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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-06-050106.txt : 20060914
<SEC-HEADER>0001209191-06-050106.hdr.sgml : 20060914
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060914153124
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-06-050106
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060905
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060914
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060914

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LEE SARA CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000023666
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000]
		IRS NUMBER:				362089049
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0702

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLZ
		STREET 2:		STE 4600
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3127262600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		THREE FIRST NATL PLZ
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4600
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSOLIDATED FOODS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19850402

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CONSOLIDATED GROCERD CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19731220

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOLL RICHARD A
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001241878

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-03344
		FILM NUMBER:		061090639

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		70 W MADISON STREET
		STREET 2:		C/O SARA LEE CORP
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60602
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<TYPE>4/A
<SEQUENCE>1
<FILENAME>doc4a.xml
<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4/A SUBMISSION
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-09-05</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-09-07</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>1</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000023666</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LEE SARA CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>SLE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001241878</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NOLL RICHARD A</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O SARA LEE BRANDED APPAREL</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1000 EAST HANES MILL ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WINSTON-SALEM</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>27105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-09-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1753</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>14.36</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>45809</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5626</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By 401(k) plan</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Represents shares of common stock withheld by Sara Lee to satisfy the reporting person's tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;).</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes 18,055 RSUs that will be converted into shares of common stock, on a one-for-one basis, upon vesting.  The RSUs will vest if and to the extent the predetermined performance targets have been achieved.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This amendment corrects the Form 4 filed on September 7, 2006, which reported an incorrect number of shares withheld and an incorrect price.

On September 5, 2006, Sara Lee Corporation (&quot;Sara Lee&quot;) distributed, as a pro rata stock dividend, all of the shares of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hanesbrands Inc. (&quot;Hanesbrands&quot;), to holders of record of Sara Lee common stock as of the close of business on August 18, 2006 (the &quot;spin off&quot;).  Effective upon completion of the spin off, the Compensation and Employee Benefits Committee of Sara Lee?s Board of Directors adjusted all outstanding Sara Lee restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) to preserve the pre-spin off intrinsic value of such RSUs.  In addition, on the date the spin off was completed, Sara Lee RSUs (other than performance-based RSUs for which the performance period has not expired) held by Hanesbrands employees vested. As a result, on September 5, 2006 (i) 6,018 RSUs held by the reporting person immediately prior to the spin off were adjusted to equal 6,991 RSUs, and (ii) those RSUs vested and were converted into Sara Lee common stock on a one-to-one basis.</rem
arks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Helen N. Kaminski
For Richard A. Noll pursuant to power of attorney previously filed.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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