Regulatory News:
Sodexo (Paris:SW) (OTCBB:SDXAY) shareholders are reminded that the simplified tender offer for 12,480,868 Sodexo shares (or 7.8% of its share capital) at a price of €42.50 per share will close on Thursday, May 29 2008, as per the AMF offer calendar. This tender offer started on May 16,2008 and was made in accordance with the objectives of the share repurchase program approved by the Annual General shareholders´ meeting of January 22, 2008. Shareholders who wish to tender their shares must submit an order to their financial intermediary as soon as possible.
The offer document filed with the AMF (French Market Authority) under visa number 08–085 on May 14, 2008 is available on the AMF website (www.amf–france.org) and on Sodexo´s website (www.sodexo.com) and may be obtained free of charge from Sodexo, 255 quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad, 92130 Issy–les–Moulineaux, France, and from Lazard Frères Banque, 121 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, France. Legal, financial, accounting and other information related to Sodexo are available to the public through the same channels.
About Sodexo:
SODEXO, founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, a world leader in Food and Facilities Management services, with more than 342,380 employees on 29,000 sites in 80 countries. For Fiscal 2007, which closed August 31, 2007, SODEXO had revenues of 13.4 billion euro. Listed on Euronext Paris, the Group´s current market capitalization is 6.8 billion euro.
