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.

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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