CHICAGO, Aug 14, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sara Lee Corporation today reiterated that its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer will certify without exceptions its fiscal 2002 annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Sara Lee's latest fiscal year ended June 29, 2002, and the company's next filing with the SEC is its Form 10-K, which will be completed, in accordance with the SEC's rules, at the end of September. Per the SEC's order, Sara Lee's CEO and CFO certifications will be made coincident with that report's filing on or about September 27, 2002.
Sara Lee's CEO and CFO will also file the certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 regarding Sara Lee's 2002 annual report on Form 10-K.
The SEC's Web site (www.SEC.gov) includes a list of companies whose CEOs and CFOs are required to file sworn statements with the SEC as well as the date those certifications are anticipated to be filed.
"Without question, I can assure you that CFO Theo de Kool and I will sign oaths swearing to the accuracy and truthfulness of Sara Lee's financial statements," said C. Steven McMillan, chairman, president and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation.
Sara Lee Corporation (www.saralee.com) is one of the world's leading branded consumer packaged goods companies, selling its products in more than 180 countries. The company has three global businesses - Food and Beverage, Intimates and Underwear, and Household Products - through which it manufactures and markets products of exceptional quality and value under leading, well-known brand names such as Sara Lee, Earth Grains, Jimmy Dean, Douwe Egberts, Chock full o'Nuts, Hanes, Playtex, Bali, Dim, Kiwi, Ambi-Pur and Sanex.
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