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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 6, 2003

 

Registration No. 333-            


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

450 FIFTH STREET, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PepsiCo, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

NORTH CAROLINA   13-1584302

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

700 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, New York 10577

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

 


 

PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(Full Title of the Plan)

 


 

Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.

Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary

PepsiCo, Inc.

700 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, New York 10577

(914) 253-3623

(Name, Address and Telephone Number, including area code, of Agent for Service)

 


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


 

Title of Securities

to be Registered

 

Amount to be

Registered (1)

 

Proposed Maximum

Offering Price

Per Share (2)

 

Proposed

Maximum

Aggregate Offering

Price (2)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee


Common Stock,

par value 1 2/3 cents

per share

  70,000,000 Shares   $45.86   $3,210,200,000   $259,705.18

(1)   In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminable number of shares that may be offered and issued pursuant to stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)   Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.

 



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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

This Registration Statement includes a re-offer prospectus to be used by certain officers and directors of PepsiCo, Inc. in order to permit such persons to sell or otherwise dispose of securities received as grants under, or as a result of the exercise of stock options granted under, the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1987 Incentive Plan and the Director Stock Plan.

 

PART I

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a)

PROSPECTUS

 

ITEM 1. Plan Information.*

 

ITEM 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan’s Annual Information.*

 


*Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. A resale prospectus filed in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act and General Instruction C of Form S-8 is filed herewith.

 

PROSPECTUS

 

Up To 70,000,000 Shares

 


 

PepsiCo, Inc.

COMMON STOCK

(Par Value 1-2/3 cents Per Share)

 


 

This Prospectus relates to an aggregate of up to 70,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value 1-2/3 cents per share (“Common Stock”), of PepsiCo, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “we”, “us” or “PepsiCo”), offered by or for the account of certain of our officers and directors of PepsiCo (the “Selling Stockholders”) in order to permit such persons to sell or otherwise dispose of such securities from time to time. Certain information concerning the Selling Stockholders and their ownership of our Common Stock is set forth below under the caption “SELLING STOCKHOLDERS”.

 

We will not receive any of the proceeds from the sales of shares offered hereby.

 

We are incorporated under the laws of the State of North Carolina. Our principal executive offices are located at Purchase, New York 10577 (telephone no. (914) 253-2000).

 

Our Common Stock is listed on the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges.

 

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES

COMMISSION HAS PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.

ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

 


 

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No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations, other than those contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, in connection with the offer contained in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This Prospectus shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sales of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. Neither delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that the information herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof.

 


 

The date of this Prospectus is September 30, 2003.

 

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Where You Can Find Additional Information

 

Documents Incorporated by Reference

 

The Offering

 

Selling Stockholders

 

Experts

 

Supplemental Information

 

WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

We file annual, quarterly and special reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. You can request copies of these documents upon payment of a duplicating fee, by writing to the SEC. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the operation of the public reference rooms. Our SEC filings will also be available to you on the SEC’s Web site. The address of this site is http://www.sec.gov. In addition, such reports, proxy statements and other information can be inspected at the offices of the New York and Chicago Stock Exchanges, on which our shares are listed.

 

We have filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the securities offered hereby. For further information regarding us, reference should be made to the Registration Statement, the documents incorporated by reference therein and the exhibits relating thereto.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

The information listed below, which has been filed by us with the SEC, is specifically incorporated herein by reference:

 

(a)    Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 28, 2002;

(b)    Our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for our fiscal year ended December 28, 2002;

(c)    Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the twelve weeks ended March 22, 2003;

(d)    Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for the twelve weeks ended March 22, 2003;

(e)    Our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the twelve and twenty four week periods ended June 14, 2003;

(f)     PepsiCo’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2003, February 6, 2003, March 4, 2003, July 29, 2003 and September 3, 2003; and

 

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(g)    The description of our Common Stock, contained in our most recent Registration Statement on Form 8-A, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, including any amendment thereto or report filed by us for the purpose of updating such description.

 

All documents filed by us pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) after the date hereof, and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment indicating the termination of the offering of the securities offered hereby, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

 

Any statement contained herein, or in a document all or a portion of which is incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.

 

We will furnish without charge to each person to whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, a copy of any or all of the documents incorporated herein by reference (not including exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests should be addressed to: PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, New York 10577, Attention: Manager of Shareholder Relations, (914) 253-3055.

 

THE OFFERING

 

The shares covered by this Prospectus were, or are expected to be, acquired by the Selling Stockholders through the grant of awards or exercise of stock options granted under the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1987 Incentive Plan and the Director Stock Plan (collectively, the “Plan”).

 

The shares of Common Stock being offered hereby may be sold from time to time in transactions on national securities exchanges, or in privately negotiated transactions, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale or at negotiated prices.

 

Selling Stockholders may sell some or all of the shares in transactions involving broker-dealers, who may act solely as agent and/or may acquire shares as principal. Broker-dealers participating in such transactions as agent may receive commissions from Selling Stockholders (and, if they act as agent for the purchaser of such shares from such purchaser) computed in appropriate cases in accordance with the applicable rules of the national securities exchange on which such transactions are consummated, which commissions may be at negotiated rates where permissible under such rules. Participating broker-dealers may agree with Selling Stockholders to sell a specified number of shares at a stipulated price per share, and, to the extent such a broker-dealer is unable to do so acting as agent for Selling Stockholders, to purchase as principal any unsold shares at the price required to fulfill the broker-dealer’s commitment to Selling Shareholders.

 

In addition or alternatively, shares may be sold by Selling Stockholders and/or by or through broker-dealers in special offerings, exchange distributions or secondary distributions pursuant to and in compliance with the governing rules of an appropriate national securities exchange, and in connection therewith commissions in excess of the customary commission prescribed by the rules of such securities exchange may be paid to participating broker-dealers, or, in the case of certain secondary distributions, a discount or concession from the offering price may be allowed to participating broker-dealers in excess of such customary commission.

 

The Selling Stockholders have advised us that they presently have no arrangements or understandings pertaining to distribution of any of the shares covered hereby.

 

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Selling Stockholders and broker-dealers effecting sales on their behalf may be deemed to be “underwriters” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933. Any commissions paid or any discounts or concessions allowed to any such broker-dealers, and, if any of such broker-dealers purchase such shares as principal, any profits received on the resale of such shares, may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.

 

On September 26, 2003 the closing sales price for our Common Stock, as reported in The Wall Street Journal was $45.63 per share.

 

SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

 

Name and Material Relationships

with PepsiCo Since September 2000


  

Shares of Common

Stock Available to

be Resold (whether

or not there is a

present intent

to do so)


  

Shares of

Common

Stock

Beneficially

Owned *


  

Shares of

Common Stock Subject to

Right to Acquire Prior to

September 30, 2004


John F. Akers

    Director

   66,711    24,926    66,711

Robert E. Allen

    Director

   46,997    7,136    46,997

David R. Andrews

    Senior Vice President,

    Government Affairs, General

    Counsel and Secretary

   72,000    0    72,000

Peter A. Bridgman

    Senior Vice President and

    Controller

   158,721    4,378    157,444

Abelardo E. Bru

    Chairman and Chief Executive

    Officer, Frito-Lay North

    America; President and Chief

    Executive Officer, Frito-Lay

    North America

   1,187,093    4,440    1,187,093

Peter Foy

    Director

   44,359    3,696    44,359

Ray L. Hunt

    Director

   65,911    24,500    65,911

 

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Arthur C. Martinez

    Director

   23,645    2,000    23,645

Matthew M. McKenna

    Senior Vice President of

    Finance; Senior Vice President

    and Treasurer

   429,257    920    429,257

Margaret D. Moore

    Senior Vice President, Human

    Resources

   352,739    36,328    336,372

Indra K. Nooyi

    Director; President and Chief

    Financial Officer; Senior Vice

    President and Chief Financial

    Officer

   819,245    27,389    793,439

Lionel L. Nowell, III

    Senior Vice President and

    Treasurer; Senior Vice President

    and Chief Financial Officer, The

    Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.

   377,820    426    377,820

Franklin D. Raines

    Director

   29,504    1,000    29,504

Steven S Reinemund

    Director; Chairman and Chief

    Executive Officer; President and

    Chief Operating Officer

   3,066,721    100,297    2,972,413

Sharon Percy Rockefeller

    Director

   38,508    44,900    38,508

Gary M. Rodkin

    Chairman and Chief Executive

    Officer, PepsiCo Beverages

    and Foods; Chairman and Chief

    Executive Officer, PepsiCo

    Beverages and Foods North

    America; President and Chief

    Executive Officer, PepsiCo

    Beverages and Foods North

    America; Chief Executive

    Officer, Pepsi-Cola North

    America

   834,001    3,758    834,001

James J. Schiro

    Director

   11,377    2,085    10,377

Franklin A. Thomas

    Director

   42,883    1,000    42,883

Cynthia M. Trudell

    Director

   26,866    0    26,866

 

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Solomon D. Trujillo

    Director

   37,762    4,000    37,762

Daniel Vasella

    Director

   15,584    5,167    10,417

Michael D. White

    Chairman and Chief Executive

    Officer, PepsiCo International;

    President and Chief Executive

    Officer, Frito-Lay’s Europe/

    Africa/ Middle East Division

   880,082    14,036    880,082

*Includes the shares in PepsiCo’s 401(k) plan as of September 24, 2003.

 

EXPERTS

 

The consolidated financial statements of PepsiCo, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001 and for each of the years in the three-year fiscal period ended December 28, 2002, have been incorporated by reference into this Prospectus in reliance upon the report of KPMG LLP, independent certified public accountants, incorporated by reference herein, and upon the authority of such Firm as experts in accounting and auditing. The audit report covering the December 28, 2002 financial statements refers to the adoption of FASB 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” as of December 30, 2001.

 

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

 

The information contained in this Prospectus, including, without limitation, information relating to the Selling Stockholders, may be updated from time to time by means of a supplement containing updating information.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

ITEM 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference

 

PepsiCo, Inc. (the “Registrant”) and the Plan hereby incorporate by reference in this Registration Statement the following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”):

 

(1) the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), for its fiscal year ended December 28, 2002,

 

(2) the Registrant’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-Q/A filed for the quarter ended March 22, 2003 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 14, 2003,

 

(3) the Registrant’s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 30, 2003, February 6, 2003, March 4, 2003, July 29, 2003 and September 3, 2003, and

 

(4) the description of the Registrant’s Common Stock, par value 1-2/3 cents per share, contained in the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, and all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

 

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All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Any of the foregoing documents will be furnished to participants in the Plan without charge, upon written or oral request.

 

ITEM 4. Description of Securities

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

 

The legality of the original issuance shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan has been passed upon for the Registrant by Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant. Mr. Tamoney is a full-time employee of PepsiCo and beneficially owns equity securities of the Registrant with an aggregate value in excess of $50,000.

 

ITEM 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

(i) Sections 55-8-50 through 55-8-58 of the North Carolina Business Corporation Act provide as follows:

 

“Section. 55-8-50. Policy statement and definitions.

 

(a) It is the public policy of this State to enable corporations organized under this Chapter to attract and maintain responsible, qualified directors, officers, employees and agents, and, to that end, to permit corporations organized under this Chapter to allocate the risk of personal liability of directors, officers, employees and agents through indemnification and insurance as authorized in this Part.

 

(b) Definitions in this Part:

 

(1) ‘Corporation’ includes any domestic or foreign corporation absorbed in a merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had the obligation or power to indemnify its directors, officers, employees, or agents, so that a person who would have been entitled to receive or request indemnification from such corporation if its separate existence had continued shall stand in the same position under this Part with respect to the surviving corporation.

 

(2) ‘Director’ means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or an individual who, while a director of a corporation, is or was serving at the corporation’s request as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise. A director is considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation’s request if his duties to the corporation also impose duties on, or otherwise involve services by, him to the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan. ‘Director’ includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a director.

 

(3) ‘Expenses’ means expenses of every kind incurred in defending a proceeding, including counsel fees.

 

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(4) ‘Liability’ means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement, penalty, fine (including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan), or reasonable expenses incurred with respect to a proceeding.

 

(4a) ‘Officer’, ‘employee’ or ‘agent’ includes, unless the context requires otherwise, the estate or personal representative of a person who acted in that capacity.

 

(5) ‘Official capacity’ means: (i) when used with respect to a director, the office of director in a corporation; and (ii) when used with respect to an individual other than a director, as contemplated in G.S. 55-8-56, the office in a corporation held by the officer or the employment or agency relationship undertaken by the employee or agent on behalf of the corporation. ‘Official capacity’ does not include service for any other foreign or domestic corporation or any partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise.

 

(6) ‘Party’ includes an individual who was, is, or is threatened to be made a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

 

(7) ‘Proceeding’ means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative and whether formal or informal.

 

Section 55-8-51. Authority to indemnify.

 

(a) Except as provided in subsection (d), a corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because he is or was a director against liability incurred in the proceeding if:

 

(1) He conducted himself in good faith; and

 

(2) He reasonably believed (i) in the case of conduct in his official capacity with the corporation, that his conduct was in its best interests; and (ii) in all other cases, that his conduct was at least not opposed to its best interests; and

 

(3) In the case of any criminal proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.

 

(b) A director’s conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose he reasonably believed to be in the interests of the participants in and beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirement of subsection (a)(2)(ii).

 

(c) The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest or its equivalent is not, of itself, determinative that the director did not meet the standard of conduct described in this section.

 

(d) A corporation may not indemnify a director under this section:

 

(1) In connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation in which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation; or

 

(2) In connection with any other proceeding charging improper personal benefit to him, whether or not involving action in his official capacity, in which he was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by him.

 

(e) Indemnification permitted under this section in connection with a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation that is concluded without a final adjudication on the issue of liability is limited to reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the proceeding.

 

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(f) The authorization, approval or favorable recommendation by the board of directors of a corporation of indemnification, as permitted by this section, shall not be deemed an act or corporate transaction in which a director has a conflict of interest, and no such indemnification shall be void or voidable on such ground.

 

Section 55-8-52. Mandatory indemnification.

 

Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he was a party because he is or was a director of the corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.

 

Section 55-8-53. Advance for expenses.

 

Expenses incurred by a director in defending a proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding as authorized by the board of directors in the specific case or as authorized or required under any provision in the articles of incorporation or bylaws or by any applicable resolution or contract upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director to repay such amount unless it shall ultimately be determined that he is entitled to be indemnified by the corporation against such expenses.

 

Section 55-8-54. Court-ordered indemnification.

 

Unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for indemnification to the court conducting the proceeding or to another court of competent jurisdiction. On receipt of an application, the court after giving any notice the court considers necessary may order indemnification if it determines:

 

(1) The director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under G.S. 55-8-52, in which case the court shall also order the corporation to pay the director’s reasonable expenses incurred to obtain court-ordered indemnification; or

 

(2) The director is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not he met the standard of conduct set forth in G.S. 55-8-51 or was adjudged liable as described in G.S. 55-8-51(d), but if he was adjudged so liable his indemnification is limited to reasonable expenses incurred.

 

Section 55-8-55. Determination and authorization of indemnification.

 

(a) A corporation may not indemnify a director under G.S. 55-8-51 unless authorized in the specific case after a determination has been made that indemnification of the director is permissible in the circumstances because he has met the standard of conduct set forth in G.S. 55-8-51.

 

(b) The determination shall be made:

 

(1) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

 

(2) If a quorum cannot be obtained under subdivision (1), by majority vote of a committee duly designated by the board of directors (in which designation directors who are parties may participate), consisting solely of two or more directors not at the time parties to the proceeding;

 

(3) By special legal counsel (i) selected by the board of directors or its committee in the manner prescribed in subdivision (1) or (2); or (ii) if a quorum of the board of directors cannot be obtained under subdivision (1) and a committee cannot be designated under subdivision (2), selected by majority vote of the full board of directors (in which selection directors who are parties may participate); or

 

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(4) By the shareholders, but shares owned by or voted under the control of directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding may not be voted on the determination.

 

(c) Authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made in the same manner as the determination that indemnification is permissible, except that if the determination is made by special legal counsel, authorization of indemnification and evaluation as to reasonableness of expenses shall be made by those entitled under subsection (b)(3) to select counsel.

 

Section 55-8-56. Indemnification of officers, employees, and agents.

 

Unless a corporation’s articles of incorporation provide otherwise:

 

(1) An officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under G.S. 55-8-52, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under G.S. 55-8-54, in each case to the same extent as a director;

 

(2) The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this Part to an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation to the same extent as to a director; and

 

(3) A corporation may also indemnify and advance expenses to an officer, employee, or agent who is not a director to the extent, consistent with public policy, that may be provided by its articles of incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors, or contract.

 

Section 55-8-57. Additional indemnification and insurance.

 

(a) In addition to and separate and apart from the indemnification provided for in G.S. 55-8-51, 55-8-52, 55-8-54, 55-8-55 and 55-8-56, a corporation may in its articles of incorporation or bylaws or by contract or resolution indemnify or agree to indemnify any one or more of its directors, officers, employees, or agents against liability and expenses in any proceeding (including without limitation a proceeding brought by or on behalf of the corporation itself) arising out of their status as such or their activities in any of the foregoing capacities; provided, however, that a corporation may not indemnify or agree to indemnify a person against liability or expenses he may incur on account of his activities which were at the time taken known or believed by him to be clearly in conflict with the best interests of the corporation. A corporation may likewise and to the same extent indemnify or agree to indemnify any person who, at the request of the corporation, is or was serving as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or as a trustee or administrator under an employee benefit plan. Any provision in any articles of incorporation, bylaw, contract, or resolution permitted under this section may include provisions for recovery from the corporation of reasonable costs, expenses, and attorneys’ fees in connection with the enforcement of rights to indemnification granted therein and may further include provisions establishing reasonable procedures for determining and enforcing the rights granted therein.

 

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(b) The authorization, adoption, approval, or favorable recommendation by the board of directors of a public corporation of any provision in any articles of incorporation, bylaw, contract or resolution, as permitted in this section, shall not be deemed an act or corporate transaction in which a director has a conflict of interest, and no such articles of incorporation or bylaw provision or contract or resolution shall be void or voidable on such grounds. The authorization, adoption, approval, or favorable recommendation by the board of directors of a nonpublic corporation of any provision in any articles of incorporation, bylaw, contract or resolution, as permitted in this section, which occurred prior to July 1, 1990, shall not be deemed an act or corporate transaction in which a director has a conflict of interest, and no such articles of incorporation, bylaw provision, contract or resolution shall be void or voidable on such grounds. Except as permitted in G.S. 55-8-31, no such bylaw, contract, or resolution not adopted, authorized, approved or ratified by shareholders shall be effective as to claims made or liabilities asserted against any director prior to its adoption, authorization, or approval by the board of directors.

 

(c) A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or who, while a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or agent of another foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan, or other enterprise, against liability asserted against or incurred by him in that capacity or arising from his status as a director, officer, employee, or agent, whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify him against the same liability under any provision of this Chapter.

 

Section 55-8-58. Application of Part.

 

(a) If articles of incorporation limit indemnification or advance for expenses, indemnification and advance for expenses are valid only to the extent consistent with the articles.

 

(b) This Part does not limit a corporation’s power to pay or reimburse expenses incurred by a director in connection with his appearance as a witness in a proceeding at a time when he has not been made a named defendant or respondent to the proceeding.

 

(c) This Part shall not affect rights or liabilities arising out of acts or omissions occurring before July 1, 1990.”

 

(ii) Section 3.7 of Article III of the By-Laws of PepsiCo, Inc. provides as follows: Unless the Board of Directors shall determine otherwise, the Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, any person who was or is, or who is threatened to be made, a party to an action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that he, his testator or intestate, is or was a director, officer or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or employee of another enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding. Such indemnification may, in the discretion of the Board, include advances of a director’s, officer’s or employee’s expenses prior to final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding. The right of indemnification provided for in this Section 3.7 shall not exclude any rights to which such persons may otherwise be entitled by contract or as a matter of law.

 

(iii) Officers and directors of PepsiCo, Inc. are presently covered by insurance, which (with certain exceptions and within certain limitations) indemnifies them against any losses arising from any alleged wrongful act including any alleged error or misstatement or misleading statement or wrongful act or omission or neglect of duty.

 

(iv) PepsiCo, Inc. has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors whereby (with certain exceptions) PepsiCo, Inc. will, in general, indemnify directors, to the extent permitted by law, against liabilities, costs or expenses arising out of his or her status as a director by reason of anything done or not done as a director.

 

ITEM 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed

 

Not applicable.

 

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ITEM 8. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


4.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PepsiCo, Inc., which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to PepsiCo, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-66632).
4.2   By-laws of PepsiCo, Inc., as amended on May 7, 2003, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to PepsiCo, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 14, 2003.
4.3   PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, October 1, 2003.
5   Opinion and consent of Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant, relating to the legality of securities being registered.
15.1   Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for PepsiCo, Inc.
15.2   Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for Bottling Group, LLC.
23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2   Consent of Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
24   Power of Attorney executed by Steven S Reinemund, Indra K. Nooyi, Peter A. Bridgman, John F. Akers, Robert E. Allen, Peter Foy, Ray L. Hunt, Arthur C. Martinez, Franklin D. Raines, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, James J. Schiro, Franklin A. Thomas, Cynthia M. Trudell, Solomon D. Trujillo and Daniel Vasella.

 

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ITEM 9.   Undertakings

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

 

(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

(a) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

(b) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

(c) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

 

provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

 

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Purchase, State of New York, on October 6, 2003.

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.


    Name:  

Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.

    Title:  

Vice President, Associate General

Counsel and Assistant Secretary

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated as of October 6, 2003.

 

Principal Executive Officer:

    

Steven S Reinemund*

  

Chairman of the Board

and Chief Executive Officer

Principal Financial Officer:

    

Indra K. Nooyi*

  

President,

Chief Financial Officer and

Director

Principal Accounting Officer:

    

Peter A. Bridgman*

  

Senior Vice President

and Controller

Directors:

    

John F. Akers

Robert E. Allen

Peter Foy

Ray L. Hunt

Arthur C. Martinez

Franklin D. Raines

Sharon Percy Rockefeller

James J. Schiro

Franklin A. Thomas

Cynthia M. Trudell

Solomon D. Trujillo

Daniel Vasella

  

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* By:

 

/s/ Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.


   

Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.

   

Attorney-in-Fact

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description


4.1   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of PepsiCo, Inc., which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to PepsiCo, Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-66632).
4.2   By-laws of PepsiCo, Inc., as amended on May 7, 2003, which are incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 3 to PepsiCo, Inc.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 14, 2003.
4.3   PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated, October 1, 2003.
5   Opinion and consent of Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant, relating to the legality of securities being registered.
15.1   Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for PepsiCo, Inc.
15.2   Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for Bottling Group, LLC.
23.1   Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2   Consent of Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Registrant (included in his opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto).
24   Power of Attorney executed by Steven S Reinemund, Indra K. Nooyi, Peter A. Bridgman, John F. Akers, Robert E. Allen, Peter Foy, Ray L. Hunt, Arthur C. Martinez, Franklin D. Raines, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, James J. Schiro, Franklin A. Thomas, Cynthia M. Trudell, Solomon D. Trujillo and Daniel Vasella.

 

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EX-4.3 3 dex43.htm PEPSICO, INC. 2003 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-term Incentive Plan

EXHIBIT 4.3

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan

(as amended and restated effective October 1, 2003)

 

1.   Purposes.

 

The purposes of this Plan are to provide long-term incentives to those persons with significant responsibility for the success and growth of PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) and its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliated businesses, to associate the interests of such persons with those of PepsiCo’s shareholders, to assist PepsiCo in recruiting, retaining and motivating a diverse group of employees and outside directors on a competitive basis, and to ensure a pay for performance linkage for such employees and outside directors. If approved by PepsiCo’s shareholders, this Plan would replace the PepsiCo, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan, the Director Stock Plan and the PepsiCo Share Award Plan, and no further awards would be made under any of the foregoing plans.

 

2.   Definitions.

 

For purposes of the Plan:

 

(a)    “Award” means a grant of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Shares, Restricted Share Units, Performance Awards, or any or all of them.

 

(b)    “Board” means the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc.

 

(c)    “Change in Control” is defined in Section 11(f).

 

(d)    “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

(e)    “Committee” means, with respect to any matter relating to Section 8 of the Plan, the Board, and with respect to all other matters under the Plan, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. The Compensation Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall consist of two or more outside, disinterested members of the Board. The Compensation Committee, in the judgment of the Board, shall be qualified to administer the Plan as contemplated by (a) Rule 16b-3 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (or any successor rule), (b) Section 162(m) of the Code, as amended, and the regulations thereunder (or any successor Section and regulations), and (c) any rules and regulations of a stock exchange on which Common Stock is traded. Any member of the Compensation Committee who does not satisfy the qualifications set out in the preceding sentence may recuse himself or herself from any vote or other action taken by the Committee. The Board may, at any time and in its complete discretion, remove any member of the Compensation Committee and may fill any vacancy in the Compensation Committee.

 

(f)    “Common Stock” means the common stock, par value 1 2/3 cents per share, of PepsiCo, Inc.

 

(g)    “Company” means PepsiCo, its subsidiaries, divisions and affiliated businesses.

 

(h)    “Eligible Participants” means any of the following individuals who is designated by the Committee as eligible to receive Awards, subject to the conditions set forth in this Plan: any officer, employee, consultant or advisor of the Company. The term employee does not include any individual who is not, as of the grant date of an Award, classified by the Company as an employee on its corporate books and records even if that individual is later reclassified (by the Company, any court or any governmental or regulatory agency) as an employee as of the grant date. Non-Employee Directors are not Eligible Participants.

 

(i)    “Employee Directors” means the members of the Board who are also employees of the Company.

 

(j)    “Fair Market Value” on any date means the average of the high and low market prices at which a share of Common Stock shall have been sold on such date, or the immediately preceding trading


day if such date was not a trading day, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions Listing and, in the case of an ISO, means fair market value as determined by the Committee in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

 

(k)    “ISO” means an Option satisfying the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and designated by the Committee as an ISO.

 

(l)    “Named Executive Officer” means PepsiCo’s Chief Executive Officer and PepsiCo’s next four highest paid executive officers, as reported in PepsiCo’s proxy statement pursuant to Regulation S-K, Item 402(a)(3) for a given year.

 

(m)    “Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company.

 

(n)    “NQSO” or “Non-Qualified Stock Option” means an Option that does not satisfy the requirements of Section 422 of the Code and that is not designated as an ISO by the Committee.

 

(o)    “Options” means the right to purchase shares of Common Stock at a specified price for a specified period of time.

 

(p)    “Option Exercise Price” means the purchase price per share of Common Stock covered by an Option granted pursuant to this Plan.

 

(q)    “Participant” means an individual who has received an Award under this Plan.

 

(r)    “PepsiCo” means PepsiCo, Inc., a North Carolina corporation.

 

(s)    “Performance Awards” means an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units based on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

(t)    “Performance Based Exception” means the performance-based exception set forth in Code Section 162(m)(4)(C) from the deductibility limitations of Code Section 162(m).

 

(u)    “Performance Goals” means the goals established by the Committee under Section 7(d).

 

(v)    “Performance Measures” means the criteria set out in Section 7(d) that may be used by the Committee as the basis for a Performance Goal.

 

(w)    “Performance Period” means the period established by the Committee during which the achievement of Performance Goals is assessed in order to determine whether and to what extent a Performance Award has been earned.

 

(x)    “Performance Shares” means shares of Common Stock awarded to a Participant based on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

(y)    “Performance Units” means an Award denominated in shares of Common Stock, cash or a combination thereof, as determined by the Committee, awarded to a Participant based on the achievement of Performance Goals during a Performance Period.

 

(z)    “Plan” means the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated from time to time.

 

(aa)    “Prior Plans” means the PepsiCo, Inc. 1994 Long-Term Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan, the PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan, the Director Stock Plan, the PepsiCo Share Award Plan, the PepsiCo 1987 Incentive Plan, the Quaker Long Term Incentive Plan of 1990, the Quaker Long Term Incentive Plan of 1999 and the Quaker Stock Compensation Plan for Outside Directors.

 

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(bb)    “Restriction Period” means, with respect to Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units, the period during which any restrictions set by the Committee remain in place. Restrictions remain in place until such time as they have lapsed under the terms and conditions of the Restricted Shares or as otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

(cc)    “Restricted Shares” means shares of Common Stock, which may not be traded or sold until the date that the restrictions on transferability imposed by the Committee with respect to such shares have lapsed.

 

(dd)    “Restricted Share Units” means the right, as described in Section 7(c), to receive an amount, payable in either cash or shares of Common Stock, equal to the value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock.

 

(ee)    “Retirement” with respect to a Non-Employee Director shall mean termination from the Board after such Non-Employee Director shall have attained at least age 55 or after such Non-Employee Director shall have satisfied the criteria for Retirement established by the Employee Directors from time to time.

 

(ff)    “Stock Appreciation Rights” or “SAR” means the right to receive the difference between the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the grant date and the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

 

(gg)    “Total Disability” shall have the meaning set forth in the long-term disability program of PepsiCo.

 

3.   Administration of the Plan.

 

(a)    Authority of Committee. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have all the powers vested in it by the terms of the Plan, such powers to include the authority (within the limitations described herein):

 

    to select the persons to be granted Awards under the Plan,

 

    to determine the type, size and terms of Awards to be made to each person selected,

 

    to determine the time when Awards are to be made and any conditions which must be satisfied before an Award is made,

 

    to establish objectives and conditions for earning Awards,

 

    to determine whether an Award shall be evidenced by an agreement and, if so, to determine the terms of such agreement (which shall not be inconsistent with the Plan) and who must sign such agreement,

 

    to determine whether the conditions for earning an Award have been met and whether an Award will be paid at the end of the Performance Period,

 

    to determine if and when an Award may be deferred,

 

    to determine whether the amount or payment of an Award should be reduced or eliminated,

 

    to determine the guidelines and/or procedures for the payment or exercise of Awards, and

 

    to determine whether an Award should qualify, regardless of its amount, as deductible in its entirety for federal income tax purposes, including whether any Awards granted to Named Executive Officers comply with the Performance Based Exception under Code Section 162(m).

 

(b)    Interpretation of Plan. The Committee shall have full power and authority to administer and interpret the Plan and to adopt or establish such rules, regulations, agreements, guidelines, procedures and instruments, which are not contrary to the terms of the Plan and which, in its opinion, may be necessary or advisable for the administration and operation of the Plan. The Committee’s interpretations of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding on all parties concerned, including PepsiCo, its shareholders and any person receiving an Award under the Plan.

 

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(c)    Delegation of Authority. To the extent not prohibited by law, the Committee may delegate its authority hereunder and may grant authority to employees or designate employees of the Company to execute documents on behalf of the Committee or to otherwise assist the Committee in the administration and operation of the Plan.

 

4.   Eligibility.

 

(a)    General. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, select from all Eligible Participants those to whom Awards shall be granted under Section 7 and shall determine the nature and amount of each Award. Only Non-Employee Directors shall be eligible to receive Awards under Section 8.

 

(b)    International Participants. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan or to comply with provisions of laws in other countries in which the Company operates or has employees, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to (i) determine which Eligible Participants (if any) employed by the Company outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan, (ii) modify the terms and conditions of any Awards made to such Eligible Participants, and (iii) establish subplans and modified Option exercise procedures and other Award terms and procedures to the extent such actions may be necessary or advisable.

 

5.   Shares of Common Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

(a)    Authorized Number of Shares. Unless otherwise authorized by PepsiCo’s shareholders and subject to the provisions of this Section 5 and Section 10, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be (i) 70 million, plus (ii) the number of shares underlying awards under the Prior Plans, which are cancelled or expire after the effective date of this Plan. Any of the authorized shares may be used for any of the types of Awards described in the Plan, except:

 

(i)    at least 20 million of the authorized shares will be available for issuance in connection with broad-based grants under PepsiCo’s SharePower program,

 

(ii)    no more than 30 million of the authorized shares may be issued pursuant to Awards other than Options granted with an Option Exercise Price equal to Fair Market Value on the date of grant, and

 

(iii)    no more than 50 million shares may be issued in the form of ISOs.

 

(b)    Share Counting. The following shall apply in determining the number of shares remaining available for grant under this Plan:

 

(i)    In connection with the granting of an Option or other Award (other than a Performance Unit denominated in dollars), the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan shall be reduced by the number of shares in respect of which the Option or Award is granted or denominated; provided, however, that where a SAR is settled in shares of Common Stock, the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under this Plan shall be reduced only by the number of shares issued in such settlement.

 

(ii)    If any Option is exercised by tendering shares of Common Stock to PepsiCo as full or partial payment of the exercise price, the number of shares available for issuance under this Plan shall be increased by the number of shares so tendered.

 

(iii)    Whenever any outstanding Option or other Award (or portion thereof) expires, is cancelled, is settled in cash or is otherwise terminated for any reason without having been exercised or payment having been made in respect of the entire Option or Award, the shares allocable to the expired, cancelled, settled or otherwise terminated portion of the Option or Award may again be the subject of Options or Awards granted under this Plan.

 

(iv)    Awards granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who become employees as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition

 

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or other corporate transaction involving the Company as a result of an acquisition will not count against the reserve of available shares under this Plan.

 

(c)    Shares to be Delivered. Shares of Common Stock to be delivered by the Company under this Plan shall be determined by the Committee and may consist in whole or in part of authorized but unissued shares, treasury shares or shares acquired on the open market.

 

6.   Award Limitations.

 

The maximum number of Options or SARs that can be granted to any Eligible Participant during a single calendar year cannot exceed 2,000,000. The maximum per Eligible Participant, per calendar year amount of Awards other than Options and SARs shall not exceed $15,000,000 or 500,000 shares of Common Stock. The maximum Award that may be granted to any Eligible Participant for a Performance Period greater than one year shall not exceed the foregoing annual maximum multiplied by the number of full years in the Performance Period.

 

7.   Awards to Eligible Participants.

 

(a)    Options.

 

(i)    Grants. Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, Options may be granted to Eligible Participants. Options may consist of ISOs or NQSOs, as the Committee shall determine. Options may be granted alone or in tandem with SARs. With respect to Options granted in tandem with SARs, the exercise of either such Options or such SARs will result in the simultaneous cancellation of the same number of tandem SARs or Options, as the case may be.

 

(ii)    Option Exercise Price. The Option Exercise Price shall be equal to or greater than the Fair Market Value on the date the Option is granted, unless the Option was granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who became employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate transaction involving the Company.

 

(iii)    Term. The term of Options shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but in no event shall the term exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant; provided, however, that Awards covering up to five (5) million shares of Common Stock may be issued with a term of up to fifteen (15) years.

 

(iv)    ISO Limits. ISOs may only be granted to employees of PepsiCo, its divisions and subsidiaries and may only be granted to an employee who, at the time the Option is granted, does not own stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of PepsiCo. The aggregate Fair Market Value of all shares with respect to which ISOs are exercisable by a Participant for the first time during any year shall not exceed $100,000. The aggregate Fair Market Value of such shares shall be determined at the time the Option is granted.

 

(v)    No Repricing. Except for adjustments made pursuant to Section 10, the Option Exercise Price for any outstanding Option granted under the Plan may not be decreased after the date of grant nor may any outstanding Option granted under the Plan be surrendered to the Company as consideration for the grant of a new Option with a lower Option Exercise Price without the approval of PepsiCo’s shareholders.

 

(vi)    Buy Out of Option Gains. At any time after any Option becomes exercisable, the Committee shall have the right to elect, in its sole discretion and without the consent of the holder thereof, to cancel such Option and to cause PepsiCo to pay to the Participant the excess of the Fair Market Value of the shares of Common Stock covered by such Option over the Option Exercise Price of such Option at the date the Committee provides written notice (the “Buy Out Notice”) of its intention to exercise such right. Buy outs pursuant to this provision shall be effected by PepsiCo as promptly as possible after the date of the Buy Out Notice. Payments of buy out amounts may be made in cash, in shares of Common Stock, or partly in cash and partly in Common Stock, as the Committee deems advisable. To the extent payment is made in shares

 

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of Common Stock, the number of shares shall be determined by dividing the amount of the payment to be made by the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock at the date of the Buy Out Notice.

 

(b)    Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(i)    Grants. Subject to the terms and provisions of this Plan, SARs may be granted to Eligible Participants. SARs may be granted alone or in tandem with Options. With respect to SARs granted in tandem with Options, the exercise of either such Options or such SARs will result in the simultaneous cancellation of the same number of tandem SARs or Options, as the case may be.

 

(ii)    Purchase Price. The purchase price per share of Common Stock covered by a SAR granted pursuant to this Plan shall be equal to or greater than Fair Market Value on the date the SAR is granted, unless the SAR was granted through the assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted to individuals who became employees of the Company as a result of a merger, consolidation, acquisition or other corporate transaction involving the Company.

 

(iii)    Term. The term of a SAR shall be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, but in no event shall the term exceed ten (10) years from the date of grant; provided, however, that Awards covering up to five (5) million shares of Common Stock may be issued with a term of up to fifteen (15) years.

 

(iv)    Form of Payment. The Committee may authorize payment of a SAR in the form of cash, Common Stock valued at its Fair Market Value on the date of the exercise, a combination thereof, or by any other method as the Committee may determine.

 

(c)    Restricted Shares / Restricted Share Units.

 

(i)    Grants. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units may be granted to Eligible Participants.

 

(ii)    Restrictions. The Committee shall impose such terms, conditions and/or restrictions on any Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units granted pursuant to the Plan as it may deem advisable including, without limitation: a requirement that Participants pay a stipulated purchase price for each Restricted Share or each Restricted Share Unit; restrictions based upon the achievement of specific performance goals (Company-wide, divisional, and/or individual); time-based restrictions on vesting; and/or restrictions under applicable Federal or state securities laws. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of grant, any time-based restriction period shall be for a minimum of three years. To the extent the Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units are intended to be deductible under Code Section 162(m), the applicable restrictions shall be based on the achievement of Performance Goals over a Performance Period, as described in Section 7(d) below.

 

(iii)    Payment of Units. Restricted Share Units that become payable in accordance with their terms and conditions shall be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock, or a combination of cash and shares, as determined by the Committee.

 

(iv)    No Disposition During Restriction Period. During the Restriction Period, Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise disposed of, or mortgaged, pledged or otherwise encumbered. In order to enforce the limitations imposed upon the Restricted Shares, the Committee may (a) cause a legend or legends to be placed on any certificates relating to such Restricted Shares, and/or (b) issue “stop transfer” instructions, as it deems necessary or appropriate.

 

(v)    Dividend and Voting Rights. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, during the Restriction Period, Participants who hold Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units shall have the right to receive dividends in cash or other property or other distribution or rights in respect of such shares, and Participants who hold Restricted Shares shall have the right to vote such shares as the record owner thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, any dividends payable to a Participant during the Restriction Period shall be distributed to the Participant only if and when the restrictions imposed on the applicable Restricted Shares or Restricted Share Units lapse.

 

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(vi)    Share Certificates. Each certificate issued for Restricted Shares shall be registered in the name of the Participant and deposited with the Company or its designee. At the end of the Restriction Period, a certificate representing the number of shares to which the Participant is then entitled shall be delivered to the Participant free and clear of the restrictions. No certificate shall be issued with respect to a Restricted Share Unit unless and until such unit is paid in shares of Common Stock.

 

(d)    Performance Awards.

 

(i)    Grants. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, Performance Awards consisting of Performance Shares or Performance Units may be granted to Eligible Participants. Performance Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to other Awards made under the Plan.

 

(ii)    Performance Goals. Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, Performance Awards shall be conditioned on the achievement of Performance Goals (which shall be based on one or more Performance Measures, as determined by the Committee) over a Performance Period. The Performance Period shall be one year, unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

 

(iii)    Performance Measures. The Performance Measure(s) to be used for purposes of Performance Awards may be described in terms of objectives that are related to the individual Participant or objectives that are Company-wide or related to a subsidiary, division, department, region, function or business unit of the Company in which the Participant is employed, and may consist of one or more or any combination of the following criteria: stock price, market share, sales revenue, cash flow, sales volume, earnings per share, return on equity, return on assets, return on sales, return on invested capital, economic value added, net earnings, total shareholder return, gross margin, and/or costs. The Performance Goals based on these Performance Measures may be made relative to the performance of other corporations.

 

(iv)    Negative Discretion. Notwithstanding the achievement of any Performance Goal established under this Plan, the Committee has the discretion, by Participant, to reduce some or all of a Performance Award that would otherwise be paid.

 

(v)    Extraordinary Events. At, or at any time after, the time an Award is granted, and to the extent permitted under Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder without adversely affecting the treatment of the Award under the Performance Based Exception, the Committee may provide for the manner in which performance will be measured against the Performance Goals (or may adjust the Performance Goals) to reflect the impact of specific corporate transactions, accounting or tax law changes and other extraordinary and nonrecurring events.

 

(vi)    Interpretation. With respect to any Award that is intended to satisfy the conditions for the Performance Based Exception under Code Section 162(m): (A) the Committee shall interpret the Plan and this Section 7 in light of Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder; (B) the Committee shall have no discretion to amend the Award in any way that would adversely affect the treatment of the Award under Code Section 162(m) and the regulations thereunder; and (C) such Award shall not be paid until the Committee shall first have certified that the Performance Goals have been achieved.

 

8.   Awards to Non-Employee Directors.

 

(a)    Awards. Non-Employee Directors are eligible to receive any and all types of Awards under this Plan other than ISOs.

 

(b)    Initial Grants. Each newly appointed Non-Employee Director shall, as soon as practicable after initially becoming a member of the Board, be granted: (i) 1,000 shares of Common Stock; (ii) an Annual Grant (as defined below), which for a Non-Employee Director elected after October 1 shall be pro-rated to reflect his or her date of election; and (iii) a Retainer Award, which for a Non-Employee Director elected after October 1 shall be pro-rated to reflect his or her date of election.

 

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(c)    Annual Grants. Each Non-Employee Director shall receive the following on October 1 (or on such other date as is determined by the Committee) of each year:

 

(i)    An Award (the “Annual Grant”) of Restricted Share Units, the number of which shall be determined by dividing $75,000 by the Fair Market Value on the grant date. In substitution of the foregoing, the Non-Employee Director may elect to receive all or a portion (in 10% increments) of the Annual Grant of Restricted Stock Units in the form of stock options. In the event the Non-Employee Director elects to receive stock options, the number of stock options shall be determined by multiplying the number of Restricted Share Units by four.

 

(ii)    A retainer fee of $110,000 for each Non-Employee Director who is the chairman of a committee of the Board or $100,000 for each other Non-Employee Director (the “Retainer Award”). Each Non-Employee Director may elect to receive the Retainer Award in the form of (A) cash or (B) deferred stock units.

 

(d)    Death, Total Disability and Retirement. In the event of the death, Total Disability or Retirement of a Non-Employee Director prior to the granting of an Annual Grant and Retainer Award in respect of the fiscal year in which such event occurred, an Annual Grant and Retainer Award may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted in respect of such fiscal year to the retired or disabled Non-Employee Director or his or her estate. If any Non-Employee Director ceases to be a member of the Board for any reason other than death, Total Disability or Retirement, his or her rights to any Award in respect of the fiscal year during which such cessation occurred will terminate unless the Committee determines otherwise.

 

(e)    Terms of Awards Granted to Non-Employee Directors.

 

(i)    Each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall have an Option Exercise Price equal to the Fair Market Value on the grant date.

 

(ii)    Each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director prior to October 1, 2003 shall be fully vested and exercisable on the grant date. Subject to subparagraph (iii) below, each Option and Restricted Share Unit granted to a Non-Employee Director on or after October 1, 2003 shall vest (and, in the case of Options, become exercisable) on the third anniversary of the grant date. Each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall have a term of ten years.

 

(iii)    In the event a Non-Employee Director terminates membership on the Board prior to the vesting date of an Award, then (A) if such termination is the result of such Non-Employee Director’s death, Total Disability or Retirement, such Award shall immediately vest and, in the case of Options, be exercisable, and (B) if such termination is the result of an event other than death, Total Disability or Retirement, such Award shall immediately terminate and expire.

 

(iv)    No Options granted to a Non-Employee Director may be exercised after he or she ceases to be a member of the Board, except that: (A) if such cessation occurs by reason of death, the Options then held by the Non-Employee Director may be exercised by his or her designated beneficiary (or, if none, his or her legal representative) until the expiration of such Options in accordance with the terms hereof; (B) if such cessation occurs by reason of the Non-Employee Director incurring a Total Disability, the Options then held by the Non-Employee Director may be exercised by him or her until the expiration of such Options in accordance with the terms hereof; and (C) if such cessation occurs by reason of the Non-Employee Director’s Retirement, the Options then held by the Non-Employee Director may be exercised by him or her until the expiration of such Options in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

(f)    Exercise of Options Granted to Non-Employee Directors.

 

 

(i)    To exercise an Option, a Non-Employee Director must provide to PepsiCo (A) a written notice specifying the number of Options to be exercised and (B) to the extent applicable, any required payments due upon exercise.

 

(ii)    Non-Employee Directors may exercise Options under either of the following methods:

 

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(A)    Cashless Exercise. Non-Employee Directors may exercise Options through a registered broker-dealer pursuant to cashless exercise procedures that are, from time to time, approved by the Committee. Proceeds from any such exercise shall be used to pay the exercise costs, which include the Option Exercise Price, applicable taxes, brokerage commissions and SEC fees. Any remaining proceeds from the sale shall be delivered to the Non-Employee Director in cash or stock, as specified by the Non-Employee Director.

 

(B)    Standard Exercise. Non-Employee Directors may exercise Options by paying to PepsiCo an amount in cash from his or her own funds equal to the Option Exercise Price and any taxes required at exercise. A certificate representing the shares of Common Stock that the Non-Employee Director purchased shall be delivered to him or her only after the Option Exercise Price and the applicable taxes have been paid.

 

9.   Deferred Payments.

 

Subject to the terms of this Plan, the Committee may determine that all or a portion of any Award to a Participant, whether it is to be paid in cash, shares of Common Stock or a combination thereof, shall be deferred or may, in its sole discretion, approve deferral elections made by Participants. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion.

 

10.   Dilution and Other Adjustments.

 

In the event of any merger, reorganization, consolidation, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination or exchange of shares or other change in corporate structure affecting any class of Common Stock, the Committee may, but shall not be required to, make such adjustments in the class and aggregate number of shares which may be delivered under this Plan as described in Section 5, the individual award maximums under Section 6, the class, number, and Option Exercise Price of outstanding Options and the class and number of shares subject to any other Awards granted under this Plan (provided the number of shares of any class subject to any Award shall always be a whole number), as may be determined to be appropriate by the Committee, and any such adjustment may, in the sole discretion of the Committee, take the form of Options covering more than one class of Common Stock. Such adjustment shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

 

11.   Change in Control.

 

Upon a Change in Control, the following shall occur:

 

(a)    Options. Effective on the date of such Change in Control, all outstanding and unvested Options granted under the Plan shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and all Options then outstanding under the Plan shall remain outstanding in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, in the event that any Option granted under the Plan becomes unexercisable during its term on or after a Change in Control because: (i) the individual who holds such Option is involuntarily terminated (other than for cause) within two (2) years after the Change in Control; (ii) such Option is terminated or adversely modified; or (iii) Common Stock is no longer issued and outstanding, or no longer traded on a national securities exchange, then the holder of such Option shall immediately be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to (A) the gain on such Option or (B) only if greater than the gain and only with respect to NQSOs the Black-Scholes value of such Option (as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banker chosen by PepsiCo), in either case calculated on the date such Option becomes unexercisable. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the gain on an Option shall be calculated as the difference between the closing price per share of Common Stock as of the date such Option becomes unexercisable less the Option Exercise Price.

 

(b)    Stock Appreciation Rights. Effective on the date of such Change in Control, all outstanding and unvested SARs granted under the Plan shall immediately vest and become exercisable, and all SARs then outstanding under the Plan shall remain outstanding in accordance with their terms. In the event that any SAR granted under the Plan becomes unexercisable during its term on or after a Change in Control because: (i) the individual who holds such SAR is involuntarily terminated (other than for cause) within two (2) years after the Change in Control; (ii) such SAR is terminated or adversely modified; or (iii) Common

 

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Stock is no longer issued and outstanding, or no longer traded on a national securities exchange, then the holder of such SAR shall immediately be entitled to receive a lump sum cash payment equal to the gain on such SAR. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the gain on a SAR shall be calculated as the difference between the closing price per share of Common Stock as of the date such SAR becomes unexercisable and the purchase price per share of Common Stock covered by the SAR.

 

(c)    Restricted Shares/Restricted Share Units. Upon a Change of Control all Restricted Shares and Restricted Share Units shall immediately vest and be distributed to Participants, effective as of the date of the Change of Control.

 

(d)    Performance Awards. Each Performance Award granted under the Plan that is outstanding on the date of the Change in Control shall immediately vest and the holder of such Performance Award shall be entitled to a lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of such Performance Award payable at the end of the Performance Period as if 100% of the Performance Goals have been achieved.

 

(e)    Timing of Payment. Any amount required to be paid pursuant to this Section 11 shall be paid as soon as practical after the date such amount becomes payable.

 

(f)    Definition. “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) acquisition of 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of PepsiCo, Inc. by another entity or group; excluding, however, the following (A) any acquisition by PepsiCo, Inc., or (B) any acquisition by an employee benefit plan or related trust sponsored or maintained by PepsiCo, Inc.; (ii) during any consecutive two-year period, persons who constitute the Board of Directors of PepsiCo, Inc. (the “Board”) at the beginning of the period cease to constitute at least 50% of the Board (unless the election of each new Board member was approved by a majority of directors who began the two-year period); (iii) PepsiCo, Inc. shareholders approve a merger or consolidation of PepsiCo, Inc. with another company, and PepsiCo, Inc. is not the surviving company; or, if after such transaction, the other entity owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of PepsiCo, Inc.; (iv) PepsiCo, Inc. shareholders approve a plan of complete liquidation of PepsiCo, Inc. or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of PepsiCo, Inc.’s assets; or (v) any other event, circumstance, offer or proposal occurs or is made, which is intended to effect a change in the control of PepsiCo, Inc., and which results in the occurrence of one or more of the events set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph.

 

12.   Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

(a)    Misconduct. Except as otherwise provided in agreements covering Awards hereunder, a Participant shall forfeit all rights in his or her outstanding Awards under the Plan, and all such outstanding Awards shall automatically terminate and lapse, if the Committee determines that such Participant has (i) used for profit or disclosed to unauthorized persons, confidential information or trade secrets of the Company, (ii) breached any contract with or violated any fiduciary obligation to the Company, including without limitation, a violation of any Company code of conduct, (iii) engaged in unlawful trading in the securities of PepsiCo or of another company based on information gained as a result of that Participant’s employment or other relationship with the Company, or (iv) committed a felony or other serious crime.

 

(b)    Rights as Shareholder. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Participant shall have no rights as a holder of Common Stock with respect to Awards hereunder, unless and until certificates for shares of Common Stock are issued to the Participant.

 

(c)    No Loans. No loans from the Company to Participants shall be permitted under this Plan.

 

(d)    Assignment or Transfer. Unless the Committee shall specifically determine otherwise, no Award under the Plan or any rights or interests therein shall be transferable other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution and shall be exercisable, during the Participant’s lifetime, only by the Participant. Once awarded, the shares of Common Stock received by Participants may be freely transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise subjected to lien, subject to the restrictions imposed by the Securities Act of 1933, Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and PepsiCo’s Insider Trading Policy, each as amended from time to time.

 

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(e)    Withholding Taxes. PepsiCo shall have the right to deduct from all Awards paid in cash (and any other payment hereunder) any federal, state, local or foreign taxes required by law to be withheld with respect to such Awards and, with respect to Awards paid in stock or upon exercise of Options, to require the payment (through withholding from the Participant’s salary or otherwise) of any such taxes. The obligations of PepsiCo to make delivery of Awards in cash or Common Stock shall be subject to currency or other restrictions imposed by any government.

 

(f)    No Rights to Awards. Neither the Plan nor any action taken hereunder shall be construed as giving any employee any right to be retained in the employ of PepsiCo or any of its subsidiaries, divisions or affiliates. Except as set forth herein, no employee or other person shall have any claim or right to be granted an Award under the Plan. By accepting an Award, the Participant acknowledges and agrees (i) that the Award will be exclusively governed by the terms of the Plan, including the right reserved by the Company to amend or cancel the Plan at any time without the Company incurring liability to the Participant (except for Awards already granted under the Plan), (ii) that Awards are not a constituent part of salary and that the Participant is not entitled, under the terms and conditions of employment, or by accepting or being granted Awards under this Plan to require Awards to be granted to him or her in the future under this Plan or any other plan, (iii) that the value of Awards received under the Plan will be excluded from the calculation of termination indemnities or other severance payments, and (iv) that the Participant will seek all necessary approval under, make all required notifications under and comply with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the ownership of Options and stock and the exercise of Options, including, without limitation, currency and exchange laws, rules and regulations.

 

(g)    Beneficiary Designation. To the extent allowed by the Committee, each Participant under the Plan may, from time to time, name any beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named on a contingent or successive basis) to whom any benefit under the Plan is to be paid in case of his or her death before he or she receives any or all of such benefit. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, each such designation shall revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form prescribed by the Committee, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Company during the Participant’s lifetime. In the absence of any such designation, benefits remaining unpaid at the Participant’s death shall be paid to the Participant’s estate.

 

(h)    Costs and Expenses. The cost and expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by PepsiCo and not charged to any Award or to any Participant.

 

(i)    Fractional Shares. Fractional shares of Common Stock shall not be issued or transferred under an Award, but the Committee may pay cash in lieu of a fraction or round the fraction, in its discretion.

 

(j)    Funding of Plan. PepsiCo shall not be required to establish or fund any special or separate account or to make any other segregation of assets to assure the payment of any Award under the Plan.

 

(k)    Indemnification. Provisions for the indemnification of officers and directors of the Company in connection with the administration of the Plan shall be as set forth in PepsiCo’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws as in effect from time to time.

 

(l)    Successors. All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company.

 

13.   Effective Date, Governing Law, Amendments and Termination.

 

(a)    Effective Date. The Plan was approved by the Board on January 30, 2003 and shall become effective on the date it is approved by PepsiCo’s shareholders.

 

 

(b)    Amendments. The Board may at any time terminate or from time to time amend the Plan in whole or in part, but no such action shall adversely affect any rights or obligations with respect to any Awards granted prior to the date of such termination or amendment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless PepsiCo’s shareholders shall have first approved the amendment, no amendment of the Plan shall be effective which would (i) increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be delivered

 

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under the Plan or to any one individual (except to the extent such amendment is made pursuant to Section 10 hereof), (ii) extend the maximum period during which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (iii) add to the types of awards that can be made under the Plan, (iv) change the Performance Measures pursuant to which Performance Awards are earned, (v) modify the requirements as to eligibility for participation in the Plan, or (vi) require shareholder approval pursuant to this Plan or applicable law to be effective. With the consent of the Participant affected, the Committee may amend outstanding agreements evidencing Awards under the Plan in a manner not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan.

 

(c)    Governing Law. All questions pertaining to the construction, interpretation, regulation, validity and effect of the provisions of the Plan shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina without giving effect to conflict of laws principles.

 

(d)    Termination. No Awards shall be made under the Plan after the tenth anniversary of the date on which PepsiCo’s shareholders approve the Plan.

 

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EX-5 4 dex5.htm OPINION AND CONSENT OF THOMAS H. TAMONEY, JR. Opinion and consent of Thomas H. Tamoney, JR.

EXHIBIT 5

 

OPINION AND CONSENT OF THOMAS H. TAMONEY, JR.

[PepsiCo, Inc. Letterhead]

 

October 6, 2003

 

The Board of Directors

PepsiCo, Inc.

700 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, New York 10577

 

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

I have acted as counsel to PepsiCo, Inc., a North Carolina corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the registration on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), of 70,000,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Shares”), to be issued in accordance with the terms of the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

I have reviewed such corporate records, documents and questions of law and fact I have considered necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.

 

Based on such review, I am of the opinion that the Shares registered pursuant to the Registration Statement to which this opinion is an exhibit, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

I consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

This opinion letter is rendered as of the date above and I disclaim any obligation to advise you of facts, circumstances, events or developments which may alter, affect or modify the opinion expressed herein.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.


Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr.

Vice President, Associate General

Counsel and Assistant Secretary

EX-15.1 5 dex151.htm LETTER RE: UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR PEPSICO, INC. Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for PepsiCo, Inc.

Exhibit 15.1

 

Accountants’ Acknowledgment

 

September 30, 2003

 

PepsiCo, Inc.

Purchase, NY

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 of PepsiCo, Inc. pertaining to the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our awareness of the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated April 17, 2003 and July 10, 2003 related to our reviews of PepsiCo, Inc.’s interim financial information.

 

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant, or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

New York, New York

EX-15.2 6 dex152.htm LETTER RE: UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR BOTTLING GROUP, LLC Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information for Bottling Group, LLC

Exhibit 15.2

 

Accountants’ Acknowledgment

 

September 30, 2003

 

Bottling Group, LLC and

PepsiCo, Inc.

 

Re: Registration Statement on Form S-8 of PepsiCo, Inc. pertaining to the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan

 

With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our awareness of the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated July 8, 2003 related to our review of interim financial information of Bottling Group, LLC.

 

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an accountant, or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

New York, New York

EX-23.1 7 dex231.htm CONSENT OF KPMG Consent of KPMG

Exhibit 23.1

 

Consent of KPMG LLP

 

We consent to the use of our audit report dated February 6, 2003, with respect to the Consolidated Balance Sheet of PepsiCo, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 28, 2002 and December 29, 2001, and the related Consolidated Statements of Income, Cash Flows and Common Shareholders’ Equity for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 28, 2002, incorporated herein by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of PepsiCo, Inc. pertaining to the PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Our report refers to PepsiCo, Inc.’s adoption of FASB No. 142, “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets” as of December 30, 2001.

 

We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

New York, New York

September 30, 2003

EX-24 8 dex24.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

EXHIBIT 24

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

PepsiCo, Inc. (“PepsiCo”) and each of the undersigned, an officer or director, or both, of PepsiCo, do hereby appoint David R. Andrews, Robert E. Cox and Thomas H. Tamoney, Jr. and each of them severally, its, his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to execute on behalf of PepsiCo and the undersigned the following documents and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments):

 

Form S-8 Registration Statement required to be filed by PepsiCo and any of its subsidiaries for the (a) PepsiCo SharePower Stock Option Plan, (b) PepsiCo, Inc. 1995 Stock Option Incentive Plan, (c) Director Stock Plan, and (d) PepsiCo, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan;

 

and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, and each of such attorneys shall have the power to act hereunder with or without the other.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of May 7, 2003.

 

       

PepsiCo, Inc.

        By:  

/s/ Steven S Reinemund


           

Steven S Reinemund

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

 

/s/ Steven S Reinemund


Steven S Reinemund

Chairman of the Board and

Chief Executive Officer

  

/s/ Arthur C. Martinez


Arthur C. Martinez

Director

/s/ Indra K. Nooyi


Indra K. Nooyi

Director, President,

and Chief Financial Officer

  

/s/ Franklin D. Raines


Franklin D. Raines

Director

/s/ Peter A. Bridgman


Peter A. Bridgman

Senior Vice President and

Controller (Chief Accounting Officer)

  

/s/ Sharon Percy Rockefeller


Sharon Percy Rockefeller

Director

/s/ John F. Akers


John F. Akers

Director

  

/s/ James J. Schiro


James J. Schiro

Director


/s/ Robert E. Allen


Robert E. Allen

Director

  

/s/ Franklin A. Thomas


Franklin A. Thomas

Director

/s/ Peter Foy


Peter Foy

Director

  

/s/ Cynthia M. Trudell


Cynthia M. Trudell

Director

/s/ Ray L. Hunt


Ray L. Hunt

Director

  

/s/ Solomon D. Trujillo


Solomon D. Trujillo

Director

    

/s/ Daniel Vasella


Daniel Vasella

Director

 

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