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 29 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 3,026,193 1.60% 376,535 0.20%
securities
(2) Derivatives 76,660 0.04% 271,282 0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,102,853 1.64% 647,817 0.34%
(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 944 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 1,044 51.9150 CHF
Purchase 530 52.1613 CHF
Purchase 5,272 52.0451 CHF
Purchase 1,135 52.1922 CHF
Purchase 1,461 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 316 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 27 52.0506 CHF
Purchase 157 51.8927 CHF
Purchase 16,345 52.0380 CHF
Purchase 82 52.0506 CHF
Purchase 749 52.0839 CHF
Purchase 133 52.0506 CHF
Purchase 1,527 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 760 51.8927 CHF
Purchase 334 52.0135 CHF
Purchase 9,304 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 906 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 641 52.0839 CHF
Purchase 7,486 52.0135 CHF
Purchase 1,223 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 572 51.9000 CHF
Purchase 469 51.8927 CHF
Sale 4,056 52.0867 CHF
Sale 929 52.0500 CHF
Sale 524 52.0356 CHF
Sale 353 52.0500 CHF
Sale 316 51.9000 CHF
Sale 1,790 52.0515 CHF
Sale 1,527 51.9000 CHF
Sale 944 51.9000 CHF
Sale 572 51.9000 CHF
Sale 1,461 51.9000 CHF
Sale 460 52.0445 CHF
Sale 2,610 51.9073 CHF
Sale 906 51.9000 CHF
Sale 9,304 51.9000 CHF
Sale 1,223 51.9000 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 524 52.0355
CFD Long 353 52.05
CFD Long 1790 52.0515
CFD Long 4056 52.0866
CFD Short 1044 51.915
CFD Short 16345 52.038
CFD Short 5272 52.0451
CFD Short 530 52.1613
CFD Short 1135 52.1922
(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 01 September 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