Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Johnston Hugh F
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PEPSICO INC [PEP]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
EVP PepsiCo & CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2016
(Street)

PURCHASE, NY 10577
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
PepsiCo, Inc. Common Stock               242.4692 (1) I by 401(k)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Phantom Stock Units (2) 09/30/2015   A   171.4159 (3)     (4)   (4) PepsiCo, Inc. Common Stock 171.4159 $ 94.3 23,528.6528 D  
Phantom Stock Units (2) 01/01/2016   D     359.4001 (5)   (5)   (5) PepsiCo, Inc. Common Stock 359.4001 $ 99.92 23,153.5574 (6) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Johnston Hugh F
700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD
PURCHASE, NY 10577
      EVP PepsiCo & CFO  

Signatures

 /s/ Hugh F. Johnston   01/05/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Reflects the number of shares held under the reporting person's account in the PepsiCo Savings Plan as of January 1, 2016, and reflects a transfer exempt under Rule 16a-12 since the date of the reporting person's last ownership report.
(2) Represents units under the PepsiCo Executive Income Deferral Program (the "EID"), each of which is the economic equivalent of one share of PepsiCo Common Stock.
(3) Reflects dividends credited pursuant to the EID.
(4) Payable pursuant to the reporting person's election and the terms of the EID.
(5) Represents an automatic distribution (required to be settled in cash in accordance with the terms of the EID) pursuant to an irrevocable election made in 2002 with respect to 2002 bonus.
(6) Also reflects a decrease of 15.6953 in the total number of units held, resulting from daily fluctuations in the market value of PepsiCo Common Stock.

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