SEC Form 4 · accession 0001209191-15-084544
SYSCO CORP · SYY
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Period of report
Dec 8, 2015
Accepted (ET)
Dec 10, 2015 · 7:40 pm EST
Rule 10b5-1 plan
unknown — predates the checkbox
Issuer CIK
0000096021
Table I — non-derivative securities
| Security | Date | Code | Shares | Price | A/D | Owned after | D/I | Nature of ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common StockF1,F2,F3 | Dec 8, 2015 | P | 414,221 | $40.9027 | A | 42,476,859 | I | Please see explanation below |
| Common StockF4,F2,F3 | Dec 10, 2015 | P | 199,000 | $41.107 | A | 42,675,859 | I | Please see explanation below |
| Common Stock | holding | — | — | — | 4,423 | D |
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Put-Call Option (right and obligation to buy)F2,F3,F5,F6,F7 | $41.1361 | Dec 8, 2015 | J | 80,220 | A | — | Dec 31, 2017 | Common Stock | 80,220 | 80,220 | I |
| Put-Call Option (right and obligation to buy)F2,F3,F5,F6,F7 | $41.1303 | Dec 9, 2015 | J | 505,320 | A | — | Dec 31, 2017 | Common Stock | 505,320 | 505,320 | I |
Explanation of responses
- F1The price shown in Column 4 is a weighted average purchase price. The price range for the purchases is $40.57 to $41.30. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.
- F2Trian Fund Management, L.P ("Trian Management") serves as the management company for Trian Partners, L.P., Trian Partners Master Fund, L.P., Trian Partners Master Fund (ERISA), L.P., Trian Partners Parallel Fund I, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund II, L.P. ("TPSIF II"), Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-A, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Co-Investment Fund-A, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-N, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Investment Fund-D, L.P., Trian Partners Fund (Sub)-G, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Fund-G II, L.P., Trian Partners Strategic Fund G-III, L.P., Trian Partners Co-Investment Opportunities Fund, Ltd. and Trian SPV (Sub) XI, L.P. (collectively, the "Trian Entities") and as such determines the investment and voting decisions of the Trian Entities with respect to the shares of the Issuer held by them.
- F3(FN 2, contd.) Mr. Peltz is a member of Trian Fund Management GP, LLC, which is the general partner of Trian Management, and therefore is in a position to determine the investment and voting decisions made by Trian Management on behalf of the Trian Entities. Accordingly, Mr. Peltz and Trian Management may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own (as that term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) the shares beneficially owned by the Trian Entities. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interests therein and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the Reporting Persons are the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose. Mr. Peltz is a director of the Issuer.
- F4The price shown in Column 4 is a weighted average purchase price. The price range for the purchases is $41.045 to $41.14. The Reporting Persons undertake to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer or a security holder of the Issuer, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price.
- F5On each of December 8, 2015 and December 9, 2015, TPSIF II entered into a privately negotiated back-to-back call and put transaction (each, an "Option") with a counterparty through which it is entitled to the same economic gain or loss as if it had purchased the indicated shares. More specifically, these transactions represent call options pursuant to which, on or prior to December 31, 2017 (the "Exercise Date"), TPSIF II may acquire the number of shares set forth above at the exercise price set forth above (the "Exercise Price").
- F6(FN 5, contd.) These call options may be exercised at any time, in whole or in part, on or prior to the Exercise Date. Simultaneously with the purchase of each call option, TPSIF II also sold a put option to the counterparty for the same number of shares pursuant to which, if on the Exercise Date the call option has not been exercised by TPSIF II and the Exercise Price is greater than the closing price of the shares on the Expiration Date (the "Closing Price"), the counterparty may require TPSIF II, at its election, to either (i) pay the counterparty an amount in cash equal to the product of (a) the excess of the Exercise Price over the Closing Price and (b) the number of shares set forth above or (ii) acquire from the counterparty the number of shares set forth above at the Exercise Price.
- F7(FN 6, contd.) As part of these transactions, TPSIF II pays the counterparty a financing fee based on the number of days that the Options that it holds are outstanding, which fee is calculated using a monthly rate equal to USD-FFR-OPEN (as displayed on Bloomberg Screen "FEDSOPEN" [INDEX] [GO] or any successor pages) plus an applicable spread.
Remarks
The shares which are reported on this filing as being indirectly held by Mr. Nelson Peltz and Trian Management through their relationship with the Trian Entities, and the transactions with respect to such shares, are also reported in the filings made by Mr. Joshua Frank and Trian Management, and represent the same shares and transactions.