-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KrFjrxhJo7nFpxE0p591NkoTh6WSpcO4m/Ca5UD9Rv+adIgpPNFDHorH99gcyTO5 XW+YtyFcgCBWjsbWZXbjRw== 0000905036-01-500003.txt : 20010130 0000905036-01-500003.hdr.sgml : 20010130 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000905036-01-500003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010129 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010129 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000905036 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 520936594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12188 FILM NUMBER: 1517582 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9801 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD CITY: GAITHERSBURG STATE: MD ZIP: 20878 BUSINESS PHONE: 3019474431 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 9801 WASHINGTONIAN BOULEVARD CITY: GAITHERSBURG STATE: MD ZIP: 20878 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930517 8-K 1 sec_8kf.txt CURRENT REPORT DATED JANUARY 29, 2001 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 29, 2001 ---------------- SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC. ----------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 1-12188 52-0936594 ------------------------------- ------------------ --------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878 ---------------------------------------------------- ------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 987-4500 -------------- ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS. - ------------------------------- On January 29, 2001, Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. announced the appointment of a special committee. ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. - ---------------------------------------------------- (c) The following exhibit is filed as part of this Form 8-K. Exhibit No. Description -------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 99 Press release, dated January 29, 2001. -2- SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC. Date: January 29, 2001 By: /s/ ROBERT A. STERN ------------------------ ---------------------------- Robert A. Stern Senior Vice President and General Counsel -3- INDEX TO EXHIBITS - ----------------- Exhibit No. Description - ------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- 99 Press release issued January 29, 2001, relating to Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.'s announcement of the appointment of a special committee. -4- EX-99 2 sec_ex99f.txt PRESS RELEASE ON JANUARY 29, 2001 EXHIBIT 99 Media Contact: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Leslie Aun (301) 987-4550 Investor Relations: Jim Duke (301) 987-4316 SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES, INC. ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE GAITHERSBURG, MD--January 29, 2001--Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. (NYSE: SDH) announced today that its board of directors has appointed a special committee of directors to evaluate the proposal by Sodexho Alliance, S.A. to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Sodexho Marriott Service not already held by Sodexho Alliance for $27 per share in cash. Sodexho Alliance owns approximately 48% of Sodexho Marriott Services' outstanding stock. The board of directors delegated to the special committee, composed of independent directors, the responsibility and authority to review, evaluate and, if appropriate, negotiate the terms of the proposal. The committee will be composed of board members Daniel J. Altobello, former chairman of Onex Food Services, Inc., who will chair the committee, and Mary S. Metz, president of the S.H. Cowell Foundation. The special committee will hire an independent investment banking firm and legal counsel to assist the committee in performing its responsibilities. -MORE- PAGE 2--SPECIAL COMMITTEE Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. is the largest provider of food and facilities management in North America, with $4.7 billion in annual sales. Sodexho Marriott Services 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 111,000 employees at 5,000 locations across the U.S. and Canada. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----