UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 4
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16.
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
HOLM, GEORGE L.
3000 69th Street East
Palmetto, FL 34221
U.S.A.
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SYSCO CORPORATION
SYY
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
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4. Statement for Month/Year
AUGUST 1997
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
9/8/97
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
Senior Vice President - Operations
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect |
| Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership |
| | | | Beneficially |(D)or | |
| | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | |
| Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| |
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Common Stock |8/4/97|A(1)|V|3,541.0000 |A |37.00 | |D | |
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Common Stock |8/12/9|S | |4,600.0000 |D |36.3125 | |D | |
|7 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|J(2)| |4,600.0000 |A |15.3125 |27,353.2177 (4) |D | |
|7 | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of|
Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect |
|or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial |
|cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership |
|Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | |
|Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| |
|tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| |
|Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | |
|rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| |
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Incentive Stock Option|15.3125 |8/14/|A | |4600.0000 |D |(3) |9/6/2|Common Stock|4600.00|15.3125|0.0000 |D | |
(Right to Buy) | |97 | | | | | |000 | |00 | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
1. Reporting person elected to receive these shares under the Sysco Corporation
1995 Management Incentive
Plan ("MIP").
2. Exercise of in-the-money or at-the-money derivative security acquired
pursuant to old Rule 16b-3 plan.
3. Grants are made annually with exercises not permitted prior to the first
anniversary of the grant. If certain
performance criteria are met, one-third (1/3) of the shares covered by the
grant vest on the first, second and
third anniversaries of the
grant.
4. Balance reflects adjustment for Boston EquiServ LP DRIP of
7-25-97.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
GEORGE L. HOLM
DATE
September 8, 1997
