An ADR is a registered certificate issued by a U.S. bank to represent ownership of a share or bond issued by a publicly-traded non-U.S. company. ADRs are quoted in U.S. dollars, but the underlying shares or bonds are denominated in their original currency and are held in deposit by a bank, known as the custodian, in the country of issue. ADRs enable a non-U.S. company, subject to certain conditions, to be quoted in the United States. One Sodexo share is represented by five Sodexo ADRS. Dividends and voting rights belong to the ADR holder.
These are indicators that complement those directly derived from the financial statements and which can provide investors with additional relevant information allowing a better understanding of strategy and performance.
More details are provided in chapter 2.1.3.6 of this document.
Shares held in a share account maintained by the shareholder’s bank or broker. Sodexo is not informed of the shareholder’s identity. The share purchase and administration of the shares are handled by the shareholder’s bank or broker.
Sodexo’s Benefits & Rewards Services – which are provided through vouchers, cards or digitally – cover five service categories: Employee Benefits, Incentive and Recognition Programs, Employee mobility and Expense Management and Public Benefits.
The client retention rate corresponds to the total amount of revenue generated from business with existing clients in the prior fiscal year compared with total revenue for that year.
It is expressed as a percentage and is calculated in a comprehensive way by deducting the revenue generated in the prior fiscal year that corresponds to (i) contracts lost to a competitor or self-operation, (ii) contracts terminated by Sodexo and (iii) site closures. Other companies may calculate their retention rates on a different basis.
The comparable site growth rate is the increase in revenues from sites that have contributed to consolidated revenue over two complete consecutive fiscal years (sites with activity from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2020).
Corporate Officer is the term used in English for the French mandataire social and refers to Sodexo’s Chief Executive Officer, Chairwoman of the Board and the Members of the Board of Directors.
The development rate is the annualized estimated revenue for new contracts signed during the fiscal year, divided by prior year revenues.
Any shareholder that has held registered shares for at least four years as of the end of the fiscal year including as of the dividend payment date will be eligible for a 10% dividend premium on those shares. The number of shares eligible for the dividend premium is limited to 0.5% of Sodexo’s share capital per shareholder.
Group net income divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding.
Engagement is defined as a state of involvement in a group or a company. This concept includes the mobilization of employees for the success of the company, their pride in belonging and their loyalty to the company. Thus, the engagement rate is the percentage of employees who answered the nine questions relating to engagement with an average score greater than or equal to 4.5 on an increasing scale from 1 to 6 (the methodology is the same as that used the last few years with a new provider The Happiness Index).
More details are provided in section 2.2.2 of this document.
