Sodexho Becomes Exclusive Partner of Belgian Government Employment Office´s (ONEM) Vouchers for Services Program



    The Belgian Employment Office (Office pour l´Emploi Belge, or
    ONEM) has chosen Sodexho (PARIS:SW) (OTCBB:SDXAY) as its exclusive
    partner for its Vouchers for Services program, a result of the
    company´s innovative offer in response to a request for proposals. The
    program is similar to France´s in-home help vouchers program.

    The program currently has 560,000 Voucher users and 1,600
    participating enterprises.

    Sodexho´s participation in the five-year contract will commence at
    the beginning of 2008 with expected issue volume for the calendar year
    of more than 800 million euro.

    SODEXHO ALLIANCE, founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, is a leading
    global provider of Food and Facilities Management services, with more
    than 342,000 employees in 80 countries. For Fiscal 2007, which closed
    August 31, 2007, SODEXHO ALLIANCE had revenues of 13.4 billion euro.
    Listed on Euronext Paris, the Group´s current market capitalization is
    more than 7.9 billion euro.