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Thanks, ? onnie ? mith President and CEO A? ? ITIO? AL I? FO? ? ATIO? A? ? WHE? E TO FI? ? IT The tender offer (the ?Offer?) has not yet commenced. Accordingly, this communication is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of the common stock of The Hillshire Brands Company (?Hillshire?) or any other securities. On the commencement date of any Offer, a tender offer statement on ? chedule TO, including an offer to purchase, a letter of transmittal and related materials, will be filed with the ? nited ? tates ? ecurities and Exchange Commission (the ?? EC?) by Tyson Foods, Inc. (?Tyson?) and H? B Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tyson, and a solicitation/recommendation statement on ? chedule ??? ? will be filed with the ? EC by Hillshire. The offer to purchase shares of Hillshire common stock will only be made pursuant to the offer to purchase, letter of transmittal and related materials filed with the ? EC by Tyson as part of its ? chedule TO. Investors and security holders are urged to read both the tender offer statement and the solicitation/recommendation statement regarding the Offer, as they may be amended from time to time, when they become available, because they will contain important information about the Offer, including its terms and conditions, and should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these statements (when available) and other materials filed with the ? EC at the website maintained by the ? EC at www.sec.gov, or by directing requests for such materials to the information agent for the Offer, which will be named in the tender offer statement. © 2014 Tyson Foods, Inc. Tyson is a registered trademark of Tyson Foods, Inc. For internal distribution only. This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended addressee, then you have received this email in error and any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. Please notify us immediately of your unintended receipt by reply and then delete this email and your reply. Tyson Foods, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates will not be held liable to any person resulting from the unintended or unauthorized use of any information contained in this email or as a result of any additions or deletions of information originally contained in this email.