Randstad Holding nv acquires stake in Vedior

Randstad Holding nv ("Randstad") announces that Randstad has acquired a shareholding in Vedior N.V. ("Vedior") of 10.23% of the issued and outstanding ordinary shares in Vedior ("Ordinary Shares") through market purchases of a total of 17,800,000 Ordinary Shares on Monday 3 December and Tuesday 4 December 2007.

Randstad profile Randstad is the third largest staffing company in the world by revenues. The company offers a wide range of services that covers almost every aspect of HR services, from staffing, which includes finding temporary personnel (flexworkers and interim professionals) and permanent employees for clients, to the provision of a whole range of specialist services, such as HR consultancy and the management of HR processes. Randstad has close to 17,204 employees and 2,816 branches and in-house locations in 20 countries around the world, primarily in Europe and North America. Randstad generated € 9.0 billion (LTM) in revenues and € 534 million (LTM) in EBITA. Randstad was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Diemen, the Netherlands.