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AquaPenn Spring Water Company, Inc.
One AquaPenn Drive, Milesburg, PA 16853 * (814) 355-5556

The company produces, bottles and sells non-sparkling natural spring water products to regional and national customers under both retailers' and other customers' private labels and its proprietary brands Pure American, Great American and AquaPenn.

Primary Underwriting Group
ManagerTierPhone
PaineWebber IncorporatedLead Manager (212) 713-2626
Lazard Freres & Co.Co-manager (212) 632-6717
Parker/Hunter IncorporatedCo-manager (412) 562-8222

Offering Information
NYSE:APN Wholesale: SIC 5149
Type of Shares:Common Shares Filing Date:10/24/97
U.S. Shares:4,071,117 Offer Date:1/29/98
Non-U.S. Shares:0 Filing Range:$13.00 - $15.00
Primary Shares:2,000,000 Offer Price:$13.00
Secondary Shares:2,071,117 Gross Spread:$0.91
Offering Amount: $56,995,638 Selling:$0.54
Expenses:$750,000 Reallowance:$0.10
Post-IPO Shares:6,555,888
Employees:225

Legal Counsel, Auditor and Registrar
Issuer's Law Firm: Ballard, Spahr,Andrews & Ingersoll
Bank's Law Firm: Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick

Selected Financial Data

Dollar amounts in U.S. millions except for per share data
Full Year
Audited
Income
Latest
Unaudited
Income
Prior
Audited
Income
Balance
Sheet
9/30/97 9/30/97
Revenue:$38.02Assets:$26.58
Net Income:$2.79Curr Assets:$6.49
EPS:$0.47Liabilities:$8.52
Prior EPS:$0.26Curr Liab:$3.40
Cash Flow/Oper:$4.80Equity:$18.06
Cash Flow/Fin:$3.57Cash:$0.69
Cash Flow/Inv:-$7.86Working Cap:$3.10

Competition
The bottled water industry is highly competitive. Many of the Company's competitors have more experience in the U.S. bottled water market, have greater financial and management resources and have more established proprietary trademarks and distribution networks than the Company. The Company currently competes with respect to bottled water with established national companies such as The Perrier Group of America, Inc. (whose brands include Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water, Poland Spring, Ozarka Spring Water, Great Bear, Deer Park, Ice Mountain and Zephyrhills Natural Spring Water) and Great Brands of Europe (whose brands include Evian Natural Spring Water and Dannon Natural Spring Water), as well as numerous regional bottled water companies located in the United States and Canada. The Company competes not only with other bottled water producers, but also with producers of other beverages, including, but not limited to, soft drinks, coffee, juices, beer, liquor and wine. The bottled water industry also competes for the same consumer who may, when choosing to drink water, drink tap water or use a home filtration system to filter tap water for drinking. There can be no assurance that the Company can compete successfully.

Business Plan
The Company's objective is to be the leading producer and bottler of natural spring water for customers on a national basis. Aspects of the Company's strategy include the following: (I) Focus on Premium PET Packaging, (ii) Produce Regionally and Sell to National and Regional Customers, (iii) Invest in State-of-the-Art Production Facilities, (iv) Create Innovative Packaging, (v) Provide "One-Stop-Shopping", (vi) Provide Superior Customer Service and (vii) Growth Strategy.

Use of Proceeds
The proceeds from the proposed offering will be used for capital expenditures, including of the company's Milesburg, PA facility and a portion of the construction of the Ginnie Springs facility, repayment of debt associated with the acquisition of Castle Rock, repayment of outstanding balances under the company's credit facilities and other general corporate purposes.

Principal and Selling Shareholders
Name of Shareholder% Owned
Before
% Owned
After
Norman S. Rich0.42
Edward J. Lauth, III0.270.19
Matthew J. Suhey0.080.05
Geoffrey F. Feidelberg0.070.05
Nancy Jean Davis0.060.04
Note: Represents ownership of 5% or more prior to the offering.
Executive Officers and Directors
Officer NameTitleAge
Edward J. Lauth, IIIChairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director43
Dennis B. NisewongerController and Assistant Secretary49
Geoffrey F. FeidelbergExecutive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial and Director42
Calvin J. Wagner, Jr.Secreatary and Director38

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