Edgar Filing: Hillshire Brands Co

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Oleksiuk Mary

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Hillshire Brands Co [HSH]

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

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
SVP, Chief Human Resources Off

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY, 400 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/28/2014

(Street)

CHICAGO, IL 60607

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/28/2014		U		229 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	D	$ 63	0	I	By 401(k) Plan

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee stock option (right to buy)

$ 30.59

08/28/2014

39,593

⁽³⁾

01/24/2023

Common Stock

39,593

$ 63

Performance Shares

⁽⁴⁾

08/28/2014

25,151

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock

25,151

$ 63

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Oleksiuk Mary C/O THE HILLSHIRE BRANDS COMPANY 400 SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET CHICAGO, IL 60607			SVP, Chief Human Resources Off

Signatures

/s/Alison M. Rhoten for Mary Oleksiuk pursuant to power of attorney filed herewith.		09/02/2014
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	In connection with the completion of a cash tender offer launched by Tyson Foods, Inc. ("Tyson") to purchase all of Issuer's issued and outstanding common stock (the "Tender Offer") pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of July 1, 2014, among Tyson, HMB Holdings, Inc. and Issuer.
(2)	These shares were tendered by the 401(k) plan trustee on the reporting person's behalf and on a non-volitional basis in a transaction that was exempt under Rule 16b-3(c).
(3)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, these options were cancelled in exchange for a cash payment determined using the difference between the applicable exercise price of the option and the $63.00 per share price as part of the Tender Offer.
(4)	These performance shares represent unvested performance units relating to the 2013-2015 and 2014-2015 performance cycles that, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, were deemed vested assuming achievement of applicable performance metrics at the target amount (100%).

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