Registration Document

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1.1 Composition as of August 31, 2011
Corporate Governance 10
Chairman’s Report on the Operating Procedures of the Board of Directors
and on Internal Control and Risk Management Procedures
First elected Term expires
Pierre Bellon Chairman Nov 14, 1974 2013
Robert Baconnier (1) Vice Chairman – President, ANSA Feb 8, 2005 2013
Patricia Bellinger (1)
Executive Director, Executive Education,
Harvard Business School Feb 8, 2005 2014
Astrid Bellon Member of the Management Board, Bellon SA Jul 26, 1989 2013
Bernard Bellon Chairman of the Board of Directors, Finadvance Feb 26, 1975 2012 (2)
François-Xavier Bellon Chief Executive Officer, Bright Yellow Group Pic Jul 26, 1989 2013
Sophie Clamens Chairman of the Management Board, Bellon SA Jul 26, 1989 2012 (2)
Paul Jeanbart (1) Chief Executive Officer, Rolaco Feb 13, 1996 2012
Michel Landel Chief Executive Officer, Sodexo Jan 19, 2009 2013
Alain Marcheteau (1) Company Director Jan 25, 2010 2014
Nathalie Szabo Member of the Management Board, Bellon SA Jul 26, 1989 2012 (2)
Peter Thompson (1) Company Director Feb 8, 2005 2014
(1) Independent Director as defined by the AFEP– MEDEF Code of Corporate Governance of listed corporations.
(2) The Board of Directors will propose the renewal of these mandates for three years at the Shareholders’ Meeting of January 23, 2012.
1.2 Information about the Directors as of August 31, 2011
Pierre Bellon
Born January 24, 1930.
Married, 4 children.
Nationality: French.
Graduate of the École des Hautes Études Commerciales
(HEC).
Business address:
Sodexo
255, quai de la Bataille de Stalingrad
92130 – Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
Background
Pierre Bellon joined Société d’Exploitations
Hôtelières, Aériennes, Maritimes et Terrestres in 1958
as Assistant Manager. He later served as Managing
Director and then Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer.
In 1966, he founded Sodexho SA, which became
Sodexho Alliance SA in 1997. He served as Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer until August 31, 2005,
when Michel Landel was named Chief Executive
Officer following the Board decision to separate
the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Pierre Bellon remained as Chairman of the Board of
Directors, a position he still holds at Sodexo SA (new
name since January 2008).
Since 1988, he has served as Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Bellon SA, the family holding
company that controls Sodexo and Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of Bellon SA since February 2002.
Since 1976, he has been a member of the Executive
Council of CNPF, the French employers’ federation,
now known as MEDEF.
Pierre Bellon has also served as:
• Vice President of CNPF (subsequently MEDEF),
1980-2005;
• National President of the French National Center
for Young Business Leaders (formerly the Center
for Young Employers), 1968-1970;
• President of the French National Federation of
Hotel and Restaurant Chains, 1972-1975;
• Member of the French Economic and Social
Council, 1969-1979.
Other positions and corporate offices held
• Bellon SA (Chairman of the Supervisory Board);
• Sobelnat SCA (member of the Supervisory Board);
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