-----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, T79z5m1Xp7eBzCO+Yab2nTDw2VNy7mYjazK30kzx5uRdPmT78kaf/KvJIFMAKV7p Im7D5zggZSmHbYXtJMVpJg== 0000905036-01-500005.txt : 20010228 0000905036-01-500005.hdr.sgml : 20010228 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000905036-01-500005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20010227 ITEM INFORMATION: ITEM INFORMATION: FILED AS OF DATE: 20010227 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: 1555940 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_8kf022701.txt CURRENT REPORT FEBRUARY 27, 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): February 27, 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 February 27, 2001, the Special Committee of Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.'s Board of Directors announced it has retained UBS Warburg LLC as its financial adviser, Shaw Pittman as its legal counsel and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP as its Delaware legal counsel. 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 February 27, 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: February 27, 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 February 27, 2001, regarding Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.'s Special Committee announcement that it has retained its financial adviser, legal counsel, and Delaware legal counsel. -4- EX-99 2 sec_ex99f022701.txt PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 27, 2001 EXHIBIT 99 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Relations Contact: Leslie Aun Sodexho Marriott Services (301) 987-4550 Investor Relations Contact: Jim Duke Sodexho Marriott Services (301) 987-4333 SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES SPECIAL COMMITTEE RETAINS OUTSIDE ADVISERS GAITHERSBURG, MD, February 27, 2001-- Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. (NYSE:SDH) announced today that the Special Committee of its Board of Directors appointed to evaluate the proposal by Sodexho Alliance, S.A. to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Sodexho Marriott Services not already held by Sodexho Alliance for $27 per share in cash has retained UBS Warburg LLC as its financial adviser, Shaw Pittman as its legal counsel and Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP as its Delaware legal counsel to assist the Special Committee in its evaluation of the proposal. Sodexho Alliance currently owns approximately 48% of Sodexho Marriott Services' outstanding stock. Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. (NYSE-SDH) is the largest provider of food and facilities management in North America, with $4.7 billion in annual sales. Sodexho Advisers/Page 2 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-----