Sodexo Reinforces European Management Team

Regulatory News: Sodexo (PARIS:SW) (OTCBB:SDXAY) announced today a reinforcement of its European management team. Yann Coléou, currently CEO for France, is being appointed Chief Executive for the UK and Ireland and will be replaced by Michel Franceschi, currently CEO for Southern Europe. The changes will take effect May 1, 2008. Yann Coléou is appointed Chief Executive for the UK and Ireland where Sodexo employs 43,000 people and has revenue of 1.595 billion euros. Yann Coléou has led Sodexo’s Food and Facilities Management services activities in France since 2003. Beginning in 2006, he also has been in charge of the Group's activities in India, a responsibility he will retain in addition to his new responsibilities. Yann Coléou also serves as Chairman of France’s Foodservices Association (Syndicat français de la Restauration collective) and Vice-President of the European federation of contract catering organisations (FERCO). A 1983 graduate of France’s Institut Supérieur de Gestion (ISG), Yann Coléou joined Sodexo in 1985. He held several positions in Sodexo’s Healthcare Division before becoming Chief Executive Officer in 1999. In 2002, Yann Coléou was given responsibility for Corporate Services major accounts before being named CEO for France where Sodexo employs more than 32,000 people and generates 1.539 billion euros in revenue. As Chief Executive for the UK and Ireland, he will be based in London and report to Philip Jansen, Group Chief Operating Office in charge of Europe. Michel Franceschi joined Sodexo in Paris in 1985. Over his 20-year career, he has held a number of key positions within the Group's Food and Facilities Management services, Remote Sites and Service Vouchers and Cards activities. His knowledge of all of Sodexo’s businesses is coupled with significant international experience, having previously led Sodexo’s activities in Gabon, Chile and Spain before being named, in 2005, CEO for Southern Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Morocco, Israel and Turkey), a region in which Sodexo generates 680 million euros in revenue. In addition to his new responsibilities in France, Michel Franceschi will continue to be responsible for Morocco. Currently based in Italy, he will move to Paris to undertake his new responsibilities. Michel Franceschi holds a degree in advanced commercial, administrative and financial studies from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce EUROMED in Marseilles, France (1984). About Sodexo SODEXO, founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, a world leader in Food and Facilities Management services, with more than 342,000 employees on 29,000 sites in 80 countries. For Fiscal 2007, which closed August 31, 2007, SODEXO had revenue of 13.4 billion euro. Listed on Euronext Paris, the Group has a market capitalization of 5.8 billion euro. www.sodexo.com