Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Sara Lee Corporation announced that it has appointed Mark Garvey as interim Chief Financial Officer and principal financial officer, effective May 11, 2009. Mr. Garvey, age 44, is a Vice President of Sara Lee Corporation and has served as Senior Vice President, Finance with responsibility for Sara Lee's Business Process Outsourcing initiative, Global Financial Shared Services and Global Financial Planning and Analysis function, since January 2009. Mr. Garvey joined Sara Lee in 1995 and has held a variety of positions, including Executive Director Corporate Development from June 1999 to September 2001; Vice President of Internal Audit from September 2001 to June 2006; Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee International from July 2006 to April 2008; and Chief Financial Officer of Sara Lee's North America businesses, which includes Retail, Fresh Bakery, Foodservice and Supply Chain operations, from April 2008 to January 2009.

Sara Lee previously announced that L.M. (Theo) de Kool, Sara Lee's Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer), will retire at the end of the current fiscal year. Sara Lee is conducting a search to replace Mr. de Kool.

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