Fiscal 2022 Universal Registration Document

7.4.2 Legal form

Sodexo is a French public limited company (société anonyme), subject to all laws and regulations governing commercial corporations in France, and in particular to the provisions of the French Commercial Code.

7.4.3 Date of incorporation and duration

The Company has a duration of 99 years from December 31, 1974, save earlier termination or winding up.

The date of expiration of the Company is December 30, 2073.

7.4.4 Corporate purpose

The objectives of the Company shall be, in France, the French overseas departments and territories or abroad, directly or indirectly, on behalf of third parties or on its own account or in association with third parties, as follows:

• the development and provision of all services related to the organization of food services and other essential services for corporations and public bodies;
• the operation of all restaurants, bars, hotels and more generally all establishments connected with food services, the hotel industry, tourism, leisure and other services, and the ownership and financing thereof;
• the provision of some or all of the services required for the operation, maintenance and management of establishments or buildings used for office, commercial, industrial, leisure, healthcare or educational purposes, and for the operation and maintenance of some or all of the equipment installed therein;
• the execution of all installation, repair, refurbishment and replacement works on installed equipment;
• the provision of advice and of economic, financial and technical surveys relating to all projects and to all services associated with the development, organization and operation of the establishments defined above, and in particular all acts in furtherance of the construction of such establishments and all related consultations and assistance;
• the formation of all new companies and the acquisition by whatever means of equity interests in all companies irrespective of their corporate purposes;
• and more generally all civil, commercial, industrial and financial transactions, and transactions involving movable property or real estate, that are directly or indirectly associated with the aforementioned purposes or with all similar or related purposes.

7.4.5 Company registration and LEI

Sodexo is registered in the Trade and Companies Register of Nanterre under no. 301 940 219.

Business identifier code (APE code): 5629B

LEI code: 969500LCBOG12HXPYM84.

7.4.6 Material contracts

During the last two years, the Company has not entered into any material contract, other than those signed in the ordinary course of business, that create a material obligation or commitment for the entire Group.