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	2008 Acquisition of Vedior

	2007 Acquisition of JobOne in Switzerland; Randstad promoted to AEX index; Randstad expands Formula 1 partnership with AT&T Williams; acquisition Team BS in Germany

	2006 Acquisition of Bindan & Teccon in Germany, Team4U in India, Talent Shanghai in China and PinkRoccade HR Services; first branch opens in Tokyo, Japan; revenue exceeds € 8 billion

	2005 Forty-fifth anniversary Randstad; start up in China; Randstad enters Indian market; acquisition of Galilei in Belgium; acquisition of Gamma Dienstverlening in the Netherlands; acquisition of Martin Ward Anderson in UK

	2004 Acquisition of Arvako in Sweden and Take Air staffing in France, start of staffing activities in Poland and Hungary; Randstad market leader in Poland after acquisition of Intersource and Job Net

	2003 Ben Noteboom appointed CEO

	2002 Cleem Farla appointed CEO; Tempo-Team acquires JMW Horeca Uitzendbureau.

	2001 Randon is sold to Securicor; acquisition of Securicor Recruitment Services in UK; installation board of directors

	2000 Fortieth anniversary Randstad; acquisitions of Mobile in France, Temps & Co in the US and Umano in Spain; Hedson and newmonday.com are launched; Lavold is sold to ISS; start of staffing activities in Portugal; christening ceremony of the Clipper Stad Amsterdam; revenues exceed NLG 13 billion (€ 5.8 billion)

	1999 Acquisitions of Tempo Grup in Spain and time power in Germany; staffing activities launched in Italy

	1998 Founder and President and Chief Executive Officer Frits Goldschmeding is succeeded by Hans Zwarts; acquisitions of Strategix Solutions in the United States and of Life and Work in Switzerland; first share offering since initial public offering in 1990; revenues exceed NLG 9 billion (€ 4 billion)

	1997 1,000th branch opens; acquisitions of staffing organization SejersenGruppen in Denmark and LTI Bourgogne in France; start of staffing activities in Canada

	1996 Randstad Staffing Services deploys 16,000 staffing employees at the Olympic Games in Atlanta; revenues reach NLG 6 billion (€ 2.7 billion)

	1995 Staffing organization Optiman in Switzerland acquired; start of staffing activities in Luxembourg

	1994 Acquisitions of Inter Techniek and Polydesign

	1993 Entry into the United States staffing market with the acquisitions of staffing organizations Temp Force and Jane Jones; start of staffing activities in Spain

	1992 Largest acquisition to date: the Flex Group; expansion of automation services through HCS Group acquisition; revenues pass NLG 3 billion (€ 1.3 billion)

	1991 500th branch opens

	1990 Randstad shares listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange; net income over NLG 90 million (€ 40 million); new headquarters open in Diemen (Amsterdam)

	1989 Randstad reenters the U.K. staffing market; revenues exceed NLG 2 billion (€ 907 million)

	1988 Start of automation services; Randstad Options Fund Foundation (Stichting Randstad Optiefonds) for corporate employees is established

	1985 Silver jubilee celebrations; 257 branches in four countries with 1,600 corporate and 35,000 staffing employees working via Randstad daily; revenues top NLG 1 billion (€ 453 million)

	1983 Uitzendbureau Tempo-Team and cleaning company Lavold acquired

	1981 Staffing activities in the U.K. end

	1980 Randstad founds Randon in the Netherlands to launch entry into the security sector; Group revenues exceed NLG 500 million (€ 226 million)

	1979 Opening of 100th branch; net income exceeds NLG 10 million (€ 4.5 million)

	1978 Company name changes to Randstad Holding nv

	1976 Cleaning activities launched in the Netherlands following Korrekt takeover

	1975 The acquisition of Belglas provides access to the Belgian cleaning market

	1974 Cleaning activities start in Germany

	1973 Randstad enters the French market; revenues top NLG 100 million (€ 45 million)

	1971 Net income passes the NLG 1 million milestone (€ 453 thousand)

	1970 Randstad starts the 1970’s with 32 branches in four countries; revenues exceed NLG 47 million (€ 20 million)

	1968 Staffing activities launched in Germany

	1967 The U.K. becomes the next international market

	1965 First move towards internationalization: Interlabor Interim is launched in Belgium

	1964 The company takes a new name: Randstad Uitzendbureau

	1960 Uitzendbureau Amstelveen founded; first year’s net income is NLG 9.53 (€ 4.32)

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