PepsiCo, Inc. Offers €1,000,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Its 0.750% Senior Notes Due 2033
October 14, 2021 at 04:38 pm EDT
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PepsiCo, Inc. announced on October 7, 2021 an offering of €1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 0.750% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”). BNP Paribas, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. International plc were joint book-running managers for the offering of the Notes. PepsiCo received net proceeds of approximately €991 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by PepsiCo. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the repurchase of outstanding indebtedness and the repayment of commercial paper. The Notes were offered and sold pursuant to a Terms Agreement dated October 7, 2021 among PepsiCo and the several underwriters, under PepsiCo’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-234767), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 18, 2019. PepsiCo has filed with the SEC a prospectus supplement, dated October 7, 2021, together with the accompanying prospectus, dated November 18, 2019, relating to the offer and sale of the Notes. The Notes were issued on October 14, 2021 pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 21, 2007 between PepsiCo and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.
PepsiCo, Inc. is one of the worldwide leaders in producing non-alcoholic beverages and snacks. Net sales break down by area of activity as follows:
- North America (60.8%): sale of beverages (49.7% of net sales; sodas, concentrated juices, water, tea and coffee-based beverages; Aquafina, Diet Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Gatorade Zero, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Propel brands, etc.), snacks (44.7%; chips, tortillas and pretzels; Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, Fritos, Ruffles, etc.), and cereals (5.6%; ready-to-eat cereals, rice, wheat, etc.);
- Europe (14.5%): sale of snacks (Cheetos, Chipita, Doritos, Lay's, Ruffles and Walkers brands) and beverages (7UP, Diet Pepsi, Lubimy Sad, Mirinda, Pepsi and Pepsi Max);
- Latin America (12.7%): sales of snacks (Cheetos, Doritos, Emperador, Lay's, Mabel, Marias Gamesa, Ruffles, Sabritas, Saladitas and Tostitos brands) and beverages (7UP, Gatorade, H2oh!, Manzanita Sol, Mirinda, Pepsi, Pepsi Black, San Carlos and Toddy)
- Asia/Pacific/Australia/New Zealand (6.7%): sale of snacks (BaiCaoWei, Cheetos, Doritos, Lay's and Smith's brands), beverages and syrups (7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Pepsi and Sting);
- Africa/Middle East/South Asia (5.3%): sale of snacks (Chipsy, Doritos, Kurkure, Lay's, Sasko, Spekko and White Star brands) and beverages (7UP, Aquafina, Mirinda, Mountain Dew and Pepsi).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (57%), Mexico (7.7%), Canada (4.1%), Russia (3.9%), China (3%), the United Kingdom (2.1%), Brazil (1.9%), South Africa (1.9%) and other (18.4%).
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