RNS Number:8560N
Sara Lee Corporation
23 July 2003


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:            23rd July 2003

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following securities to be admitted to the Official List.

DETAILS OF ISSUE:            US$2,500,000,000

ISSUER:                      Sara Lee Corporation ("Sara Lee")

INCORPORATED IN:             Baltimore, Maryland in 1939

GUARANTOR:                   Not applicable

Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours for fourteen days from the date of this
formal notice from:

Citibank N.A.
5 Carmelite Street
London EC4Y 0PA

In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility at the Financial
Services Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS.


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