USA: Fitch Publishes Report On Quaker Oats Co.

Fitch has just published a report on Quaker Oats Co. (Quaker). Quaker, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the largest domestic marketers of food and beverages. The company's product categories include sports drinks, ready-to-eat cereals, grain, and grain-based snacks. Its well recognized brands include Gatorade, Cap'n Crunch, Life, Aunt Jemima, Rice-A-Roni, and Near East. For a full copy of the report, please visit Fitch's web site at `

June 12, 2000

Fitch has just published a report on Quaker Oats Co. (Quaker). Quaker, headquartered in Chicago, is one of the largest domestic marketers of food and beverages. The company’s product categories include sports drinks, ready-to-eat cereals, grain, and grain-based snacks. Its well recognized brands include Gatorade, Cap’n Crunch, Life, Aunt Jemima, Rice-A-Roni, and Near East.

For a full copy of the report, please visit Fitch’s web site at `www.fitchibca.com‘ or contact Market Services at 1-800-853-4824.

Fitch is an international rating agency that provides global capital market investors with the highest quality ratings and research. Dual headquartered in New York and London with a major office in Chicago, Fitch rates entities in 75 countries and has some 1,100 employees in over 40 local offices worldwide. The agency, which is a combination of Fitch IBCA and Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., provides ratings for Financial Institutions, Banks, Corporations, Structured Finance, Insurance, Sovereigns and Public Finance Markets worldwide.