Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000096021-25-000147
Chunk: 27

Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 27
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 — valued at $210,000 and vests in full on the first anniversary of the grant date; and • Lead Independent Director additional cash retainer - $100,000. See “Equity-Based Awards to Non-Employee Directors” below for a description of the plan under which the restricted stock was granted, and the “Fiscal Year 2025 Director Compensation” table below for detailed compensation information for fiscal year 2025 for each person who served as a non-employee director. Reimbursement of Expenses Non-employee directors are entitled to reimbursement of expenses related to their service as a director, including committee participation or special assignments. Travel reimbursements may include reimbursement of a portion of the cost of non-commercial air travel in connection with Sysco business, subject to specified maximums. Non-employee directors may not be reimbursed for amounts related to the purchase price of an aircraft or fractional interest in an aircraft, and any portion of the reimbursement that relates to insurance, maintenance and other non-incremental costs is subject to an annual cap. Non-employee directors also receive discounts on products carried by the Company and its subsidiaries comparable to the discounts offered to all Sysco employees.

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DIRECTOR COMPENSATION Equity-Based Awards to Non-Employee Directors DIRECTORS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN Non-employee directors may defer all or a portion of their annual retainer, including additional fees paid to committee chairs, Lead Independent Director and the Chair of the Board, under the Directors Deferred Compensation Plan. Non-employee directors may choose from several investment options. We credit such deferred amounts with investment gains or losses until the non-employee director retires from the Board or until the occurrence of certain other events. EQUITY-BASED AWARDS TO NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS As of September 17, 2025, the non-employee directors held shares of restricted stock and elected shares (as described below), all of which were issued under the Sysco Corporation 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which we refer to as the “2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan.” Below is a description of the relevant provisions of the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Election to Receive a Portion of the Annual Retainer in Common Stock Under the 2018 Omnibus Incentive Plan, a non-employee director may elect to receive between 10% and 100% (in 10% increments) of his or her annual retainer fee,