Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 333-27297
PRICING SUPPLEMENT Number 9, Dated August 4, 1999 (To Prospectus dated August 6,
1997 and Prospectus Supplement dated November 4, 1997)
$150,000,000
Tandy Corporation
Medium-Term Notes, Series B
Due Nine Months or More From Date of Issue
7.35% Medium-Term Notes Due August 9, 2004 (the "Notes")
The Notes being offered hereby are Medium-Term Notes, Series B of Tandy
Corporation (the "Company"). The description in this Pricing Supplement of the
particular terms of the Notes offered hereby supplements (and, to the extent
inconsistent, replaces) and should be read in conjunction with the description
of the general terms and provisions of the Company's Medium-Term Notes, Series B
set forth in the accompanying Prospectus, dated August 6, 1997, and Prospectus
Supplement, dated November 4, 1997, to which descriptions reference is made
hereby. Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in
the Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement.
The particulars relating to the Notes offered hereby are as follows:
Purchaser: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated
Specified Currency: U. S. dollars
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes: U.S. $10,000,000
Original Issue Date: August 9, 1999
Price to Public: 100% of Aggregate Principal Amount
of Notes
Purchaser's Discount Received from 0.50% of Aggregate Principal Amount
the Company: of Notes
Original Issue Price (Proceeds to Company): 99.50% of Aggregate Principal Amount
of Notes
Maturity Date: August 9, 2004
Denomination: U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples
thereof
Form of Notes: Book-Entry
Fixed Rate Notes: Interest Rate: 7.35% per annum
Interest Payment Dates: On April 1
and October 1 of each year and at
Maturity.
Record Dates: March 15 and September
15 of each year
CUSIP Number: 87538GAZ5
The Company and the Purchaser named above have entered into a Terms
Agreement for the issue and sale by the Company and the purchase by the
Purchaser of the Notes, which Terms Agreement incorporates by reference the
terms of the Sales Agreement, dated November 4, 1997, among the Company, the
Purchaser and the other Agents (as defined therein) party thereto.