Current Report

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

October 21, 2009
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

PepsiAmericas, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		1-15019 (Commission File Number)		13-6167838 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

4000 RBC Plaza
60 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(612) 661-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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ITEM 5.02		DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

(b) On October 21, 2009, Kenneth E. Keiser, President and Chief Operating Officer of PepsiAmericas, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to leave the Company when the closing of the Company’s merger with PepsiCo occurs.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Date: October 21, 2009	By:	/s/ Robert C. Pohlad
		Robert C. Pohlad
		Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer