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 13 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 2,974,397 1.57% 450,434 0.24%
securities
(2) Derivatives 19,665 0.01% 292,462 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 2,994,062 1.58% 742,896 0.39%
(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 162 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 5,153 51.2019 CHF
Purchase 804 51.1278 CHF
Purchase 5,116 51.0961 CHF
Purchase 19,089 51.2064 CHF
Purchase 77 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 78 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 4,057 50.9676 CHF
Purchase 938 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 163 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 142 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 3,245 50.9659 CHF
Purchase 141 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 30,509 50.9671 CHF
Purchase 1,251 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 1,256 50.6000 CHF
Purchase 2,321 51.0634 CHF
Purchase 1,964 51.0634 CHF
Purchase 1,669 50.9649 CHF
Sale 1,069 50.5853 CHF
Sale 4,941 51.2354 CHF
Sale 2,286 50.8078 CHF
Sale 3,658 50.9737 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 1069 50.5853
CFD Long 2286 50.8077
CFD Long 3658 50.9737
CFD Long 4941 51.2353
CFD Short 5116 51.096
CFD Short 804 51.1278
CFD Short 5153 51.2019
CFD Short 19089 51.2063
(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)
(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 14 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