Investor Information
Securities analysts and investors
seeking additional information
about the company should contact Paul F. Renne, executive vice president of finance and chief financial
officer, at the World Headquarters address or should call him at
(412) 456-5716.
Corporate Data
Transfer Agent, Registrar and Disbursing Agent (for inquiries and changes in shareholder accounts):
Mellon Bank, N.A., P.O. Box 444, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230.
(800) 253-3399 (within U.S.A.)
or (201) 329-8669 (outside
the U.S.A.).
Auditors: Coopers & Lybrand,
600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219.
Stock Listing:
New York Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbols:
Common - HNZ
Third Cumulative Preferred - HNZ PR
Pacific Stock Exchange
Ticker Symbol: Common - HNZ
Copies of this Publication
Additional copies of this publication are available from the Corporate Affairs Department at the World Headquarters address or by calling (412) 456-6000.
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Stock Return and
Dividend Data
Shareholders who purchased 100 Heinz common shares at the end
of (calendar) 1980 for $4,650
and reinvested dividends saw their investment grow to 3,296 shares worth in excess of $169,700 at
the close of (calendar) 1997.
Heinz's current quarterly dividend
is $0.29. Dividends have been increased every year since 1967.
Institutions hold about half of the company's more than 373.7 million shares outstanding.
TDD Services
Mellon Securities Transfer Services are available through telecommunications devices for the deaf (TDD)
at (800) 231-5469.
Company News On-Call
Heinz news releases, including
quarterly earnings announcements, are available by fax 24 hours a day through Company News On-Call
at (800) 758-5804. The Heinz
identification number is 402575.
The On-Call information is posted also on the Internet's World Wide Web at http://www.prnewswire.com.
H. J. Heinz Company
World Headquarters
P.O. Box 57
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15230-0057
(412) 456-5700
January 1998
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