USG PEOPLE : expands online services with Netwerven

Almere, 2 October 2014 - USG People announced that it has further expanded its online services with the acquisition of 51% of the shares in Netwerven.

Netwerven is a Dutch company that has helped employers since 2006 with activities on the dividing line between effectively using online recruitment and online marketing. Netwerven advises and helps build and deploy recruitment strategies and optimise recruitment processes. Refurls, Netwerven's social referral recruitment tool, provides a solution with which companies can use the social networks of their employees and contacts to recruit new staff.

The majority stake in Netwerven provides USG People with a distinctive online recruitment proposition aimed at increasing added value for its clients by arranging the recruitment and selection process both effectively and efficiently.

Rob Zandbergen, CEO of USG People N.V.: "Netwerven's activities will help us further expand our online services, in line with our strategy. We are convinced that Netwerven is a valuable addition to our existing portfolio of services."

The acquisition was paid for in cash and financed from own resources and will immediately contribute to earnings.

For more information, please contact:
Rob Zandbergen, CEO of USG People N.V.
Telephone: +31 (0)36 529 9507

Jan Peter Tulp en Leon Willemsens, general management of Netwerven
Telephone: + 31 (0)20 240 0240

Disclaimer
This press release is available in Dutch and English. In the event of ambiguities, the Dutch text shall prevail.

About USG People
With revenue of € 2.3 billion in 2013 USG People is one of the largest providers of HR services in Europe with established and recognisable national and international brands. Headquartered in the Dutch city of Almere, USG People is active in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.

The brand portfolio of USG People comprises Start People, ASA, Call-IT, USG Restart, Vakcollege Groep (General Staffing) - Unique, Technicum, Secretary Plus, ASA, Creyf's (Specialist Staffing) - USG Engineering Professionals, USG Legal Professionals, USG Finance Professionals, USG Marketing, Communication & Sales Professionals, USG ICT Professionals, USG HR Professionals and USG Science Professionals, Adver-Online (Professionals).

USG People is listed on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX).

For more information on USG People or any of its operating companies, please visit our website at www.usgpeople.com.