Dividends

Sodexo shares the benefits of the growth with its shareholders.


 Year  
 
  Total payout 

 Number of shares eligible

  Dividend per share 
 2012 € 249,839,920*157,132,025 €1.59*
 2011€ 221,091,767 157,132,025€ 1.46
 2010 € 208,024,389 157,132,025€ 1.35
 2009 € 197,467,754 157,132,025€ 1.27
 2008 € 196,566,626 157,132,025€ 1.27
 2007€ 178,918,944 159,026,413€ 1.15
 2006€ 151,075,092 159,026,413€ 0.95
 2005€ 119,269,810 159,026,413€ 0.75
 2004€ 111,318,489 159,026,413€ 0.70
 2003€ 97,003,155 159,021,565€ 0.61
 2002€ 97,003,064 159,021,416€ 0.61


*Subject to approval at the Annual Shareholder's Meeting on January 21, 2013, based on the total number of shares in the issued capital.

The Board of Directors proposes that the shareholders approve the payment of a dividend of 1.59 euro per share at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on January 21, 2013. The dividend will be paid as of February 4, 2013, with an ex-dividend date on NYSE - Euronext Paris of January 30, 2013.
The date to determine the shares that shall be entitled to dividends shall be those shares held as of the close of business on February 1, 2013 (the record date).