Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000096021-25-000147
Chunk: 7

Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-10-02
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 7
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. Ernst & Young has served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, providing auditing, financial and tax services, since fiscal year 2002. In determining to appoint Ernst & Young, the Audit Committee carefully considered Ernst & Young’s past performance for the Company, its independence with respect to the services to be performed and its general reputation for adherence to professional auditing standards.

| Item4 |     | Stockholder Proposal to Adopt a Policy Requiringthat the Board Chair and CEO Roles be SeparatePositions Held by Different People |            |
|       |     | The Board recommends a voteAGAINSTthis proposal.                                                                                 | See Page69 |

| SYSCO CORPORATION//2025 Proxy Statement | 11 |

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MATTERS

| Item1 |     | Election of Directors                                                        |
|       |     | The Board of Directors unanimously recommends a voteFOReach of the nominees. |

ELECTION OF DIRECTORS Election Requirements The Company’s Amended & Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) provide for majority votes cast standard in uncontested director elections, meaning that the number of shares voted “for” a director must exceed the number of shares voted “against” that director. The Company does not permit cumulative voting. Any incumbent director who is not re-elected in an uncontested election is required to tender the director’s resignation to the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee (the “Governance Committee”). The Governance Committee will consider the tendered resignation and recommend to the Board whether to accept or reject the resignation offer, or whether other action should be taken.

| 12 | SYSCO CORPORATION//2025 Proxy Statement |

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MATTERS Election of Directors The Board must act on the recommendation within 120 days following certification of the stockholders’ vote and will promptly disclose its decision regarding whether to accept the director’s resignation offer. The director who tenders a resignation may not participate in these deliberations of the Governance Committee or the Board. In contested elections, where there are more nominees than seats on the Board, directors are elected by a plurality vote, meaning that the nominees who receive the most votes of all the votes cast for directors will be elected. Director Candidates Identified by the Board and Management In identifying candidates for election to the Board, the Governance Committee will determine which of the incumbent directors has an interest in being nominated for re-election at the next annual meeting of stockholders. The Governance Committee will also identify and evaluate new candidates for election to the Board for the purpose of filling vacancies. To that end, the Governance Committee generally