Sysco Corporation: 10-K Risk Factor Changes

2025 vs 2024  ·  SEC EDGAR  ·  2026-05-22
Other years: 2024 vs 2023 · 2023 vs 2022
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Sysco modified four existing risk disclosures between the 2024 and 2025 10-K filings, with substantive updates to risks related to indebtedness and liquidity, data privacy compliance, product liability and recalls, and global health developments. The company maintained 24 unchanged risks while introducing no new risk categories and eliminating no existing ones. These modifications indicate evolving concerns around financial leverage, regulatory compliance, operational contingencies, and macroeconomic conditions without a fundamental restructuring of Sysco's risk disclosure framework.

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Our level of indebtedness and the terms of our indebtedness could adversely affect our business and liquidity position.

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  • Reworded sentence: "As described in Note 12, “Debt and Other Financing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, as of June 28, 2025, we had approximately $13.3 billion of total indebtedness, which primarily includes our outstanding senior notes."
  • Added sentence: "Of the $13.3 billion of total indebtedness, $1.75 billion will mature within the next twelve months."
  • Added sentence: "We expect to fund the repayment of this debt using a combination of cash flows from operations and the proceeds from issuances of commercial paper and long-term debt, however there can be no assurance that we will be able to refinance this indebtedness on terms that are favorable to the company, or at all, due to market conditions, our operating performance, investor sentiment, and risks impacting financial institutions and the credit markets more broadly."
  • Added sentence: "A failure to refinance such indebtedness on favorable terms, or at all, could adversely affect our business and liquidity position."

Current (2025):

As described in Note 12, “Debt and Other Financing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, as of June 28, 2025, we had approximately $13.3 billion of total indebtedness, which primarily includes our outstanding senior notes. Additionally, we…

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As described in Note 12, “Debt and Other Financing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, as of June 28, 2025, we had approximately $13.3 billion of total indebtedness, which primarily includes our outstanding senior notes. Additionally, we have the ability to borrow under our revolving credit facility, which supports our U.S. commercial paper program. Our level of indebtedness could have important consequences for us, including: •limiting our ability to obtain additional financing, if needed, for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements or other purposes; •increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, industry or competitive developments; •limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry; and •placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt. Our indebtedness may increase from time to time for various reasons, including fluctuations in operating results, working capital needs, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions, joint ventures and/or share repurchase programs. Our level of indebtedness and the ultimate cost of such indebtedness could have a negative impact on our liquidity, cost of future debt financing and financial results, and our credit ratings may be adversely affected as a result of the incurrence of additional indebtedness. A significant downgrade in our credit ratings or adverse conditions in the capital markets may increase the cost of borrowing for us or limit our access to capital. In the future, our cash flow and capital resources may not be sufficient for payments of interest on and principal of our debt, and any alternative financing measures available may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations. Of the $13.3 billion of total indebtedness, $1.75 billion will mature within the next twelve months. We expect to fund the repayment of this debt using a combination of cash flows from operations and the proceeds from issuances of commercial paper and long-term debt, however there can be no assurance that we will be able to refinance this indebtedness on terms that are favorable to the company, or at all, due to market conditions, our operating performance, investor sentiment, and risks impacting financial institutions and the credit markets more broadly. A failure to refinance such indebtedness on favorable terms, or at all, could adversely affect our business and liquidity position. 19 19 19

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As described in Note 12, “Debt and Other Financing Arrangements,” in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, as of June 29, 2024, we had approximately $12.0 billion of total indebtedness, which primarily includes our outstanding senior notes. Additionally, we have the ability to borrow under our revolving credit facility, which supports our U.S. commercial paper program. Our level of indebtedness could have important consequences for us, including: •limiting our ability to obtain additional financing, if needed, for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements or other purposes; •increasing our vulnerability to adverse economic, industry or competitive developments; •limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and our industry; and •placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt. Our indebtedness may increase from time to time for various reasons, including fluctuations in operating results, working capital needs, capital expenditures, potential acquisitions, joint ventures and/or share repurchase programs. Our level of indebtedness and the ultimate cost of such indebtedness could have a negative impact on our liquidity, cost of future debt financing and financial results, and our credit ratings may be adversely affected as a result of the incurrence of additional indebtedness. A significant downgrade in our credit ratings or adverse conditions in the capital markets may increase the cost of borrowing for us or limit our access to capital. In the future, our cash flow and capital resources may not be sufficient for payments of interest on and principal of our debt, and any alternative financing measures available may not be successful and may not permit us to meet our scheduled debt service obligations.

🟡 Modified Our failure to comply with data privacy regulations could adversely affect our business. 🔒
🟡 Modified If our products are alleged to have caused injury, illness, or death, or to have failed to comply with governmental regulations, we may need to recall or withdraw our products and may experience product liability claims. 🔒
🟡 Modified Global health developments and economic uncertainty resulting from global public health crises may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. 🔒
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