Hilshire Brands Archives - Stock Spinoffs

Reader Question: What Happens Now That Sara Lee No Longer Calls?

By Inelegant Investor | July 13, 2012

A reader writes: my broker cannot help me I had 6 calls 20 of SARA LEE due july 21 company was spinoff and is now hilshire SLE to HSH my calls are not listed anymore Am i eligible to the $ 3.00 per share bonus ? I want to sell my calls but there was a reverse split… Read More »

Sara Lee Retires To Hillshire Farm, Gives Up Coffee

By Inelegant Investor | June 29, 2012

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Twenty seven years after Consolidated Foods became Sara Lee, Sara Lee is retiring as a corporate name. Months of preparation culminated in a flurry of activity today, in which Sara Lee shareholders received a goodie bag containing 1 share of D.E. Master Blenders 1753(DEMBF), an international coffee company trading in Amsterdam, a $3 special cash dividend, and 0.2… Read More »