NEW YORK (S&P Global Ratings) Oct. 11, 2018--S&P Global Ratings said today that PepsiCo Inc. announced its offer to exchange its senior unsecured notes originally issued by various PepsiCo subsidiaries (referred to as the Metro Notes) for new notes issued by PepsiCo. We would assign to any exchanged notes the same ratings as PepsiCo's current senior unsecured notes to the extent PepsiCo receives consent for the offer by Nov. 7, 2018. The coupon on any exchanged notes would remain the same. The exchange offer does not result in new material priority debt ahead of PepsiCo's senior unsecured debt. Therefore, the ratings on company's senior unsecured debt ratings are not affected by this announcement. The company's capital structure consists exclusively of