SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

CERRONE STEPHEN

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O SARA LEE CORPORATION

3500 LACEY ROAD

(Street)

DOWNERS GROVE

60515

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Sara Lee Corp [ SLE ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Executive Vice President

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2007

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
common stock	01/25/2007		A		13,251⁽¹⁾	A	$16.98	13,251	D
common stock	01/25/2007		A		58,893⁽²⁾	A	$16.98	72,144	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
employee stock option (right to buy)	$16.98	01/25/2007		A		45,071		08/31/2009⁽³⁾	08/31/2016	common stock	45,071	$0.00	45,071	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Award of a restricted stock unit ("RSU") that may be settled only for shares of common stock. 50% of the RSU wil vest on August 31, 2009, subject to the reporting person's continued employment with Sara Lee through that date. The remaining 50% of the RSU will vest on August 31, 2009 if and to the extent certain predetermined performance targets have been achieved. Depending upon the performance achieved, the reporting person could receive up to 150% of the total shares covered by the RSU. Performance targets relate to the cumulative growth in Sara Lee's diluted EPS relative to its peers.

2. Award of an RSU that may be settled only for shares of common stock on a one-for-one basis. The RSUs will vest in two equal annual installments on August 31, 2008 and August 31, 2010, subject to continued employment with Sara Lee. The RSU also will vest in full if the reporting person is terminated without cause. The reporting person joined Sara Lee in January 2007, and this RSU was granted to compensate him for equity awards granted by his former employer that he forfeited as a result of his move to Sara Lee.

3. Option vests in full on August 31, 2009, subject to the reporting person?s continued employment with Sara Lee through that date.

Remarks:

	/s/ Helen N. Kaminski For Stephen J. Cerrone pursuant to power of attorney previously filed.	01/26/2007
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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