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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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| ITEM 1.01 | ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT |
On October 18, 2022, Sysco Corporation and State Street Global Advisors Trust Company, as independent fiduciary of the Sysco Corporation Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), entered into a commitment agreement with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (the “Insurer”), which has an AA+, Aa3, and A++ credit ratings from S&P Global, Moody’s, and AM Best, respectively, under which the Plan agreed to purchase a nonparticipating single premium group annuity contract that will transfer to the Insurer approximately $700 million of the Plan’s defined benefit pension obligations related to certain pension benefits.
The purchase of the group annuity contract by the Plan is expected to close on October 25, 2022. The contract covers approximately 10,000 Sysco participants and beneficiaries (the “Transferred Participants”). Under the group annuity contract, the Insurer will make an unconditional and irrevocable commitment to pay the pension benefits of each Transferred Participant that are due on or after January 1, 2023. The transaction will result in no changes to the amount of benefits payable to the Transferred Participants.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sysco Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Sysco Corporation | ||||||
| Date: October 24, 2022 | By: | /s/ Gerald W. Clanton | ||||
| Gerald W. Clanton | ||||||
| Vice President, Legal, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary | ||||||
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