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Case Study: Hillshire Brands

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Business Transformation
The company in fiscal 2012 completed a significant business transformation to convert itself in a pure-play meat-centric foods company with operations primarily in the US. In June 2012, Hillshire Brands (formerly Sara Lee Corporation) completed the spin-off of its international coffee and tea business into an independent, publicly traded Dutch company named D.E MASTER BLENDERS 1753 N.V. (DEMB). The Spin-Off was completed by Sara Lee Corporation effecting a stock dividend of 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the U.S. subsidiary CoffeeCo, which manages the international coffee and tea business to holders of Sara Lee common stock. After which CoffeeCo merged with a subsidiary of DEMB.
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