Adecco Sponsors Tennis Champion Kim Clijsters' Second Career
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Corporate news announcement processed and transmitted by Hugin AS.The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Zurich, Switzerland, July 30, 2009: Adecco Group, the world leadingprovider of Human Resources solutions, is to become an OfficialSponsor of Kim Clijsters. The former top-ranked tennis playerrecently announced her comeback after ending a two-year retirement.The 26-year-old Belgian left professional tennis in 2007 to start afamily and in February 2008 she gave birth to daughter Jada. Duringher first career, Clijsters ranked for a total of 16 weeks as the No.1 tennis player in the world, won 34 WTA singles titles and 11 WTAdoubles titles. Her first official WTA Tour comeback tournament willbe Cincinnati (USA), starting on August 10, followed by Toronto (CAN)on August 17 and the US Open in New York, which begins August 30.Patrick De Maeseneire, CEO of the Adecco Group, said: "We aredelighted to sponsor the comeback of such a great personality as KimClijsters. The support of athletes around the world has along-lasting tradition at Adecco. It embodies our values of helpingpassionate people to achieve their aims in the world of work andlife.""I am very excited about starting this partnership with Adecco as Ireturn to competition and start my second professional career," saidKim Clijsters. "Teaming up with Adecco, a world leader in HumanResources, gives me confidence in taking up the challenge ofcombining my career with my family life. I feel it is important topartner with a brand which understands people's motivations, one thatgives them the best advice and support to achieve a better workinglife.""Kim represents the perfect example of a great champion who caninspire individuals to live a balanced personal life and achieveambitious professional goals at the same time" added Erwin vanIersel, Country Manager Adecco Benelux. "At Adecco, we share thisvision by encouraging talents to work more effectively andefficiently, and create greater choice in the domain of work, for thebenefit of all concerned."Adecco also supports the International Olympic Committee (IOC) andthe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete CareerProgramme. The Programme provides the necessary training andeducation to help Paralympics and Olympic athletes around the worldin making the difficult transition from elite sport to a new careerby placing them with companies around the world.For more information about the Programme, please visit www.adecco.comor contact acpathlete(at)adecco.com.A picture of Kim can be downloaded from the image library of ourwebsite www.adecco.com.Forward-looking statementsInformation in this release may involve guidance, expectations,beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. Theseforward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Allforward-looking statements included in this release are based oninformation 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 offuture performance and actual results could differ materially fromour current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contributeto such differences. Factors that could affect the Company'sforward-looking statements include, among other things: global GDPtrends and the demand for temporary work; changes in regulation oftemporary work; intense competition in the markets in which theCompany competes; changes in the Company's ability to attract andretain qualified internal or external personnel or clients; thepotential impact of disruptions related to IT; any adversedevelopments in existing commercial relationships, disputes or legaland tax proceedings.About the Adecco GroupThe Adecco Group, based in Zurich, Switzerland, is the world'sleading provider of HR solutions. With over 31,000 FTE employees and6,000 offices, in more than 60 countries and territories around theworld, Adecco Group offers a wide variety of services, connectingmore than 500,000 colleagues with over 145,000 clients every day. Theservices offered fall into the broad categories of temporarystaffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, consulting andoutplacement. The Adecco Group is a Fortune Global 500 company.Adecco S.A. is registered in Switzerland (ISIN: CH0012138605) withlistings on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ADEN) and on Euronext in France(ADE).Adecco Corporate Press OfficePress.office(at)adecco.com or +41 (0) 44 878 87 87http://hugin.info/100102/R/1331493/315058.jpghttp://hugin.info/100102/R/1331493/315059.pdf --- End of Message ---Adecco SASagereistrasse 10 Glattbrugg SwitzerlandWKN: 922031; ISIN: CH0012138605; Index: SLCI, SMI, SPI, SMIEXP;Listed: Main Market in SIX Swiss Exchange;
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