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 19 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 3,008,580 1.59% 408,232 0.22%
securities
(2) Derivatives 29,506 0.02% 288,265 0.15%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,038,086 1.61% 696,497 0.37%
(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 621 50.1004 CHF
Purchase 268 49.5600 CHF
Purchase 903 49.9789 CHF
Purchase 1,107 49.9789 CHF
Purchase 410 49.7400 CHF
Purchase 9,231 50.1012 CHF
Purchase 1,622 50.1013 CHF
Purchase 1,208 50.1009 CHF
Purchase 584 49.9789 CHF
Purchase 8,971 49.9171 CHF
Purchase 4,692 49.9417 CHF
Purchase 2,370 49.9198 CHF
Sale 15,792 49.9049 CHF
Sale 250 50.0500 CHF
Sale 1,035 50.0230 CHF
Sale 3,398 50.0482 CHF
Sale 1,089 49.7256 CHF
Sale 2,025 49.7400 CHF
Sale 9,375 50.0216 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 1089 49.7255
CFD Long 15792 49.9049
CFD Long 9375 50.0215
CFD Long 1035 50.0229
CFD Long 6818 50.0286
CFD Long 3398 50.0481
CFD Short 8971 49.917
CFD Short 2370 49.9197
CFD Short 4692 49.9417
(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 20 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