FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   Narasimhan Laxman 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 09/23/2014 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol PEPSICO INC [PEP] (Last) (First) (Middle) 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO, Latin America Foods 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) PURCHASE, NY 10577 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 Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) PepsiCo, Inc. Common Stock 65,670 (1) D Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Narasimhan Laxman 700 ANDERSON HILL ROAD PURCHASE, NY 10577	Â	Â	  CEO, Latin America Foods	Â

Signatures

/s/ Laxman Narasimhan		10/03/2014
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(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)	This number includes: 1) 58,097 restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted to the reporting person as a portion of his executive compensation prior to becoming a reporting person at PepsiCo, Inc. (these RSUs are calculated on a one unit for one share basis and vest at various dates through March 1, 2019); 2) 5,267 performance-based stock units ("PSUs") granted to the reporting person as a portion of his executive compensation prior to becoming a reporting person at PepsiCo, Inc. (these PSUs will become vested at various dates through March 1, 2017 contingent upon the achievement of pre-established performance targets over the applicable performance period and Compensation Committee approval; the reporting person may receive a number of shares of PepsiCo Common Stock from 0% to 175% of the PSUs granted, depending on the performance level achieved); and 3) 2,306 shares of PepsiCo Common Stock held in a personal brokerage account.

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