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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 5 Rule 424(b)(2)
TRADE DATE: January 12, 1994 Registration No. 33-50961
(To Prospectus Supplement dated December 3, 1993
including the Prospectus dated November 30, 1993)
TAMBRANDS INC.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES
Due More Than Nine Months from Date of Issue
Floating Rate Note ( ) 4.65% Fixed Rate Note (X)
Principal Amount: $10,000,000.00 Issue Price: 99.75%
Original Issue Date: January 20, 1994 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: January 20, 1994 Maturity Date: January 21, 1997
Redemption Date(s): None New Notice of
Redemption Price(s): N/A Maturity Renewal
Authorized Denominations (if other than Date(s): Date(s):
denominations of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
in U.S. Dollars): N/A
Repayment Date(s): None Interest Payment Period:
Repayment Price(s): N/A Semi-Annual
Original Issue Discount Interest Payment Dates:
Note: ( ) Yes (X) No January 1 and July 1
Total Amount of OID: N/A
Yield to Maturity: N/A Global Security: (X) Yes ( ) No
Initial Accrual Period OID: N/A Exchange Rate Agent: N/A
Method Used to Determine Historical Exchange Rate: N/A
Yield to Maturity and Initial
Accrual Period OID: N/A
(Only applicable to Floating Rate Notes): Spread (plus or minus): N/A
Initial Interest Rate: N/A Spread Multiplier: N/A
Index Maturity: N/A Maximum Interest Rate: N/A
Base Rate(s): N/A Minimum Interest Rate: N/A
If LIBOR, Designated LIBOR Page: Calculation Rate Agent: N/A
( ) LIBOR Reuters
( ) LIBOR Telerate Name of Agent: Morgan Stanley
& Co.
Index Currency: U.S. Dollars Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: N/A Commission: $35,000.00
Interest Reset Dates: N/A Net Proceeds to Co.: $9,940,000.00
( ) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company
at a price to the public of ( ) 100% of Principal Amount
or ( ) ______% of Principal Amount.
(x) Agent is purchasing Notes from the Company as Principal for
resale to investors and other purchasers at: (x) a fixed initial
public offering price of 99.75% of the principal amount; ( ) a fixed
initial public offering price of___% of the principal amount; or ( )
varying prices relating to prevailing market prices at time of resale
to be determined by Agent.
Additional Terms: N/A
