Company: SYY
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form Type: 424B2
Source: 0001193125-25-028023
Chunk: 69

Company: SYSCO CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-18
Form: 424B2
Chunk 69
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 annual meeting. Our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provide that 35% of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting shall constitute a quorum except as otherwise required by law. In addition, holders who have “owned” (as defined in our Bylaws) at least 3% of Sysco’s outstanding Common Stock continuously for a period of 3 years may nominate a number of director nominees equal to 20% of the total number of directors constituting the Board (rounded down), subject to a two nominee aggregate minimum, which nominees will be included in the Company’s proxy statement for the corresponding annual meeting of stockholders if the nominating stockholder(s) and the respective nominee(s) (each, a “Proxy Access Nominee”) comply with the additional eligibility, procedural and disclosure requirements set forth in our Bylaws, including the following:

| • |     | a limit of 20 on the number of stockholders that may aggregate their ownership for purposes of satisfying the 3% 
 threshold referenced above;                                                                                      |

| • |     | procedures for nominating stockholders to submit timely written notice of their proxy access nominations; |

| • |     | eligibility requirements for each Proxy Access Nominee; |

| • |     | disclosures, agreements and representations required to be submitted to the Company by each nominating 
 stockholder and each Proxy Access Nominee; and                                                         |

| • |     | circumstances in which (i) the maximum number of Proxy Access Nominees shall be reduced or (ii) the                                               
 Board will not be required to include any Proxy Access Nominees in the Company’s proxy statement for a particular annual meeting of stockholders. |

Special Meetings. Only our Board, our Chairman of the Board or our Chief Executive Officer, in each case with the concurrence of the majority of the Board, or our Secretary, at the written request of stockholders of record who own at least 25% of our outstanding common shares and comply with certain procedural requirements, may call a special meeting of stockholders. These provisions may make it more difficult for stockholders to take action opposed by our Board. Additional Authorized Shares of Capital Stock. The additional shares of authorized common stock and preferred stock available for issuance under our Certificate of Incorporation could be issued at such times, under such circumstances and with such terms and conditions as to impede a change in control. Limitation of Liability; Indemnification Our Certificate of Incorporation contains certain provisions permitted under the DGCL relating to the liability of directors. These