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PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 8 Rule 424(b) (2)
TRADE DATE: October 13, 1995 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 ( ) 6.27% Fixed Rate Note (X)
Principal Amount: $10,000,000.00 Issue Price: 100%
Original Issue Date: October 18, 1995 Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Interest Accrual Date: October 18, 1995 Maturity Date: October 18, 2000
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. Incorporated
Index Currency: U.S. Dollars Agent's Discount or
Interest Reset Period: N/A Commission: $50,000.00
Interest Reset Dates: N/A Net Proceeds to Co.: $9,950,000.00
( ) Agent is acting as Agent for the sale of Notes by the Company at a price
to the public of (x) 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 100% 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
