Rule 8.3 - ADECCO SA
FORM 8.3
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
(Rule 8.3 of the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers)
1. KEY INFORMATION
Name of person dealing BARCLAYS PLC
(Note 1)
Company dealt in ADECCO SA
Class of relevant security CHF1(REGD)
to which the dealings being
disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 08 August 2008
2. INTERESTS, SHORT POSITIONS AND RIGHTS TO SUBSCRIBE
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant
security dealt in (Note 3)
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant 2,846,033 1.50% 565,342 0.30%
securities
(2) Derivatives 219,665 0.12% 473,152 0.25%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,065,698 1.62% 1,038,494 0.55%
(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other
than the class dealt in (Note 3)
Class of Long Short
relevant
security:
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant
securities
(2) Derivatives
(other than
options)
(3) Options and
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total
(c) Rights to subscribe (Note 3)
Class of relevant security: Details
3. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of Securities Price per unit
(GBP)
Purchase 1,462 50.6895 CHF
Purchase 228 50.7000 CHF
Purchase 3,827 50.7000 CHF
Purchase 8,564 50.6671 CHF
Purchase 7,456 50.5469 CHF
Purchase 1,106 50.7147 CHF
Purchase 9,413 50.5000 CHF
Purchase 12,202 50.7301 CHF
Purchase 37,857 50.6318 CHF
Sale 1,291 50.7000 CHF
Sale 1,303 50.7000 CHF
Sale 3,827 50.7000 CHF
Sale 8,763 50.5260 CHF
Sale 6,008 50.3370 CHF
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Product name, Long/Short Number of Price per
(e.g. CFD) (Note 6) Securities unit (GBP)
CFD Long 6008 50.337
CFD Long 8763 50.5259
CFD Short 7456 50.5469
CFD Short 37857 50.6317
CFD Short 8564 50.667
CFD Short 1106 50.7147
CFD Short 12202 50.73
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Product name, Writing, Number of Exercise Type, e.g. Expiry Option money
e.g. call selling, securities to price American, date paid/received
option purchasing, which the option European etc. per unit (GBP)
varying etc. relates (GBP)
(ii) Exercising
Product name, e.g. Number of Exercise price per
call option securities unit (Note 5)
Warrant 2,100,000 0.7500
(d) Other dealings (including new securities) (Note 4)
Nature of transaction Details Price per unit
(Note 8) (if applicable)
(Note 5)
4. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of
any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or
relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any
relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is
referenced. If none, this should be stated.
None
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) NO
Date of disclosure 11 August 2008
Contact name Geoff Smith
Telephone number 020 7116 2913
If a connected EFM, name of
offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of
connection (Note 10)
Notes
The Notes on Form 8.3 can be viewed on the Takeover Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk