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2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
Sysco Corporation’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.
The final voting results were as follows:
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Election of Directors (Class II):
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Jonathan
Golden
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446,744,468
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63,611,115
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1,408,888
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N/A
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Joseph
A. Hafner, Jr.
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452,633,232
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40,448,082
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18,683,158
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N/A
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Nancy S.
Newcomb
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452,101,410
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40,984,829
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18,678,482
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N/A
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Kenneth
F. Spitler
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490,573,063
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19,882,770
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1,308,888
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N/A
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Proposal to approve the 2009
Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan
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366,310,717
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38,585,840
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18,833,980
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88,034,185
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Proposal to authorize amendments to
Sysco’s 2007 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended
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337,735,244
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66,296,888
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19,698,989
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88,033,601
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Proposal to approve the material terms
of, and the payment of compensation to certain executive officers pursuant
to, the 2009 Management Incentive Plan, so that the deductibility of such compensation
will not be limited by Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code
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460,296,687
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31,026,091
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20,440,095
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0
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Proposal to ratify the appointment of
Ernst and Young LLP as Sysco’s independent accountants for fiscal 2010
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503,461,572
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7,632,805
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670,345
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0
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Proposal to consider and approve an
advisory proposal relating to the company’s executive compensation
philosophy, policies and procedures
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488,103,765
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16,417,842
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7,241,080
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0
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The stockholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors adopt certain principles for health care reform was not presented at the meeting and, therefore, was not voted upon.
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