Registration No. 333-124982

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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Sodexho Alliance, SA
(Exact Name of issuer as specified in its charter)

Republic of France
  
Not applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
3, avenue Newton
78180 Montigny – le – Bretonneux
France
011-33-1-30-85-75-00
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
     
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Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1993 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1998 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 401(k) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust
Sodexho Savings Plus Plan
Sodexho Marriott Services Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 Sodexho Alliance December 1997 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance December 1998 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance January 2000 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance April 2000 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance January 2001 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance January 2002 Stock Option Plan A
Sodexho Alliance January 2002 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho, Inc. 1998 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
Sodexho Alliance September 17, 2002 Stock Option Plan
Sodexho Alliance October 2002 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 2003 Stock Option Plan A
Sodexho Alliance January 27, 2003 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 27, 2003 Stock Option Plan C
Sodexho Alliance June 12, 2003 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 2004 Stock Option Plan A
Sodexho Alliance January 20, 2004 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 20, 2004 Stock Option Plan C
Sodexho Alliance January 2005 Stock Option Plan A
Sodexho Alliance January 18, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 18, 2005 Stock Option Plan C
Sodexho Alliance January 2006 Stock Option Plan A 1
Sodexho Alliance January 2006 Stock Option Plan A 2
Sodexho Alliance June 16, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance September 13, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 10, 2006 Stock Option Plan B
Sodexho Alliance January 10, 2006 Stock Option Plan C
Sodexho, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full title of the Plans)
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Robert A. Stern, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
  Sodexho, Inc.
  9801 Washingtonian Boulevard
  Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
  301-987-4000
  
 
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service:
  
     
     
 
Copy to:
  
Margaret E. Tahyar, Esq.
Davis Polk & Wardwell
1121, avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008 Paris
France
 
Tel. No.: 011-33-1-56-59-36-70
  
Siân Herbert-Jones
Chief Financial Officer
Sodexho Alliance, SA
3, avenue Newton
78180 Montigny-le-Bretonneux
France
Tel. No.: 011-33-1-30-85-75-00


 

DEREGISTRATION OF UNSOLD SECURITIES
 
Pursuant to the Form S-8 registration statements set out in the table below, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the dates indicated, Sodexho Alliance, SA (the “Company” or the “Registrant”) registered ordinary shares, and American Depositary Shares evidenced by American Depositary Receipts (the “Securities”) to be offered pursuant to the Plans.
 
Form
File Number
Date
Plan(s)
       
S-8 POS
033-66624
April 15, 1998
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1993 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
 
 
  
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1998 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
S-8
333-63863
September 21, 1998
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 401(k) Employees' Retirement Savings Plan and Trust
S-8
333-63861
September 21, 1998
Sodexho Savings Plus Plan
S-8
333-38300
June 1, 2000
Sodexho Marriott Services Employee Stock Purchase Plan
S-8 POS
033-66624
June 12, 2000
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1993 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
 
 
  
Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. 1998 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
S-8
333-85176
March 28, 2002
Sodexho Alliance December 1997 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance December 1998 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2000 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance April 2000 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2001 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2002 Stock Option Plan A
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2002 Stock Option Plan B
 
 
  
Sodexho, Inc. 1998 Comprehensive Stock Incentive Plan
S-8
333-107459
July 30, 2003
Sodexho Alliance September 17, 2002 Stock Option Plan
     
Sodexho Alliance October 2002 Stock Option Plan B
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2003 Stock Option Plan A
     
Sodexho Alliance January 27, 2003 Stock Option Plan B
     
Sodexho Alliance January 27, 2003 Stock Option Plan C
 
 
  
Sodexho Alliance June 12, 2003 Stock Option Plan B
S-8
333-120842
November 30, 2004
Sodexho Alliance January 2004 Stock Option Plan A
     
Sodexho Alliance January 20, 2004 Stock Option Plan B
 
 
  
Sodexho Alliance January 20, 2004 Stock Option Plan C
S-8
333-124982
May 17, 2005
Sodexho Alliance January 2005 Stock Option Plan A
     
Sodexho Alliance January 18, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
 
 
  
Sodexho Alliance January 18, 2005 Stock Option Plan C
S-8
333-132062
February 27, 2006
Sodexho Alliance January 2006 Stock Option Plan A 1
     
Sodexho Alliance January 2006 Stock Option Plan A 2
     
Sodexho Alliance June 16, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
     
Sodexho Alliance September 13, 2005 Stock Option Plan B
     
Sodexho Alliance January 10, 2006 Stock Option Plan B
     
Sodexho Alliance January 10, 2006 Stock Option Plan C
 
 
  
Sodexho, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan
 
 
 
 
The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the Registration Statements is to terminate the Registration Statements and to deregister all of the Securities originally registered thereby which remain unsold as of the date this Amendment is filed.  Hereinafter Sodexho intends to rely upon the Rule 701 exemption from registration.
 

 
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Sodexho Alliance, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Paris, France, on this 16th day of July, 2007.
 
 
Sodexho Alliance, SA
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Sîan Herbert-Jones
   
Name:
Siân Herbert-Jones
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer


Signature
Title
Date
     
/s/ Pierre Bellon
Chairman
July 16, 2007
Pierre Bellon
    
     
/s/ Rémi Baudin
Vice Chairman
July 16, 2007
Rémi Baudin
    
     
/s/ Astrid Bellon
Member of the Board
July 16, 2006
Astrid Bellon
    
     
/s/ Bernard Bellon
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Bernard Bellon
    
     
/s/ François-Xavier Bellon
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
François-Xavier Bellon
    
     
/s/ Sophie Clamens
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Sophie Clamens
    
     
/s/ Paul Jeanbart
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Paul Jeanbart
    
     
/s/ Charles Milhaud
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Charles Milhaud
    
     
/s/ François Périgot
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
François Périgot
    
 
 

 
/s/ Nathalie Szabo
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Nathalie Szabo
    
     
 
Member of the Board
  
Patricia Bellinger
    
     
/s/ Robert Baconnier
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Robert Baconnier
    
     
/s/ Peter Thompson
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
Peter Thompson
    
     
/s/ H.J. Mark Tompkins
Member of the Board
July 16, 2007
H.J. Mark Tompkins
    
     
/s/ Siân Herbert-Jones
Chief Financial Officer
July 16, 2007
Siân Herbert-Jones
    
     
/s/ Michel Landel
Chief Executive Officer
July 16, 2007
Michel Landel
    





AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
 
/s/ Robert A. Stern
Robert A. Stern, as the duly authorized
representative of Sodexho Alliance in the
United States
 
Date: July 16, 2007