Universal Registration Document Fiscal 2025

4 Consolidated Financial Statements

5.2.1 Restricted share plans
MAIN FEATURES OF RESTRICTED SHARE PLANS

The rules governing restricted share plans are as follows:

  • shares will vest subject to a continued-employment condition; in addition, some restricted share grants are subject to performance conditions;
  • the continued-presence condition is three years from the grant date, which is consistent with the vesting period and the performance conditions; this presence condition applies to all beneficiaries;
  • the proportion of shares subject to performance conditions ranges from 10% to 100%, depending on the total number of shares awarded and on the beneficiary's role in the Company.

The performance conditions applied are directly linked to the Group’s strategic priorities, and break down as follows:

  • two conditions linked to the Group’s financial performance – revenue and underlying operating profit margin,
  • two conditions linked to the Group's non-financial performance and corporate responsibility, including objectives relating to talent management and sustainable development,
  • one performance condition linked to Sodexo's stock market performance versus a peer group, measured based on Total Shareholder Return (TSR). The peer group comprises a panel of international companies of a similar size to Sodexo operating in the same sector. For the 2022 plan, the panel comprised seven companies: Aramark, Compass, Edenred, Elior, ISS, Rentokil and Securitas. For the 2023 plan, the panel comprised the same companies, with the removal of Edenred following the spin-off of Pluxee (the former Benefits & Rewards Services activity). For the 2024 plan, the panel comprised the six companies mentioned above, i.e., excluding Edenred. For the 2025 plans, the panel has been revised to reflect the Group's new profile following the spin-off of Pluxee on February 1, 2024. It now comprises eight companies, as follows: Accor, Adecco, Aramark, Compass, Elior, ISS, Randstad and Securitas (see section 7.3.4 for more information).
MOVEMENTS IN FISCAL 2025 AND FISCAL 2024

The table below shows movements in restricted shares during the fiscal year:

  FISCAL 2025 FISCAL 2024
Outstanding at the beginning of the fiscal year Outstanding at the beginning of the fiscal year

FISCAL 2025

2,608,865
Outstanding at the beginning of the fiscal year

FISCAL 2024

2,324,628
Granted during the fiscal year

Granted during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2025

981,835

Granted during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2024

1,360,745

Forfeited during the fiscal year

Forfeited during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2025

(260,949)

Forfeited during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2024

(397,427)

Delivered during the fiscal year

Delivered during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2025

(760,553)

Delivered during the fiscal year

FISCAL 2024

(679,081)

Outstanding at the end of the fiscal year Outstanding at the end of the fiscal year

FISCAL 2025

2,569,198
Outstanding at the end of the fiscal year

FISCAL 2024

2,608,865

The weighted average fair value of the restricted shares granted in Fiscal 2025 was 44.31 euros per share (65.45 euros per share for restricted shares granted in Fiscal 2024).

The table below shows the grant dates of restricted shares outstanding as of August 31, 2025, the assumptions used to estimate their fair value at the grant date and the number of restricted shares outstanding as of August 31, 2025:

GRANT DATE   VESTING PERIOD(in years) EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD(in %) RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE(in %) VOLATILITY*
(in %)
SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF AUGUST 31, 2025
January 31, 2023 January 31, 2023

 

International

January 31, 2023

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

January 31, 2023

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

3.3%

January 31, 2023

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

2.8%

January 31, 2023

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

37.9%

January 31, 2023

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

800,348

June 28, 2023 June 28, 2023

 

International

June 28, 2023

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

June 28, 2023

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

2.9%

June 28, 2023

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

3.0%

June 28, 2023

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

27.8%

June 28, 2023

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

26,489

February 23, 2024 February 23, 2024

 

International

February 23, 2024

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

February 23, 2024

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

3.7%

February 23, 2024

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

2.8%

February 23, 2024

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

26.1%

February 23, 2024

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

749,993

June 27, 2024 June 27, 2024

 

International

June 27, 2024

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

June 27, 2024

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

3.2%

June 27, 2024

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

3.0%

June 27, 2024

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

24.6%

June 27, 2024

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

28,732

April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025

 

International

April 24, 2025

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

April 24, 2025

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

5.8%

April 24, 2025

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

2.1%

April 24, 2025

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

24.1%

April 24, 2025

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

888,261

June 26, 2025 June 26, 2025

 

International

June 26, 2025

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)

3

June 26, 2025

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)

6.2%

June 26, 2025

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)

2.4%

June 26, 2025

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)

24.4%

June 26, 2025

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025

75,375

TOTAL TOTAL

 

 
TOTAL

VESTING PERIOD

(in years)
 
TOTAL

EXPECTED DIVIDEND YIELD

(in %)
 
TOTAL

RISK-FREE INTEREST RATE

(in %)
 
TOTAL

VOLATILITY

*
(in %)
 
TOTAL

SHARES OUTSTANDING AS OF

AUGUST 31, 2025
2,569,198
5.2.2 Expense recognized during the fiscal year

The expense recognized in the Fiscal 2025 income statement for restricted shares was 33 million euros (37 million euros in Fiscal 2024).

5.3 Headcount

The following table shows the Group headcount:

  AUGUST 31, 2025 AUGUST 31, 2024
AVERAGE HEADCOUNT AVERAGE HEADCOUNT

AUGUST 31, 2025

428,234
AVERAGE HEADCOUNT

AUGUST 31, 2024

423,981
TOTAL HEADCOUNT TOTAL HEADCOUNT

AUGUST 31, 2025

426,464
TOTAL HEADCOUNT

AUGUST 31, 2024

423,467