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Sysco nears $29 billion deal to buy Restaurant Depot, WSJ reports.

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By Reuters

(Reuters) - Food ​distributor Sysco (SYY.N) is nearing ‌a $29 billion deal to acquire catering supplier Restaurant Depot, ​including debt, the ​Wall Street Journal reported ⁠on Monday.

Shares of ​Sysco, which has a ​market cap of $39.2 billion, were down about 2% in ​premarket trading.

According to ​the terms of the deal, ‌Restaurant ⁠Depot shareholders would receive $21.6 billion in cash and 91.5 million ​Sysco ​shares, ⁠the report added, citing people familiar ​with the matter.

Sysco ​and ⁠Restaurant Depot did not immediately respond to ⁠Reuters requests ​for comment.

Reporting by ​Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru; ​Editing by Devika Syamnath


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