Disclosure of Shareholders

Under the Swiss Stock Exchange Act we disclose the following:

·         Shareholders that reach, exceed or fall below the thresholds of 3%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 33.33%, 50% or 66.66% of the voting rights.

Abbreviations:

 

Purchase position (total of Adecco shares and derivatives)

Equity (registered shares as part of total purchase position)                 

Sale position (derivatives)


2008
Below 3% UBS AG02/10/08
Credit Suisse Group (4.88% purchase of which 0.30% equity, 4.33% sale)26/09/08
Credit Suisse Group (5.06% purchase of which 0.38% equity, 4.33% sale)23/09/08
Jacobs Group - Change in Group composition18/09/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.87% purchase of which 0.43% equity, 18.56% sale)16/09/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.04% purchase of which 0.61% equity, 18.75% sale)11/09/08
Adecco S.A. (9.19% purchase of which 7.85% equity, 2.98% sale)21/07/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.81% purchase of which 0.50% equity, 18.60% sale)13/06/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.04% purchase of which 0.73% equity, 18.60% sale)11/06/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.97% purchase of which 0.67% equity, 18.61% sale)09/06/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.00% purchase of which 0.86% equity, 18.61% sale)03/06/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.93% purchase of which 0.70% equity, 18.63% sale)23/05/08
UBS Fund Management (4.03% equity)14/05/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.01% purchase of which 0.75% equity, 18.67% sale)08/05/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.98% purchase of which 0.73% equity, 18.61% sale)08/05/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.00% purchase of which 0.72% equity, 18.64% sale)07/05/08
Deutsche Bank Group (19.98% purchase of which 0.70% equity, 18.64% sale)30/04/08
Sonata Securites S.A. (17.2% purchase of which 0% equity, 17.2% sale)08/04/08
Deutsche Bank Group (20.7% purchase of which 1.47% equity, 18.7% sale)08/04/08
Deutsche Bank Group (26.96% purchase of which 1.41% equity, 25.04% sale)31/03/08
Deutsche Bank Group (27.55% purchase of which 1.64% equity, 24.93% sale)31/03/08
Jacobs Holding AG (22.68% purchase, all equity; sale position, see document...28/03/08
Credit Suisse Group (3.71% purchase of which 0.35% equity, 4.25% sale)28/03/08
Credit Suisse Group (4.48% purchase of which 0.73% equity, 5.07% sale)28/03/08
Credit Suisse Group (5.06% purchase of which 0.73% equity, 5.51% sale)11/02/08
Credit Suisse Group (5.42% purchase of which 0.82% equity, 4.36% sale)06/02/08
Credit Suisse Group (4.18% purchase of which 0.50% equity, 4.00% sale)22/01/08
Credit Suisse Group (4.98% purchase of which 0.71% equity, 4.33% sale)22/01/08
Franklin Templeton Investment (5.26% equity)11/01/08
4.36% Adecco S.A. (5.02% purchase, 3.14% sale positions)11/01/08

2007
1.01% Deutsche Bank (27.8% purchase, 25.9% sale positions)31/12/07
Below 3.00% UBS AG27/12/07
0.53% Credit Suisse (4.94% purchase, 4.33% sale positions)27/12/07
1.88% JP Morgan (4.99% purchase, 1.14% sale positions)27/12/07
0.92% DB AG (27.48% purchase, 25.86% sale positions)11/12/07
29.03% Jacobs Holding AG (purchase and sale positions, see document)06/12/07
3.24% Adecco S.A. (4.39% purchase, 3.33% sale positions)06/12/07
5.03% Harris Associates L.P.23/11/07
Below 5.00% Barclays PLC22/10/07
5.05% JPMorgan Chase & Co (of which 2.2% are registered shares)28/08/07
5.07% UBS AG (of which 1.2% are registered shares)28/08/07
4.92% UBS AG (of which 1.0% are registered shares)23/08/07
27.4% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.3% are registered shares)22/08/07
5.05% UBS AG (of which 1.0% are registered shares)22/08/07
4.77% UBS AG (of which 0.9% are registered shares)15/08/07
5.37% UBS AG (of which 1.4% are registered shares)14/08/07
27.4% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.2% are registered shares) 11/07/07
5.00% Barclays PLC03/07/07
4.85% Harris Associates L.P.27/06/07
28.3% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.1% are registered shares)25/05/07
27.1% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.2% are registered shares)11/05/07
5.01% Harris Associates L.P.02/04/07
29.3% Deutsche Bank (of which 2.2% are registered shares)24/01/07
27.4% Deutsche Bank (of which 2.2% are registered shares)04/01/07

2006
28.0% Deutsche Bank (of which 2.2% are registered shares)22/12/06
27.4% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.9% are registered shares)15/12/06
4.59% Harris Associates L.P.21/09/06
5.02% Harris Associates L.P.07/09/06
24% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.3% are registered shares)03/01/06
22.7% Sonata Securities SA (5.5% Calls; 17.2% Puts)03/01/06

2005
24% Deutsche Bank (of which 1.3% are registered shares)14/12/05
5.44% Akila Finance SA09/12/05
29.25% Jacobs Holding AG09/12/05
16.44% Jacobs Holding AG29/11/05
4.94% Capital Group Companies04/11/05
8.1% Jacobs Holding AG15/09/05
5.00% Capital Group Companies17/08/05
4.92% Capital Group Companies01/07/05