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CORPORATE DATA<br />
<strong>Heinz</strong>: A Definition H.J. <strong>Heinz</strong> Company is one of the<br />
world’s leading marketers of branded foods to retail<br />
and foodservice channels. <strong>Heinz</strong> has number-one<br />
or number-two branded businesses in more than<br />
50 world markets.<br />
Among the company’s famous brands are <strong>Heinz</strong><br />
(a global mega-brand approaching $3 billion in annual<br />
sales), Ore-Ida, Smart Ones, Weight Watchers, Boston<br />
Market, Bagel Bites, The Budget Gourmet, Wattie’s,<br />
Linda McCartney, San Marco, Go Ahead!, 9-Lives,<br />
Skippy, Kibbles ’n Bits, Pounce, Wagwells, Nature’s<br />
Recipe, Farley’s, Plasmon, BioDieterba, StarKist, John<br />
West, Petit Navire, Greenseas, UFC, Orlando, ABC,<br />
Olivine and Pudliszki.<br />
<strong>Heinz</strong> provides employment for approximately<br />
46,900 people full-time, plus thousands of others on<br />
a part-time basis and during seasonal peaks.<br />
Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the company’s<br />
shareholders will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday,<br />
September 12, 2000 in Pittsburgh at <strong>Heinz</strong> Hall for the<br />
Performing Arts.<br />
Copies of This Publication and Others Mentioned on<br />
This Page are available from the Corporate Affairs<br />
Department at the <strong>Heinz</strong> World Headquarters address<br />
or by calling (412) 456-6000.<br />
Form 10-K The company submits an annual report to the<br />
Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K.<br />
Copies of this Form 10-K are available from the<br />
Corporate Affairs Department.<br />
Investor Information Securities analysts and investors<br />
seeking additional information about the company<br />
should contact Jack Runkel, Vice President–Investor<br />
Relations, at (412) 456-6034.<br />
Equal Employment Opportunity H.J. <strong>Heinz</strong> Company<br />
hires, trains, promotes, compensates and makes all<br />
other employment decisions without regard to race,<br />
color, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability<br />
or other protected conditions or characteristics.<br />
It has affirmative action programs in place at all<br />
domestic locations to ensure equal opportunity for<br />
every employee.<br />
Copies of the H.J. <strong>Heinz</strong> Company Equal<br />
Opportunity Review are available from the Corporate<br />
Affairs Department.<br />
Environmental Policy H.J. <strong>Heinz</strong> Company is committed<br />
to protecting the environment. Each affiliate has<br />
established programs to review its environmental<br />
impact, to safeguard the environment and to train<br />
employees.<br />
Copies of the H.J. <strong>Heinz</strong> Company Environmental<br />
Report are available from the Corporate Affairs<br />
Department.<br />
Corporate Data Transfer Agent, Registrar and Disbursing<br />
Agent (for inquiries and changes in shareholder accounts<br />
or to arrange for the direct deposit of dividends):<br />
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.,<br />
85 Challenger Road, Overpeck Centre,<br />
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey 07660.<br />
(800)253-3399(withinU.S.A.)or(201)329-8660<br />
or http://www.chasemellon.com.<br />
Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,<br />
600 Grant Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219<br />
Stock Listings: New York Stock Exchange, Inc.<br />
Ticker Symbols: Common–HNZ; Third Cumulative<br />
Preferred–HNZ PR<br />
Pacific Exchange, Inc.<br />
Ticker Symbol: Common–HNZ<br />
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