Sysco Increases Quarterly Dividend Payment Six Percent

HOUSTON, Nov. 16, 2016 -- Sysco Corporation (NYSE:SYY) today announced that the Board of Directors has approved a six percent increase in the quarterly cash dividend to $0.33 per share from the current $0.31 per share. The new dividend is payable on January 27, 2017, to common stockholders of record at the close of business on January 6, 2017.

“The two cent per share quarterly dividend step up from the one cent increase in recent years reflects Sysco’s continued strong generation of cash flow and demonstrates our long-standing commitment to return value to its stockholders,” said Bill DeLaney, Sysco’s chief executive officer. “Sysco has paid a quarterly cash dividend every quarter since its founding as a public company in 1970 and has increased its dividend 48 times in that period.”

About Sysco

Sysco is the global leader in selling, marketing and distributing food products to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Its family of products also includes equipment and supplies for the foodservice and hospitality industries. The company operates 198 distribution facilities serving approximately 425,000 customers. For fiscal year 2016 that ended July 2, 2016, the company generated sales of more than $50 billion. Subsequent to fiscal year 2016, the company completed the acquisition of the Brakes Group, a leading European foodservice distributor with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Sweden, Spain, Belgium and Luxembourg.

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