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TROPICANA
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
Senior Vice President
General Counsel and Secretary
September 23, 1998
VIA EDGAR
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Re: Registration Statement No. 333-56783
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450 Fifth Street, NW
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, DC 20549
To whom it may concern:
This letter serves as an application to the Securities and Exchange
Commission for the withdrawal by Tropicana Products, Inc. (the
"Company") of its Registration Statement No. 333-56783 pursuant to
Rule 477 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. This application
is made on the grounds that Seagram Enterprises, Inc., formerly the
Company's sole stockholder, has sold all of the common stock of the
Company to PepsiCo, Inc.
Very truly yours,
Richard F. Hamm, Jr.
cc: Jon Kiesel, NYSE
