Shareholders' Meeting Conditions

The 2009 Shareholders' Meeting took place on January 19th, 2009.

• Notice of attendance (document in French)
• Official notice 
• Notification (document in French from "Les petites Affiches", 01/02/09)
• Release (document in French from "Investir", 01/03/09)
• Conditions for obtaining or consulting the shareholders' meeting documents

Role of annual general meetings

The main purpose of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) is to deliberate on the approval of the Annual Financial Statements and, as a result, decide on the allocation of the result, that is to say, establish the amount of dividend to be paid. It is also authorised to appoint Directors of the Board and the Statutory Auditors and to fix the total amount of fees to be paid to Directors of the Board. The decisions of the AGM are carried by a simple majority.

An Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) is held to take any decision that might lead to the modification of the Articles of Association of Sodexo, such as an increase or reduction in its capital, a change in the name of the Company , etc.. The decisions taken by this Meeting require a two-thirds majority.

When the same Meeting has to consider resolutions, some of which are to be taken by the AGM and others by the EGM, it is known as a combined Annual General Meeting and Extraordinary General Meeting.

Entitlement to attend

All Sodexo shareholders are entitled to attend General Meetings, irrespective of the number of shares held. They are convened by an official notice of attendance published in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO - the official French Bulletin) at least thirty five days before the date of the Meeting.

Shareholders with registered shares are notified by individual letter and receive a Meeting information package. Shareholders with bearer shares are notified by the financial intermediary responsible for keeping their share accounts; Sodexo will send them a Meeting information package on request.

Shareholders who cannot physically attend a Meeting can vote by correspondence, give a proxy to their spouse, another shareholder or to the Chairman.

View the on-demand webcast of the General Meeting 
Read the voting of resolutions