Sodexho Wins Telly Award for Bright Ideas Video

GAITHERSBURG, MD, May 15, 2006-Sodexho (NYSE:SDX), the nation's leading food and facilities management services provider, announced today that its Health Care Services Division's Environmental Services team has received the Bronze Telly Award for its “Bright Ideas” video. The annual Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions.

“This video was created to assist our employees in understanding what it means to always put our patients at the heart of everything we do,” said Dudley Abbe, senior vice president of the patient experience brand for Sodexho Health Care Services. “Receiving the Telly Award verifies that we are taking a successful approach to reaching out to our employees in a meaningful way.”

Sodexho's “Bright Ideas” video was recognized specifically as a non-broadcast video for a corporation's employee communication. It was chosen for its video and information quality, concept creativity and message delivery.

Sodexho, Inc. (www.sodexhoUSA.com) is the leading provider of food and facilities management in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, with $6.3 billion in annual revenue and 120,000+ employees. Sodexho, Inc. offers innovative outsourcing solutions in food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset management, and laundry services to 6,000 corporations, health care, long term care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, military and remote sites throughout North America. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, Sodexho, Inc. proudly serves as the official food service provider for the U.S. Marine Corps.