As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 10, 2006

Registration No. 333-53510

 

 

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO

FORM S-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

SYSCO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

DELAWARE		5140		74-1648137
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1390 Enclave Parkway
Houston, Texas 77077-2099
(281) 584-1390
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant’s principal executive offices)

MICHAEL C. NICHOLS
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
1390 Enclave Parkway
Houston, Texas 77077-2099
(281) 584-1390
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)

COPIES TO:

B. Joseph Alley, Jr., Esq.
Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
171 17^th Street, N.W.
Suite 2100
Atlanta, Georgia 30363
(404) 873-8500

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Sysco Corporation is amending this registration statement to deregister 423,835 shares of its common stock, $1.00 par value per share.

     If the securities being registered on this Form are being offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. o

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     THIS POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(C) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, ON SUCH DATE AS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION MAY DETERMINE.

 

 

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

     Sysco Corporation is filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-53510) in order to deregister 423,835 shares of its common stock, $1.00 par value per share, which were originally registered under the Securities Act of 1933 for issuance in connection with an acquisition and remain unsold.

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act and Rule 478 thereunder, the registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston and State of Texas, on the 10th day of October, 2006.