PRICING SUPPLEMENT Number 5, Dated Filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
January 11, 1999 (To Prospectus dated Registration No. 333-27297
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
6.15% Medium-Term Notes Due January 15, 2002 (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 & Co.
Specified Currency: U.S. dollars
Aggregate Principal Amount of
Notes: U.S.$20,000,000
Original Issue Date: January 12, 1999
Price to Public: 100% of Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes
Agent's Commission Received
from the Company: 0.35% of Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes
Net Proceeds to Company: 99.65% of Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes
Maturity Date: January 15, 2002
Denomination: U.S.$1,000 and integral multiples thereof
Form of Notes: Book-Entry
Fixed Rate Notes: Interest Rate: 6.15% 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: 87538GAW2
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.
