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Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration No. 33-60071
PRICING SUPPLEMENT NO. 9 DATED SEPTEMBER 20, 1995
TO PROSPECTUS DATED JULY 14, 1995 AND PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JULY 19, 1995
SARA LEE CORPORATION
Medium-Term Notes, Series C
(Fixed Rate)
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Principal Amount: $6,000,000 Issue Date: September 25, 1995
Issue Price: 99.641 Stated Maturity: September 26, 2005
Commission of Selling Agents: N/A Specified Currency: U.S. Dollars
Net Proceeds to Issuer: 5,978,460 Form: x Global
Interest Rate: 6.45% -----
Selling Agents: Smith Barney Certificated
Trade Date: September 20, 1995 -----
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Interest Payment Dates: Amortizing Notes:
x As specified in Prospectus Supplement Yes
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Other (specify) x No
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Regular Record Date: Each payment of principal of, and interest on,
x As specified in Prospectus Supplement the Notes will be made:
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Other (specify) -------
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Original Issue Discount Note: -------
Yes x No Other (specify)
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Original Issue Discount: % Interest rate may be reset: Yes x No
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Yield to Maturity: % Terms of reset:
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Repurchase Price (for Discount Securities): Redemption Information:
Other Provisions: Repayment Information
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The aggregate principal amount of this offering is U.S. $6,000,000 and relates only to Pricing
Supplement No. 9. Medium-Term Notes, Series C, may be issued by the Company in the aggregate
principal amount of up to U.S. $500,000,000 or the equivalent in foreign currencies or foreign currency units.
To date, including this offering, an aggregate of U.S. $80,000,000 or the equivalent in foreign
currency or foreign currency units of Medium-Term Notes, Series C, have been issued.
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TYPE OF SALE: IF PRINCIPAL TRANSACTION, REOFFERING AT:
As Agent x varying prices related to prevailing market prices at the time of resale
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x As Principal fixed public offering prices of % of Principal Amount
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