exv10w3



 





Exhibit 10.3




THIRD AMENDMENT TO

THE SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

SYSCO CORPORATION

SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN




     THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED SYSCO CORPORATION SUPPLEMENTAL
EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN (this “Amendment”).



     WHEREAS, Sysco Corporation (the “Company”) has adopted that certain Sixth Amended and
Restated Sysco Corporation Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to
a plan document effective generally as of January 1, 2005; and



     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined to amend the Plan to change its
definition of “Eligible Earnings” to exclude any amounts payable to participants under the Sysco
Corporation 2006 Supplemental Performance Based Bonus Plan and certain additional bonuses paid to
participants under the fiscal incentive programs of the Sysco Corporation Management Incentive
Plan.



     NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan is hereby amended as follows, effective as of July 1, 2007:



     (Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the
Plan.)




     1. Article I of the Plan is hereby amended by deleting the definition of
“Eligible Earnings” in its entirety and replacing it with the following:




Eligible Earnings. “Eligible Earnings” means:




          (a) (i) the salary, plus (ii) any amount under the Management Incentive
Plan, that is paid to a Participant by the Company with respect to a given
Plan Year ending prior to July 3, 2005 (including any amount deferred under
the Sysco Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan).




          (b) (i) the salary, plus (ii) any amount under the Management Incentive
Plan, that is paid to a Participant by the Company with respect to a given
Plan Year ending after July 2, 2005 but ending prior to July 1, 2007
(including any amounts deferred under the Sysco Corporation Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan, and excluding any amounts related to “Additional
Shares” or “Additional Cash Bonus” (as such terms are defined in the
Management Incentive Plan)); and (iii) any amount under the Sysco
Corporation 2006 Supplemental Performance Based Bonus Plan, as may be
amended from time to time, and any successor plan, that is paid to a
Participant by the Company with respect to a given Plan Year ending after
July 1, 2006 but ending prior to July 1, 2007.




          (c) (i) the salary, plus (ii) any amount under the Management Incentive
Plan, that is paid to a Participant by the Company with respect to a given
Plan Year ending after June 30, 2007 (including any amount deferred under
the Sysco Corporation Executive Deferred Compensation Plan, and excluding
any amounts related to “Additional Shares” or the MIP Additional Bonuses).




          (d) Notwithstanding (a), (b), and (c), above, for purposes of
calculating a Protected Participant’s Protected Benefit, “Eligible Earnings”
shall have the meaning set forth in (a), above, except that (i) the Plan
Year date restrictions set forth therein shall not apply (i.e., the Eligible
Earnings definition set forth in (a) shall apply without regard to when such
amounts were paid or earned); and (ii) for Plan Years ending after June 30,
2007, “Eligible Earnings” shall exclude amounts related to the MIP
Additional Bonuses.



 









 





     2. Article I of the Plan is hereby amended by addition of the following definition of MIP
Additional Bonuses.




     “MIP Additional Bonuses.” “MIP Additional Bonuses” means the
sum of those certain additional bonuses payable to participants under the
Management Incentive Plan pursuant to the fiscal year incentive programs
under the Management Incentive Plan, more specifically referred to as the
“Big 5 Enterprise Bonus”, the “Organizational Alignment Bonus Program”, the
“Additional Bonus for Management Development” and the “Additional Bonus for
Foldout Company Support” or any similar bonus program adopted by the Company
under the Management Incentive Plan. For purposes of this definition, MIP
Additional Bonuses shall include amounts paid to participants in the
Management Incentive Plan in addition to their regular Management Incentive
Plan bonuses and shall not include reductions in a Management Incentive Plan
participant’s regular Management Incentive Plan bonuses as a result of a
Participant’s performance for such fiscal year being below expectations.



     3. Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan shall remain in full force and effect as
prior to this Amendment.



     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Third Amendment to be executed this 28th day
of September, 2007 effective as of the 1st day of July, 2007.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SYSCO CORPORATION
	 
	 

	 	By:

Name:

Title:
	 	/s/ Michael C. Nichols
 

Michael C. Nichols 

Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 
	ATTEST:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	By: 

Name: 

Title:

	 	/s/ Thomas P. Kurz
 

Thomas P. Kurz 

Assistant Vice President and
Deputy General Counsel
	 	 







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