SODEXHO USA NAMED AMONG HISPANIC MAGAZINE'S CORPORATE 100 LIST OF BEST PLACES TO WORK FOR LATINOS

GAITHERSBURG, MD-February 15, 2005 - Sodexho USA, the nation's leading provider of food and facilities management services, announced today that it has been named to HISPANIC Magazine's Corporate 100 List of companies that provide the most opportunities for Hispanics.

“Being named to HISPANIC Magazine's Corporate 100 List reinforces our commitment to making diversity and inclusion a strategic business imperative, ” said Richard Macedonia, president and CEO of Sodexho USA. “We will continue to create an environment where the doors of opportunity and success are open to all of our employees.”

The HISPANIC Magazine Corporate 100 List is based on a company's recruitment efforts, diversity training, ethnic representation of its board members and other minority business initiatives. Also considered are funding efforts for scholarships, grants and organizations that assist Latinos, and philanthropic donations targeting Hispanic communities as well as a company's overall image in the Hispanic community. The complete Corporate 100 list appears in the January/February edition of HISPANIC Magazine.

Sodexho USA (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the United States, with $6 billion in annual revenue and 110,000+ employees. Sodexho USA offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset management, and laundry services to more than 6,000 corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military and remote sites in North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, Sodexho USA proudly serves as the official food service provider for the US Marine Corps.