MPS Group Shareholders Approve Merger with Adecco

MPS Group, Inc. (NYSE:MPS), a leading provider of specialty staffing, consulting and business solutions, today announced that its shareholders, at a special meeting of shareholders held earlier today in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, approved a merger agreement providing for the merger of MPS Group with Adecco Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Jaguar Acquisition Corp., a Florida corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Adecco.

The closing of the merger currently is anticipated to occur on Tuesday, January 19, 2010. Upon closing, MPS Group’s shareholders would be entitled to receive $13.80 in cash, without interest, for each share of MPS Group stock they own.

About MPS Group

MPS Group is a leading provider of staffing, consulting, and solutions in the disciplines of information technology, finance and accounting, law, engineering, marketing and creative, property, and healthcare. MPS Group delivers its services to businesses and government entities in the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Asia. A Fortune 1000 company with headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, MPS Group trades on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information about MPS Group, please visit www.mpsgroup.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties or assumptions described above and may be affected by other factors, including, but not limited to: fluctuations in the economies and financial markets in the U.S. and foreign countries where we do business and in MPS Group’s industry segments in particular; industry trends toward consolidating vendor lists; the demand for MPS Group’s services, including the impact of changes in utilization rates; consolidation or bankruptcy of major customers; the effect of competition, including MPS Group’s ability to expand into new markets and to remain profitable or maintain profit margins in the face of pricing pressures; MPS Group’s ability to retain significant existing customers or obtain new customers; MPS Group’s ability to recruit, place and retain consultants and professional employees; MPS Group’s ability to identify and complete acquisition targets and to successfully integrate acquired operations into MPS Group; possible changes in governmental laws and regulations affecting MPS Group’s operations, including possible changes to laws and regulations relating to benefits for consultants and temporary personnel, and possible increased regulation of the employer-employee relationship; employment-related claims, costs, and other litigation matters; adjustments during periodic tax audits; litigation relating to prior and current transactions and activities; claims and liabilities asserted for the acts or omissions of our temporary employees; fluctuations in interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates; loss of key employees; fluctuations in the price of MPS Group’s common stock due to actual or anticipated changes in quarterly operating results, financial estimates, statements by securities analysts, and other events; and other factors discussed in MPS Group’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as: “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “hopes,” “indicates,” “projects,” “can,” “anticipates,” “perhaps,” “probably,” “believes,” “estimates,” “appears,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continues,” “would,” or “become,” or other comparable terminology or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Readers are urged to review and consider the matters discussed in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of MPS Group’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and discussion of risks or uncertainties in subsequent filings with the SEC.

Should one or more of these risks, uncertainties or other factors materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements of MPS Group may vary materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on beliefs and assumptions of MPS Group’s management and on information then currently available to management. Undue reliance should not be placed on such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. Such forward-looking statements were prepared by MPS Group based upon information available at the time of such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and MPS Group undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events.