Registration Document
Registration Document
Registration Document
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Shareholders – Financial Communication<br />
Financial Communication<br />
‡ Financial Communication<br />
1. LISTENING TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS AND THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY<br />
To respond more effectively to the expectations of individual and institutional<br />
shareholders, Sodexo is continuously improving its investor relations programs<br />
by developing new information channels and organizing regular meetings with<br />
shareholders.<br />
The Group’s investor relations policy is based on<br />
four core principles:<br />
• equal treatment: all financial press releases are<br />
issued simultaneously in real time to all our<br />
stakeholders, in both French and English;<br />
• regular reporting: the financial community is<br />
notified of the financial information timetable a<br />
year in advance, and updates are always available<br />
on the website at www.sodexo.com;<br />
• accessibility: live webcasts of the General<br />
Shareholders’ Meeting and annual earnings<br />
presentations are broadcast via live webcast and<br />
maintained on the website. Releases of interim<br />
earnings and quarterly revenue figures (first and<br />
third quarter) are accompanied by conference calls<br />
to give the financial community rapid access to<br />
2. INVESTOR RELATIONS POLICY<br />
In order to meet the Group’s own transparency goals<br />
and to comply with all applicable regulations in<br />
connection with its listing on the NYSE-Euronext<br />
Paris, Sodexo and all those involved in preparing<br />
financial communications have committed to a set<br />
of principles designed to ensure equal treatment of<br />
all shareholders.<br />
2.1 Group spokesperson<br />
Only the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer and<br />
members of the Executive Committee are authorized<br />
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the information and an opportunity to question<br />
senior management about performance. These<br />
conference calls are simultaneously broadcast<br />
over the internet as an “audio webcast” and are<br />
maintained on Sodexo’s website;<br />
• transparency: all information pertaining to the<br />
Group, including the bylaws, <strong>Registration</strong> <strong>Document</strong>,<br />
Annual Report, Sustainable Development Report,<br />
Human Resources Report, Diversity and Inclusion<br />
Report, Half Year Report, press releases, the Group<br />
Presentation and share price trends, is available on<br />
the website, www.sodexo.com.<br />
Sodexo also offers the financial community a<br />
comprehensive package of dedicated, interactive<br />
communication channels. Financial press releases<br />
are issued via print media and email in France and<br />
around the world.<br />
to provide financial communications. The Chief<br />
Executive Officer has appointed the Director of<br />
Financial Communication to act as spokesperson for<br />
the Group, within specific delegated powers.<br />
2.2 Preparation of financial<br />
communications<br />
All financial communications are reviewed prior<br />
to publication by a Group Disclosure Committee<br />
comprising representatives from the Group Finance,<br />
Communications and Human Resources Departments.
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