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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Mark One)


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ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTON 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FEE REQUIRED

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000

or

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 NO FEE REQUIRED

For the transition period from                              to

Commission file number: 000-21571

A.   Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:

TMP Worldwide Inc.
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan

B.   Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:


TMP Worldwide Inc.
622 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017




Financial Statements and Exhibits

(A) Financial Statements:

(B) Exhibits:

        23.1 Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, TMP Worldwide Inc. has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan


Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedules
Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999


TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan


Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedules
Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999



TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan


Contents

Independent auditors' report   3

Financial statements:

 

 
  Statements of net assets available for benefits   4
  Statements of changes in net assets available for benefits   5
  Notes to financial statements   6 - 11

Supplemental schedules:

 

 
  Schedule of assets held for investment purposes at end of year   12
  Schedule of reportable transactions   13
  Schedule of nonexempt transactions   14

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Independent Auditors' Report

To the Trustee of the
TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

New York, New York

        We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

        We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

        In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

        Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of assets held for investment purposes at December 31, 2000 and schedules of reportable transactions and nonexempt transactions for the year ended December 31, 2000 are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements, but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2000, and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

New York, New York

April 3, 2002

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
  December 31,
 
 
  2000
  1999
 
Assets              
Investments—at fair value (Note 3):              
  Mutual funds:              
    Amcent: 20th Century International Growth   $ 4,872,746 * $ 1,354,757  
    Baron Asset     2,633,869     1,695,278  
    Neuberger & Berman Socially Responsive     739,609     304,080  
    Neuberger & Berman Partners     2,663,550     1,956,586  
    Oakmark     6,299,577 *   5,390,234 *
    Schwab S&P 500 Investor SHS     14,373,859 *   6,199,609 *
    Schwab Smallcap Index     6,020,091 *   762,851  
    Scudder Greater Europe Growth     3,412,985     1,200,538  
    Strong Corporate Bond     2,571,493     397,051  
  Common/collective trust: Schwab Stable Value Fund     8,416,003 *   4,801,744 *
  Common Stock—TMP Worldwide Inc.     21,710,827 *   23,423,736 *
  Participant loans     1,205,624     923,842  
   
 
 
      Total investments     74,920,233     48,410,306  
   
 
 
Cash     660      
   
 
 
Receivables:              
  Participants' contributions     682,707     308,123  
  Employers' contributions     2,407,373     1,022,329  
  Amounts due from employer (Note 7)     264,073     157,631  
  Interest on loans and dividends     24,120     6,453  
   
 
 
      Total receivables     3,378,273     1,494,536  
   
 
 
      Total assets     78,299,166     49,904,842  
Liabilities:              
  Amounts due to participants (Note 7)     50,516     175,221  
   
 
 
Net assets available for benefits   $ 78,248,650   $ 49,729,621  
   
 
 

*
represents 5% or more of the net assets available for benefits.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
  Year ended December 31,
 
  2000
  1999
Additions:            
  Investment income:            
    Net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of investments
(Note 3)
  $ (8,441,601 ) $ 16,787,860
    Interest and dividends     2,464,312     1,445,201
   
 
      (5,977,289 )   18,233,061
   
 
  Contributions:            
    Participants     9,563,392     4,396,712
    Employer     2,559,740     1,025,728
   
 
      12,123,132     5,422,440
   
 
    Rollovers in participant balances     1,282,389     414,092
   
 
  Assets transferred into Plan (Note 3)     26,449,976    
   
 
      Total additions     33,878,208     24,069,593
   
 
Deductions:            
    Benefits paid to participants     5,226,189     4,636,110
    Administrative expenses     132,990     67,430
   
 
      Total deductions     5,359,179     4,703,540
   
 
Net increase     28,519,029     19,366,053
Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year     49,729,621     30,363,568
   
 
Net assets available for benefits, end of year   $ 78,248,650   $ 49,729,621
   
 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

1.    Description of Plan

        The following description of the TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan and its related Trust (collectively, the "Plan") is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the current Plan document for a complete description of the Plan's provisions.

        The Plan was adopted as of January 1, 1992 by McKelvey Enterprises, Inc. (formerly Telephone Marketing Programs, Inc., which has since changed its name to TMP Worldwide Inc. ("TMP")) for the benefit of its eligible employees and the eligible employees of any other organization designated by TMP's Board of Directors.

Previous Amendments to the Plan

        From 1992 through 1999, there were amendments to the Plan, affecting vesting, eligibility, employee coverage and the source of matching funds. The description of the Plan has been modified to include these restatements and amendments.

Plan Amendments Enacted During 2000

        The Plan was amended during 2000. The fourth Plan amendment was effective January 1, 2000, and that amendment permitted seven qualified retirement plans maintained by entities that have been acquired by TMP to merge, permitted early retirement at the age of fifty-five with 100% vesting, reduced service requirement for eligibility to three months with certain exceptions for employees of the entities acquired by TMP and identified protected benefits. The fifth amendment was effective January 1, 2000, that amendment excluded severance pay from the definition of compensation, recognized service with certain entities acquired by TMP and provided that outstanding residential loans transferred from a merging plan may be repaid over 30 years. The sixth amendment was effective September 1, 2000, that amendment protected the vesting schedule and in-service distribution options for participants of a merging plan. The seventh amendment was effective October 1, 2000, that amendment protected the vesting schedule for participants of a merging plan. The eight amendment was effective October 1, 2000, that amendment recognized service with certain entities acquired by TMP.

General

        The Plan is a defined contribution plan and provides for elective contributions on the part of the participating employees and for employer matching contributions. The Plan extends coverage to each employee of the participating employers, except those employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement where the agreement does not specifically provide for the participation in the Plan of the employees subject to that bargaining agreement. The Plan allows eligible employees to enter the Plan upon completion of three months of service with certain exceptions for employees of entities acquired by TMP. The Plan designated TMP as the Plan administrator (the "Plan Administrator"). The Plan Administrator is responsible for the operations of the Plan in accordance with prevailing government requirements. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") and provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as it pertains to plans intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of that Code.

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Contributions

        Participating employees have the option to make elective contributions of up to 15% of their compensation, as defined, subject to the limit of Internal Revenue Code Section 402(g) ($10,500 for 2000 and $10,000 for 1999). Participating employers make a matching contribution equal to the elective contribution, but not more than 2% of each contributing employee's compensation. The employer's matching contribution is made in shares of the corporation's common stock. A participating employee who makes an elective contribution, however, is only eligible for an employer matching contribution for the Plan year (the calendar year) if the employee is employed by the employer on the last day of such year. The Plan also provides for the employer to make additional matching contributions on behalf of nonhighly-compensated employees as necessary to satisfy applicable discrimination requirements. The employer may make discretionary non-elective contributions which are allocated in the same ratio as each participant's compensation bears to the total compensation of all participants for the Plan year.

Participants' Accounts

        Each participant's account is credited with the elective contributions made by that participant and employer matching contributions for which that participant is eligible. The participating employees direct the investment of the contributions credited to their account into one or more of the investment funds which have been made available to them. Each participant's account will be credited with its share of the net investment earnings of the funds in which that account is invested. The benefits to which a participant is entitled is the amount that can be provided from the participant's vested account. The Plan also accepts rollover contributions (i.e., amounts which can be rolled over into a tax qualified plan from another employer's qualified plan).

Forfeitures

        Forfeitures of terminated participants' nonvested accounts are used to pay the Plan expenses and any excess is applied as a reduction to the otherwise required employer matching contribution, discretionary non-elective contribution or profit sharing contributions. Forfeitures occur in a Plan year when a terminated participant receives the vested portion of their account or, if earlier, upon the occurrence of six consecutive one-year breaks in service. If the terminated participant resumes employment before six consecutive one-year breaks in service, the amount that the participant forfeited will be reinstated with, under certain circumstances, investment earnings. Forfeited invested accounts totaled $345,771 and $222,536 at December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively. Forfeitures in the amount of $71,908 and $16,430 were used to pay the Plan expenses during the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, respectively.

Vesting

        The portion of a participant's account attributed to elective contributions and rollover contributions is nonforfeitable at all times. Vesting of other amounts (i.e., nonforfeitable rights to the portion of a participant's account arising from employer matching contributions) is based upon the number of years of service, with a year generally being a Plan year in which the participant accumulates at least 1,000 employment hours. Vesting starts with the completion of two years of service at the rate of 40% and increases 20% for each subsequent year until full vesting is achieved with five or more

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years, except for merging plans, as defined. Notwithstanding the number of years of service, a participant is considered fully vested at the normal retirement age of sixty-five, in the event of death, or should the participant incur a disability which is considered to be total and permanent. The Plan provides special vesting rules with regard to any benefits a participant may have from a plan that was merged into the TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan.

Payment of Benefits

        Benefits are generally payable in the form of a lump sum following a participant's termination of employment, death, disability or upon early retirement at age 55 or older. The portion of a participant's account attributed to benefits from a merged plan, however, is subject to specific rules. Provision is also made for a participant to request a withdrawal of all or a portion of the participant's account attributed to elective contributions after the attainment of age 591/2. Further, upon the showing of substantial hardship, and in accordance with specific rules set forth in the Plan concerning hardship withdrawals, a participant may withdraw that portion of their account attributed to the remaining employer matching contributions that have vested and the amount of elective deferrals which have not previously been withdrawn.

Participant Loans

        In general, a participant may borrow an amount not exceeding the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of the vested portion of their account, as defined.

        If the proceeds of the loan are to be applied to the purchase of a dwelling which will be used as a principal residence of the participant, the repayment period shall be as agreed upon by the Plan Administrator and the borrowing participant. Residential loans transferred from merging plans may be repaid over 30 years. If the proceeds of the loan are used for any other purpose, the repayment of the loan must be made within five years. Interest will be charged at an annual rate which is comparable to a commercial rate for a similar type of loan. Principal and interest payments will be due at a frequency no longer than quarterly and, with respect to employees, will be made by payroll deductions.

        The loans are collateralized by the participants' interest in their accounts. The employer's stock (employer matching contribution) may not be used as a source for participant loans.

Administrative Expenses

        Certain administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Plan Administrator.

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2.    Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

        The financial statements of the Plan have been prepared on the accrual method of accounting.

Use of Estimates

        The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and changes therein, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

        Investments are stated at fair value, which is determined by reference to quoted market prices, except for participant loans which are stated at cost plus accrued interest, which approximates their fair value. Unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments is reflected in the financial statements.

        Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Payment of Benefits

        Benefits are recorded when paid.

3.    Investments

        During 2000 and 1999, the Plan's investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated (depreciated) in value by $(8,441,601) and $16,787,860, respectively, as follows:

 
  December 31,
 
  2000
  1999
Mutual funds   $ (3,343,028 ) $ 3,557,250
Common/collective fund     395,121     259,304
Common stock     (5,493,694 )   12,971,306
   
 
    $ (8,441,601 ) $ 16,787,860
   
 

        During 2000, the Plan sponsor acquired nine entities which merged their retirement plans with total assets of $26,449,976 into the Plan.

4.    Income Tax Status

        The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Plan Administrator, in a letter dated May 8, 1995, that the Plan is qualified and the trust established under the Plan is tax-exempt under the appropriate sections of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and will request a new determination letter. Issues have been identified that will require corrections; the Plan Administrator is currently addressing such issues and expects them to be resolved with no effect on the Plan's tax-exempt status. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan's financial statements.

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5.    Trustee and Custodian

        The funds of the Plan are maintained under a Trust with the Charles Schwab Trust Company, as Trustee. The duties and authority of the Trustee are defined in the related Trust Agreement.

        The Custodian of the Plan is Charles Schwab Retirement Plan Services. The duties of the Custodian include administration of the trust fund (including income therefrom) at the direction of the Trustee, and the payment of benefits and loans to plan participants and the payment of expenses incurred by the Plan in accordance with instructions from the Plan Administrator and Trustee (with the option given to participants to individually direct the investment of their interest in the Plan). The Custodian is also responsible for the maintenance of the individual participant records and to render statements to the participants as to their interest in the Plan.

6.    Termination

        Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, each participating employer has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate its participation in the Plan, subject to the provisions of ERISA. If the Plan is fully or partially terminated, all amounts credited to the affected participants' accounts will become fully vested.

        Upon termination, the Plan Administrator shall take steps necessary to have the assets of the Plan distributed among the affected participants.

7.    Amounts Due to Participants and Amounts Due From Employer

        In order to ensure favorable tax treatment of participant accounts, the Plan may not exceed certain maximums for employee elective contributions and employer matching contributions of highly compensated employees as defined in the IRC. The Plan is required to take appropriate actions and make corrective distribution of excess contributions or make additional contributions to the accounts of non-highly compensated employees if IRC requirements are not met. The Plan's nondiscrimination contribution testing resulted in an adjustment to employee contributions, as well as associated income by means of refunds to highly compensated employees ("HCE") with a one-on-one contribution to non-highly compensated employees ("NHCE"). The Plan allows participants to contribute up to 15% of their compensation into the Plan. The contribution rate for certain participants exceeded the allowable contribution limit resulting in adjustments to employee contributions, as well as associated income by means of refunds to participants.

        At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Plan had amounts due participants for excess employee contributions and associated income adjustments as follows:

 
  2000
  1999
Allowable contribution limit adjustment   $ 26,171   $ 26,838
Allowable contribution limit associated income adjustment     7,416     7,564
Nondiscrimination HCE contribution adjustment     13,837     117,745
Nondiscrimination associated income adjustment     3,092     23,074
   
 
    $ 50,516   $ 175,221
   
 

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        At December 31, 2000 and 1999, the Plan had amounts due from employer for the current year interest accrual on late remittances (see Note 8) and corrective employer contributions as follows:

 
  2000
  1999
Interest on late remittances   $ 254,471   $ 148,029
Nondiscrimination NHCE contribution adjustment     9,602     9,602
   
 
    $ 264,073   $ 157,631
   
 

8.    Nonexempt Transactions With Party-in-Interest

        During the Plan years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, employee withholdings totaling $1,500,072 and $607,699, respectively, were not remitted within the appropriate time period. These transactions constitute prohibited transactions as defined by ERISA. During 2000 and 1999, the Plan had accrued interest income of $106,442 and $114,209, respectively, on such late remittances which were recorded as increases to amounts due from employer with an offsetting addition to interest income.

9.    Supplemental Information

        During the period from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2000, the Plan had no lease commitments, obligations or leases in default as defined by ERISA.

10.    Subsequent Events

        Subsequent to year-end, the Plan was further amended as follows:

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year
EIN 13-3906555                            Plan No. 002

December 31, 2000
(a)
  (b)
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
 
  Identity of issuer,
borrower, lessor
or similar party

  Description of investment including
maturity date, rate of interest, collateral,
par or maturity value

  Cost**
  Current value
    Mutual funds:              

 

 

        Amcent: 20th Century International Growth

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

$

4,872,746

 

 

        Baron Asset

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

2,633,869

 

 

        Neuberger & Berman Socially Responsive

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

739,609

 

 

        Neuberger & Berman Partners

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

2,663,550

 

 

        Oakmark

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

6,299,577

*

 

        Schwab S&P 500 Investor SHS

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

14,373,859

*

 

        Schwab Smallcap Index

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

6,020,091

 

 

        Scudder Greater Europe Group

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

3,412,985

 

 

        Strong Corporate Bond

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

2,571,493

*

 

Common/collective trust—Schwab Stable Value Fund

 

Registered investment company. There is no maturity, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value.

 

 

 

 

8,416,003

*

 

Common stock—TMP Worldwide Inc.

 

Employer Security. Common stock. $.001 par value.

 

 

 

 

21,710,827

*

 

Participant loans

 

5 years, 8%, collateralized by participant's account balance.

 

 

 

 

1,205,624

*
A party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.

**
The cost of participant-directed investments is not required to be disclosed.

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Schedule of Reportable Transactions
EIN 13-3906555                            Plan No. 002

Year ended December 31, 2000
(a)
  (b)
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  (h)
  (i)
Identity of party involved

  Description of asset
(include interest
rate and maturity
in case of a loan)

  Purchase
price

  Selling
price

  Lease
rental

  Expense
incurred
with
transaction

  Cost of asset
  Current
value of
asset on
transaction
date

  Net gain
Category (i)—A single transaction in excess of 5% of the current value of plan assets:
Schwab   TMP Worldwide Stock Fund   $ 7,513,715   $   $   $   $ 7,513,715   $ 7,513,715   $
Schwab   TMP Worldwide Stock Fund         3,733,106             3,630,258     3,733,106     102,848

There were no category (ii), (iii) or (iv) reportable transactions.

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TMP Worldwide Inc.
401(k) Savings Plan

Schedule of Nonexempt Transactions
EIN 13-3906555                            Plan No. 002

Year ended December 31, 2000
(a)
  (b)
  (c)
  (d)
  (e)
  (f)
  (g)
  (h)
  (i)
  (j)
Identity
of party
involved

  Relationship of
plan, employer,
or other party-
in-interest

  Description of
transactions
including maturity
date, rate of interest,
collateral, par or
maturity value

  Purchase
price

  Selling
price

  Lease
rental

  Expense
incurred
with
transaction

  Cost of assets
  Current
value of
asset

  Net gain
or (loss)
on each
transaction

TMP Worldwide Inc.   Plan Sponsor   Employee
contribution not timely remitted to the Plan
  $ 1,500,072   $   $   $   $   $ 1,500,072   $

*
This represents total amount of contributions that have been withheld from employees, but not remitted into trust by the Plan sponsor within the prescribed time limits.

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TMP Worldwide Inc. 622 Third Avenue New York, New York 10017
SIGNATURES
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedules Years Ended December 31, 2000 and 1999
Contents
Independent Auditors' Report
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Notes to Financial Statements
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year EIN 13-3906555 Plan No. 002
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Schedule of Reportable Transactions EIN 13-3906555 Plan No. 002
TMP Worldwide Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan Schedule of Nonexempt Transactions EIN 13-3906555 Plan No. 002