UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(dD) OF

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of ~~Report~~report (Date of earliest event reported): July ~~May 18~~1, 2026

Sysco Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	1-06544	74-1648137
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1390 Enclave Parkway, Houston, TX 77077-2099

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(281) 584-1390

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1.00 Par Value		SYY		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐ ¨

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ ¨

Item 78.01. ~~Regulation~~Other ~~FD Disclosure~~Items.

On ~~May~~July 181, 2026, inNew ~~connection~~Slider Holdco, Inc., a Delaware ~~with~~corporation (“New Slider HoldCo”) and wholly-owned subsidiary of Sysco Corporation’s (“Sysco”), ~~previously~~filed ~~announced~~with ~~agreement~~the toSecurities and ~~acquire~~Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Form S-4”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 30, 2026, by and among JRD Unico, Inc., ~~and~~ Warehouse Realty, LLC, Sysco, ~~made~~New Slider HoldCo, Slider Merger Sub 1, Inc., Slider Merger Sub 2, Inc., Slider Merger Sub 3, LLC and a ~~presentation~~holder torepresentative, solely ~~certain~~in ~~investors~~its ~~regarding~~capacity as the ~~acquisition~~initial Holder Representative thereunder (the “Merger Agreement”). AThe ~~copy~~Form S-4 included a preliminary prospectus of New Slider HoldCo, Inc. relating to the ~~presentation~~shares isof ~~attached~~common ~~hereto~~stock asof ~~Exhibit~~New ~~99.~~Slider HoldCo, par value $1.00 per share, to be issued ~~and~~to isshareholders ~~incorporated~~of ~~herein~~Sysco in connection with the transactions contemplated by ~~reference~~the Merger Agreement. The Form S-4 has not yet been declared effective by the SEC.

~~The~~IMPORTANT ~~information~~INFORMATION ~~contained in~~REGARDING ~~this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall not be deemed “filed”~~THE ~~for~~TRANSACTION ~~purposes~~AND ofWHERE ~~Section~~TO 18FIND of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.IT

~~Item~~In 9connection with the proposed transaction, Sysco caused New Slider Holdco, Inc.01 ~~Financial~~to ~~Statements~~file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 that will include a definitive prospectus of New Slider Holdco, Inc. (the “prospectus”). BEFORE MAKING ANY INVESTMENT DECISION INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF SYSCO ARE URGED TO READ THE PROSPECTUS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and ~~Exhibits~~security holders may obtain free copies of the prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto and other documents containing important information about Sysco, once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.

~~(d)~~Copies ~~Exhibits~~of the documents filed with the SEC by Sysco will be available free of charge under the “Investors” section of Sysco’s website located at investors.sysco.com.

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Investor Presentation, May 18, 2026
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

NO OFFER OR SOLICITATION

This Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act.

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.

Dated: ~~May~~July 181, 2026

	Sysco Corporation


	By:	/s/ Andrew Wurdack
	Name:	Andrew Wurdack
	Title:	Vice President, Securities and Corporate Governance & Assistant Secretary

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