PepsiAmericas to Host 4th Quarter 2004 Earnings Conference Call and We

    Business Editors

    MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 2005--PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE:PAS) today announced that its fourth quarter and full year 2004 earnings conference call with financial analysts and investors will take place on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. CST (11:00 a.m. Eastern) and will be webcast over the Internet. They will provide 2005 guidance at this time as well. PepsiAmericas will issue complete financial results before the market opens on February 2.
    The dial-in number for the conference call is 800-810-0924. The call will be archived until February 13th, 2005. To listen to the archived call, please dial 888-203-1112, international listeners can dial 719-457-0820,and enter replay passcode 1992542.
    The simultaneous webcast will be accessible through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.pepsiamericas.com. A replay of the webcast will be archived and accessible online through the Investor Relations section of www.pepsiamericas.com.
    PepsiAmericas is the number-two anchor bottler in the Pepsi system with operations in 19 states, Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Republic of Slovakia as well as Puerto Rico, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago. For more information about PepsiAmericas, please visit www.pepsiamericas.com.

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CONTACT: PepsiAmericas, Inc., Minneapolis Jean Giese, 612-661-3883

KEYWORD: MINNESOTA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: SUPERMARKETS FOODS/BEVERAGES RETAIL EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALLS SOURCE: PepsiAmericas, Inc.

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