Financial information for each quarter in the years ended June 30, 2018 and July 1, 2017 is set forth below:



	Fiscal 2018 Quarter Ended
	September 30			December 30			March 31 ⁽¹⁾			June 30		Fiscal Year
	(In thousands except for per share data)
Sales	$	14,650,424		$	14,411,490		$	14,349,504		$	15,315,906	$	58,727,324
Cost of sales	11,856,756			11,712,104			11,673,876			12,399,197		47,641,933
Gross profit	2,793,668			2,699,386			2,675,628			2,916,709		11,085,391
Operating expenses	2,170,576			2,167,104			2,189,695			2,229,042		8,756,417
Operating income	623,092			532,282			485,933			687,667		2,328,974
Interest expense	80,884			85,986			136,145			92,468		395,483
Other expense (income), net	(4,248		)	(5,432		)	(15,096		)	2,043		(22,733		)
Earnings before income taxes	546,456			451,728			364,884			593,156		1,956,224
Income taxes	178,816			167,615			34,799			144,228		525,458
Net earnings	$	367,640		$	284,113		$	330,085		$	448,928	$	1,430,766
Per share:
Basic net earnings	$	0.70		$	0.55		$	0.63		$	0.86	$	2.74
Diluted net earnings	0.69			0.54			0.63			0.85		2.70
Dividends declared	0.33			0.36			0.36			0.36		1.41


⁽¹⁾	Sysco’s third quarter of fiscal 2018 included a charge for $53.1 million in interest expense related to the redemption of senior notes as well as tax benefits derived from our $380.0 million contribution to our U.S. Retirement Plan. See Note 11, “Debt and Other Financing Arrangements” and Note 18, “Income Taxes.”



	Fiscal 2017 Quarter Ended
	October 1			December 31			April 1			July 1			Fiscal Year
	(In thousands except for per share data)
Sales	$	13,968,654		$	13,457,268		$	13,524,172		$	14,421,045		$	55,371,139
Cost of sales	11,276,735			10,885,405			10,990,037			11,661,455			44,813,632
Gross profit	2,691,919			2,571,863			2,534,135			2,759,590			10,557,507
Operating expenses	2,125,086			2,079,446			2,098,173			2,201,631			8,504,336
Operating income	566,833			492,417			435,962			557,959			2,053,171
Interest expense	73,623			72,231			81,004			76,020			302,878
Other expense (income), net	(7,216		)	(2,320		)	(4,815		)	(1,586		)	(15,937		)
Earnings before income taxes	500,426			422,506			359,773			483,525			1,766,230
Income taxes	176,539			147,339			121,495			178,354			623,727
Net earnings	$	323,887		$	275,167		$	238,278		$	305,171		$	1,142,503
Per share:
Basic net earnings	$	0.58		$	0.50		$	0.44		$	0.57		$	2.10
Diluted net earnings	0.58			0.50			0.44			0.57			2.08
Dividends declared	0.31			0.33			0.33			0.33			1.30