Sodexho Receives Top Five Ranking among Global Outsourcing Service Providers

Regulatory News: The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), an industry trade group has ranked1 Sodexho (NYSE:SDX) (Paris:SW), number four overall among the world’s leading global outsourcing service providers and number one in its industry category, "Facility Services.” Companies were ranked based on 18 criteria including revenue growth, number of employees, workforce skills and training, technical and business certifications (such as ISO 9001), the track record of the management team and the quality of customer services. 1The "Global Outsourcing 100,” as determined by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP), appears as a special advertising feature (attached) in European editions of the May 7 issue of Fortune magazine. SODEXHO ALLIANCE, founded in 1966 by Pierre Bellon, is the leading global provider of Food and Facilities Management services, with more than 332,000 employees on 28,300 sites in 80 countries. For Fiscal 2006, which closed August 31, 2006, SODEXHO ALLIANCE had sales of 12.8 billion euro. Listed on Euronext Paris and on the New York Stock Exchange, the Group’s current market capitalization is 8.9 billion euro. The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) is pleased to announce the following companies have been selected as 2007’s best outsourcing service providers – The Global Outsourcing 100. Relative rankings, selection process details, and company profiles appeared in a special advertising feature, produced by IAOP, in the April 30th FORTUNE 500 issue of FORTUNE® magazine. Click here to download the feature. Companies were judges on four critical characteristics: size and growth; customer references; organizational competencies; and management capabilities. Feature and Additional Lists: • FORTUNE® Spotlight: The 2007 GO100 Feature • The 2007 GO100 Sub-lists THE 2007 GLOBAL OUTSOURCING 100: Rank Company 1 IBM 2 Capgemini 3 Hewlett-Packard 4 Sodexho Alliance 5 Accenture 6 Wipro Technologies 7 Infosys 8 Genpact 9 Tech Mahindra 10 Cambridge 11 Mastek 12 CGI Group 13 Xchanging 14 EDS 15 HCL Technologies 16 ARAMARK 17 ACS 18 Teletech 19 Comprehensive Health Services 20 Colliers International 21 Unisys 22 EMCOR 23 Cognizant 24 LASON 25 Neusoft 26 Tata Consultancy Services 27 ExcellerateHRO 28 ATS 29 Zensar Technologies 30 Amdocs 31 EXLService 32 SPi 33 Patni 34 HiSoft 35 Cushman & Wakefield 36 Sutherland Global Services 37 Convergys 38 KPIT Cummins 39 WNS 40 Johnson Controls 41 NCS 42 24/7 CUSTOMER 43 Perot Systems 44 Cartus 45 Stream 46 Concur Technologies 47 MphasiS 48 Vertex 49 Hexaware 50 Headstrong 51 CBRE 52 Satyam 53 ClientLogic 54 Ceridian 55 EPAM Systems 56 Source 1 HTMT (now HTMT Global Solutions) 57 Oce Business Services 58 SITEL 59 CSC 60 Inspur 61 Polaris Software Lab 62 Syntel 63 Donlen 64 Diebold 65 ADP 66 Eclipsys 67 Jones Lang LaSalle 68 MindTree Consulting 69 Equinox 70 Pitney Bowes 71 SEI Investments 72 SNC-Lavalin Profac 73 OfficeTiger 74 ITC Infotech 75 Integrated Process Technologies 76 Summit HR Worldwide 77 Ajuba International 78 ReSource Pro 79 Cross-Tab Marketing Services 80 Luxoft 81 Outsource Partners International 82 IST 83 vCustomer 84 Emerio 85 Bleum 86 I.T. United 87 Datrose 88 Indecomm Global Services 89 Objectiva Software Solutions 90 Intetics 91 Maxil Technology 92 DataArt 93 Infotech 94 QuEST 95 StarSoft Development Labs (now Exigen Services) 96 Worksoft 97 Cybage 98 Smart Sourcing 99 Sento 100 Achievo Corporation HONORABLE MENTION The following companies were judged as ‘Rising Stars” and received an honorable mention: Apollo Health Street, Ci&T Software, Frontline Outsourcing, Hundsun, Itransition, Mera Networks, OB10, SlashSupport, Tech Team Akela, Vsource Asia EVALUATION TEAM The 2007 evaluation team is led by Certified Outsourcing Professional (COP) Jagdish Dalal, a world-renowned outsourcing expert who has worked as a senior executive in customer, provider, and advisor companies for almost three decades. (Jag's work as the outsourcing customer for Xerox's $3.2B outsourcing contract with EDS was turned into a Harvard Business School case study and is used in many teaching curricula.) The panel includes: • Chris Campbell, Principal, Booz Allen Hamilton • Dr. Tina Dacin, Queen’s School of Business E. Marie Shantz Professor of Strategy & Organizational Behavior • Vera Marques, CIO, BASF • Mukesh Mehta, VP, Wachovia • Clifford D. Moore III, Chairman & Co-Founder, COPC Inc. • Jean-Francois Poisson, COP, GM, Contract Management, Bell Canada • Lisa Ross, CEO and Founder of FAO Research, Inc. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE GLOBAL OUTSOURCING 100, CLICK HERE. Applications for 2008 will be accepted beginning in August 2007 at www.globaloutsourcing100.com. To view The 2006 Global Outsourcing 100 and its sub-lists, CLICK HERE.