EXHIBIT 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Officers and
Directors of Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
"Corporation"), hereby constitute and appoint Michel Landel, John Bush and
Robert A. Stern, and each of them, the true and lawful agents and
attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said
agents and attorneys-in-fact, and in any one or more of them, to sign for the
undersigned and in their respective names as Officers and as Directors of the
Corporation, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (or other appropriate form)
relating to the proposed issuance of Common Stock and other securities pursuant
to employee options under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (or any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to such Registration Statement)
and file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with full power of
substitution; hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
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<S> <C> <C>
/S/ MICHEL LANDEL President and Chief Executive Officer April 19, 2000
--------------------------------- (Principal Executive Officer)
Michel Landel
/S/ JOHN BUSH Senior Vice President and April 19, 2000
--------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer and
John Bush Acting Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/S/ DANIEL J. ALTOBELLO
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Daniel J. Altobello
Director April 19, 2000
/S/ PIERRE BELLON
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Pierre Bellon
Director April 19, 2000
/S/ BERNARD CARTON
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Bernard Carton
Director April 19, 2000
/S/ DOCTOR R. CRANTS
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Doctor R. Crants
Director April 19, 2000
/S/ EDOUARD DE ROYERE
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Edouard de Royere
Director April 19, 2000
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<S> <C> <C>
/S/ JOHN W. MARRIOTT III
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John W. Marriott III
Director April 19, 2000
/S/ WILLIAM J. SHAW
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William J. Shaw
Director April 19, 2000
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Sodexho Marriott
Services Employee Stock Purchase Plan has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized in the City of Gaithersburg, State of Maryland, on the 19th day of
April, 2000.
SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
BY: /S/ OLLIE LAWRENCE, JR.
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NAME: OLLIE LAWRENCE, JR.
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TITLE: PLAN ADMINISTRATOR
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