UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

             CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION
           UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
           OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND
                  15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-12188
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                            SODEXHO SAVINGS PLUS PLAN
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

9801  WASHINGTONIAN  BOULEVARD,  GAITHERSBURG,  MARYLAND  20878;  (301) 987-4431
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(Address,  including zip code,  and telephone  number,  including  area code, of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                 PARTICIPATION INTEREST IN ABOVE-REFERENCED PLAN
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

NONE
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(Titles of all other  classes  of  securities  for which a duty to file  reports
                     under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule  provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
                               _                                            _
   Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)        |_|               Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)        |_|
   Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)       |_|               Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)       |_|
   Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)        |_|               Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)        |_|
   Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)       |_|               Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)       |_|
                                                Rule 15d-6                 |X|*

Approximate  number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date:  0
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  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  Sodexho
Marriott Services,  Inc. 401(k) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust, as
successor to the Sodexho Savings Plus Plan, has caused this certification/notice
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

                                    By:  SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC.

Date:   JUNE 22, 2000               By:  /S/ ROBERT A. STERN
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                                         Robert A. Stern
                                         Senior Vice President & General Counsel

Instruction:  This  form is  required  by Rules  12g-4,  12h-3  and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. It may
be signed by an  officer  of the  registrant,  by  counsel  or by any other duly
authorized  person.  The name and title of the person  signing the form shall be
typed or printed under the signature.

* Effective as of April 9, 1999, the Sodexho  Savings Plus Plan (the "Plan") was
merged into the Sodexho Marriott  Services,  Inc. 401(k)  Employees'  Retirement
Savings Plan and Trust.  As a result,  interests  in the Plan which  constituted
securities  registered  pursuant  to the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,
(registered on Form S-8, SEC file number 333-63861) no longer exist.  Therefore,
this Form 15 has been filed to suspend  the Plan's  duty to file  reports  under
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.