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REPORT OF MANAGEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
The management of SYSCO Corporation (“SYSCO”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting for the company. SYSCO’s internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how
well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance
with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.
SYSCO’s management assessed the effectiveness of SYSCO’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 28, 2008. In making
this assessment, it used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal
Control — Integrated Framework. Based on this assessment, management concluded that, as of June 28, 2008, SYSCO’s internal control over
financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.
Ernst & Young LLP has issued an audit report on the effectiveness of SYSCO’s internal control over financial reporting as of June 28,
2008.
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