Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000096021-25-000147
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Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: DEF 14A
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 Accounting Oversight Board and the SEC. Ernst & Young provided to the Audit Committee the written disclosures and the letter required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule 3526, “Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence”, as modified or supplemented, and the Audit Committee discussed with Ernst & Young that firm’s independence. Based on the Audit Committee’s discussion with management and Ernst & Young and the Audit Committee’s review of the representations of management and Ernst & Young’s report, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited consolidated financial statements be included in Sysco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 28, 2025 for filing with the SEC. AUDIT COMMITTEE Bradley M. Halverson, Chair Francesca DeBiase Ali Dibadj Jill M. Golder Roberto Marques

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FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM The following table presents fees billed for professional audit services rendered by Ernst & Young for the audit of Sysco’s annual financial statements for fiscal year 2025 and 2024, as well as other services rendered by Ernst & Young during those periods (all of which services were approved by the Audit Committee in accordance with the Pre-approval Policy described below):

|                       | Fiscal Year 2025($) | Fiscal Year 2024($) |
| Audit Fees(1)         |          10,719,000 |          10,187,000 |
| Audit-Related Fees(2) |             497,000 |             573,000 |
| Tax Fees(3)           |           3,609,235 |           2,608,187 |
| All Other Fees(4)     |              11,177 |              11,162 |

(1) Audit fees consisted of fees for the audit and quarterly reviews of the consolidated financial statements (including an audit of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting), assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC, and statutory audits. (2) Audit-related fees consisted of fees for the audit of the Company’s benefit plan, environmental, social and governance limited assurance services, and other audit-related services. (3) For fiscal year 2025, tax fees consisted of $2.6 million related to tax compliance services and $1.0 million related to other tax-related services. For fiscal year 2024, tax fees consisted of $2.3