NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Nov. 30, 2007--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A+' rating to PepsiCo Inc.'s $1 billion senior unsecured notes due 2013. PepsiCo will use proceeds from this debt issuance for general corporate purposes. About $3 billion total debt was outstanding at Sept. 8, 2007. "The ratings on Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo [A+/Stable/A-1] reflect its balanced portfolio of businesses, with its strong positions in the relatively stable, cash-generating soft-drink industry and faster-growing noncarbonated beverage and snack-food industries, and strong financial profile," said Standard&Poor's credit analyst Jean C. Stout. (For the latest complete corporate credit rating rationale, see Standard&Poor's Ratings Services' research report on PepsiCo Inc., published Sept. 27, 2007.) Ratings List PepsiCo