SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES INC
S-8, EX-4.6, 2000-06-01
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             SODEXHO MARRIOTT SERVICES EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN


                                    ARTICLE I
                                  INTRODUCTION

         1.01 PURPOSE.  The Sodexho  Marriott  Services  Employee Stock Purchase
Plan (the "Plan") is intended to provide a method  whereby  employees of Sodexho
Marriott Services, Inc. (the "Company"),  including its subsidiaries,  will have
an  opportunity  to acquire a  proprietary  interest in the Company  through the
purchase of shares of the Common Stock of the Company.

         1.02 RULES OF  INTERPRETATION.  It is the  intention  of the Company to
have the Plan qualify as an "employee  stock purchase plan" under Section 423 of
the Internal  Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").  The  provisions of
the Plan shall be construed in a manner consistent with the requirements of that
section of the Code.

                                   ARTICLE II
                                   DEFINITIONS

         2.01 "BOARD"  shall  mean  the  Board of Directors of  Sodexho Marriott
Services, Inc.

         2.02 "COMMITTEE"  shall  mean  the  Compensation  Policy  Committee  of
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc.

         2.03 "COMMON STOCK"  shall  mean  the  Common Stock of Sodexho Marriott
Services, Inc.

         2.04 "COMPANY"  shall  mean  Sodexho  Marriott  Services, Inc. and  its
Subsidiaries.

         2.05 "COMPENSATION"  shall  mean  the  base  compensation  paid  by the
Company in accordance  with the terms of  employment,  including  overtime,  but
excluding  commissions,   all  bonus  payments,  expense  allowances  and  other
compensation paid in a form other than cash as determined on the last day of the
calendar year preceding an enrollment period.

         2.06 "EMPLOYEE"  shall   mean  any  person  employed  by  the  Company,
including any full-time,  part-time or seasonal employees.  For purposes of this
Plan, the employment  relationship  shall be treated as continuing  intact while
the  individual  is on an approved  leave of absence.  Where the period of leave
exceeds ninety days and the individual's right to reemployment is not guaranteed
either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship shall be deemed to
be terminated for purposes of the Plan on the ninety first day of such leave.

         2.07 "ENROLLMENT  PERIOD" shall mean the period of time  determined  by
the Plan  Representative  preceding an Offering  Period during which an Employee
may complete a Payroll Authorization Form to become a participant in the Plan.

         2.08 "EXERCISE DATE" shall mean the last day of an Offering Period.

         2.09 "OFFERING COMMENCEMENT DATE"  shall  mean  the  first  day  of  an
Offering Period.


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         2.10 "OFFERING  PERIOD" shall mean a period of approximately six months
during  which  an  option  granted  pursuant  to the Plan  may be  exercised  in
accordance  with the provisions set forth in this Plan.  Offering  Periods shall
commence (i) on the first Trading Day on or after January 1 and terminate on the
last  Trading  Day in the period  ending the  following  June 30, and (ii) shall
commence on the first  Trading Day on or after July 1 and  terminate on the last
Trading Day in the period ending the following  December 31. However,  the first
Offering Period  following the effective date of this Plan shall commence on the
first Trading Day on or after February 1, 2000. The duration or  commencement of
Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Section 4.02.

         2.11 "PLAN  REPRESENTATIVE"  shall mean any person designated from time
to time by the  Committee  to receive  certain  notices and take  certain  other
administrative actions relating to participation in the Plan.

         2.12 "SUBSIDIARY"  shall  mean a corporation,  domestic or foreign,  of
which not less than 50% of the voting shares are held,  directly or  indirectly,
by the  Company,  whether or not such  corporation  now  exists or is  hereafter
organized or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.

         2.13 "TRADING DAY"  shall  mean  a  day  on  which  the  New York Stock
Exchange is open for trading.

                                   ARTICLE III
                          ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION

         3.01 INITIAL  ELIGIBILITY.  Each Employee who is in active service with
the  Company on the first day of an  Enrollment  Period  preceding  an  Offering
Period and who is employed  by the Company on the date his or her  participation
in the Plan is to become  effective  shall be  eligible to  participate  in that
Offering  Period.  Persons  who are  not  Employees  shall  not be  eligible  to
participate in the Plan.

         3.02 RESTRICTIONS ON PARTICIPATION.  Notwithstanding  any  provision of
the Plan to the  contrary,  no  Employee  shall be granted an option to purchase
shares of Common Stock under the Plan:

                  (a) if,  immediately  after the grant, such Employee would own
stock and/or hold outstanding options to purchase stock possessing 5% or more of
the total combined  voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company
(for purposes of this paragraph,  the rules of Section  424(d) of the Code shall
apply in determining stock ownership of any Employee); or

                  (b) which  permits such  Employee's  rights to purchase  stock
under all employee stock purchase plans of the Company (but not including  stock
options  granted by the Company to which Section 423 of the Code does not apply)
to accrue at a rate  which  exceeds  $10,000 of fair  market  value of the stock
(determined  at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which
such option is outstanding at any time.

         3.03 COMMENCEMENT OF  PARTICIPATION.  An eligible Employee may become a
participant by authorizing  payroll  deductions and enrolling in the Plan during
an Enrollment  Period according to procedures  prescribed by the Company Payroll
deductions and participation  shall commence on the first Offering  Commencement
Date after the Employee's authorization for payroll deductions becomes effective
and shall continue until  termination of the Plan or the  participant's  earlier


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termination of  participation in the Plan. Each participant in the Plan shall be
deemed  to  continue  participation  until  termination  of  the  Plan  or  such
participant's  earlier  termination  of  participation  in the Plan  pursuant to
Article VIII below.

                                   ARTICLE IV
                     STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN AND OFFERINGS



         4.01 STOCK SUBJECT TO SALE.  The Company,  or such entity acting at the
direction of the Company,  shall purchase shares of its Common Stock which shall
be made  available  for the  exercise  of options  under  this Plan.  Subject to
adjustment upon changes in  capitalization of the Company as provided in Section
12.04 hereof,  the maximum number of shares of the Company's  Common Stock which
shall be made  available  for sale  under the Plan  during  any one year  period
commencing on October 1 shall be 600,000  shares.  If, on a given Exercise Date,
the number of shares with respect to which  options are to be exercised  exceeds
the number of shares then available under the Plan under this Section 4.01, than
(i) the  Company  shall  make a pro  rata  allocation  of the  shares  remaining
available for purchase in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable  and as it
shall  determine  to be  equitable,  and  (ii)  the  remaining  balance  in each
participant's account will be refunded to the participant following the Offering
Period without interest.

         Additionally,  the  Company,  or any  entity  acting  on  behalf of the
Company, may not purchase shares of Company Common Stock for allocation pursuant
to the Plan if such purchase would, by reducing the number of outstanding shares
of Company stock,  cause Sodexho Alliance S.A. ("Sodexho  Alliance")  (including
any  person  related  to  Sodexho  Alliance  or that  could be treated as acting
pursuant to a plan or arrangement with Sodexho  Alliance) to own a 50 percent or
greater  interest  in the  outstanding  stock of the  Company as  determined  in
accordance with Section 355(e) of the Internal Revenue Code. A person is treated
as  "related"  to Sodexho  Alliance  for  purposes  of these  rules if shares of
Company  stock held by such person would be  attributed  to Sodexho  Alliance or
aggregated with Sodexho Alliance's holdings pursuant to Section  355(e)(4)(C) of
the  Internal  Revenue  Code.  If the  Company  inadvertently  purchases  shares
("Excess  Shares")  that cause  Sodexho  Alliance to own a 50 percent or greater
interest in the stock of the Company in violation of the foregoing provisions of
this  paragraph,  then,  notwithstanding  any other  provision of the Plan,  the
Exercise Date with respect to such Excess Shares shall be the date on which said
Excess  Shares  were  purchased,  and the  Company  shall be  treated  as having
purchased  such  Excess  Shares as agent for  participants  whose  options  were
exercised with respect to such Excess Shares.  All persons who were participants
in the Plan on the Exercise  Date with respect to such Excess Shares shall share
in the purchase of such Excess Shares in a manner consistent with the provisions
of Section 423(b)(5) of the Code.

         The Company shall not issue shares for allocation to participants under
this Plan.  The  maximum  number of shares that shall be  purchased  on the open
market for  allocation  to  participants  under  this Plan shall be 1.8  million
shares subject to the annual limits described above.

         4.02 OFFERING  PERIODS.  The Plan shall be  implemented  by consecutive
Offering Periods with a new Offering Period  commencing on the first Trading Day
on or after  January 1 and July 1 of each year,  or on such  other  dates as the
Committee  shall  determine,   and  continuing  thereafter  until  the  Plan  is
terminated.  The first  Offering  Period shall commence on the first Trading Day
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occurs on or after  February 1, 2000.  The  Committee  shall  have  the power to
change the  duration of  Offering  Periods  (including  the  commencement  dates
thereof) with respect to future offerings without  stockholder  approval if such
change is announced at least five (5) days prior to the  scheduled  beginning of
the first Offering Period to be affected thereafter.

                                    ARTICLE V
                               PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS

         5.01 AMOUNT OF DEDUCTION.  The authorization  described in Section 3.03
will permit a participant  to elect payroll  deductions of any whole  percentage
from  three  percent  (3%)  through  eight  percent  (8%) of such  participant's
Compensation for each pay period during an Offering Period.

         5.02 PARTICIPANT'S   ACCOUNT.  All   payroll  deductions   made  for  a
participant  shall be credited to an account  established  for such  participant
under the Plan. A  participant  may not make any separate cash payment into such
account.

         5.03 CHANGES  IN  PAYROLL  DEDUCTIONS.  Subject  to  Section   8.01,  a
participant  may only reduce or increase future payroll  deductions  (within the
limits  described  in  Section  5.01)  prior  to the  Commencement  Date of each
Offering  Period.  The change may be made in a manner  prescribed by the Company
for such purpose.

                                   ARTICLE VI
                               GRANTING OF OPTION

         6.01 NUMBER OF OPTION SHARES. On the Offering Commencement Date of each
Offering Period,  each eligible  Employee  participating in such Offering Period
shall be granted an option to purchase  on the  Exercise  Date of such  Offering
Period  (at the  applicable  Option  Price)  up to a  number  of  shares  of the
Company's Common Stock determined by dividing such Employee's payroll deductions
accumulated  prior to such  Exercise  Date  and  retained  in the  Participant's
account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Option Price.  Exercise of the
option shall occur as provided in Section 7.01 below unless the  participant has
withdrawn  pursuant to Article VIII.  The option shall expire on the last day of
the Offering Period.

         6.02 OPTION  PRICE.  The option  price of Common Stock  purchased  with
payroll  deductions  made  during  any  Offering  (the  "Option  Price")  for  a
participant therein shall be the lower of:

                   (a) 100% of the closing  price of the Common Stock on (i) the
Offering  Commencement  Date for such  Offering  Period or (ii) if the  Offering
Commencement  Date is not a Trading  Day,  then the next  business day that is a
Trading Day; or

                  (b) 100% of the closing  price of the Common  Stock on (i) the
Exercise  Date for such  Offering  Period or (ii) if the Exercise  Date is not a
Trading Day, then the nearest prior business day that is a Trading Day.


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                                   ARTICLE VII
                               EXERCISE OF OPTION

         7.01 AUTOMATIC  EXERCISE.  Each  Plan  participant's   option  for  the
purchase of stock with payroll  deductions  made during any Offering Period will
be deemed to have been exercised  automatically on the applicable  Exercise Date
for the  purchase of the number of full and  fractional  shares of Common  Stock
which the accumulated  payroll  deductions in the  participant's  account at the
time will  purchase  at the  applicable  Option  Price (but not in excess of the
number of  shares  for  which  outstanding  options  have  been  granted  to the
participant pursuant to Section 6.01).

         7.02 WITHDRAWAL  OF  ACCOUNT.  No  participant  in  the  Plan  shall be
entitled to withdraw any amount from the accumulated  payroll  deductions in his
or her account;  provided,  however,  that a participant's  accumulated  payroll
deductions  shall be refunded to the participant as and to the extent  specified
in Section 8.01 below after termination of such  participant's  participation in
the Plan.

         7.03 FRACTIONAL  SHARES.  Fractional  shares  of  Common  Stock will be
allocated to participants under the Plan.

         7.04 EXERCISE OF OPTIONS.  During  a  participant's  lifetime,  options
held by such participant shall be exercisable only by such participant.

         7.05 DELIVERY OF STOCK.  As promptly as practicable  after the Exercise
Date of each Offering  Period,  the Company will deliver to each  participant in
such Offering, as appropriate, the shares of Common Stock purchased therein upon
exercise of such  participant's  option.  The Company may deliver such shares in
certificated or book entry form, at the Company's sole election.

                                  ARTICLE VIII
                                   WITHDRAWAL

         8.01 IN GENERAL.  A participant may stop  participating  in the Plan at
any  time by  giving  notice  to the  Plan  Representative  in  accordance  with
procedures  prescribed by the Company.  Upon  processing of any such notice,  no
further  payroll  deductions  will be made from the  participant's  Compensation
during such Offering  Period or any future  Offering  Period.  Subsequent to the
receipt  of  notice of  withdrawal  by a  participant,  all  payroll  deductions
credited to the account of the  participant  will be returned to the participant
as soon as  administratively  practical following the end of the Offering Period
and such participant's options shall be automatically terminated.

         8.02 EFFECT ON SUBSEQUENT  PARTICIPATION.  A  participant's  withdrawal
from any  Offering  Period  will not have any  effect  upon  such  participant's
eligibility  to participate  in any  succeeding  Offering  Period for which such
participant  is  otherwise  eligible.  A  participant  may elect to resume  Plan
participation  for a  subsequent  Offering  Period by  re-enrolling  in the plan
during an Enrollment Period in accordance with Section 3.03 above.

         8.03 TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.  Upon a participant's  ceasing to be an
Employee for any reason other than  retirement  prior to an Exercise Date, he or
she shall be deemed to have


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elected to withdraw  from the Plan and the payroll  deductions  credited to such
participant's  account  during the  Offering  Period  shall be  returned to such
participant  following the Offering  Period or, in the case of his or her death,
to the  person  or  persons  entitled  thereto  under  Section  12.01,  and such
participant's option shall be automatically  terminated.  The preceding sentence
notwithstanding,  a  participant  who  receives  payment  in the form of regular
payroll checks,  in lieu of notice of termination of employment shall be treated
as continuing to be an Employee for the participant's  customary number of hours
per week of employment  during the period in which the participant is subject to
such  payment in lieu of notice.  For purposes of this  Section  8.03,  the term
"retirement"  shall mean the  termination of employment at or beyond age 55 with
at least 10 years of service with the Company.  If a participant  retires during
an offering  period,  the participant  shall have no further  obligation to make
further contributions to the Plan. All amounts contributed by the retiree during
the  Offering  Period  shall be  retained  in his account for the balance of the
Offering  Period  and  applied  as set  forth  in  Article  VII.  An  Employee's
termination of employment  shall be considered a retirement for purposes of this
Section 8.03 only if such termination occurs not more than three months prior to
the Exercise Date of that Offering Period.

                                   ARTICLE IX
                                    INTEREST

         9.01 PAYMENT OF INTEREST.  No  interest  will be paid or allowed on any
money paid into the Plan or  credited to the  account of or  distributed  to any
Employee.

                                    ARTICLE X
                                      STOCK

         10.01 PARTICIPANT'S  INTEREST IN OPTION STOCK. No participant will have
any  interest  in shares of Common  Stock  covered  by any  option  held by such
participant  until such option has been  exercised  as provided in Section  7.01
above.

         10.02 REGISTRATION OF STOCK  CERTIFICATES.  Ownership of  the shares of
Common Stock purchased  through the Plan by a participant  will be registered in
the name of the participant.

         10.03 CONDITIONS  UPON ISSUANCE OF SHARES.  Shares shall not be issued
with  respect to an option  unless the  exercise of such option and the issuance
and delivery of such shares  pursuant  thereto shall comply with all  applicable
provisions  of law,  domestic or foreign,  including,  without  limitation,  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,  and the requirements
of any stock  exchange  upon which the  shares may then be listed,  and shall be
further  subject to the approval of counsel for the company with respect to such
compliance.

         As a condition  to the  exercise of an option,  the Company may require
the person  exercising  such option to represent  and warrant at the time of any
such  exercise  that the  shares are being  purchased  only for  investment  and
without  any  present  intention  to sell or  distribute  such shares if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company,  such a representation is required by any of
the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

         Transactions under this Plan are intended to comply with all applicable
conditions  of Rule  16b-3  or any  successor  provision  under  the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.  If any


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provision  of the Plan or action by the Board  fails to so  comply,  it shall be
deemed null and void to the extent  permitted by law and deemed advisable by the
Board.  Moreover, in the event the Plan does not include a provision required by
Rule 16b-3 to be stated  herein,  such  provision  (other  than one  relating to
eligibility  requirements,  or the price and amount of  awards)  shall be deemed
automatically to be incorporated by reference in the Plan.

         10.04 DISQUALIFYING  DISPOSITIONS.  To  the extent  that a  participant
realizes  ordinary  income in  connection  with a sale or other  transfer of any
shares of Common  Stock  purchased  under the Plan,  the  Company  may  withhold
amounts  needed to cover  applicable  taxes from any payments  otherwise due and
owing to the  participant  or from shares that would  otherwise be issued to the
participant  hereunder.  Any participant who sells or otherwise transfers shares
purchased  under the Plan within two years after the  beginning  of the Offering
Period in which the shares were  purchased  must within 30 days of such transfer
notify the Corporate Secretary of the Company in writing of such transfer.

                                   ARTICLE XI
                                 ADMINISTRATION

         11.01 COMMITTEE. The Compensation Policy Committee (the "Committee") of
the Board of Directors will  administer  the Plan and may prescribe  rules as to
the administration of the Plan, including, without limitation, rules relating to
the definition of Compensation as used herein.

         11.02 AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE.  Subject to the express provisions of the
Plan, the Committee shall have plenary  authority in its discretion to interpret
and construe any and all provision of the Plan,  to adopt rules and  regulations
for  administering  the  Plan,  and to  make  all  other  determinations  deemed
necessary or advisable for administering the Plan. The Committee's determination
of the foregoing matters shall be conclusive.

         11.03 AMENDMENT  AND  TERMINATION.  The  Board of Directors  shall have
complete  power  and  authority  to  terminate  or amend  the Plan at any  time;
provided, however that the Board of Directors shall not, without the approval of
the  stockholders of the Company (i) increase the maximum number of shares which
are  available  to be  purchased  under  this Plan  during a Plan  Year  (except
pursuant  to  Section  12.04);  (ii) amend the  requirements  as to the class of
Employees  eligible to purchase  stock under the Plan and provided  further that
the  restrictions set forth in the second paragraph of Section 4.01 shall in any
and all events remain in effect through at least March 31, 2001. No termination,
modification,  or  amendment  of  the  Plan  may,  without  the  consent  of  an
participant  then having an option under the Plan to purchase  stock,  adversely
affect the rights of such participant  under such option.  In the event that the
Board of Directors  terminates the Plan effective  prior to the Exercise Date of
an Offering Period,  the Board shall shorten the Offering Period and establish a
new Exercise Date with at least ten days notice to Plan  participants.  Such new
Exercise Date shall be the termination date of the Plan.


         Without  stockholder  consent,  the Board (or the  Committee)  shall be
entitled to change the Offering  Periods,  limit the frequency  and/or number of
changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange
ratio  applicable  to amounts  withheld in a currency  other than U.S.  dollars,
permit payroll  withholding in excess of the amount  designated by a participant
in order to adjust  for  delays  or  mistakes  in the  Company's  processing  of
properly  completed  withholding  elections,  establish  reasonable  waiting and
adjustment  periods and/or  accounting  and crediting  procedures to ensure that
amounts  applied  toward  the  purchase  of Common  Stock  for


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each   participant   properly   correspond   with  amounts   withheld  from  the
participant's  Compensation,  and establish such other limitations or procedures
as the Board (or the  Committee)  determines  in its sole  discretion  advisable
which  are  consistent  with the Plan.  No  action  by the Board (or  Committee)
pursuant  to the  preceding  sentence  shall be deemed to  adversely  affect the
rights of any participant.

                                   ARTICLE XII
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         12.01 DESIGNATION  OF  BENEFICIARY.  A  participant  may file with the
Corporate  Benefits  Department  of  the  Company  a  written  designation  of a
beneficiary  who is to  receive  any  shares of Common  Stock  and/or  cash,  as
applicable,  under the Plan upon the  participant's  death.  Such designation of
beneficiary  may be changed by the  participant at any time by written notice to
the Corporate Benefits  Department.  Upon the death of a participant and receipt
by the Company of proof of identity and existence at the participant's  death of
a beneficiary  validly designated by the participant under the Plan, and subject
to Article VIII above concerning  withdrawal from the Plan, the Company,  or its
agent,   shall  deliver  such  shares  of  Common  Stock  and/or  cash  to  such
beneficiary.  In the event of the death of a  participant  lacking a beneficiary
validly   designated  under  the  Plan  who  is  living  at  the  time  of  such
participant's  death,  the Company,  or its agent,  shall deliver such shares of
Common Stock and/or cash to the executor or  administrator  of the estate of the
participant,  or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the
knowledge  of the  Company),  may  deliver  such  Common  Stock  and/or  cash in
accordance with the following hierarchy:

     1.       the surviving spouse
     2.       children
     3.       parents
     4.       brothers or sisters

Deliverance of common stock and/or cash is made in each case without any further
liability  of  the  Company  whatsoever  under  or  relating  to  the  Plan.  No
beneficiary  shall,  prior to the death of the participant by whom he or she has
been designated,  acquire any interest in the shares of Common Stock and/or cash
credited to the participant under the Plan.

         12.02 TRANSFERABILITY.  Neither  payroll  deductions  credited  to  any
participant's account nor any option or rights with regard to the exercise of an
option or to receive  Common Stock under the Plan may be assigned,  transferred,
pledged,  or otherwise  disposed of in any way by the participant  other than by
will or the laws of descent and  distribution.  Any such  attempted  assignment,
transfer,  pledge or other disposition shall be without effect,  except that the
Company may, in its  discretion,  treat such act as an election to withdraw from
participation in the Plan in accordance with Section 8.01.

         12.03 USE OF FUNDS.  All  payroll  deductions  received  or held by the
Company  under  the Plan may be  commingled  with  other  funds  and used by the
Company  for any  corporate  purpose.  The  Company  shall not be  obligated  to
segregate such payroll deductions.


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         12.04 ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION, DISSOLUTION,
LIQUIDATION, MERGER OR ASSET SALE.


          (a) CHANGES IN  CAPITALIZATION.  Subject to any required action by the
stockholders of the Company,  the maximum number of shares each  participant may
purchase per Offering  Period,  as well as the price per share and the number of
shares of Common Stock  covered by each option under the Plan which have not yet
been exercised shall be proportionately adjusted for any increase or decrease in
the  number of  issued  shares of Common  Stock  resulting  from a stock  split,
reverse stock split,  stock  dividend,  combination or  reclassification  of the
Common  Stock,  or any other  increase  or  decrease  in the number of shares of
Common Stock effected without receipt of consideration by the Company; provided,
however, that conversion of any convertible  securities of the Company shall not
be  deemed  to have been  "effected  without  receipt  of  consideration".  Such
adjustment shall be made by the Committee,  whose  determination in that respect
shall be final, binding and conclusive.  Except as expressly provided herein, no
issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class,  and no purchase by the
Company of its Common Stock for any purpose unrelated to the Plan, or securities
convertible into shares of stock of any class,  shall affect,  and no adjustment
by reason  thereof  shall be made with respect to, the number or price of shares
of Common Stock subject to an option.


          (b)  DISSOLUTION  OR  LIQUIDATION.   In  the  event  of  the  proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  the Offering Period then in progress
shall be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the "New Exercise Date"), and
shall  terminate   immediately  prior  to  the  consummation  of  such  proposed
dissolution or  liquidation,  unless  provided  otherwise by the Board.  The New
Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company's proposed  dissolution or
liquidation.  The Committee,  or its delegate,  shall notify each participant in
writing,  at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise  Date,  that
the  Exercise  Date for the  participant's  option  has been  changed to the New
Exercise Date and that the participant's option shall be exercised automatically
on the New  Exercise  Date,  unless  prior  to such  date  the  participant  has
withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.


          (c) MERGER OR ASSET  SALE.  In the event of a proposed  sale of all or
substantially  all of the assets of the  Company,  or the merger of the  Company
with or into another corporation, each outstanding option shall be assumed or an
equivalent  option  substituted  by the  successor  corporation  or a Parent  or
Subsidiary  of the  successor  corporation.  In the  event  that  the  successor
corporation  refuses to assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period
then in progress  shall be shortened  by setting a new  Exercise  Date (the "New
Exercise Date"). The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company's
proposed sale or merger. The Board shall notify each participant in writing,  at
least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise  Date,  that the Exercise
Date for the participant's  option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and
that the  participant's  option  shall  be  exercised  automatically  on the New
Exercise Date,  unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the
Offering Period.

         12.05 EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall become  effective as of January 1,
2000,  subject to  approval by the holders of a majority of the shares of Common
Stock  present  and  represented  at  any  special  or  annual  meeting  of  the
shareholders  of the Company  duly held within 12 months  after  adoption of the
Plan. If the Plan is not so approved, the Plan shall not become effective.


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         12.06 NO EMPLOYMENT  RIGHTS. The Plan does not, directly or indirectly,
create in any person any right with respect to continuation of employment by the
Company or any of its  Subsidiaries,  and it shall not be deemed to interfere in
any way with the Company's or any Subsidiary's right to terminate,  or otherwise
modify, any employee's employment at any time.

         12.07 EFFECT OF PLAN. The  provisions of the Plan shall,  in accordance
with its terms,  be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, all successors of
each Employee  participating in the Plan,  including,  without limitation,  such
Employee's estate and the executors,  administrators or trustees thereof,  heirs
and legatees,  and any receiver,  trustee in  bankruptcy  or  representative  of
creditors of such Employee.

         12.08 GOVERNING LAW. The  law of the  State of Maryland will govern all
matters  relating  to this Plan except to the extent  superseded  by the federal
laws of the United States.




OCTOBER  12, 1999                           /S/ RANDALL C. HARRIS
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Date                                        Randall C. Harris
                                            Senior Vice President &
                                            Chief Human Resources Officer





                            CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
                            ------------------------

         I, the undersigned  secretary of Sodexho  Marriott  Services,  Inc., do
hereby  certify that the foregoing  Sodexho  Marriott  Services  Employee  Stock
Purchase Plan (the "Plan") is a true and correct copy of the Plan and that there
have been no amendments or  modifications  to the Plan that are not reflected in
this copy.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  I have  hereunto  set my hand and seal of Sodexho
Marriott Services, Inc. this 12TH day of October 1999.



                             /S/ JOAN RECTOR MCGLOCKTON
                             --------------------------
                             Joan Rector McGlockton
                             Secretary


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