Randstad has identified 18 companies as the most attractive employers in their geography in the 2013 edition of the Randstad Award, the largest independent employer branding study in the world. The Randstad Award 2013 winners are: Mercedes Benz (Argentina), ABC (Australia), Techspace Aero (Belgium), WestJet Airlines Ltd. (Canada), Bank of China (Ch...
Key points Q1 2013
Revenue of € 3,832 million; organic growth1 per working day -/-3.7%
Strong cost control, costs down € 24 million compared to Q4 2012
EBITA margin of 2.4% compared to 2.7% in Q1 2012, impacted by 1.8 fewer working days
Net debt reduced by...
Following the shareholders' approval to pay a dividend of € 1.25 per ordinary share over 2012, Randstad Holding nv announces that the number of dividend rights in order to obtain one new ordinary share has been set at 23.03.The volume weighted average share price of Randstad during the period April 15 up to and including April 19, ...
Key points
? Randstad to acquire staffing activities of USG People in Spain, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria
? Randstad will increase its market position and density of its network
? An investment of € 20 million to add revenue of € 434 million
? The transaction offers a significant opportunity for value creation ...
At the Randstad Annual General Meeting of shareholders today, all resolutions on the agenda were adopted. Shareholders adopted the financial statements 2012 and approved the proposal to pay dividend of € 1.25 per ordinary share and € 0.271 per preference share B. Holders of ordinary shares can choose between shares and cash. T...
With International Women's Day around the corner, "women in leadership" continues to be a hot topic, according to the findings of the latest Randstad Workmonitor. While 84% of employees worldwide believe in diverse and balanced male/female leadership teams, almost two-thirds (64%) of the respondents' employers have more male than female managers. T...
Randstad Holding nv announces that Leo Lindelauf, member of the executive board, has been nominated for appointment in the Supervisory Board of Macintosh Retail Group NV. The appointment will be on the agenda of Macintosh' next general meeting of shareholders on 25 April 2013.
About Macintosh
Macintosh Retail Group is a large-scale n...
On February 14, 2013 Randstad issued 295,560 ordinary shares as part of the senior management performance share plans. As announced in our press release of February 14, 2013 we started to repurchase shares to offset the dilutive effect.Over the last 5 business days Randstad has purchased 295,560 ordinary shares at an average price of &e...
Key points Q4 2012
revenue down 3% to € 4,234.5 million; organic growth1 per working day -/-5% (-/-5% in January 2013)
strong cost control, costs down € 22 million compared to Q3 2012
EBITA margin of 3.7%, at the same level as Q4 2011
solid cash flow gener...
Randstad Holding nv fully supports the pledge to close the digital skills gap in Europe as made today by Neelie Kroes, Commissioner for the Digital Agenda and Vice-President of the European Commission, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Randstad is an advisor of the Grand Coalition for digital job creation, an EU-wide par...
At the Randstad Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders today, all resolutions on the agenda were adopted. Shareholders approved the proposal to issue preference shares C. In the next five business days Randstad will issue 50.1 million of preference shares C to a selected group of investors who committed to invest € 140 milli...
Randstad has secured a syndicated credit facility with a group of Japanese banks which amounts to JPY 8 billion (around € 80 million). This facility will have similar conditions as the forward start multi currency credit facility of
€ 1,420 million, which will be used as from May 2013. The maturity of the Japanese credit facility will b...
Randstad Holding nv announces it has entered into formal discussions with the employee representative partners in France about a restructuring plan. Randstad France is currently relying on five business units: construction, industry, expert & professionals, logistics & retail and the services industry. The new agency network will be built on five r...
Over 61% of employees globally label the economic situation in their country as 'bad', according to the latest findings of the Randstad Workmonitor. This is especially the case in Greece (98%), Spain (96%), Hungary and Italy (both 94%). European countries outside the Euro-zone are performing considerably better and agree to the statement that the e...
Following our press release of November 21, 2012, Randstad carries out its plan to issue up to € 200 million of non-listed preference shares C through a private placement to a group of selected qualified investors, among which all current investors in the preference shares B. Randstad has obtained commitments from these investors to acquire &e...
Key items from Analyst & Investor Day 2012:
? Strategic target: EBITA margin of 5-6% over time, through revenue growth and mix improvement
? Trading update: gradual slowdown continued, October -/-6% per working day
? Good progress in refinancing remainder of current credit facility:
- expanded syndicated credit facility by € 120 million...
Randstad announces a management change in its Executive Board. The Supervisory Board of Randstad Holding nv proposes to appoint François Béharel to the Executive Board for an initial 4-year term. The appointment is subject to shareholder approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on March 28, 2013. François Béharel ...
Key points Q3 2012
revenue up 4% to € 4,396.8 million; organic growth1 per working day -/-4% (-/-3% in September)
North America up 4%, Rest of the World up 7% and Europe -/-7% (organic growth per working day)
gross margin at 18.2%, stable versus Q2 2012
operat...
In July 2011, Randstad secured a new revolving multi-currency syndicated credit facility of € 1,300 million, with a forward start structure. This facility will become available in May 2013 and will mature in September 2016. Randstad and 10 of the 13 participating banks have agreed to extend the maturity of this facility with one ye...
Over 47% of employees globally feel they are overqualified for their current job, as revealed in the quarterly Randstad Workmonitor survey. In China (84%), Turkey (78%) and Greece (69%), the number of overqualified employees is especially high, while in Belgium, Luxemburg and Denmark (23-28%) there seems to be a better match between employee qualif...
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