SODEXHO ALLIANCE ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006

Charles
Milhaud
Born February 20, 1943
French
First appointment: February 4, 2003
Term expires 2009
Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 400
Charles Milhaud is Chairman of the Management
Board of the Caisse nationale des Caisses
d’Épargne (CNCE) as well as Chief Executive
Offi cer of the Groupement européen des Caisses
d’Épargne.
François
Périgot
Born May 12, 1926
French
First appointment: February 13, 1996
Term expires 2008
Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 400
Francois Périgot is Honorary President of Medef
and Medef International.
Nathalie
Szabo
Born January 26, 1964
French
First appointment: July 26, 1989
Term expires 2007
Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 1,147
Nathalie Szabo is Managing Director
for L’Affi che and Sodexho Prestige as well
as a member of the Management Board
of Bellon SA.
Peter
Thompson
Born September 14, 1946
American
First appointment: February 8, 2005
Term expires 2008
Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 400
Peter Thompson is currently a private investor
and a Director and member of the Audit
Committee of Syngenta AG.
H.J. Mark
Tompkins
Born November 2, 1940
British
First appointment: February 5, 2002
Term expires 2008
Number of Sodexho Alliance shares held: 400
Mark Tompkins is on the Board of Directors
of several companies.
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Sodexho Alliance / Annual report 2005-2006
Assessment of Board Operating
Procedures
Following an assessment of Board operating
procedures conducted by one of the Directors in fi scal
2004, a number of improvements were made to
the Board’s Internal Rules during the following fi scal
year. During fi scal 2006, Board members expressed
an interest in holding periodic meetings with Group
Executive Committee members, and a series of
such meetings was scheduled. In September 2006,
the Board decided to conduct a formal assessment
procedure. The method to be used for this assessment
will be decided upon by the Board in March 2007.
Chairman’s Report
The Chairman’s report on the operating procedures
of the Board of Directors and on Internal Control
procedures is contained in the Reference Document
fi led with the AMF, Number D06-1215. This report
contains a description of the Group’s activities and the
composition of the Board of Directors. It also describes
the general organization of the internal control system
implemented by the Group, which is based on
the Group’s values and policies as decided by Sodexho
Alliance’s senior management and as implemented by
each subsidiary after taking into account local factors.
Compensation of Board Directors
The information concerning Director’s fees as well
as all forms of compensation paid to the Directors
is contained on p. 50 of the Reference Document
and on the Group’s website: www.sodexho.com.