  no  Matching  Contributions  will  be  made  on  behalf  of  any
         Participants.

(b)      For each pay period from the Effective Date through  December 31, 1999,
         and  subject  to  Articles  XIV and XV and  paragraph  (b)  below,  the
         Employer   shall   make   Matching   Contributions   to  the   Matching
         Contributions Accounts of Participants who are Eligible Employees.  The
         amount of the Matching Contributions made on behalf of each Participant
         each pay  period  shall  equal 50% of the lesser of: (i) the sum of the
         Participant's Pre-tax Contributions and After-tax Contributions for the
         pay period, and (ii) 6% of the Participant's Salary for the pay period.

(c)      Effective  January 1, 1999, no Matching  Contributions  will be made on
         behalf of any Participant who is an Eligible  Employee  employed at the
         City  of  Industry,  California  Facility,  and who is  represented  by
         Teamsters Local Union No. 848.

(d)      Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.5 to the contrary,  Matching
         Contributions  will be  forfeited  to the  extent  they are  made  with
         respect to Pre-tax  Contributions  which are Excess Deferrals or Excess
         Contributions  or with  respect to  After-tax  Contributions  which are
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         Excess Aggregate  Contributions.  For this purpose any Excess Deferrals
         and Excess  Contributions  are deemed to have been made with respect to
         Pre-tax   Contributions  and  After-tax   Contributions  that  are  not
         otherwise  eligible  for a  Matching  Contribution,  pursuant  to rules
         determined by the Plan Administrator.

3.6      ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.

         An  Eligible   Employee   who  has  met  the   applicable   eligibility
         requirements  under Section 2.1(a)(i) or (ii) may request that the Plan
         accept a Rollover  Contribution  by filing the form  prescribed  by the
         Plan Administrator for such purpose. The Plan Administrator may, in its
         discretion, accept such Rollover Contribution provided the contribution
         is an  "eligible  rollover  distribution"  as defined  in Code  Section
         402(c)(4).  Rollover  Contributions and any earnings and losses thereon
         shall be credited to a Rollover Contributions Account.

3.7      QNECS.

         For each Plan Year, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion,
         direct  the  Employer  to  contribute  QNECs  for  the  benefit  of all
         Participants  who are  Employees  entitled to receive an  allocation of
         contributions, other than Highly Compensated Employees. At the election
         of the Plan  Administrator  and in accordance with Section 14.6,  QNECs
         may be treated as Pre-tax  Contributions  for the  purposes of applying
         the actual deferral percentage test of Section 14.2 and determining the
         multiple use limitation of Section 14.12, or as Matching  Contributions
         for purposes of the Actual Contribution Percentage test of Section 14.7
         and the multiple use limitation of Section 14.12.
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3.8      QMACS.

         For each Plan Year, the Plan Administrator may, in its sole discretion,
         direct  the  Employer  to  contribute  QMACs  for  the  benefit  of all
         Participants  who  are  Employees,  who  are  entitled  to  receive  an
         allocation of contributions and are Non-highly  Compensated  Employees.
         At the election of the Plan Administrator and in accodance with Section
         14.6, QMACs may be treated as Pre-tax Contributions for the purposes of
         applying  the  actual  deferral  percentage  test of  Section  14.2 and
         determining the multiple use limitation of Section 14.12.

3.9      MILITARY LEAVE

         Notwithstanding   any   provision   of  this  Plan  to  the   contrary,
         contributions,  benefits  and service  credit with respect to qualified
         military  service  will be provided  in  accordance  with Code  Section
         414(u).

3.10     CONTRIBUTIONS SUBJECT TO DEDUCTIBILITY.

         The Employer's  obligation to make any contributions under this Plan is
         expressly conditioned on its ability to deduct such contributions under
         Code Section 404.

3.11     ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      Pre-tax   Contributions,    Matching   Contributions,   and   After-tax
         Contributions shall be allocated to Participants' Pre-tax Contributions
         Account,  Matching Contributions  Account, and After-tax  Contributions
         Account, respectively, on or as soon as practicable after each pay day.
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(b)      QNECs, and QMACs shall be allocated to Participants'  QNECs Account and
         QMACs Account,  respectively,  no later than the last day prescribed by
         law  for  the  filing  of the  Employer's  federal  income  tax  return
         (including  extensions thereof) for the taxable year which includes the
         last day of the Plan Year.

(c)      Rollover Contributions shall be allocated to the Participant's Rollover
         Contributions  Account  as soon as  practicable  after  the  date  such
         Rollover Contribution is made.

(d)      The Employer may pay its contribution for each Plan Year in one or more
         installments without interest.

(e)      Subject  to the  consent  of the  Trustee,  the  Employer  may make its
         contribution in property other than cash,  provided the contribution of
         property is not a non-exempt  prohibited  transaction under the Code or
         under ERISA.

3.12     VALUATION; EARNINGS AND LOSSES.

         Participants'  Accounts  shall  be  valued,  and  earnings  and  losses
         allocated,   daily   except   that   loans,   in-service   withdrawals,
         distributions,  and  certain  repayments  shall  not  be  valued  until
         processed.

3.13     RETURN OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

         Upon  written  demand by the  Employer,  the Trustee  shall  return any
         Pre-tax  Contributions,   Matching   Contributions,   QNECs  and  QMACs
         contributed   by  the  Employer  to  this  Plan  under  the   following
         circumstances:
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         (a)      If a  contribution  was made  due to a  mistake  of fact,  the
                  contribution  may be  returned,  adjusted  for  losses but not
                  earnings, within one year after it was contributed.

         (b)      If a  contribution  is determined  not to be deductible  under
                  Section 404 of the Code, the portion of the contribution  that
                  was disallowed  may be returned to the Employer,  adjusted for
                  losses   but  not   earnings,   within   one  year  after  the
                  disallowance.

         (c)      If Pre-tax  Contributions  are  returned  to the  Employer  in
                  accordance with this Section 3.14, Participants'  Contribution
                  Elections with respect to such returned contributions shall be
                  adjusted  retroactively  to the  beginning  of the  period for
                  which such contributions were made. The Pre-tax  Contributions
                  so returned shall be distributed in cash to those Participants
                  for whom such contributions were made.

         (d)      The  Trustee may  require  the  Employer  to furnish  whatever
                  evidence the Trustee deems  necessary to enable the Trustee to
                  confirm that the amount the Employer has requested be returned
                  is properly returnable.

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                            ARTICLE IV - INVESTMENTS

4.1      PARTICIPANT INVESTMENT PROVISIONS

(a)      Each Participant  shall, in accordance with the procedures set forth in
         Section  4.2,  have the right to direct the Trustee with respect to the
         investment or reinvestment of the assets  comprising the  Participant's
         Account among the Investment Funds.

(b)      In the event the Participant does not give the Trustee timely direction
         regarding the investment or reinvestment of the Participant's  Account,
         the  Trustee   shall   invest  any  new   contributions   made  to  the
         Participant's   Account  in  accordance  with  the  Participant's  most
         recently submitted Investment Election;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, that if it
         is  not  possible  to  continue  to  invest  in  accordance   with  the
         Participant's  Investment  Election (for example,  because the Plan has
         ceased to offer the investment), the Plan Administrator shall determine
         the manner in which the Participant's Account shall be invested.  Rules
         set  forth in  Sections  4.2 and 4.4  govern  default  investments  for
         Rollover  Contributions,  amounts credited to an Account  maintained on
         behalf of an  alternate  payee  under a  qualified  domestic  relations
         order, investment of loan repayments and restoration of forfeitures.

4.2      INVESTMENT ELECTIONS.

(a)      Investment  Elections shall specify how the  Participant's  Account and
         new contributions should be invested in the available Investment Funds.
         An Eligible  Employee's or Participant's  initial  Investment  Election
         with respect to a Rollover  Contribution  shall separately  specify how
         such  Rollover  Contributions  should  be  invested  in  the  available
         Investment Funds.
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(b)      An Investment  Election with respect to new  contributions  to the Plan
         shall be made in increments of 1% (5% for elections made before October
         1, 1999).  An Investment  Election to reallocate  amounts  already in a
         Participant's  Account  shall  be made  in  increments  of 1% or  whole
         dollars (5% for elections made before October 1, 1999).

(c)      Participants  may  make  or  change  their   Investment   Elections  by
         contacting the Participant  Response System. A Participant's  change in
         Investment   Election   shall  be   effective   with   respect  to  new
         contributions  only, unless the Participant also makes a new Investment
         Election with respect to amounts already in his or her Account.

(d)      A  Participant's  initial  or  changed  Investment  Election  shall  be
         effective as soon as  administratively  practicable  following the date
         the Plan receives the Participant's Investment Election.

(e)      Any  Rollover  Contributions  and any  amounts  credited  to an Account
         maintained on behalf of an alternate  payee under a qualified  domestic
         relations  order for which an Investment  Election is not filed will be
         invested in the Stable Income Fund.

(f)      Each  Participant  is solely  responsible  for his or her  selection of
         Investment  Funds.  Neither the Trustee,  the Plan  Administrator,  the
         Company,  the  Employer or any of the  officers or  supervisors  of the
         Employer  or the  Company  are  empowered  or  authorized  to  advise a
         Participant regarding the Participant's  Investment Election.  The fact
         that  an  Investment  Fund is  offered  under  the  Plan  shall  not be
         construed  as  a  recommendation   that  Participants  invest  in  such
         Investment Fund.
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4.3      INVESTMENT FUNDS.

(a)      The Plan Administrator  shall select Investment Funds from time to time
         in accordance with the investment  policies and objectives  established
         by the  Company.  Subject to such  policies  and  objectives,  the Plan
         Administrator  shall have the right to cease  offering  any  Investment
         Fund or to add any Investment Fund at any time.

(b)      Pending  allocation to the Investment Funds,  contributions to the Plan
         may be held  uninvested or may, on an interim  basis,  be invested,  in
         whole or in part, in cash or cash equivalents. Dividends, interest, and
         other  distributions  received  on the  assets  held by the  Trustee in
         respect of any  Investment  Fund shall be reinvested in the  respective
         fund.

4.4      INVESTMENT OF LOAN REPAYMENTS AND RESTORATION OF FORFEITURES.

         Any loan  repayments  and  repayments  in  connection  with  forfeiture
         restorations  in accordance  with Section 5.6, shall be invested in the
         Investment  Funds that have been  selected by the  Participant  for new
         contributions as in effect on the date such repayments or contributions
         are received.

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                               ARTICLE V - VESTING

5.1      PRE-TAX   CONTRIBUTIONS,    AFTER-TAX   CONTRIBUTIONS,   AND   ROLLOVER
         CONTRIBUTIONS.

         A Participant  shall be at all times 100% vested in amounts credited to
         his or  her  Pre-tax  Contributions  Account,  After-tax  Contributions
         Account,  Rollover  Contributions  Account,  QNECs  Account  and  QMACs
         Account.

5.2      MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS

(a)      General Vesting Schedule.  Amounts credited to a Participant's Matching
         -----------------------
         Contributions  Account  (excluding amounts vested pursuant to paragraph
         (c)  below)  shall  become  vested  in  accordance  with the  following
         schedule:

                             Years of Vesting Service    Vested Percentage
                             ------------------------    -----------------

                            Less than 1                       0%
                            At least 1, but less than 2      20%
                            At least 2, but less than 3      40%
                            At least 3, but less than 4      60%
                            At least 4, but less than 5      80%
                            5 or more                       100%

(b)      Frozen Matching Contributions Vesting Schedule. Amounts credited to the
         ----------------------------------------------
         Frozen  Matching  Contributions  Account of any  Participant  who is an
         Employee on December 31, 1994 shall become  vested in  accordance  with
         the following schedule:

                      Years of Vesting Service    Vested Percentage
                      ------------------------    -----------------

                      Less than 1                       0%
                      At least 1, but less than 3      40%
                      At least 3, but less than 4      60%
                      At least 4, but less than 5      80%
                      5 or more                       100%

(c)      Special Vesting Provisions for Certain Employees.
         ------------------------------------------------
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         (i)      All  Participants  actively  employed by an Employer (or on an
                  approved  leave of absence  from an  Employer) on December 31,
                  1999 shall become 100% vested in their Accounts on such date.

         (ii)     A  Participant   who  was  initially   employed  by  Tropicana
                  Products, Inc. during 1993 or 1994 shall have amounts credited
                  to  his  or  her  Matching  Contributions  Account  vested  in
                  accordance with the following schedule:

                          Years of Vesting Service          Vested Percentage
                          ------------------------          -----------------

                          Less than 1                               0%
                          At least 1, but less than 3              40%
                          At least 3, but less than 4              60%
                          At least 4, but less than 5              80%
                          5 or more                               100%

         Notwithstanding  anything  in  this  Section  5.2  to the  contrary,  a
         Participant  shall be 100% vested in his or her Matching  Contributions
         Account   and   Frozen   Matching   Contributions   Account   upon  the
         Participant's  death,  Disability,  or  attainment  of age 60 while the
         Participant is an Employee.

5.3      VESTING UPON RE-EMPLOYMENT AFTER A BREAK IN SERVICE.

(a)      If an Employee  Separates  from Service and again  becomes an Employee,
         his or her  Years  of  Vesting  Service  rendered  prior  to his or her
         Separation from Service shall be restored to him or her upon his or her
         re-employment  as an Employee  for purposes of  determining  his or her
         vested  percentage  in the  amount  credited  to  his  or her  Matching
         Contributions Account subsequent to his or her return.

(b)      If a former Participant who Separated from Service prior to the time he
         or she was 100% vested in his or her Account  again becomes an Employee
         prior to incurring a Five Year Break in Service,  such Employee's prior
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         Years of Vesting  Service  shall be taken into  account for purposes of
         determining his or her vested percentage in his or her restored Account
         balance provided such Employee's Account is restored in accordance with
         Section 5.6.

5.4      FORFEITURES.

(a)      If a Participant  Separates from Service prior to the time he or she is
         100%  vested  in his or her  Account,  and  such  Participant  does not
         receive a distribution  from the Plan,  the  non-vested  portion of the
         Participant's   Account  shall  be  forfeited  upon  the  Participant's
         incurrence of a Five Year Break in Service.

(b)      If a  Participant  Separates  from Service and receives a  distribution
         from the Plan of the  vested  portion  of his or her  Account  prior to
         incurring  a Five Year Break in Service at a time when the  Participant
         was not 100% vested in his or her Account,  the  non-vested  portion of
         the  Participant's  Account  shall  be  forfeited  upon the date of the
         distribution.

(c)      For purposes of this  Section 5.4, a  Participant  who  Separates  from
         Service  at a time when he or she is 0%  vested in his or her  Matching
         Contributions  Account shall be deemed to have received a  distribution
         upon Separation from Service.

5.5      ALLOCATION OF FORFEITURES.

         Subject to any required restoration under Section 5.6 and Section 8.12,
         any amount  forfeited  under  Section 5.4 shall be used either:  (i) to
         reduce Employer Matching  Contributions for the Plan Year in which such
         forfeiture  occurs, or (ii) to pay any  administrative  expenses of the
         Plan (including the cost of restoring any  forfeitures).  Except in the
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         case of a Participant whose Account is restored in the Plan Year of the
         forfeiture,  a Participant  shall not be entitled to an allocation of a
         forfeiture of any portion of his or her Account.

5.6      RESTORATION OF FORFEITED ACCOUNT.

(a)      A Participant or former  Participant  who received a distribution  from
         the Plan of the vested  portion of his or her Account who again becomes
         an Employee  before  incurring a Five Year Break in Service may restore
         the  non-vested  portion  forfeited in accordance  with Section 5.4, by
         repaying  the  full  amount  of  the  distribution  (excluding  amounts
         attributable to the Participant's  After-tax Contributions and Rollover
         Contributions,  except that the  Participant  may elect to repay to the
         Plan all or part of those amounts as well).  Any  repayment  must be in
         cash and paid to the  Trustee in a lump sum within five years after the
         Participant's Re-Employment Commencement Date.

(b)      If a former Participant who Separated from Service at a time when he or
         she was 0%  vested in his or her  Matching  Contributions  Account  and
         again  becomes  an  Employee  prior to  incurring  a Five Year Break in
         Service, the former  Participant's  forfeited Account shall be restored
         on the date he or she once again  becomes an Employee  without the need
         for any repayment.

(c)      Any nonvested  amounts  restored  pursuant to this Section 5.6 shall be
         restored as of the last day of the month coincident with or immediately
         following the date of repayment or re-Employment, as the case may be.

(d)      Amounts restored  pursuant to this Section shall generally be allocated
         to a Participant's After-tax Contributions Account; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
         if the  distribution has not been included in the  Participant's  gross
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         income for federal income taxes, the  Participant's  repayment shall be
         allocated to the accounts  from which they were  distributed.  Restored
         amounts shall be reinvested as provided in Section 4.4.

(e)      The  Plan  Administrator  shall  restore  the  forfeited  portion  of a
         Participant's  Account from the amount of forfeitures that the Employer
         would  have  otherwise  allocated  to  Participants.  To the extent the
         amount of  available  forfeitures  is  insufficient  to enable the Plan
         Administrator  to make the  required  restoration,  the  Employer  must
         contribute,  without regard to any requirement or condition of Articles
         XIII through XVI, the  additional  amount  necessary to enable the Plan
         Administrator to make the required restoration.
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                       ARTICLE VI - IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWALS

6.1      WITHDRAWAL OF AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

         A  Participant  may elect to  withdraw  all or a portion of the amounts
         credited  to his  or her  After-tax  Contributions  Account,  including
         earnings. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a Participant may not
         withdraw any matched After-tax  Contributions which were contributed to
         the Plan within the 6-month period preceding the date of withdrawal.

6.2      WITHDRAWAL OF ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.

         A Participant  who has withdrawn all of the amounts  credited to his or
         her After-tax  Contributions  Account, may withdraw all or a portion of
         the  amounts   which  have  been   credited  to  his  or  her  Rollover
         Contributions Account.

6.3      WITHDRAWAL OF FROZEN MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OR MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      A  Participant  who  (i) is an  Employee,  (ii) is  vested  in all or a
         portion of his or her Frozen Matching Contributions Account or Matching
         Contribution  Account,  and  (iii)  has  withdrawn  the  entire  amount
         available  under Sections 6.1 and 6.2, may withdraw all or a portion of
         the vested portion of his or her Frozen Matching  Contributions Account
         or Matching Contributions Account, including any earnings,  contributed
         two years immediately preceding the date of withdrawal.

6.4      WITHDRAWAL OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS, QNECS, QMACS.

         Except as otherwise  provided in this Article VI, a Participant  who is
         an  Employee   shall  not  be   entitled   to   withdraw   any  Pre-tax
         Contributions,  QNECs or QMACs from the Plan. If a Participant  who has
         Separated  from Service again becomes an Employee  after applying for a
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         distribution of all or a portion of his or her Account but prior to the
         date the Trustee has made such distribution,  the Participant shall not
         receive a distribution of any Pre-tax Contributions, QNECs or QMACs.

6.5      WITHDRAWALS AFTER ATTAINING AGE 59-1/2.

         Notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary  in this  Article  VI, if a
         Participant  attains  age  59-1/2  while  he or she is an  Employee,  a
         Participant  may elect to  withdraw  all or a portion of the  following
         portions of his or her Account in the following order of priority:

         (a)      The Participant's After-tax  Contributions Account,  excluding
                  any matched  After-tax  Contributions  made within the 6-month
                  period preceding the date of withdrawal.

         (b)      The Participant's Rollover Contributions Account;

         (c)      The  vested  portion  of  the  Participant's  Frozen  Matching
                  Contributions Account and Matching Contributions Account;

         (d)      The  Participant's   Pre-tax  Contributions   Account,   QNECs
                  Account, and QMACs Account.

6.6      HARDSHIP WITHDRAWALS.

(a)      A  Participant  who  has  withdrawn  the  total  amount  available  for
         withdrawal  under  Sections  6.1  through  6.5 may  receive a  hardship
         withdrawal  of all or a  portion  of his or her (i)  matched  After-tax
         Contributions  which  have  been  credited  to  his  or  her  After-tax
         Contributions  Account  within  six  months  prior  to the  date of the
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         withdrawal,  and (ii) his or her Pre-tax  Contributions  Account (other
         than any post-1988 earnings on such account),  provided the Participant
         furnishes  proof,  satisfactory  to the  Plan  Administrator,  that the
         withdrawal is necessary to alleviate an immediate  and heavy  financial
         need (as  determined in accordance  with Section 6.6(b) below) and that
         the amount of the  withdrawal  does not exceed the amount  necessary to
         satisfy such financial  need (as determined in accordance  with Section
         6.6(c)  below).  The  determination  by the Plan  Administrator  of the
         existence of an immediate  and heavy  financial  need and of the amount
         necessary  to meet such need shall be made in a  nondiscriminatory  and
         uniform  manner.  The Plan  Administrator  shall not  allow a  hardship
         withdrawal to be made to a Participant  unless the requirements of this
         Section 6.6 are satisfied.

(b)      Subject to Section  6.6(c),  a  Participant  shall be deemed to have an
         immediate  and  heavy  financial  need  if the  Participant  needs  the
         hardship withdrawal for one of the following reasons:

         (i)      Medical  expenses  described in Code Section  213(d) which are
                  incurred  by the  Participant,  the  Participant's  Spouse  or
                  dependents  (as defined in Code Section 152), or necessary for
                  such persons to obtain  medical care described in Code Section
                  213(d);

         (ii)     Costs  directly   related  to  the  purchase  of  a  principal
                  residence for the Participant (excluding mortgage payments);

         (iii)    Payment of tuition and related  educational  fees for the next
                  12 months of  post-secondary  education for the Participant or
                  for the Participant's Spouse or dependents (as defined in Code
                  Section 152);
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         (iv)     Payments  necessary to prevent the eviction of the Participant
                  from his or her principal  residence or to prevent foreclosure
                  on the mortgage of the Participant's principal residence;

         (v)      Any need  prescribed  by the  Internal  Revenue  Service  in a
                  revenue   ruling,   notice  or  other   document   of  general
                  applicability  which  satisfies the safe harbor  definition of
                  hardship; or

         (vi)     Any need  determined by the Plan  Administrator  to constitute
                  the type of need which would authorize a hardship distribution
                  under Code Section 401(k) and applicable regulations.

         The determination of whether a Participant has met the requirements for
         a hardship  withdrawal  shall be made on the basis of all the  relevant
         facts and  circumstances.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  a financial
         need shall not fail to qualify as immediate  and heavy  merely  because
         such need was reasonably  foreseeable  or  voluntarily  incurred by the
         Participant.

(c)      A request for a hardship  withdrawal  made pursuant to this Section 6.6
         shall be deemed to be  necessary  to  satisfy  an  immediate  and heavy
         financial need of a Participant if:

         (i)      The  distribution  is  not in  excess  of  the  amount  of the
                  Participant's  immediate and heavy  financial need  (including
                  any  amounts  necessary  to pay any  federal,  state  or local
                  income taxes or  penalties  reasonably  anticipated  to result
                  from such distribution); and
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         (ii)     The  Participant  has obtained all  distributions  (other than
                  hardship  withdrawals)  and  all  nontaxable  loans  currently
                  available  under the Plan and all other  plans  maintained  by
                  employers within the PepsiCo Organization.

         (iii)    In making  its  determination  that a hardship  withdrawal  is
                  necessary to satisfy an immediate  and heavy  financial  need,
                  the Plan  Administrator may, unless it has actual knowledge to
                  the contrary,  rely on a written  statement by the Participant
                  that the need cannot be  reasonably  relieved  (i) through the
                  reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise,  (ii)
                  by liquidation of the Participant's assets, (iii) by cessation
                  of deferrals or  contributions  to the Plan,  or (iv) by other
                  distribution  or  nontaxable  (at the time of the loan)  loans
                  from plans maintained by the Employer or by any other employer
                  (or  by  borrowing  from  commercial   sources  on  reasonable
                  commercial terms) in an amount sufficient to satisfy the need.
                  For  purposes  of this  Section,  taking any of the  foregoing
                  actions  shall not be deemed to  reasonably  relieve a need if
                  the effect of taking any such action  would be to increase the
                  amount of the need.

(d)      For   hardship   withdrawals   taken  before   October  1,  1999,   and
         notwithstanding   any  provision  of  the  Plan  to  the  contrary,   a
         Participant who receives a hardship  withdrawal  shall not be permitted
         to  make   After-tax   Contributions   or  have   Pre-tax  or  Matching
         Contributions  made on his or her  behalf  for a  period  of 12  months
         following the date the Plan distributes the hardship withdrawal.
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6.7      IN-SERVICE WITHDRAWAL PROCEDURES AND RESTRICTIONS.

(a)      Participants shall request an in-service  withdrawal form from the Plan
         by contacting the Participant  Response System. A completed  in-service
         withdrawal form must be filed with the Plan Administrator.

(b)      In-service withdrawals shall be distributed as soon as administratively
         practicable  following  the date the Plan  Administrator  receives  the
         in-service withdrawal form referred to in paragraph (a) above.

(c)      In-service  withdrawals  shall be taken  on a pro rata  basis  from the
         Investment  Funds in which the affected  subaccounts are invested.  All
         withdrawals shall be paid in cash.

(d)      The minimum amount or value of an in-service  withdrawal is $100 or, if
         less, the total amount or value available for withdrawal.

(e)      A Participant  shall be limited to two  in-service  withdrawals,  other
         than hardship withdrawals, per calendar year.
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                               ARTICLE VII - LOANS

7.1      GENERAL RULE.

         A Participant who is an Employee of the PepsiCo Organization may borrow
         a portion of his or her vested  Account by submitting an application to
         the Plan Administrator.  Effective for loans issued on or after October
         1, 1999,  a  Participant  is not  permitted to have more than two loans
         from the  Plan  outstanding  at any  time,  of which  only one can be a
         Principal  Residence  Loan.  Effective  for  loans  issued  on or after
         January 1, 1999 through and including September 30, 1999, a Participant
         was not  permitted to have more than one Principal  Residence  Loan and
         one general purpose loan  outstanding at any time.  Effective for loans
         issued on or after the Effective  Date through and  including  December
         31, 1998, a Participant was not permitted to have more than three loans
         from the Plan  outstanding  at any time,  of which  only one could be a
         Principal Residence Loan. Loans shall be made available to all eligible
         Participants  on a  reasonably  equivalent  basis and shall not be made
         available to Highly Compensated Employees,  officers or shareholders in
         an amount  greater than is made available to other  Participants.  Each
         loan shall be  evidenced  by a written  promissory  note  signed by the
         Borrower. A Participant may initiate the loan process by contacting the
         Participant Response System.

7.2      AMOUNT OF LOAN.

         A loan may be made in an  amount  (not less than  $1,000)  which,  when
         added to the  outstanding  balance of all prior  loans to the  Borrower
         under the Plan,  does not exceed the lesser of (i)  $50,000  reduced by
         the excess,  if any, of (A) the  highest  outstanding  balance of loans
         from the Plan during the one-year  period  ending on the day before the
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         date such loan was made, over (B) the outstanding balance of loans from
         the Plan on the date on which such loan was made;  or (ii)  one-half of
         the present value of the  Borrower's  non-forfeitable  accrued  benefit
         under the Plan.  For purposes of applying the  limitation in (i) above,
         the Plan and all other  "qualified  employer plans" (as defined in Code
         Section  72(p)(4))   maintained  by  an  employer  within  the  PepsiCo
         Organization shall be treated as a single plan.

7.3      INTEREST RATE AND SECURITY.

(a)      Loans  shall be made at the prime rate plus one  percentage  point,  or
         such  other  interest  rate as may  later  be  designated  by the  Plan
         Administrator  for subsequent loans. The prime rate shall be determined
         as of the last day of the month  before  such loan is made (in the case
         of loans issued before  October 1, 1999,  the first day of the month in
         which  such  loan  is  made)  or the  first  business  day  immediately
         following such date, as announced in the Wall Street Journal (or to the
         extent  the Wall  Street  Journal  ceases to be  published,  such other
         newspaper as is selected by the Plan Administrator).

(b)      Loans shall be secured by the vested portion of the Borrower's Account.
         Immediately  after the origination of each loan no more than 50% of the
         Participant's vested Account may be used as security for the loan.

7.4      SOURCE OF LOANS.

(a)      Amounts borrowed shall be distributed from the Borrower's  subaccounts,
         in the following order of priority: (i) Rollover Contributions Account;
         (ii)  Vested  portion  of Frozen  Matching  Contributions  Account  and
         Matching Contributions Account; (iii) After-tax  Contributions Account;
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         and (iv)  Pre-tax  Contributions  Account,  QNECs  Account,  and  QMACs
         Account.

(b)      Loans shall be taken from the Investment  Funds in which the Borrower's
         subaccounts are invested on a pro rata basis.

7.5      REPAYMENT AND TERM.

(a)      Loans shall be amortized in substantially level payments, made not less
         frequently than quarterly,  for a period of not less than twelve months
         and not more than  five  years;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that a  Principal
         Residence  Loan may be  amortized  over a period not to exceed  fifteen
         years  (twenty-five years for loans issued before October 1, 1999) and,
         PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  that loan  repayments  will be suspended under the
         Plan  as  permitted  under  Code  Section   414(u)(4).   A  Participant
         requesting  a  Principal  Residence  Loan shall  provide  copies of any
         documents  relating to the purchase of such principal  residence  which
         the Plan  Administrator  may deem necessary to verify that the proceeds
         of such  loan  will  be  used  to  acquire  or  construct  a  principal
         residence.

(b)      Loans shall be repaid by means of payroll deduction from the Borrower's
         Salary;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that if at any time a Participant  is not
         receiving Salary from an employer within the PepsiCo Organization,  the
         loan  repayment  shall  be  made  in  accordance  with  the  terms  and
         procedures  established  by the Plan  Administrator  and  applied  on a
         uniform,   nondiscriminatory   basis.   A  Participant   may  repay  an
         outstanding loan in full at any time without penalty.
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         Amounts repaid shall be returned to the subaccount  from which they are
         borrowed  in the  reverse  order  from the  order in  which  they  were
         borrowed and shall be reinvested as provided in Section 4.4.

7.6      DEFAULT.

         If a  Borrower  defaults  on a loan,  the  amount of the loan (plus any
         accrued  interest)  shall  be  deemed  distributed,  and the  value  of
         Borrower's  Account  reduced  accordingly  as of the  date of  default;
         provided, HOWEVER, that if the amount borrowed was distributed from the
         Participant's  Pre-tax  Contributions  Account,  QNECs Account or QMACs
         Account,  such deemed distribution shall not occur until the earlier of
         the date the Participant Separates from Service or attains age 59-1/2.

7.7      ADDITIONAL RULES.

         The Plan  Administrator  may establish  rules and procedures  regarding
         loans to Participants  which may be more restrictive than the rules and
         procedures set forth in this Article VII. Any such rules and procedures
         must be applied on a uniform, nondiscriminatory basis.

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                          ARTICLE VIII - DISTRIBUTIONS

8.1      ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTION UPON SEPARATION FROM SERVICE.

         A Participant who Separates from Service shall be entitled to receive a
         lump sum  distribution  of the vested  portion  of his or her  Account.
         Subject to the cashout rules in Section 8.8, the  Participant may elect
         to defer  receipt  of the lump sum  distribution  until  the  April 1st
         following the calendar year he or she attains age 70 1/2.

8.2      DISTRIBUTIONS UPON RETIREMENT OR DISABILITY.

         A  Participant  who  Separates  from  Service  on account of his or her
         Disability or Retirement shall be entitled to receive a distribution of
         100% of his or her  Account.  Subject to the  cashout  rules in Section
         8.8, such Participant may elect to receive his or her Account in a lump
         sum or in variable annual,  quarterly or monthly  installments  (except
         that for  benefit  commencement  dates  before  October 1,  1999,  only
         quarterly  installments  were  available)  over a period ranging from 1
         year to 10 years  in whole  years  ("periodic  installments").  If such
         Participant elects to receive a distribution in periodic  installments,
         the amount  distributed  each period shall be an amount  determined  by
         multiplying the value of the Participant's  Account by a fraction,  the
         numerator  of which is one and the  denominator  of which is the  total
         number of periodic payments yet unpaid (or such larger amount as may be
         required to be distributed under Code Section 401(a)(9)). A Participant
         who elects to receive periodic  installments or to defer the receipt of
         a distribution may revoke such election at any time and in lieu thereof
         elect to receive a lump sum  distribution  of the balance of his or her
         Account.
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8.3      INSTALLMENT OPTION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

         A  Participant  who (i)  Separates  from Service for reasons other than
         Retirement or Disability, (ii) was a member of the Seagram Plan and has
         his account balance under that Plan  transferred to this Plan as of the
         Effective  Date, and (iii) at the time of his termination of employment
         with the PepsiCo  Organization  has  attained  age 50 and  completed 20
         Years of Vesting  Service or completed 25 Years of Vesting  Service and
         the sum of his years of age and Years of Vesting Service equal at least
         80, may elect to receive that  portion of his  Accounts  credited as of
         the  Effective  Date  under the  Seagram  Plan in the form of  variable
         periodic  installments  as described in, and subject to the  provisions
         of,  Section 8.2. The remainder of the  Participant's  Account shall be
         paid in one lump sum.

8.4      DISTRIBUTION UPON DEATH.

(a)      Except as otherwise  provided in Section 8.4(b),  if a Participant dies
         prior to the time  distribution  of his or her Account  has  commenced,
         100%  of  the  Participant's  Account  shall  be  paid  to  his  or her
         Beneficiary in one lump sum.

(b)      If at  the  time  of a  Participant's  death  the  Participant  was  an
         Employee,  and  subject  to the  cashout  rules  in  Section  8.8,  the
         Participant's   Beneficiary   may  elect   within  30  days  after  the
         Participant's death (or such later time as the Plan Administrator shall
         prescribe) to either defer receipt of a lump sum distribution until the
         fifth  anniversary  of  the   Participant's   death  or  to  receive  a
         distribution in the form of variable  periodic  payments  determined in
         the same manner as described in Section 8.2(b); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that
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         if a Beneficiary is the Participant's Surviving Spouse, the Beneficiary
         may elect to defer receipt of a lump sum  distribution  until the April
         1st following the date the Participant  would have attained age 70-1/2;
         PROVIDED, FURTHER, that a Beneficiary may not elect to receive periodic
         payments  over a 10 year period if the  Beneficiary's  life  expectancy
         does not exceed 10 years. A Beneficiary who elects to receive  periodic
         installments or to defer the receipt of a distribution  may revoke such
         election  at any time and in lieu  thereof  elect to receive a lump sum
         distribution of the balance of his or her Account.

(c)      If a  Participant  dies after  distribution  of his or her  Account has
         commenced, the remaining portion of such Participant's Account shall be
         distributed to the Participant's Beneficiary no less rapidly than under
         the form of distribution elected by the Participant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
         that the Beneficiary may, by written notice to the Plan  Administrator,
         elect to receive all or a portion of the  distribution or the remainder
         thereof in a lump sum.

(d)      The Plan  Administrator  may  require and rely upon such proof of death
         and such  evidence of the right of any  Beneficiary  or other person to
         receive  the  value of a  deceased  Participant's  Account  as the Plan
         Administrator may deem proper and its determination of death and of the
         right of that  Beneficiary or other person to receive  payment shall be
         conclusive.

8.5      COMMENCEMENT OF PAYMENTS.

(a)      Subject to paragraph (b) below,  distributions shall be paid as soon as
         practicable  after the  Participant's  Separation  from Service or such
         later payment date as the Participant or Beneficiary shall have elected
         in  accordance  with the  provisions  of this Article  VIII;  PROVIDED,
         HOWEVER,  no  distribution  shall  be made  without  the  Participant's
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         consent  except in the case of cashouts  under  Section 8.8, and except
         that notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, in no event
         shall a distribution  be made later than the 60th day following the end
         of the  Plan  Year in which a  Participant's  Separation  from  Service
         occurs,  or if later, the year in which the Participant  attains Normal
         Retirement Age, unless the Participant  elects  otherwise in accordance
         with the  provisions of this Article VIII.  Participants  may request a
         distribution form by contacting the Participant Response System.

(b)      Except as provided in the following sentence,  a Participant's  consent
         to receive a  distribution  shall not be valid  unless the  Participant
         gives consent in writing:  (A) after the  Participant  has received the
         notice required under Code Reg. Section 1.411(a)-11(c),  and (B) within
         a reasonable time before the effective date of the  commencement of the
         distribution as prescribed by said  regulations.  Such distribution may
         commence  less than 30 days after the notice  required  under Code Reg.
         Section 1.411(a)-11(c) is given, provided that:

         (i)      the Plan Administrator clearly informs the Participant that he
                  or she has a right  to a  period  of at  least  30 days  after
                  receiving  the notice to consider  the  decision of whether or
                  not to elect a distribution (and, if applicable,  a particular
                  distribution option), and

         (ii)     the  Participant,  after  receiving the notice,  affirmatively
                  elects a distribution.

8.6      FORM OF PAYMENT.

Distributions  shall  be in one  lump  sum cash  payment,  except  as  otherwise
provided in this  Article  VIII ond except  that  effective  October 1, 1999,  a
Participant  may elect to receive his interest in PepsiCo capital stock in whole
shares of PepsiCo capital stock. An election to receive an in-kind  distribution
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shall not apply to fractional  shares,  uninvested cash or amounts  invested for
liquidity  purposes,  and  shall  not be  available  with  respect  to  hardship
withdrawals.

8.7      AMOUNT OF DISTRIBUTION.

The amount of any  distribution to be made based on the value of a Participant's
Account,  or a portion thereof,  shall be determined with reference to the value
of such Account (or portion thereof) when the distribution is processed.

8.8      MANDATORY DISTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      In the event that:

         (i)      Upon a  Participant's  Separation  from  Service,  the  vested
                  portion of a Participant's Account does not exceed $5,000,

         (ii)     In the case of a  Separation  from  Service  before  March 22,
                  1999, upon the commencement of any prior Plan  distribution to
                  such  Participant,  the vested  portion  of the  Participant's
                  account did not exceed $5,000, and

         (iii)    Upon  the  commencement  of any  prior  distributions  to such
                  Participant  in  installment  form,  the vested portion of the
                  Participant's Account did not exceed $5,000,

         the Plan  Administrator  shall  direct the  Trustee to  distribute  the
         Participant's  Account as soon as practicable  after such Separation of
         Service  in a lump sum to the  Participant  (or,  if the  Participant's
         Separation from Service occurred on account of the Participant's death,
         to Participant's Beneficiary).
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(b)      Notwithstanding  any other provision of this Plan, a Participant who is
         a Five-percent Owner must begin receiving distributions from his or her
         Account  no later than the April 1st  following  the  calendar  year in
         which the  Participant  attains age 70-1/2.  If a  Participant  who has
         attained age 70-1/2 elects to commence receipt of his or her Account in
         periodic installments,  the Plan Administrator shall direct the Trustee
         to  distribute  to the  Participant  the  greater  of:  (i) the  amount
         determined  using the methodology set forth in Section 8.2, or (ii) the
         amount required to be distributed under Code Section 401(a)(9).

(c)      In the event a  Participant,  other  than a  Participant  described  in
         paragraph  (b)  above,  is  receiving  payments  while  in  service  in
         accordance with the provisions of Code Section 401(a)(9) as of December
         31, 1996, the Participant may elect to suspend payments while he or she
         remains in service in  accordance  with such uniform  rules as the Plan
         Administrator shall adopt.

8.9      DIRECT ROLLOVERS.

         A Participant  (or a Beneficiary  that is the  Participant's  Surviving
         Spouse)  may  elect  to  have  any  portion  of  an  Eligible  Rollover
         Distribution paid directly to an Eligible  Retirement Plan specified in
         writing by such Participant (or Surviving Spouse).

8.10     QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS.

         The  Plan  Administrator  shall  establish  reasonable   procedures  to
         determine  the  qualified  status  of a  domestic  relations  order  in
         accordance  with the  requirements  of Code  Section  414(p)  and ERISA
         Section 206(d). An alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations
         order may receive a  distribution  from this Plan prior to the date the
         Participant to whom the order relates  attains the earliest  retirement
         age under the Plan.
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8.11     BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION.

(a)      A Participant  may from time to time designate a Beneficiary to receive
         the value of his or her Account  following the  Participant's  death by
         filing a  Beneficiary  Designation  Form  with the Plan  Administrator.
         Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if a Participant dies leaving a
         Surviving  Spouse before  complete  distribution of his or her Account,
         the  Participant's  Beneficiary  shall be the  Participant's  Surviving
         Spouse,  unless such Surviving  Spouse has consented to the designation
         of another  Beneficiary,  in a writing  witnessed by a notary public, a
         Plan  representative  or  as  otherwise  provided  by  applicable  law;
         PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the Spouse's consent shall not be required if:

         (i)      The  Participant  and  his  or her  Spouse  were  not  married
                  throughout  the one  year  period  ending  on the  date of the
                  Participant's death;

         (ii)     The Plan  Administrator is unable to locate the  Participant's
                  Spouse;

         (iii)    The  Participant  is  legally  separated  or  the  spouse  has
                  abandoned  the  Participant  and the  Participant  has a court
                  order to that effect; or

         (iv)     Other  circumstances  exist under which the  Secretary  of the
                  Treasury will excuse the consent requirement.

         If the Participant's Spouse is legally incompetent to give consent, the
         Spouse's  legal  guardian may give consent (even if the  Participant is
         the legal guardian).

(b)      If a  Participant  fails to name a  Beneficiary  or if the  Beneficiary
         named  by  a  Participant   predeceases  him  or  her,  then  the  Plan
         Administrator shall direct the Trustee to pay the Participant's Account
         to the Participant's estate.
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(c)      If the Beneficiary does not predecease the Participant,  but dies prior
         to  complete  distribution  of  the  Participant's  Account,  the  Plan
         Administrator  shall direct the Trustee to pay the amounts remaining in
         the  Participant's  Account to the  Beneficiary's  estate  (unless  the
         deceased Beneficiary had filed a Beneficiary  Designation Form with the
         Plan  Administrator  which named another  Beneficiary  and which was in
         effect at the time of the deceased  Beneficiary's  death, in which case
         to the Beneficiary named in that Beneficiary Designation Form).

(d)      If the Plan  Administrator,  after reasonable inquiry, is unable within
         one  year  to  determine  whether  or not  any  designated  Beneficiary
         survived the event that  entitled him or her to receive a  distribution
         of  any  benefit  under  the  Plan,   the  Plan   Administrator   shall
         conclusively presume that such Beneficiary died prior to the date he or
         she was entitled to a distribution.

8.12     INCOMPETENT OR LOST DISTRIBUTEE.

(a)      If the Plan Administrator  determines that a Participant or Beneficiary
         entitled to a  distribution  hereunder is unable to care for his or her
         affairs because of illness or accident or because he or she is a minor,
         then,  unless a claim is made for the benefit by a duly appointed legal
         representative,   the  Plan   Administrator   may   direct   that  such
         distribution be paid to such  distributee's  spouse,  child,  parent or
         other  blood  relative,  or to a  person  with  whom  such  distributee
         resides. Any such payment,  when made, shall be a complete discharge of
         the liabilities of the Plan therefore.

(b)      In the event that the Plan Administrator, after reasonable and diligent
         effort,  cannot locate any person to whom a payment or  distribution is
         due under the Plan,  and no other  distributee  has become  entitled to

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         such   distribution   pursuant  to  any  provision  of  the  Plan,  the
         Participant's  Account in respect of which such payment or distribution
         is to be made shall be  forfeited  six  months  after the date in which
         such payment or  distribution  first  becomes due or such later date as
         the Plan Administrator  prescribes (but in all events prior to the time
         such Account would otherwise  escheat under any applicable  State law);
         PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that any Account so forfeited shall be reinstated,
         in  accordance  with  paragraph  (e) of this  Section,  if such  person
         subsequently makes a valid claim for such benefit.

(c)      The Plan  Administrator  shall be deemed to have made a reasonable  and
         diligent  effort  to  locate  a  person  if it  has  sent  notification
         describing  the  relative  values  of the  optional  forms  of  benefit
         available   under  the  Plan   (including   any  right  to  defer  such
         distribution)  and the risk of  forfeiture of such benefit by certified
         or registered mail to the last known address of such person.

(d)      Any amount  forfeited  under this  Section 8.12 shall be used to reduce
         Employer  Matching  Contributions  for  the  Plan  Year in  which  such
         forfeiture occurs.

(e)      If a Participant or Beneficiary whose Account is forfeited  pursuant to
         paragraph  (b) of this Section  makes a valid claim for  benefits,  the
         Plan Administrator shall restore the Participant's  Account to the same
         dollar amount as the dollar amount forfeited,  unadjusted for any gains
         or losses  occurring  subsequent  to the date of the  forfeiture.  Such
         amounts  shall be  restored  from the  amount of  forfeitures  that the
         Employer would have otherwise allocated to Participants.  To the extent
         the amount of available  forfeitures is insufficient to enable the Plan
         Administrator  to make the  required  restoration,  the  Employer  must

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         contribute,  without regard to any requirement or condition of Articles
         XIII  through XVI the  additional  amount  necessary to enable the Plan
         Administrator to make the required restoration.

(f)      Accounts restored under this Section 8.12 shall be distributed no later
         than 60 days  after the close of the Plan Year in which the  Account is
         restored.


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                      ARTICLE IX - INVESTMENT OF THE TRUST

9.1      TRUST AGREEMENT.

(a)      The  assets  of the  Plan  shall  be held in the  Trust  by one or more
         Trustees  selected by the Company and  pursuant to the terms of a Trust
         Agreement. The Trust Agreement shall provide that:

(b)      Subject to Participants'  Investment Elections, the assets of the Trust
         shall be invested  and  reinvested  in such  investments  as either the
         Trustee or investment  managers appointed by the Company deem advisable
         from time to time;

(c)      The Plan  Administrator  has concurrent  authority,  exercisable at its
         sole  discretion,  to direct the  Trustee as to the sale or purchase of
         particular assets.

9.2      APPOINTMENT OF INVESTMENT MANAGERS.

         The Company  shall have  authority  to appoint  investment  managers to
         manage  all or a  portion  of the  Trust.  In the  event an  investment
         manager  is  appointed,   the  Trustee  shall  not  have  discretionary
         authority over the Trust assets managed by the investment manager.  Any
         investment manager appointed by the Company shall be:

         (i)      An  investment  adviser under the  Investment  Advisers Act of
                  1940;

         (ii)     A bank as defined in the Investment Advisors Act of 1940; or

         (iii)    An  insurance   company   qualified   to  perform   investment
                  management services under the laws of more than one State, and
                  must  acknowledge  in  writing  that  it is a  fiduciary  with
                  respect to the Plan.
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9.3      INVESTMENT MANAGER POWERS.

         Subject to the  Investment  Elections made by  Participants  and to the
         investment management  agreement,  an investment manager shall have the
         power to invest and reinvest the Trust assets  (including the authority
         to  acquire  and  dispose of Plan  assets)  for which it has been given
         discretionary authority, as it deems advisable.

9.4      POWER TO DIRECT INVESTMENTS.

         The Company retains no authority or responsibility over the management,
         acquisition  or  disposition  of Plan assets except with respect to the
         Company's  power to select,  retain and  replace  Trustees,  investment
         managers and the Plan  Administrator  and in the  determination  of the
         Plan's investment policies and objectives.

9.5      EXCLUSIVE BENEFIT RULE.

         Except as  otherwise  provided  in the Plan,  no part of the  corpus or
         income of the  funds of the Plan  shall be used for,  or  diverted  to,
         purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of Participants and other
         persons  entitled to benefits  under the Plan. No person shall have any
         interest in or right to any part of the assets held under the Plan,  or
         any right in, or to, any part of the assets held under the Plan, except
         to the extent expressly provided by the Plan.

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                         ARTICLE X - PLAN ADMINISTRATION

10.1     ALLOCATION  OF  RESPONSIBILITY  AMONG  FIDUCIARIES  FOR PLAN AND  TRUST
         ADMINISTRATION.

         The  Fiduciaries  shall  have  only  those  specific  powers,   duties,
         responsibilities,  and obligations as are specifically given them under
         this Plan or the Trust Agreement. The Plan Administrator shall have the
         sole   responsibility   for  the  administration  of  the  Plan,  which
         responsibility  is  specifically  described  in this Plan and the Trust
         Agreement, except where an agent is appointed to perform administrative
         duties  as  specifically  agreed to by the Plan  Administrator  and the
         agent.  Subject  to  Article  IX,  the  Trustee  shall  have  the  sole
         responsibility  for the  administration of the Trust and the management
         of the assets  held  under the Trust as  specifically  provided  in the
         Trust Agreement,  except where an investment manager has been appointed
         or as  provided  otherwise  in  the  Trust  Agreement.  Each  Fiduciary
         warrants that any direction  given,  information  furnished,  or action
         taken by it shall be in accordance  with the  provisions of the Plan or
         the Trust Agreement,  as the case may be,  authorizing or providing for
         such direction,  information or action. Furthermore, each Fiduciary may
         rely upon any direction,  information or action of another Fiduciary as
         being  proper under this Plan or the Trust,  and is not required  under
         this Plan or the Trust  Agreement to inquire into the  propriety of any
         direction,  information  or action.  It is intended under this Plan and
         the Trust  Agreement that each Fiduciary  shall be responsible  for the
         proper  exercise  of  its  own  powers,  duties,  responsibilities  and
         obligations  under this Plan and the Trust  Agreement  and shall not be
         responsible  for any act or  failure to act of  another  Fiduciary.  No
         Fiduciary guarantees the Trust in any manner against investment loss or
         depreciation in asset value.
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10.2     ADMINISTRATION.

         The Plan  shall be  administered  by the Plan  Administrator  which may
         appoint or employ  individuals to assist in the  administration  of the
         Plan and  which  may  appoint  or  employ  any  other  agents  it deems
         advisable,  including legal counsel, actuaries and auditors to serve at
         the Plan Administrator's  direction.  All usual and reasonable expenses
         of  maintaining,  operating and  administering  the Plan and the Trust,
         including the expenses of the Plan  Administrator  and the Trustee (and
         their  agents),  shall be paid from the Trust  (whether  directly or by
         reimbursement to the Company),  except to the extent the Company or the
         Employer pays such expenses.

10.3     CLAIMS PROCEDURE.

         The   Plan   Administrator,   or  a  party   designated   by  the  Plan
         Administrator,  shall have the  exclusive  discretionary  authority  to
         construe  and to  interpret  the  Plan,  to  decide  all  questions  of
         eligibility  for benefits and to determine the amount of such benefits,
         and its  decisions  on such  matters  are  final  and  conclusive.  Any
         exercise of this  discretionary  authority shall be reviewed by a court
         under  the  arbitrary  and  capricious  standard  (i.e.,  the  abuse of
         discretion standard).  If, pursuant to this discretionary authority, an
         assertion of any right to a benefit by a Participant  or beneficiary is
         wholly  or  partially  denied,  the  Plan  Administrator,  or  a  party
         designated  by the Plan  Administrator,  will provide  such  claimant a
         comprehensible written notice setting forth:

         (a)      The specific reason or reasons for such denial;

         (b)      Specific  reference to pertinent Plan  provisions on which the
                  denial is based;

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         (c)      A  description  of  any  additional  material  or  information
                  necessary  for the claimant to submit to perfect the claim and
                  an   explanation  of  why  such  material  or  information  is
                  necessary; and

         (d)      A description of the Plan's claim review procedure.  The claim
                  review  procedure  is available  upon  written  request by the
                  claimant to the Plan  Administrator,  or the designated party,
                  within 60 days after receipt by the claimant of written notice
                  of the denial of the claim,  and includes the right to examine
                  pertinent  documents and submit issues and comments in writing
                  to the  Plan  Administrator,  or  the  designated  party.  The
                  decision on review  will be made within 60 days after  receipt
                  of the  request for review,  unless  circumstances  warrant an
                  extension  of time not to exceed an  additional  60 days,  and
                  shall be in writing and drafted in a manner  calculated  to be
                  understood by the claimant,  and include  specific reasons for
                  the decision with  references to the specific Plan  provisions
                  on which the decision is based.

         If  circumstances  warrant,  the Plan  Administrator  shall provide the
         claimant a written  notice,  prior to the end of the 90-day  period for
         processing  the claim,  extending such period by up to an additional 90
         days and indicating the  circumstances  requiring the extension and the
         date by which the Plan Administrator expects to render its decision. If
         the Plan Administrator fails to provide a comprehensible written notice
         stating that the claim is wholly or partially  denied and setting forth
         the  information  described  in (a) through (d) above within the 90-day
         processing  period and if no extension  of such 90-day  period is made,
         the claim shall be deemed denied.  Once the claim is deemed denied, the
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         Participant shall be entitled to the claims review procedure  described
         in paragraph (d) above.  Such review  procedure shall be available upon
         written  request by the  claimant to the Plan  Administrator  within 60
         days after the claim is deemed  denied.  Any claim  referenced  in this
         Section that is reviewed by a court, arbitrator,  or any other tribunal
         shall be  reviewed  solely on the basis of the  record  before the Plan
         Administrator. In addition, any such review shall be conditioned on the
         claimants having fully exhausted all rights under this Section.

10.4     RECORDS AND REPORTS.

         The Plan Administrator shall exercise such authority and responsibility
         as it deems  appropriate  in order to comply with ERISA and  government
         regulations  issued  thereunder  relating  to records of  Participants'
         service and benefits,  notifications  to  Participants;  reports to, or
         registration  with,  the  Internal  Revenue  Service;  reports  to  the
         Department  of Labor;  and such other  documents  and reports as may be
         required by ERISA.

10.5     OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE POWERS AND DUTIES.

         The Plan  Administrator  shall  have such  powers  and duties as may be
         necessary or desirable to discharge its functions hereunder, including:

         (a)      To  exercise  its  discretionary  authority  to  construe  and
                  interpret the Plan,  decide all questions of  eligibility  and
                  determine  the  amount,  manner  and  time of  payment  of any
                  benefits hereunder;

         (b)      To  prescribe  procedures  to be followed by  Participants  or
                  Beneficiaries filing applications for benefits;
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         (c)      To  prepare  and  distribute,  in  such  manner  as  the  Plan
                  Administrator   determines  to  be  appropriate,   information
                  explaining the Plan;

         (d)      To receive  from  employees  and agents and from  Participants
                  such   information  as  shall  be  necessary  for  the  proper
                  administration of the Plan;

         (e)      To receive, review and keep on file (as it deems convenient or
                  proper)  reports  of  the  financial  condition,  and  of  the
                  receipts and disbursements, of the Trust from the Trustee;

         (f)      To appoint or employ individuals or other parties to assist in
                  the  administration  of the Plan and any other agents it deems
                  advisable, including accountants, actuaries and legal counsel;
                  and

         (g)      To delegate to other  persons or entities,  or to designate or
                  employ  persons  to carry out any of the Plan  Administrator's
                  fiduciary duties or  responsibilities or other functions under
                  the Plan.

10.6     RULES AND DECISIONS.

         The Plan  Administrator may adopt such rules and procedures as it deems
         necessary,  desirable, or appropriate.  To the extent practicable,  all
         rules and  decisions of the Plan  Administrator  shall be uniformly and
         consistently applied to all Participants in similar circumstances. When
         making a determination or calculation,  the Plan Administrator shall be
         entitled  to  rely  upon  information  furnished  by a  Participant  or
         beneficiary,  the  legal  counsel  of the  Plan  Administrator,  or the
         Trustee.
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10.7     PROCEDURES.

         The Plan Administrator shall keep all necessary records and forward all
         necessary  communications  to the Trustee.  The Plan  Administrator may
         adopt such regulations as it deems desirable for the  administration of
         the Plan.

10.8     AUTHORIZATION OF BENEFIT DISTRIBUTIONS.

         The Plan Administrator shall issue directions to the Trustee concerning
         all  benefits  which  are to be paid  from the  Trust  pursuant  to the
         provisions of the Plan, and shall warrant that all such  directions are
         in accordance with this Plan.

10.9     APPLICATION AND FORMS FOR DISTRIBUTIONS.

         The Plan  Administrator  may require a Participant to complete and file
         with the Plan  Administrator  an application for a distribution and all
         other  forms  approved  by the Plan  Administrator,  and to furnish all
         pertinent  information  requested by the Plan  Administrator.  The Plan
         Administrator  may rely  upon all such  information  so  furnished  it,
         including the  Participant's  current mailing address,  age and marital
         status.

10.10    FACILITY OF PAYMENT

         Whenever,  in the Plan  Administrator's  opinion,  a person entitled to
         receive any payment of a benefit or  installment  thereof  hereunder is
         under a legal  disability  or is  incapacitated  in any way so as to be
         unable to manage his  financial  affairs,  the Plan  Administrator  may
         direct the  Trustee  to make  payments  to such  person or to the legal
         representative   of  such   person  for  his   benefit,   or  the  Plan
         Administrator  may direct  the  Trustee  to apply the  payment  for the
         benefit  of  such  person  in such  manner  as the  Plan  Administrator
         considers advisable. Any payment of a benefit or installment thereof in
         accordance  with the  provisions  of this  Section  shall be a complete
         discharge of any  liability  for the making of such  payment  under the
         provisions of the Plan.
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10.11    BLACKOUT PERIOD IN 1999

         During a blackout period lasting  approximately from September 17, 1999
         through  and  including  October  31,  1999 (with the exact dates to be
         determined and  communicated by the Plan  Administrator)  in connection
         with a change in the recordkeeper for the Plan scheduled to occur on or
         about  October 1, 1999, no  Participant  may amend or revoke his or her
         Contribution  Election,  no  Participant  may make or change his or her
         Investment  Election except when making the initial Investment Election
         that accompanies his or her initial  Contribution  Election,  rollovers
         and  reallocation  requests  will not be accepted,  and loans and other
         distributions will not be made. From  approximately  September 29, 1999
         through  and  including  October  31,  1999 (with the exact dates to be
         determined and communicated by the Plan Administrator),  no Participant
         may reallocate his or her Account balances among the Plan's  investment
         options. To carry out the special provisions of this section,  the Plan
         Administrator   may  adopt  such  rules  and  procedures  as  it  deems
         necessary.

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                     ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

11.1     AMENDMENT OF THE PLAN.

         The  Company  shall  have the  right in its  discretion  at any time by
         instrument in writing,  duly executed and acknowledged and delivered to
         the Trustee,  to modify,  alter or amend this Plan in whole or in part.
         However,  except as permissible  under the Code and ERISA, no amendment
         shall:

         (a)      Reduce the  amounts in any  Participant's  Account  because of
                  forfeiture or reduce the vested right or interest to which any
                  Participant or Beneficiary is then entitled under this Plan;

         (b)      Eliminate  an  optional  form of  benefit  with  respect  to a
                  Participant's Account as of the date of the amendment;

         (c)      Cause or authorize  any part of the Trust Fund to revert or be
                  refunded to the Employer, or

         (d)      Cause any assets of the Trust to be used for, or diverted  to,
                  purposes other than for the exclusive  benefit of Participants
                  and their  Beneficiaries  (other than such part as is required
                  to pay taxes and expenses of administration).

         To the extent  permitted  under the Code,  the  Company  shall have the
         right to amend the Plan at any time,  retroactively  or  otherwise,  in
         such  respects  and to such  extent as may be  necessary  to qualify it
         under  existing and  applicable  laws and  regulations in order to make
         available to the Employers the tax benefits  associated  with qualified
         plans,  including  the full  deduction for tax purposes of the Employer
         contributions made hereunder.  A participating  Employer shall not have
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         the right to amend the Plan.  Notwithstanding  any provision  herein to
         the contrary,  the Company may by such amendment  decrease or otherwise
         affect  the rights of  Participants  hereunder  if, and to the  extent,
         necessary to accomplish such purpose.

11.2     RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE PLAN OR DISCONTINUE CONTRIBUTIONS.

         The Company  reserves  the right to  terminate  the Plan or  completely
         discontinue  contributions  under the Plan for any reason, at any time.
         Action  taken by the  Company  to  terminate  the  Plan or  discontinue
         contributions shall be in writing and shall be effective as of the date
         set forth in such writing.

11.3     EFFECT OF TERMINATION OR DISCONTINUANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

         As of the date of a complete  termination  of the Plan or the  complete
         discontinuance  of  contributions  to the Plan, each Participant who is
         then an Employee  shall become 100% vested in his or her Account.  Upon
         termination, all Accounts shall be distributed to or for the benefit of
         the  Participant  or continued in trust for his or her benefit,  as the
         Plan  Administrator  shall direct.  After  distribution of all Accounts
         under  the  Plan,  any  amounts   remaining  in  the  suspense  account
         established  under Section  15.2(b)  shall revert to the  Employer,  as
         permitted by the Code.

11.4     EFFECT OF A PARTIAL TERMINATION.

         As of the date of a partial termination,  each affected Participant who

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         is then an Employee  shall become 100% vested in his or her Account and
         the Accounts of Participants  affected by the partial termination shall
         be distributed to or for the benefit of such  Participants or continued
         in trust for their benefit, as the Plan Administrator shall direct.

11.5     PLAN MERGER.

         The Company may not merge or consolidate the Plan with, or transfer any
         assets or liabilities to, any other plan, unless each Participant would
         (if the Plan then terminated)  receive a benefit  immediately after the
         merger,  consolidation  or transfer,  which is equal to or greater than
         the benefit he or she would have been  entitled to receive  immediately
         before  the  merger,  consolidation  or  transfer  if the Plan had then
         terminated.

11.6     ADDITIONAL PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS.

         With the consent of the Plan Sponsor,  any other  corporation may adopt
         the Plan and the Trust for its  Eligible  Employees,  with such changes
         and  variations  in Plan terms as the Plan Sponsor  approves.  Any such
         adoption  shall be  contingent  upon the Internal  Revenue  Service not
         making  a  determination  that  such  adoption  adversely  affects  the
         qualified  status of the Plan and Trust. An Employer  adopting the Plan
         shall compile and submit all  information  required by the Plan Sponsor
         with reference to its Eligible Employees.

11.7     WITHDRAWAL OF A PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER.

         A  participating  Employer may withdraw  from the Plan upon six month's
         prior  written  notice  to the  Plan  Administrator  (unless  the  Plan
         Administrator  approves a shorter notice  period).  If a  participating
         Employer discontinues or suspends contributions to the Plan upon behalf
         of its employees or if a participating  Employer shall become insolvent
         or bankrupt,  or be dissolved,  such  participating  Employer  shall be
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         deemed to have  withdrawn  from the Plan. If a  participating  Employer
         ceases to be a member of the PepsiCo  Organization,  such participating
         Employer shall continue to be a participating Employer unless and until
         the Company  demands,  in  writing,  that such  participating  Employer
         withdraw  from the Plan.  If the Company  demands that a  participating
         Employer withdraw from the Plan, such withdrawal shall be automatically
         effective six months after such demand.


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                     ARTICLE XII - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

12.1     ACTION BY THE COMPANY.

         Any action by the Company,  including  any  amendment  authorized to be
         made under Section 11.1,  shall be made by a resolution  adopted by the
         Company's  Board of  Directors.  In  addition,  any  person or  persons
         authorized  by the Board may take action on behalf of the Company.  Any
         such resolution of the Board of Directors  shall be effective  provided
         it is  adopted  in  accordance  with the  bylaws  (or  other  governing
         authority)  of the  Company.  Any action  taken by any other  person or
         persons shall be effective  provided it is executed in accordance  with
         the authorization of the Board.

12.2     NO RIGHT TO BE RETAINED IN EMPLOYMENT.

         Nothing  contained in this Plan shall give any  Participant or Employee
         the right to be retained in the  employment  of the  Employer or affect
         the right of any Employer to dismiss any Participant or Employee.

12.3     NON-ALIENATION OF BENEFITS.

         To the  extent  permitted  by law,  the  right  of any  Participant  or
         Beneficiary  to any  benefit or to any payment  hereunder  shall not be
         subject  to  assignment,   alienation,   attachment,  or  other  legal,
         equitable,  or other  process,  and any  attempt to  assign,  alienate,
         attach,  or otherwise  encumber  such benefit or payment shall be void,
         except  that  payment  shall be made in  accordance  with a  "qualified
         domestic  relations  order" that meets the requirements of Code Section
         414(p) and ERISA  Section  206(d),  under the  procedures  developed in
         accordance with Section 8.10.
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12.4     REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PLAN ADMINISTRATOR.

         Prior to the time any amount  shall be  distributed  under the Plan,  a
         Participant  or other  person  entitled to benefits  must file with the
         Plan  Administrator  such information as the Plan  Administrator  shall
         require to establish his or her rights and benefits under the Plan

12.5     SOURCE OF BENEFIT PAYMENTS.

         Benefits  provided  under the Plan shall be paid or provided for solely
         from  the  Trust,  and  neither  the  Company,  an  Employer,  the Plan
         Administrator,  the Trustee, or any investment manager shall assume any
         liability therefor.

12.6     CONSTRUCTION.

         Articles and Sections of the Plan are for convenience of reference only
         and shall be disregarded in applying the provisions of the Plan. Unless
         the context of the Plan specifically  provides otherwise,  the singular
         and plural shall be interchangeable.

12.7     GOVERNING LAW.

         The Plan is intended to qualify under Code  Sections  401(a) and 401(k)
         and to comply with ERISA and shall be construed  and  interpreted  in a
         manner consistent with the requirements of these laws. The Plan and the
         rights of all  persons  under the Plan shall be further  construed  and
         administered in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida to the
         extent not superseded by Federal law.
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               ARTICLE XIII - LIMITATION ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS

13.1     CODE SECTION 402(G) LIMITATION ON PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

         An Employee's Pre-tax  Contributions plus elective deferrals made under
         any other  Plan of the  Employer  for a  calendar  year may not  exceed
         $10,000 (as adjusted for cost of living in accordance with Code Section
         415(d)).

13.2     TREATMENT OF EXCESS DEFERRALS.

(a)      If,  during  the Plan  Year,  the Plan  Administrator  determines  that
         continued  contribution of Pre-tax  Contributions  for the Plan Year on
         behalf of an Employee would exceed the Code Section 402(g)  limitation,
         the Employer shall not make any additional  Pre-tax  Contributions with
         respect to such Employee for the remainder of that Plan Year.

(b)      If,  during  the Plan  Year,  the Plan  Administrator  determines  that
         Pre-tax  Contributions  made on behalf of an  Employee  exceed the Code
         Section 402(g) limitation,  the Plan Administrator shall distribute the
         amount of such  Excess  Deferral,  adjusted  for  allocable  income and
         losses,  no later than the April 15th  following the Plan Year in which
         such Excess Deferrals were made.

(c)      The Plan Administrator  shall reduce the amount of Excess Deferrals for
         a Plan  Year  distributable  to the  Employee  by the  amount of Excess
         Contributions  if any,  previously  distributed  to the  Employee  with
         respect to the Plan Year for which  such  Excess  Deferrals  and Excess
         Contributions were made.
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(d)      Income or loss attributable to Excess Deferrals, shall be determined in
         a uniform and  nondiscriminatory  manner which reasonably  reflects the
         manner used by the Plan to allocate income to Participants' Accounts.

13.3     COORDINATION WITH OTHER ARRANGEMENTS IN WHICH SALARY IS DEFERRED.

         If an Employee participates in another plan under which he or she makes
         elective  deferrals  pursuant  to a Code  Section  401(k)  arrangement,
         elective  deferrals  under a  simplified  employee  pension,  or salary
         reduction  contributions  to a  tax-sheltered  annuity,  he or she  may
         submit a written claim to the Plan  Administrator  for Excess Deferrals
         made to this Plan with  respect to the  calendar  year.  Any such claim
         must be submitted by the Employee no later than the March 1st following
         the  close  of the  particular  calendar  year in which  such  elective
         deferrals  were made and must  specify  the  amount  of the  Employee's
         Pre-tax  Contributions  under this Plan which are Excess Deferrals.  If
         the Plan Administrator receives a timely claim, it shall distribute the
         Excess  Deferrals  the  Employee has assigned to this Plan (as adjusted
         for allocable income or loss), in accordance with Section 13.2.
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                      ARTICLE XIV - NONDISCRIMINATION RULES

14.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE NONDISCRIMINATION RULES.

         For purposes of this Article XIV, the following terms when  capitalized
         and used in this Article XIV shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
         this Section 14.1.

         (a)      "Actual Contribution Percentage" means the ratio (expressed as
                   ------------------------------
                  a percentage),  of the sum of the After-tax Contributions made
                  by a Participant and the Matching Contributions made on behalf
                  of an  Eligible  Employee  for the Plan  Year to the  Eligible
                  Employee's Compensation for the Plan Year.

         (b)      "Actual Deferral  Percentage"  means the ratio (expressed as a
                   ---------------------------
                  percentage)  of  Pre-tax  Contributions  made on  behalf of an
                  Eligible Employee for the Plan Year to the Eligible Employee's
                  Compensation for the Plan Year.

                  A Non-highly Compensated Employee's Actual Deferral Percentage
                  does not include  elective  deferrals  made to this Plan or to
                  any other Plan maintained by the Employer,  to the extent such
                  Pre-tax   Contributions   exceed  the  limitation  on  Pre-tax
                  Contributions set forth in Article XIII.

         (c)      "Average Actual Deferral  Percentage"  means, for any group of
                   -----------------------------------
                  Eligible  Employees  who are  Participants  or  eligible to be
                  Participants,  the average  (expressed as a percentage) of the
                  Actual Deferral Percentages for each of the Eligible Employees
                  in  that   group,   including   those  for  whom  no   Pre-tax
                  Contributions were made.
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         (d)      "Average Actual Contribution  Percentage" means, for any group
                   --------------------------------------
                  of Eligible  Employees who are  Participants or eligible to be
                  Participants,  the average  (expressed as a percentage) of the
                  Actual  Contribution  Percentages  for  each  of the  Eligible
                  Employees in that group, including those who made no After-tax
                  Contributions  and for  whom no  Matching  Contributions  were
                  made.

14.2     ACTUAL DEFERRAL PERCENTAGE TEST.

(a)      With respect to each Plan Year, the Average Actual Deferral  Percentage
         for  Eligible   Employees  who  are  Participants  or  eligible  to  be
         Participants must satisfy one of the following tests:

         (i)      The Average Actual  Deferral  Percentage for the Plan Year for
                  Highly Compensated  Employees who are Participants or eligible
                  to be  Participants  for the Plan Year  shall not  exceed  the
                  Average Actual Deferral Percentage for the preceding Plan Year
                  for Non-highly  Compensated  Employees who are Participants or
                  eligible  to be  Participants  for  the  preceding  Plan  Year
                  multiplied by 1.25; or

         (ii)     The Average Actual  Deferral  Percentage for the Plan Year for
                  Highly Compensated  Employees who are Participants or eligible
                  to be  Participants  for the Plan Year  shall not  exceed  the
                  Average Actual Deferral Percentage for the preceding Plan Year
                  for Non-highly  Compensated  Employees who are Participants or
                  eligible  to be  Participants  for  the  preceding  Plan  Year
                  multiplied  by 2; provided  that the Average  Actual  Deferral
                  Percentage  for such  Highly  Compensated  Employees  does not
                  exceed  the  Average  Actual  Deferral   Percentage  for  such
                  Non-highly  Compensated  Employees by more than two percentage
                  points.
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         Notwithstanding  the above,  (a) for the 1998 Plan Year,  the  Employer
         elected to use the Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage for Non-highly
         Compensated  Employees for the 1998 Plan Year rather than the preceding
         Plan Year, and (b) for any Plan Year  subsequent to the 1998 Plan Year,
         the Employer may elect to use the Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage
         for  Non-highly  Compensated  Employees  for the Plan Year being tested
         rather than the  preceding  Plan Year  provided  such  election must be
         evidenced by a Plan  amendment and once made may not be changed  except
         as provided by the Secretary of the Treasury.

14.3     MORE THAN ONE  EMPLOYER-SPONSORED  PLAN SUBJECT TO THE ACTUAL  DEFERRAL
         PERCENTAGE TEST.

         For purposes of this Article XIV, the Actual  Deferral  Percentage  for
         any Highly Compensated  Employee who is a participant under two or more
         arrangements described in Code Section 401(k) sponsored by any employer
         within the  PepsiCo  Organization  shall be  determined  as if all such
         arrangements  (other than arrangements that may not be aggregated under
         applicable  regulations) were one Code Section 401(k)  arrangement.  If
         the Code Section 401(k)  arrangements  in which the Highly  Compensated
         Employee  participates  have different plan years, the aggregate Actual
         Deferral  Percentage shall be determined by counting the deferrals made
         to such  arrangements  in the plan  years  ending in the same  calendar
         year.
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14.4     RECHARACTERIZATION OF PRE-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.

         If  Excess   Contributions  have  been  made  on  behalf  of  a  Highly
         Compensated  Employee  for the Plan Year,  the Plan  Administrator  may
         recharacterize the Excess Contributions as After-tax  Contributions (or
         voluntary  contributions  under another qualified plan if such plan has
         the same plan year),  provided  such  recharacterization  occurs within
         2-1/2 months of the Plan Year being  tested.  All such  recharacterized
         Contributions shall be subject to the same requirements and limitations
         that apply to Pre-tax Contributions  hereunder,  in accordance with the
         rules set forth in Code Reg.  Section  1.401(k)-1(f)(3)(ii),  including
         all   distribution   limitations,    vesting   requirements,    funding
         requirements,  contribution  limitations and top-heavy  rules. The Plan
         Administrator may not include Pre-tax  Contributions (or other elective
         deferrals) in the Actual Contribution  Percentage test, unless the Plan
         which includes the Pre-tax  Contributions (or other elective deferrals)
         satisfies the Actual Deferral Percentage test both with and without the
         recharacterized  Excess Deferrals  included in the Actual  Contribution
         Percentage test.

14.5     TREATMENT OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      Excess Contributions  (adjusted for allocable income or loss) which are
         not   recharacterized   in  accordance   with  Section  14.4  shall  be
         distributed to the  appropriate  Highly  Compensated  Employee no later
         than 12 months  after the close of the Plan Year in which  such  Excess
         Contribution  arose. To the extent  administratively  possible,  Excess
         Contributions  shall be distributed within 2-1/2 months after the close
         of the Plan Year in which such  Excess  Contributions  arose,  so as to
         avoid the imposition of an excise tax.
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(b)      The  income  (or  loss)  allocable  to  Excess  Contributions  shall be
         determined  by  using a  uniform  and  nondiscriminatory  method  which
         reasonably reflects the manner used by the Plan to allocate earnings or
         losses to Participants' Accounts.

14.6     QNECS AND QMACS.

         The Plan Administrator may determine the Actual Deferral Percentages of
         Eligible  Employees  by  taking  into  account  QNECs or QMACs  and may
         determine the Actual Contribution  Percentages of Eligible Employees by
         taking into account QNECs (other than QNECs used in the Actual Deferral
         Percentage  test)  made to this  Plan or to any  other  qualified  Plan
         maintained  by  the  Employer  provided  that  each  of  the  following
         requirements are met:

         (a)      The amount of Nonelective Contributions, including those QNECs
                  treated as Pre-tax  Contributions  for  purposes of the Actual
                  Deferral Percentage Test, satisfies Code Section 401(a)(4).

         (b)      The amount of Nonelective Contributions, including those QNECs
                  treated as Pre-tax  Contributions  for  purposes of the Actual
                  Deferral  Percentage  Test and those QNECs treated as Matching
                  Contributions  for purposes of the Actual  Contribution  Test,
                  satisfies Code Section 401(a)(4).

         (c)      The Matching  Contributions,  including those QMACs treated as
                  Pre-tax  Contributions  for  purposes  of the Actual  Deferral
                  Percentage  Test,  satisfy the  requirements  of Code  Section
                  401(a)(4).
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         (d)      The QNECs and QMACs are (i) allocated to the QNECs Account and
                  QMACs  Account,  respectively,  of Eligible  Employees who are
                  Participants  as of a date  within  the  Plan  Year;  (ii) not
                  contingent    upon   the   Eligible    Employee's    continued
                  participation  in  the  Plan  subsequent  to the  date  of the
                  allocation;  and (iii)  made to the Trust no later than the 12
                  month period immediately following the Plan Year to which such
                  contribution relates.

         (e)      The Plan  Administrator may not include in the Actual Deferral
                  Percentage  test any QNECs or QMACs  under  another  qualified
                  plan unless that plan has the same plan year as this Plan.

         (f)      If,  pursuant  to this  Section,  the Plan  Administrator  has
                  elected to  include  QMACs  and/or  QNECs in  calculating  the
                  Average Actual  Deferral  Percentage,  the Plan  Administrator
                  shall  first  treat  Excess   Contributions   as  attributable
                  proportionately   to  Pre-tax   Contributions   and  to  QMACs
                  allocated on the basis of those Pre-tax Contributions, if any.
                  If the total amount of a Highly Compensated  Employee's Excess
                  Contributions for the Plan Year exceeds the Employee's Pre-tax
                  Contributions and QMACs attributable to such contributions, if
                  any,  for the Plan  Year,  the Plan  Administrator  shall next
                  treat the  remaining  portion of his Excess  Contributions  as
                  attributable to QNECs, if any.

         (g)      The Plan  Administrator  shall  reduce  the  amount  of Excess
                  Contributions  for  a  Plan  Year  distributable  to a  Highly
                  Compensated Employee by the amount of Excess Deferrals if any,
                  previously  distributed  to that  Employee for the  Employee's
                  taxable year ending in that Plan Year.
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14.7     ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION PERCENTAGE TEST.

         With  respect  to each  Plan  Year,  the  Average  Actual  Contribution
         Percentage for Eligible  Employees who are  Participants or eligible to
         be Participants must satisfy one of the following tests:

         (a)      The Average Actual  Contribution  Percentage for the Plan Year
                  for  Highly  Compensated  Employees  who are  Participants  or
                  eligible to be Participants for the Plan Year shall not exceed
                  the Average Actual  Contribution  Percentage for the preceding
                  Plan  Year  for  Non-highly   Compensated  Employees  who  are
                  Participants or eligible to be Participants  for the preceding
                  Plan Year multiplied by 1.25; or

         (b)      The Average Actual  Contribution  Percentage for the Plan Year
                  for  Highly  Compensated  Employees  who are  Participants  or
                  eligible to be Participants for the Plan Year shall not exceed
                  the Average Actual  Contribution  Percentage for the preceding
                  Plan  Year  for  Non-highly   Compensated  Employees  who  are
                  Participants or eligible to be Participants  for the preceding
                  Plan Year  multiplied by 2;  provided that the Average  Actual
                  Contribution  Percentage for such Highly Compensated Employees
                  does not exceed the Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage  for
                  such  Non-highly   Compensated  Employees  by  more  than  two
                  percentage points.

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) for the 1998 Plan Year, the
                  Employer  elected  to  use  the  Average  Actual  Contribution
                  Percentage for Non-highly  Compensated  Employees for the 1998
                  Plan Year rather than the preceding Plan Year, and (b) for any
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                  Plan Year  subsequent to the 1998 Plan Year,  the Employer may
                  elect to use the Average  Actual  Contribution  Percentage for
                  Non-highly  Compensated  Employees  for the  Plan  Year  being
                  tested rather than the preceding  Plan Year provided that such
                  election  once made must be evidenced by a Plan  amendment and
                  may not be changed  except as provided by the Secretary of the
                  Treasury.

14.8     MORE THAN ONE PLAN SUBJECT TO THE ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION TEST.

         For purposes of this Article  XIV, the Actual  Contribution  Percentage
         for any Highly  Compensated  Employee who is a participant under two or
         more  arrangements   sponsored  by  any  employer  within  the  PepsiCo
         Organization  to which  matching  contributions  (other than  qualified
         matching  contributions)  or Employee  contributions  are made shall be
         determined as if all such  arrangements  (other than  arrangements that
         may not be  aggregated  under  applicable  regulations)  were  one such
         arrangement.  If the  arrangements  in which  such  Highly  Compensated
         Employee  participates  have different plan years, the aggregate Actual
         Contribution  Percentage  shall be  determined by counting the matching
         contributions and Employee  contributions  made to such arrangements in
         the plan years ending in the same calendar year.

14.9     REQUIRED  PLAN   AGGREGATION   FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THE  ACTUAL  DEFERRAL
         PERCENTAGE AND ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION TESTS.

         If the  Employer  treats  two or more plans as a unit for  coverage  or
         nondiscrimination  purposes, the Employer must combine the Code Section
         401(k)  arrangements  for  purposes of  determining  whether  each such
         arrangement  satisfies  the Actual  Deferral  Percentage  test and must
         combine the arrangements under which matching contributions or Employee

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         contributions are made; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  that aggregation shall not
         be required with respect to  arrangements  within plans with  different
         plan years;  and PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  that an employee stock  ownership
         plan (or the employee stock ownership plan portion of a plan) shall not
         be aggregated with a non-employee stock ownership plan (or non-employee
         stock ownership plan portion of a plan).

14.10    REQUIRED  PLAN  DISAGGREGATION  FOR  PURPOSES  OF THE  ACTUAL  DEFERRAL
         PERCENTAGE AND ACTUAL CONTRIBUTION TESTS.

         If the Employer  operates  qualified  separate  lines of business under
         Code Section  414(r),  then to the extent  required by law the Employer
         will  disaggregate  the  Code  Section  401(k)  arrangements  for  each
         Separate Line of Business for purposes of determining whether each such
         arrangement  satisfies  the Actual  Deferral  Percentage  Test and will
         disaggregate  the  arrangements  under which matching  contributions or
         employee contributions are made with respect to each such Separate Line
         of Business.

14.11    TREATMENT OF EXCESS AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      Excess  Aggregate  Contributions  plus any  income  and  minus any loss
         allocable  thereto,  which are not  recharacterized  in accordance with
         Section 14.4 shall be distributed to the appropriate Highly Compensated
         Employee  no later  than 12 months  after the close of the Plan Year in
         which  such  Excess  Aggregate   Contribution   arose.  To  the  extent
         administratively  possible,  Excess  Aggregate  Contributions  shall be
         distributed  within  2-1/2  months  after the close of the Plan Year in
         which such Excess Contributions arose, so as to avoid an excise tax.
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(b)      The income (or loss) allocable to Excess Aggregate  Contributions shall
         be  determined  by using a uniform and  nondiscriminatory  method which
         reasonably  reflects the manner used by the Plan to allocate  income to
         Participants' Accounts.

(c)      The Plan  Administrator  shall  treat a Highly  Compensated  Employee's
         allocable  share of Excess  Aggregate  Contributions  in the  following
         priority: (1) First, as After-tax Contributions;  (2) Then, as Matching
         Contributions  allocable to Excess  Contributions  determined under the
         Actual  Deferral  Percentage  test;  (3) Then, on a pro rata basis,  as
         Matching  Contributions  and as the Pre-tax  Contributions  relating to
         those Matching  Contributions which the Plan Administrator has included
         in the Actual  Contribution  Percentage  test, if any; and (4) Last, as
         QNECs used in the Actual Contribution Percentage test.

(d)      To the  extent  the  Highly  Compensated  Employee's  Excess  Aggregate
         Contributions are attributable to Matching Contributions,  with respect
         to which the Highly  Compensated  Employee is not 100% vested, the Plan
         Administrator  shall distribute only the vested portion and forfeit the
         nonvested  portion.  The  vested  portion  of  the  Highly  Compensated
         Employee's  Excess  Aggregate  Contributions  attributable  to Matching
         Contributions   is  the   total   amount  of  such   Excess   Aggregate
         Contributions  (as adjusted for allocable income or loss) multiplied by
         his or  vested  percentage  (determined  as of the last day of the Plan
         Year for which the Matching  Contributions  were made).  The Plan shall
         allocate  forfeited Excess  Aggregate  Contributions to reduce Employer
         Matching Contributions for the Plan Year in which such
         forfeiture occurs.
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14.12    MULTIPLE USE LIMITATION.

         If both the Average Actual  Deferral  Percentage of Highly  Compensated
         Employees  exceeds 125% of the Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage of
         Non-highly  Compensated  Employees  pursuant  to  Section  14.2 and the
         Average Actual Contribution  Percentage of Highly Compensated Employees
         exceeds  125%  of  the  Average  Actual   Contribution   Percentage  of
         Non-highly Compensated Employees pursuant to Section 14.7, then the sum
         of the  Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage  and the  Average  Actual
         Contribution Percentage shall not exceed the greater of:

         (a)      The  sum of (i)  125% of the  greater  of the  Average  Actual
                  Deferral   Percentage  or  the  Average  Actual   Contribution
                  Percentage  for all Non-highly  Compensated  Employees who are
                  Participants  or  eligible  to be  Participants,  and (ii) the
                  lesser of 200% of, or two  percentage  points plus, the lesser
                  of the  Average  Actual  Deferral  Percentage  or the  Average
                  Actual Contribution  Percentage of the Non-highly  Compensated
                  Employees who are Participants or eligible to be Participants;
                  or

         (b)      The  sum of (i)  125%  of the  lesser  of the  Average  Actual
                  Deferral Percentage or the Average Contribution Percentage for
                  all Non-highly  Compensated  Employees who are Participants or
                  eligible to be  Participants,  and (ii) the lesser of 200% of,
                  or two  percentage  points  plus,  the  greater of the Average
                  Actual Deferral  Percentage or the Average Actual Contribution
                  Percentage for such Non-highly Compensated Employees.
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         For  purposes  of this  Section  14.12,  the  Average  Actual  Deferral
         Percentage and Average Actual  Contribution  Percentage for a Plan Year
         shall be the  percentages  determined  under  Section 14.2 or 14.7,  as
         applicable, for such year.

         If, after  applying the multiple use  limitation of this  Section,  the
         Plan  Administrator  determines  the Plan has  failed  to  satisfy  the
         multiple  use  limitation,  the Plan  Administrator  shall  correct the
         failure  by  distributing   the  excess  amount  as  Excess   Aggregate
         Contributions  under Section 14.5. The Plan Administrator  shall reduce
         the Actual  Contribution  Percentages for only those Highly Compensated
         Employees  who are  eligible  to make both  Pre-tax  Contributions  and
         After-tax Contributions.
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                    ARTICLE XV - CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION

15.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION.

         For purposes of this Article XV, the following  terms when  capitalized
         and used in this Article XV shall have the meaning  ascribed to them in
         this Section 15.1.

         (a)      "Annual Additions" means the sum credited to a Participant for
                   ----------------
                  any  Limitation  Year  of  (i)  Employer  contributions,  (ii)
                  Employee contributions,  (iii) forfeitures,  (iv) for purposes
                  of Section 15.2(a)(2) only, amounts allocated to an individual
                  medical account (as defined in Code Section 415(l)(2)),  which
                  is part of a pension or  annuity  plan  maintained  by any 415
                  Affiliate  and (v) for  purposes of Section  15.2(a)(2)  only,
                  amounts derived from  contributions  that are  attributable to
                  post-retirement  medical  benefits  allocated  to the separate
                  account  of  a  key  employee  (as  defined  in  Code  Section
                  419A(d)(3))  under a welfare  benefit fund (as defined in Code
                  Section  419(e))  maintained  by any 415  Affiliate.  The term
                  Annual Additions shall not include Rollover Contributions made
                  to the  Plan or  amounts  restored  or  repaid  to the Plan in
                  accordance with Code Sections 411(a)(7)(B) and (C) and Article
                  V of the Plan.  Except to the extent  provided in the Code and
                  Treasury   regulations,   Annual   Additions   include  Excess
                  Contributions,  Excess Aggregate Contributions,  regardless of
                  whether the Plan  distributes or forfeits such excess amounts.
                  Excess Deferrals are not Annual  Additions unless  distributed
                  after the April  15th  following  the Plan Year in which  such
                  Excess Deferrals were made.

         (b)      "Defined  Benefit  Plan" means any plan of the type defined in
                   ----------------------
                  Code Section 414(j)  maintained by any 415 Affiliate  which is
                  described in Code Section 415(k)(1).
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         (c)      "Defined  Benefit Plan Fraction"  means, for any Participant a
                   ------------------------------
                  fraction  (determined  as of the  last  day of the  Limitation
                  Year),  the numerator of which is the Projected Annual Benefit
                  of the Participant  (under all Defined Benefit Plans,  whether
                  or not terminated), and the denominator of which is the lesser
                  of:

                  (i)      1.25  multiplied  by the dollar  limitation in effect
                           under Code Section  415(b)(1)(A)  for such Limitation
                           Year; or

                  (ii)     1.4 multiplied by 100% of  Participant's  average 415
                           Compensation for the three consecutive calendar Years
                           of  Service  (or all of the  Participant's  Years  of
                           Service, if the Participant has less than three Years
                           of  Service)  during  which the  Participant  had the
                           highest aggregate 415 Compensation.

                  If the  Participant  accrued  benefits in one or more  Defined
                  Benefit  Plans  which were in  existence  on May 5, 1986,  the
                  dollar  limitation  used in the  denominator  of this fraction
                  shall not be less than the sum of the  annual  benefits  under
                  such Defined  Benefit Plans which the  Participant had accrued
                  as of the end of the 1986 Limitation Year,  determined without
                  regard to any  change in the terms or  conditions  of the Plan
                  made  after May 5,  1986,  and  without  regard to any cost of
                  living  adjustment  occurring  after  May 5,  1986.  This rule
                  applies only if the Defined Benefit Plans  individually and in
                  the aggregate  satisfied the  requirements of Code Section 415
                  as in effect at the end of the 1986 Limitation Year.

         (d)      "Defined Contribution Plan" Means any plan of the type defined
                   -------------------------
                  in Code Section 414(i)  maintained by any 415 Affiliate  which
                  is described in Code Section 415(k)(1).
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         (e)      "Defined   Contribution   Plan   Fraction"   means,   for  any
                   ----------------------------------------
                  Participant, a fraction,  determined as of the last day of the
                  Limitation  Year and for all prior  years,  the  numerator  of
                  which  is the  sum of the  Annual  Additions  credited  to the
                  Participant under all Defined  Contribution  Plans (whether or
                  not  terminated),  and the  denominator of which is the sum of
                  the lesser of the following amounts determined for the current
                  Limitation Year and for each of the Participant's  prior Years
                  of Service

                  (i)      1.25  multiplied  by the dollar  limitation in effect
                           under Code Section  415(c)(1)(A)  for such Limitation
                           Year; or

                  (ii)     1.4   multiplied   by   25%  of   Participant's   415
                           Compensation.

                  For  purposes of  determining  the Defined  Contribution  Plan
                  Fraction,  the Plan  Administrator  shall not recompute Annual
                  Additions in Limitation  Years  beginning  prior to January 1,
                  1987. The Plan continues any transitional  rules applicable to
                  the  determination of the defined  contribution  plan fraction
                  under the Employer's Plan as of the end of the 1986 Limitation
                  Year.

         (f)      "415 Affiliate" means a member of the PepsiCo Organization, as
                   -------------
                  defined in Section 1.42; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, that for purposes
                  of  determining  whether  a  corporation  is  a  member  of  a
                  "controlled group of corporations" (within the meaning of Code
                  Section  414(b) of which  the  Company  is also a member)  the
                  phrase  "more than 50 percent"  shall be  substituted  for the
                  phrase  "at  least 80  percent"  wherever  the  latter  phrase
                  appears in Code Section 1563(a)(1).
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         (g)      "415  Compensation"  means  Compensation,  but  excluding  for
                   -----------------
                  Limitation Years commencing prior to January 1, 1998, elective
                  contributions  that  are  made  by an  Employer  that  are not
                  includible  in  gross  income  under  Code  Sections  125  and
                  402(e)(3).

         (h)      "Limitation Year" means the Plan Year.
                   ---------------

         (i)      "Projected  Annual  Benefit" means  the  Participant's  annual
                   --------------------------
                  benefit under a Defined  Benefit Plan payable in the form of a
                  single life annuity  computed in the  assumptions (i) that the
                  Participant  will  remain  employed  until  the  Participant's
                  "normal  retirement  age" under the  applicable  plan (or,  if
                  later,   his  or  her   current   age),   and  (ii)  that  the
                  Participant's  415  Compensation  will  remain at its  current
                  level until that time.

15.2     CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION ON ANNUAL ADDITIONS.

(a)      Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, Annual
         Additions  credited  under the Plan and all other Defined  Contribution
         Plans  maintained by any 415 Affiliate with respect to each Participant
         for any Limitation Year shall not exceed the lesser of:

         (i)      $30,000,  as adjusted  from time to time for cost of living in
                  accordance with Code Section 415(d), or

         (ii)     25% of the  Participant's 415 Compensation for such Limitation
                  Year.

(b)      If  the  Plan  Administrator  determines  during  a  Plan  Year  that a
         Participant  will likely  exceed the limit  imposed by Section  15.2(a)
         (assuming that a Participant's  Contribution Election remains in effect
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         for the  remainder  of the  Limitation  Year,  and  based  on the  Plan
         Administrator's  estimate of a Participant's  415  Compensation for the
         Limitation  Year), the Plan  Administrator may adjust the Participant's
         Annual Additions and take the following  actions in the following order
         of priority:

         (i)      Reduce or  eliminate  the  Participant's  unmatched  After-tax
                  Contributions;

         (ii)     Reduce  or  eliminate  the  Participant's   unmatched  Pre-tax
                  Contributions;

         (iii)    Reduce  or  eliminate  the  Participant's   matched  After-tax
                  Contributions and corresponding Matching Contributions; and

         (iv)     Reduce  or  eliminate  the   Participant's   matched   Pre-tax
                  Contributions and any corresponding Matching Contributions.

         If an  allocation of Employer  contributions  would result in an Excess
         Annual  Addition  to the  Participant's  Account  (other than an Excess
         Annual   Addition   which   results   from  the   application   of  the
         nondiscrimination  rules under Article XIV), the Plan Administrator may
         reallocate the Excess Annual Addition to the remaining Participants who
         are eligible for an allocation of Employer  contributions  for the Plan
         Year in which the Limitation  Year ends. The Plan  Administrator  shall
         reallocate  the Excess  Annual  Additions  pursuant  to the  allocation
         method under the Plan as if the  Participant  whose  Account  otherwise
         would  receive  such Excess  Annual  Addition  were not eligible for an
         allocation  of  Employer  contributions.  As soon  as  administratively
         feasible after the end of the Plan Year, the Plan  Administrator  shall
         determine the actual limit which should have applied to the Participant
         under   Section   15.2(a)  based  on  the   Participant's   actual  415
         Compensation for such Limitation Year.
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         If after the end of a Plan Year, the Plan Administrator determines that
         the  Annual  Additions  credited  under  the  Plan  with  respect  to a
         Participant  for any Limitation  Year exceed the limitations of Section
         15.2(a)  as a  result  of (i) the  allocation  of  forfeitures,  (ii) a
         reasonable error in estimating the  Participant's  415 Compensation for
         the Limitation Year, (iii) a reasonable error in determining the amount
         of Pre-tax  Contributions  that the  Participant may contribute or (iv)
         any  other  circumstance  permitted  pursuant  to the  regulations  and
         rulings  promulgated  under  Code  Section  415,  then  the  amount  of
         contributions  credited to the Participant's Accounts in that Plan Year
         shall be adjusted to the extent necessary to satisfy that limitation in
         accordance with the following order of priority:

         (i)      The Participant's  unmatched After-tax  Contributions shall be
                  reduced to the extent  necessary.  The amount of the reduction
                  shall  be  returned  to the  Participant,  together  with  any
                  earnings on the contributions to be returned.

         (ii)     The  Participant's  unmatched Pre-tax  Contributions  shall be
                  reduced to the extent  necessary.  The amount of the reduction
                  shall  be  returned  to the  Participant,  together  with  any
                  earnings on the contributions to be returned.

         (iii)    The   Participant's   matched   After-tax   Contributions  and
                  corresponding  Matching  Contributions shall be reduced to the
                  extent necessary.  The amount of the reduction attributable to
                  the  Participant's  matched After-tax  Contributions  shall be
                  returned to the  Participant,  together  with any  earnings on
                  those contributions to be returned. The amount attributable to
                  the  Matching  Contributions  shall be  forfeited  and used to
                  reduce Employer contributions for the Participant for the next
                  Limitation   Year  (and   succeeding   Limitation   Years,  as
                  necessary)  if the  Participant  is covered by the Plan at the
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                  end of the Limitation  Year. If the Participant is not covered
                  by the  Plan as of the end of the  Limitation  Year,  then the
                  excess  Annual  Additions  shall  be  held  unallocated  in  a
                  suspense  account for the  Limitation  Year and  allocated and
                  reallocated  in  the  next  Limitation  Year  to  all  of  the
                  remaining    Participants    entitled   to    allocation    of
                  Contributions,  but only to the extent that such allocation or
                  reallocation  would  not cause the  Annual  Additions  to such
                  Participants  to violate the  limitations  of Code Section 415
                  for  such  Limitation  Year.  If  a  suspense  account  is  in
                  existence at any time during a Limitation Year, all amounts in
                  the suspense  account must be allocated or reallocated  before
                  any Employer  contributions  or Employee  contributions  which
                  would constitute  Annual Additions may be made to the Plan for
                  the  Limitation  Year (and  succeeding  Limitation  Years,  as
                  necessary)  in  accordance  with the  rules set forth in Prop.
                  Reg.  Section  1.415-6(b)(6)(i).  If a suspense  account is in
                  effect, it shall not share in investment gains or losses.

         (iv)     The   Participant's    matched   Pre-tax   Contributions   and
                  corresponding  Matching  Contributions shall be reduced to the
                  extent necessary.  The amount of the reduction attributable to
                  the  Participant's  matched  Pre-tax  Contributions  shall  be
                  returned to the  Participant,  together  with any  earnings on
                  those contributions to be returned. The amount attributable to
                  the Matching  Contributions  shall be forfeited and applied in
                  the same manner as Matching  Contributions  under clause (iii)
                  above.
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                                                                         Page 98


(c)      If a Participant  also  participates in any other Defined  Contribution
         Plan which is subject to the  limitation  set forth in Section  15.2(a)
         above and, as a result,  such limitation would be exceeded with respect
         to the  Participant  in any  Limitation  Year,  any  reduction or other
         permissible  method necessary to ensure compliance with such limitation
         first  shall be made  under  this  Plan in  accordance  with the  terms
         hereof.  If after such  correction a further  reduction is necessary to
         ensure  that  the  limitation  set  forth  in  Section  15.2(a)  is not
         exceeded, Annual Additions credited under such other plan or plans with
         respect to the  Participant  shall be reduced  in  accordance  with the
         provisions of such plan or plans.

(d)      If a Participant is also a participant in a Defined  Benefit Plan, then
         the Annual  Additions  credited with respect to the  Participant in any
         Limitation Year shall be limited as provided in Section 15.3 below.

(e)      The  determination  of whether the Plan satisfies the  requirements  of
         this  Section  15.2  with  respect  to a  Participant  shall be made in
         accordance  with Code Section 415 and the regulations  thereunder,  the
         provisions  of which are hereby  incorporated  by  reference  and shall
         override  the  provisions  of  the  Plan  to  the  extent  inconsistent
         therewith.

15.3     COMBINED CODE SECTION 415 LIMITATION.

(a)      If a Participant is also a participant  in a Defined  Benefit Plan, the
         sum of the  Participant's  Defined  Benefit  Plan  Fraction and Defined
         Contribution  Plan Fraction for any Limitation Year  commencing  before
         January 1, 2000 shall not exceed 1.0.

(b)      In the event that a reduction is required to insure that the sum of the
         above  fractions with respect to a Participant  in any Limitation  Year
         does not exceed  1.0,  such  reduction  shall be made by  reducing  the
         Participant's annual benefit under the Defined Benefit Plan.
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(c)      The Plan Administrator shall redetermine the Defined  Contribution Plan
         Fraction  and the Defined  Benefit  Plan  fraction as of the end of the
         1986 Limitation  Year, in accordance  with this Section.  If the sum of
         the redetermined  fractions exceeds 1.0, the Plan  Administrator  shall
         permanently  subtract  from the  numerator of the Defined  Contribution
         Plan  Fraction an amount  equal to the product of (1) the excess of the
         sum of the fractions over 1.0, times (2) the denominator of the defined
         contribution  plan  fraction.  In  making  the  adjustment,   the  Plan
         Administrator  shall  disregard  any accrued  benefit under the Defined
         Benefit Plan which is in excess of the  participant's  accrued  benefit
         under the  Defined  Benefit  Plan as of the end of the 1986  Limitation
         Year.

(d)      The  provisions of this Section 15.3 shall cease to be effective on and
         after January 1, 2000.

15.4     INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE.

         Notwithstanding  anything contained in this Article XV to the contrary,
         the  determination  of whether the Plan satisfies the  requirements  of
         Article XV shall be made in  accordance  with Code  Section 415 and the
         regulations thereunder,  as may be amended, the provisions of which are
         hereby  incorporated  by reference and shall override the provisions of
         the Plan to the extent inconsistent  therewith.  In addition,  the Plan
         Administrator,  in its  sole  discretion,  may  determine  the  amounts
         required to be taken into account under Article XV by such  alternative
         methods as shall be permitted under applicable regulations or rulings.

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                       ARTICLE XVI - TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS

16.1     DEFINITIONS APPLICABLE TO THE TOP HEAVY PROVISIONS.

         For purposes of this Article XVI, the following terms when  capitalized
         and used in this Article XVI shall have the meaning ascribed to them in
         this Section 16.1.

         (a)      "Aggregation  Group"  means in the case of a Plan  that is not
                   ------------------
                  part of either a Required  Aggregation  Group or a  Permissive
                  Aggregation Group, the Employer. In the case of a Plan that is
                  part  of a  Required  Aggregation  Group  but  not  part  of a
                  Permissive  Aggregation Group, the Required Aggregation Group.
                  In the case of a Plan that is part of a  Required  Aggregation
                  Group and part of  Permissive  Aggregation  Group,  either the
                  Required  Aggregation  Group  or  the  Permissive  Aggregation
                  Group, as determined by the Plan Administrator.

         (b)      "Determination  Date" means,  with respect to a Plan Year, the
                   -------------------
                  last day of the  preceding  Plan  Year or,  in the case of the
                  first Plan Year, the last day of the Plan Year.

         (c)      "Key  Employee"  means,  as of  any  Determination  Date,  any
                   --------------------
                  Employee  or  former  Employee  who for the  Plan  Year in the
                  Determination Period or any of the four preceding Plan Years:

                  (i)      Has  Compensation  in  excess  of 50% of the  defined
                           benefit plan dollar amount prescribed in Code Section
                           415(b)(1)(A),  as  adjusted  for  cost of  living  in
                           accordance  with  Code  Section  415(d),  and  is  an
                           officer of the Employer;
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                  (ii)     Has   Compensation   in   excess   of   the   defined
                           contribution  plan dollar  amount  prescribed in Code
                           Section 415(c)(1)(A),  as adjusted for cost of living
                           in accordance with Code Section 415(d), and is one of
                           the  Employees  owning  (or  deemed to own within the
                           meaning  of  Code   Section   318)  the  ten  largest
                           interests in the Employer;

                  (iii)    Is a Five-percent Owner of the Employer; or

                  (iv)     Is a  One-percent  Owner  of  the  Employer  and  has
                           Compensation of more than $150,000.

                  The number of officers  taken into  account  under  clause (i)
                  shall not exceed the  greater of 3 or 10% of the total  number
                  of Employees  (after  application  of the Code Section  414(q)
                  exclusions), and in any event shall not exceed 50 officers.

                  The term Key Employee shall also include the  Beneficiary of a
                  Key Employee.  The Plan Administrator shall determine who is a
                  Key Employee in accordance with Code Section 416(i)(1).

         (d)     "Non-key  Employee"  means  an  Employee  who  is  not  a  Key
                  -----------------
                  Employee.

         (e)      "One-percent  Owner" means with respect to a corporation,  any
                   ------------------
                  person who owns (or is considered as owning within the meaning
                  of Code Section 318) more than 1% of the outstanding  stock of
                  the corporation, or stock possessing more than 1% of the total
                  voting power of the corporation.

         (f)      "Participant"  includes an  Eligible  Employee of the Plan who
                   -----------
                  does not participate in the Plan.
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         (g)      "Permissive Aggregation Group" means each plan in the Required
                   ----------------------------
                  Aggregation  Group  and any  other  qualified  plan  or  plans
                  maintained by an employer  within the PepsiCo  Organization if
                  such group of plans, when considered together,  would meet the
                  requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) and 410.

         (h)      "Required  Aggregation  Group"  means,  with respect to a Plan
                   ----------------------------
                  Year for which a  determination  is being made, (i) this Plan,
                  (ii) each  other  qualified  plan of an  employer  within  the
                  PepsiCo  Organization  in which at least one Key Employee is a
                  participant, and (iii) any other qualified plan of an employer
                  within  the  PepsiCo   Organization  which  enables  any  plan
                  described  in  subparagraphs  (i) and  (ii)  above to meet the
                  requirements of Code Sections 401(a)(4) or 410.

         (i)      "Top  Heavy  Plan"  means  the Plan,  if any of the  following
                   ----------------
                  conditions exists:

                  (1)      The Top Heavy Ratio for the Plan  exceeds 60% and the
                           Plan is not part of any Required Aggregation Group or
                           Permissive Aggregation Group;

                  (2)      If the Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group
                           but is not part of a  Permissive  Aggregation  Group,
                           the Top Heavy  Ration  for the  Required  Aggregation
                           Group exceeds 60%;

                  (3)      If the Plan is a part of a Required Aggregation Group
                           and part of a Permissive  Aggregation  Group, the Top
                           Heavy  Ratio  for the  Permissive  Aggregation  Group
                           exceeds 60%.

         (j)      "Top Heavy Ratio" means,  with respect to the plans taken into
                   ---------------
                  consideration,  a  fraction,  the  numerator  of  which is the
                  present  value of the accrued  benefits for all Key  Employees
                  under the Defined Benefit Plans of the Aggregation Group as of

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                                                                        Page 103


                  the  Determination  Date for each plan plus the sum of account
                  balances for all Key Employees under the Defined  Contribution
                  Plans  of  the  Aggregation  Group,  in  each  case  as of the
                  respective  Determination  Date  (including  any  part  of any
                  accrued  benefit  or  account   balance   distributed  in  the
                  five-year  period ending on the  Determination  Date), and the
                  denominator  of which is the sum of the  present  value of all
                  accrued  benefits for all Non-Key  Employees under the Defined
                  Benefit  Plans of the  Aggregation  Group  plus the sum of all
                  account  balances  of  all  Non-Key  Employees  under  Defined
                  Contribution  Plans of the Aggregation  Group, in each case as
                  of the respective  Determination Date for each plan (including
                  any part of any accrued benefit or account balance distributed
                  in the five-year period ending on the Determination Date), all
                  determined in accordance with Code Section 416.

         For purposes of this definition:

         The accrued  benefit and account  balances of Key Employees under plans
         that  terminated  within the 5 year period ending on the  Determination
         Date (including  amounts which were distributed during such period) are
         taken into account for purposes of determining the Top Heavy Ratio.

         The account  balances and accrued  benefits of a Participant (1) who is
         not a Key Employee  but who was a Key Employee in a prior year,  or (2)
         who has not been credited with at least one Hour of Service at any time
         during the five-year period ending on the Determination  Date, shall be
         disregarded.
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                                                                        Page 104


         Generally,  the Plan Administrator shall calculate the present value of
         accrued  benefits  under Defined  Benefit Plans or simplified  employee
         pension plans included within the group in accordance with the terms of
         those plans and Code Section 416. If a Participant in a defined benefit
         plan is a  Non-Key  Employee,  however,  the Plan  Administrator  shall
         determine  such Non-Key  Employee's  Accrued  Benefit under the accrual
         method,  if any, which is applicable  uniformly to all Defined  Benefit
         Plans or, if there is no uniform method, in accordance with the slowest
         accrual  rate  permitted  under  the  fractional  rule  accrual  method
         described in Code Section 411(b)(1)(C).

         To  calculate  the present  value of benefits  under a Defined  Benefit
         Plan,  the Plan  Administrator  shall use the  interest  and  mortality
         assumptions  prescribed by the Defined  Benefit Plans to value benefits
         for top heavy purposes.

         If an aggregated  plan does not have a valuation date  coinciding  with
         the Determination  Date, the Plan Administrator shall value the accrued
         benefit or account  balance under such  aggregated  plan as of the most
         recent valuation date falling within the twelve-month  period ending on
         the  Determination  Date,  except as Code  Section  416 and  applicable
         Treasury  regulations  require  for the first and second plan year of a
         Defined Benefit Plan.

         The Plan  Administrator  shall calculate the value of account  balances
         and accrued benefits with reference to the Determination  Dates for the
         respective aggregated plans that fall within the same calendar year.
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                                                                        Page 105


16.2     APPLICATION OF ARTICLE XVI.

         If  the  Plan  is  determined  to  be  a  Top  Heavy  Plan  as  of  any
         Determination  Date, then it shall be subject to the rules set forth in
         the balance of this  Article  XVI,  beginning  with the first Plan Year
         commencing after such Determination Date.

16.3     MINIMUM VESTING.

(a)      If the Plan is determined to be a Top Heavy Plan for a Plan Year,  then
         with  respect  to each  Participant  who  completes  an Hour of Service
         during  such Plan  Year,  such  Participant's  vested  interest  in his
         Account,  determined  at any time that the Plan  continues  to be a Top
         Heavy Plan,  shall be no less than as  determined  under the  following
         table:

                    Years of Vesting Service               Vested Percentage
                    ------------------------               -----------------

                      Less than 3 years                           0%
                      3 years or more                           100%

(b)      If the Plan  subsequently  is  determined  to no  longer be a Top Heavy
         Plan,  then the above minimum  vesting  schedule shall not apply to any
         portion  of a  Participant's  Account  which is accrued on or after the
         first day of the  first  Plan Year in which the Plan is no longer a Top
         Heavy Plan,  provided that any Participant  with three or more Years of
         Vesting  Service  as of the first date on which the Plan is no longer a
         Top Heavy Plan may elect to  continue to be vested in  accordance  with
         the above minimum  vesting  schedule during the period that the Plan is
         not a Top Heavy Plan.
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                                                                        Page 106


16.4     MINIMUM CONTRIBUTIONS.

(a)      Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section,  if the Plan is determined to
         be a Top Heavy Plan for a Plan  Year,  minimum  Employer  contributions
         (including  forfeitures but excluding any Pre-Tax Contributions and any
         Employer    Matching    Contributions    necessary   to   satisfy   the
         nondiscrimination  requirements  of  Code  Section  401(k)  or of  Code
         Section 401(m)) shall be made on behalf of each Participant who has not
         Separated  from Service as of the end of the Plan Year and who is not a
         Key Employee,  of not less than the lesser of the following  percentage
         of the Key Employee's 415 Compensation for the Plan Year, as defined in
         Section 15.1(g):

         (i)      3%, or

         (ii)     the highest  percentage of Employer  contributions  (including
                  forfeitures  and  amounts  contributed  pursuant  to a  salary
                  reduction  agreement) made under the Plan for the Plan Year on
                  behalf of a Key Employee.

         However,  if a Defined  Benefit  Plan  which  benefits  a Key  Employee
         depends on this Plan to  satisfy  the  nondiscrimination  rules of Code
         Section 401(a)(4) or the coverage rules of Code Section 410 (or another
         plan  benefiting  the Key Employee so depends on such  defined  benefit
         plan), the allocation is 3% of the Non-Key Employee's  Compensation for
         the  Plan  Year  regardless  of  the  contribution  rate  for  the  Key
         Employees.

(b)      If, for Plan Year, there are no allocations of Employer  contributions,
         forfeitures or Pre-tax  Contributions for any Key Employee to the Plan,
         no minimum  allocation shall be required with respect to the Plan Year,
         except as  otherwise  may be  required  because of another  plan in the
         Aggregation Group.
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                                                                        Page 107


(c)      The minimum  allocation  required under this Section 16.4 shall be made
         after Employer contributions and forfeitures are made.

(d)      Notwithstanding  paragraph  (a) above,  for a Plan Year, a  Participant
         covered under this Plan, which is determined to be Top Heavy, and a Top
         Heavy defined  benefit plan,  shall receive the defined benefit minimum
         from the Top Heavy defined benefit plan.

         Notwithstanding  paragraph  (a) above,  for a Plan Year, a  Participant
         covered  under  this Plan,  which is  determined  to be Top Heavy,  and
         another Top Heavy defined  contribution plan, shall receive the defined
         contribution  minimum  from the other Top  Heavy  defined  contribution
         plan.

16.5     ADJUSTMENT TO COMBINED LIMITATION.

         For any Plan  Year in which  the Plan is  determined  to be a Top Heavy
         Plan,  the  provisions  of Code  Section  415(e)  shall be  applied  by
         substituting "1.0" for "1.25" wherever "1.25" applies therein.

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                                                                        Page 108


              EXHIBIT A -- ELIGIBLE UNITS OF HOURLY-PAID EMPLOYEES



             Name of Unit                                   Effective Date
             ------------                                   --------------

    City of Industry, California Facility                   Effective Date

    Juice Bowl, Lakeland, Florida Facility                  Effective Date

    Tropicana Transportation Corp.                          Effective Date




Exihibit 5a
                          [PEPSICO, INC. LETTERHEAD]

                                October 18, 1999


The Board of Directors
PepsiCo, Inc.
Purchase, New York  10577


Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

         I have acted as counsel to PepsiCo,  Inc., a North Carolina corporation
(the  "Company'),   in  connection  with  the  registration  on  Form  S-8  (the
"Registration  Statement")  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the
"Act"), of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's Capital Stock (the "Shares"), to be
issued in accordance with the terms of the PepsiCo 401(k) Plan (the "Plan").

         I have reviewed such corporate records,  documents and questions of law
and fact I we have considered  necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this
opinion.

         Based on such review,  I am of the opinion  that the Shares  registered
pursuant to the Registration Statement to which this opinion is an exhibit, when
issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan,  will be validly issued,  fully
paid and nonassessable.

         I consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  letter as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

         This opinion letter is rendered as of the date above and I disclaim any
obligation to advise you of facts,  circumstances,  events or developments which
may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein


                                           Very truly yours,


                                           /s/ Lawrence F. Dickie

                                           Lawrence F. Dickie
                                           Vice President, Associate General
                                               Counsel and Assistant Secretary




                                  EXHIBIT 23.1

                               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP




We consent to the use of our audit report dated  February 1, 1999,  except as to
Note 18 which is as of March 8, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheet
of PepsiCo Inc., and  Subsidiaries as of December 26, 1998 and December 27, 1997
and the related consolidated  statements of income, cash flows and shareholders'
equity for each of the years in the  three-year  period ended December 26, 1998,
incorporated  herein by reference in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 of
PepsiCo, Inc. pertaining to the PepsiCo 401(k) Plan.

Further,  we acknowledge  our awareness of the use therein of our review reports
dated April 22, 1999, July 20, 1999 and October 6, 1999 related to our review of
interim financial information.

Pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  such review reports
are not considered part of a registration  statement prepared of certified by an
accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning
of sections 7 and 11 of the Act.



                            /s/     KPMG LLP

New York, New York
October 15, 1999



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned,  an officer of PepsiCo,  Inc.  ("PepsiCo") does hereby appoint
Robert F. Sharpe,  Jr. and Lawrence F. Dickie,  and each of them severally,  his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact,  to execute on behalf of the  undersigned the
following documents and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments):


     (i)          Registration  Statements No. 33-53232 and 33-64243 relating to
                  the offer and sale of PepsiCo's Debt  Securities and Warrants,
                  and  any   registration   statements   deemed   by  any   such
                  attorney-in-fact  to be necessary or  appropriate  to register
                  the offer and sale of debt  securities  or warrants by PepsiCo
                  or  guarantees  by  PepsiCo of any of its  subsidiaries'  debt
                  securities or warrants;

     (ii)         Registration  Statements  No.  33-4635,  33-21607,   33-30372,
                  33-31844,   33-37271,  33-37978,  33-47314  and  33-47527  all
                  relating to the  primary  and/or  secondary  offer and sale of
                  PepsiCo  Capital Stock issued or exchanged in connection  with
                  acquisition  transactions,  and  any  registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate to register the primary and/or secondary offer and
                  sale  of  PepsiCo   Capital   Stock  issued  or  exchanged  in
                  acquisition transactions;

     (iii)        Registration  Statements  No.  33-29037,  33-35602,  33-42058,
                  33-51496,  33-54731, 33-42121, 33-50685, and 33-66150 relating
                  to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under
                  the PepsiCo SharePower Stock; and any registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate  to  register  the  offer  and sale of  shares  of
                  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under the  PepsiCo  SharePower  Stock
                  Option Plan to employees of PepsiCo or otherwise;

     (iv)         Registration  Statements  No.  2-82645,  33-51514 and 33-60965
                  covering the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock
                  under  the Long  Term  Savings  Program  of  PepsiCo,  and any
                  registration statements deemed by any such attorney-in-fact to
                  be necessary or  appropriate to register the offer and sale of
                  shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock under the long term  savings
                  programs of any other subsidiary of PepsiCo;

     (v)          Registration  Statements No. 33-61731 and 333-09363 pertaining
                  to the offer and sale of PepsiCo Capital Stock under PepsiCo's
                  1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan,  Registration  Statement No.
                  33-54733,  relating to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo
                  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1994 Long-Term  Incentive Plan,
                  Registration  Statement No. 33-19539 relating to the offer and
<PAGE>

                  sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1987
                  Incentive  Plan and  resales  of such  shares by  officers  of
                  PepsiCo,  and  Registration  Statement No. 2-65410 relating to
                  the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under
                  PepsiCo's 1979 Incentive Plan, 1972 Performance Share Plan, as
                  amended,  and various option plans, and resales of such shares
                  by officers of PepsiCo;

     (vi)         Registration  Statement No. 33-22970 relating to the offer and
                  sale of  shares  of  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under  PepsiCo's
                  Director Stock Plan;

     (vii)        All other applications,  reports, registrations,  information,
                  documents  and  instruments  filed or  required to be filed by
                  PepsiCo with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock
                  exchanges or any governmental official or agency in connection
                  with the listing,  registration or approval of PepsiCo Capital
                  Stock,  PepsiCo debt securities or warrants,  other securities
                  or PepsiCo  guarantees of its subsidiaries' debt securities or
                  warrants,  or the offer and sale thereof,  on in order to meet
                  PepsiCo's reporting requirements to such entities or persons;

and to file  the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in
connection  therewith,  and each of such  attorneys  shall have the power to act
hereunder with or without the other.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned has executed this instrument as of October
18, 1999.

                                             /s/ Lionel L. Nowell, III
                                         -------------------------
                                         Lionel L. Nowell, III
                                         Senior Vice President and Controller



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned,  a director of PepsiCo,  Inc.  ("PepsiCo") does hereby appoint
Robert F. Sharpe,  Jr. and Lawrence F. Dickie,  and each of them severally,  his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact,  to execute on behalf of the  undersigned the
following documents and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments):

     (i)          Registration  Statements No. 33-53232 and 33-64243 relating to
                  the offer and sale of PepsiCo's Debt  Securities and Warrants,
                  and  any   registration   statements   deemed   by  any   such
                  attorney-in-fact  to be necessary or  appropriate  to register
                  the offer and sale of debt  securities  or warrants by PepsiCo
                  or  guarantees  by  PepsiCo of any of its  subsidiaries'  debt
                  securities or warrants;

     (ii)         Registration  Statements  No.  33-4635,  33-21607,   33-30372,
                  33-31844,   33-37271,  33-37978,  33-47314  and  33-47527  all
                  relating to the  primary  and/or  secondary  offer and sale of
                  PepsiCo  Capital Stock issued or exchanged in connection  with
                  acquisition  transactions,  and  any  registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate to register the primary and/or secondary offer and
                  sale  of  PepsiCo   Capital   Stock  issued  or  exchanged  in
                  acquisition transactions;

     (iii)        Registration  Statements  No.  33-29037,  33-35602,  33-42058,
                  33-51496,  33-54731, 33-42121, 33-50685, and 33-66150 relating
                  to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under
                  the PepsiCo SharePower Stock; and any registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate  to  register  the  offer  and sale of  shares  of
                  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under the  PepsiCo  SharePower  Stock
                  Option Plan to employees of PepsiCo or otherwise;

     (iv)         Registration  Statements  No.  2-82645,  33-51514 and 33-60965
                  covering the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock
                  under  the Long  Term  Savings  Program  of  PepsiCo,  and any
                  registration statements deemed by any such attorney-in-fact to
                  be necessary or  appropriate to register the offer and sale of
                  shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock under the long term  savings
                  programs of any other subsidiary of PepsiCo;

     (v)          Registration  Statements No. 33-61731 and 333-09363 pertaining
                  to the offer and sale of PepsiCo Capital Stock under PepsiCo's
                  1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan,  Registration  Statement No.
                  33-54733,  relating to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo
                  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1994 Long-Term  Incentive Plan,
                  Registration  Statement No. 33-19539 relating to the offer and
                  sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1987
<PAGE>

                  Incentive  Plan and  resales  of such  shares by  officers  of
                  PepsiCo,  and  Registration  Statement No. 2-65410 relating to
                  the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under
                  PepsiCo's 1979 Incentive Plan, 1972 Performance Share Plan, as
                  amended,  and various option plans, and resales of such shares
                  by officers of PepsiCo;

     (vi)         Registration  Statement No. 33-22970 relating to the offer and
                  sale of  shares  of  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under  PepsiCo's
                  Director Stock Plan;

     (vii)        All other applications,  reports, registrations,  information,
                  documents  and  instruments  filed or  required to be filed by
                  PepsiCo with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock
                  exchanges or any governmental official or agency in connection
                  with the listing,  registration or approval of PepsiCo Capital
                  Stock,  PepsiCo debt securities or warrants,  other securities
                  or PepsiCo  guarantees of its subsidiaries' debt securities or
                  warrants,  or the offer and sale thereof,  on in order to meet
                  PepsiCo's reporting requirements to such entities or persons;

and to file  the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in
connection  therewith,  and each of such  attorneys  shall have the power to act
hereunder with or without the other.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned has executed this instrument as of May 5,
1999.

                                                        /s/ Arthur C. Martinez
                                                     -------------------------
                                                        Arthur C. Martinez



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

The  undersigned,  a director of PepsiCo,  Inc.  ("PepsiCo") does hereby appoint
Robert F. Sharpe,  Jr. and Lawrence F. Dickie,  and each of them severally,  his
true and lawful  attorney-in-fact,  to execute on behalf of the  undersigned the
following documents and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments):


     (i)          Registration  Statements No. 33-53232 and 33-64243 relating to
                  the offer and sale of PepsiCo's Debt  Securities and Warrants,
                  and  any   registration   statements   deemed   by  any   such
                  attorney-in-fact  to be necessary or  appropriate  to register
                  the offer and sale of debt  securities  or warrants by PepsiCo
                  or  guarantees  by  PepsiCo of any of its  subsidiaries'  debt
                  securities or warrants;

     (ii)         Registration  Statements  No.  33-4635,  33-21607,   33-30372,
                  33-31844,   33-37271,  33-37978,  33-47314  and  33-47527  all
                  relating to the  primary  and/or  secondary  offer and sale of
                  PepsiCo  Capital Stock issued or exchanged in connection  with
                  acquisition  transactions,  and  any  registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate to register the primary and/or secondary offer and
                  sale  of  PepsiCo   Capital   Stock  issued  or  exchanged  in
                  acquisition transactions;

     (iii)        Registration  Statements  No.  33-29037,  33-35602,  33-42058,
                  33-51496,  33-54731, 33-42121, 33-50685, and 33-66150 relating
                  to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock under
                  the PepsiCo SharePower Stock; and any registration  statements
                  deemed  by  any  such  attorney-in-fact  to  be  necessary  or
                  appropriate  to  register  the  offer  and sale of  shares  of
                  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under the  PepsiCo  SharePower  Stock
                  Option Plan to employees of PepsiCo or otherwise;

    (iv)          Registration  Statements  No.  2-82645,  33-51514 and 33-60965
                  covering the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo Capital Stock
                  under  the Long  Term  Savings  Program  of  PepsiCo,  and any
                  registration statements deemed by any such attorney-in-fact to
                  be necessary or  appropriate to register the offer and sale of
                  shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock under the long term  savings
                  programs of any other subsidiary of PepsiCo;

     (v)          Registration  Statements No. 33-61731 and 333-09363 pertaining
                  to the offer and sale of PepsiCo Capital Stock under PepsiCo's
                  1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan,  Registration  Statement No.
                  33-54733,  relating to the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo
                  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1994 Long-Term  Incentive Plan,
                  Registration  Statement No. 33-19539 relating to the offer and
<PAGE>

                  sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital Stock under  PepsiCo's 1987
                  Incentive  Plan and  resales  of such  shares by  officers  of
                  PepsiCo,  and  Registration  Statement No. 2-65410 relating to
                  the offer and sale of shares of PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under
                  PepsiCo's 1979 Incentive Plan, 1972 Performance Share Plan, as
                  amended,  and various option plans, and resales of such shares
                  by officers of PepsiCo;

     (vi)         Registration  Statement No. 33-22970 relating to the offer and
                  sale of  shares  of  PepsiCo  Capital  Stock  under  PepsiCo's
                  Director Stock Plan;

     (vii)        All other applications,  reports, registrations,  information,
                  documents  and  instruments  filed or  required to be filed by
                  PepsiCo with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any stock
                  exchanges or any governmental official or agency in connection
                  with the listing,  registration or approval of PepsiCo Capital
                  Stock,  PepsiCo debt securities or warrants,  other securities
                  or PepsiCo  guarantees of its subsidiaries' debt securities or
                  warrants,  or the offer and sale thereof,  on in order to meet
                  PepsiCo's reporting requirements to such entities or persons;

and to file  the  same,  with  all  exhibits  thereto  and  other  documents  in
connection  therewith,  and each of such  attorneys  shall have the power to act
hereunder with or without the other.

IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned has executed this instrument as of May 5,
1999.

                                                        /s/ Franklin D. Raines
                                                     -------------------------
                                                           Franklin D. Raines


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