Unchanged dividend of CHF 1.50 has been approved by shareholders

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Zurich, Switzerland, May 13, 2009: At today's Annual General Meeting
(AGM) of the Adecco Group, shareholders approved the re-election of
all Board members for another year. The Board of Directors' dividend
proposal of CHF 1.50 per share and all other agenda items have also
been approved.

The shareholders attending the Adecco Group's AGM, which took place
in Lausanne today, have confirmed the following members of Adecco's
Board of Directors, who were available for re-election, for a further
one-year term of office, ending at next year's Annual General
Meeting: Rolf Dörig (Chairman), Thomas O'Neill (Vice-Chairman), Jakob
Baer, Andreas Jacobs, Francis Mer, David Prince, Wanda Rapaczynski
and Judith A. Sprieser. The shareholders also approved the payment of
a cash dividend of CHF 1.50 per share for the financial year 2008.
Furthermore, shareholders approved the Group's Annual Report 2008,
the re-election of Ernst & Young AG, Zurich, as Adecco S.A.'s
statutory and Group auditors and all other agenda items.

Adecco Corporate Press Office
Press.office@adecco.com or +41 (0) 44 878 87 87

Adecco Corporate Investor Relations
Investor.relations@adecco.com or +41 (0) 44 878 89 89

Forward-looking statements
Information in this release may involve guidance, expectations,
beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These
forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All
forward-looking statements included in this release are based on
information available to Adecco S.A. as of the date of this release,
and we assume no duty to update any such forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this release are not guarantees of
future performance and actual results could differ materially from
our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute
to such differences. Factors that could affect the Company's
forward-looking statements include, among other things: global GDP
trends and the demand for temporary work; changes in regulation of
temporary work; intense competition in the markets in which the
Company competes; changes in the Company's ability to attract and
retain qualified internal or external personnel or clients; the
potential impact of disruptions related to IT; any adverse
developments in existing commercial relationships, disputes or legal
and tax proceedings.

About the Adecco Group
The Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world's
leading provider of HR solutions. With over 31,000 FTE employees and
6,000 offices, in more than 60 countries and territories around the
world, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connecting
more than 500,000 colleagues with over 145,000 clients every day. The
services offered fall into the broad categories of temporary
staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, consulting and
outplacement. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company.

Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) with
listings on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN) and on Euronext in France
(ADE).

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