Sodexho Marriott Services to Release Fiscal 2000 Earnings On October 19, 2000

Press Release
October 11, 2000
GAITHERSBURG, MD -- Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. (NYSE:SDH), the nation's largest provider of food and facilities management services to the corporate, education and health care markets, will conduct its final conference call for fiscal year 2000 on October 19, 2000 at 9 a.m. (Eastern Time). Sodexho Marriott Services' President and CEO Michel Landel and Senior Vice President and CFO John Bush will discuss the results for FY 2000 and the outlook for FY 2001. Investors and media are invited to listen to the call at 888-209-3754 (in the U.S. and Canada) or 212-346-6478 outside North America, calling in approximately 10 minutes before the start time to ensure proper connection to the conference call.

A replay of the call will be available from 1 p.m. (ET) on October 19, 2000 until 1 p.m., November 17, 2000. To access the replay, call 800-633-8284 within the U.S. and Canada or 858-812-6440 outside North America. The reservation number for the replay is 16626802.

SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC. (NYSE:SDH) is the largest provider of food and facilities management in North America, with $4.5 billion in annual sales. Sodexho Marriott offers a variety of innovative outsourcing solutions, including food service, housekeeping, grounds keeping, plant operations and maintenance, asset and materials management, and laundry services to corporations, health care facilities, schools, universities and colleges, and remote sites. Headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD, the company has 105,000 employees at 5,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada.
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Contact: 
Media Relations: Leslie Aun, 
301-987-4550 
or 
Investor Relations: Jim Duke 
301-987-4333
both of Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.