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 02 September 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 3,029,978 1.60% 360,408 0.19%
securities
(2) Derivatives 52,158 0.03% 266,616 0.14%
(other than
options)
(3) Options and 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
agreements to
purchase/sell
Total 3,082,136 1.63% 627,024 0.33%
(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 1,021 52.9567 CHF
Purchase 13,535 52.9276 CHF
Purchase 4,568 53.0213 CHF
Purchase 11,574 52.1172 CHF
Purchase 2,254 52.1151 CHF
Purchase 2,611 52.7459 CHF
Purchase 2,198 52.5267 CHF
Purchase 212 52.9000 CHF
Purchase 4,622 53.0088 CHF
Purchase 1,495 52.9568 CHF
Purchase 1,728 52.9570 CHF
Purchase 16,032 52.9569 CHF
Purchase 3,930 52.9185 CHF
Purchase 823 52.9185 CHF
Purchase 1,260 52.9185 CHF
Purchase 6,022 52.1951 CHF
Sale 16,050 52.8451 CHF
Sale 1,281 51.9466 CHF
Sale 6,309 52.0080 CHF
Sale 648 52.4178 CHF
Sale 683 53.1237 CHF
Sale 1,350 52.8500 CHF
Sale 22,045 52.9417 CHF
Sale 3,204 52.3500 CHF
Sale 2,689 51.6275 CHF
Sale 872 52.5421 CHF
Sale 3,240 52.9000 CHF
Sale 15,446 52.9000 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 16050 52.845
CFD Long 22045 52.9416
CFD Long 683 53.1236
CFD Short 2611 52.7459
CFD Short 17980 52.9059
CFD Short 13535 52.9276
CFD Short 4622 53.0088
CFD Short 4568 53.0212
(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 03 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