The board of PepsiAmericas has declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.085 per share on PepsiAmericas common stock. The dividend is payable April 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on March 15, 2005.


As previously disclosed, the board reviews dividend policy on a quarterly basis.


PepsiAmericas is the second largest Pepsi bottler with operations in 19 states, Central Europe including Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Republic of Slovakia, and the Caribbean including Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago.