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Annual Financials for PepsiCo Inc.

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Operating Activities

Fiscal year is January-December. All values USD millions.	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	5-year trend
Net Income before Extraordinaries	6.46B	6.21B	6.79B	6.56B	5.5B
Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization	2.61B	2.61B	2.66B	2.63B	2.42B
Depreciation and Depletion	2.48B	2.49B	2.55B	2.53B	2.34B
Amortization of Intangible Assets	133M	119M	110M	92M	75M
Deferred Taxes & Investment Tax Credit	495M	321M	(1.06B)	(19M)	78M
Deferred Taxes	495M	321M	(1.06B)	(19M)	78M
Investment Tax Credit	-	-	-	-	-
Other Funds	222M	(1.1B)	338M	183M	1.88B
Funds from Operations	9.79B	8.05B	8.73B	9.35B	9.87B
Extraordinaries	-	-	-	-	-
Changes in Working Capital	(844M)	345M	958M	1.16B	707M
Receivables	(666M)	(250M)	(88M)	(343M)	(461M)
Accounts Payable	520M	548M	1.01B	1.16B	1.69B
Other Assets/Liabilities	(27M)	-	(51M)	80M	(335M)
Net Operating Cash Flow	8.94B	8.39B	9.69B	10.51B	10.58B

Investing Activities

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	5-year trend
Capital Expenditures	(3.34B)	(2.71B)	(2.8B)	(2.86B)	(2.76B)
Capital Expenditures (Fixed Assets)	(3.34B)	(2.71B)	(2.8B)	(2.86B)	(2.76B)
Capital Expenditures (Other Assets)	-	-	-	-	-
Net Assets from Acquisitions	-	-	-	-	-
Sale of Fixed Assets & Businesses	84M	95M	109M	115M	86M
Purchase/Sale of Investments	(2.35B)	(398M)	82M	(2.18B)	(324M)
Purchase of Investments	(3.19B)	(459M)	(112M)	(6.39B)	(4.51B)
Sale/Maturity of Investments	846M	61M	194M	4.21B	4.19B
Other Uses	(16M)	-	(21M)	(10M)	(573M)
Other Sources	-	12M	-	-	-
Net Investing Cash Flow	(5.62B)	(3.01B)	(2.63B)	(4.94B)	(3.57B)

Financing Activities

	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	5-year trend
Cash Dividends Paid - Total	(3.16B)	(3.31B)	(3.43B)	(3.73B)	(4.04B)
Common Dividends	(3.16B)	(3.31B)	(3.43B)	(3.73B)	(4.04B)
Preferred Dividends	-	-	-	-	-
Change in Capital Stock	(1.55B)	(2.1B)	(1.89B)	(4.27B)	(4.5B)
Repurchase of Common & Preferred Stk.	(2.5B)	(3.23B)	(3.01B)	(5.02B)	(5.01B)
Sale of Common & Preferred Stock	945M	1.12B	1.12B	755M	504M
Proceeds from Stock Options	-	-	-	-	-
Other Proceeds from Sale of Stock	945M	1.12B	1.12B	755M	504M
Issuance/Reduction of Debt, Net	936M	2.09B	1.47B	(331M)	4.63B
Change in Current Debt	303M	(1.46B)	1.17B	(2B)	25M
Change in Long-Term Debt	633M	3.55B	301M	1.67B	4.61B
Issuance of Long-Term Debt	3B	6B	4.2B	3.86B	8.7B
Reduction in Long-Term Debt	(2.37B)	(2.45B)	(3.89B)	(2.19B)	(4.1B)
Other Funds	(1.36B)	14M	64M	64M	81M
Other Uses	(1.43B)	(110M)	(53M)	(50M)	(52M)
Other Sources	70M	124M	117M	114M	133M
Net Financing Cash Flow	(5.14B)	(3.31B)	(3.79B)	(8.26B)	(3.83B)
Exchange Rate Effect	(67M)	62M	(196M)	(546M)	(221M)
Miscellaneous Funds	-	-	-	-	-
Net Change in Cash	(1.88B)	2.14B	3.08B	(3.24B)	2.96B
Free Cash Flow	5.61B	5.68B	6.89B	7.65B	7.82B

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