Director/PDMR Shareholding

NOTIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS OF DIRECTORS, PERSONS DISCHARGING MANAGERIAL

RESPONSIBILITY OR CONNECTED PERSONS

Hays plc (the "Company")

In accordance with Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4R(1)(a), the Company
hereby notifies you of the following changes in the interests of directors and
persons discharging managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") in the Ordinary share
capital of the Company.

* Denotes a director of the Company.

DEFERRED ANNUAL BONUS PLAN (the "DAB")

Today, 18 October 2011, matching awards granted to PDMRs on 13 October 2008
("Matching Awards") partially vested under the rules of the DAB, as detailed in
the table below.

The Matching Awards were made on a 1:1 matching basis for each deferred right
("Deferred Right") share awarded out of pre-tax bonus from the 2008 financial
 year. Shares under the Matching Awards have vested for nil consideration as to
59.35%, based on three performance conditions (each component representing
one-third of the Matching Awards), of Cumulative EPS, Cumulative International
Net Fees and Cumulative Cash Conversion, measured over the performance period 1
July 2008 to 30 June 2011. Further information on the performance conditions
can be found in the Company's Annual Report & Financial Statements 2011. The
balance of each Matching Award has lapsed.

The vested shares under the Matching Awards qualify for additional dividend
equivalent shares. Dividend equivalent shares relating to 2011 final dividend
(record date 14 October 2011), which are excluded from the table below, will
not be released and announced until after declaration of the dividend at the
Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 November 2011.

The PDMRs today sold the number of shares shown below to meet the tax liability
on the vested element of the Matching Awards, dividend equivalent shares and
brokerage costs, or for other purposes, at a price of 72.3 pence per share.

                      GRANTED       VESTED      DIVIDEND         TOTAL
                     MATCHING     MATCHING    EQUIVALENT        SHARES      SHARES
NAME                    AWARD        AWARD        SHARES      RELEASED        SOLD

Alistair Cox*         839,160      498,041       102,452       600,493     312,883
Paul Venables*        296,467      175,953        36,194       212,147     110,538
Nick Cox               63,330       37,586         7,729        45,315      23,612
Sholto Douglas-Home    28,068       16,658         3,424        20,082      10,464
Alison Yapp            48,130       28,565         5,874        34,439      17,945
Nigel Heap             58,324       34,615         7,119        41,734      41,734

In 2010, all but one of the PDMRs waived their Deferred Right awards and were
granted vested special awards, as previously announced and fully described in
the Company's Annual Report & Financial Statements 2010. For the PDMR who did not
waive his Deferred Right award, details of the Deferred Right shares and associated
dividend equivalent shares released today and sold at a price of 72.3 pence per
share are shown in the table below.

                     DEFERRED     DIVIDEND         TOTAL
                        RIGHT   EQUIVALENT        SHARES        SHARES
NAME                 RELEASED       SHARES      RELEASED          SOLD

Nigel Heap             58,324       11,997        70,321        70,321

Mr Heap sold the Matching Award and Deferred Right shares to meet the tax
liability on all the DAB and Performance Share Plan shares (described in the
following section) released today. Mr Heap will be entitled to further dividend
equivalent shares (relating to the 2011 final dividend) in respect of these
Deferred Right shares on the terms described above.

PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN (the "PSP")

Today, 18 October 2011, PSP awards granted to PDMRs on 13 October 2008 ("PSP
Awards") partially vested under the rules of the PSP, as detailed in the table
below. Shares under the PSP Awards have vested for nil consideration as to
50.0%, based on two performance conditions (each component representing
one-half of the PSP Awards) of Cumulative EPS and Cumulative Cash Conversion
measured over the performance period 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2011. Further
information on the performance conditions can be found in the Company's Annual
Report & Financial Statements 2011. The balance of each PSP Award has lapsed.

The vested shares under the PSP Awards qualify for additional dividend 
equivalent shares. Dividend equivalent shares relating to 2011 final dividend
(record date 14 October 2011), which are excluded from the table below, will
not be released and announced until after declaration of the dividend at the
Company's Annual General Meeting to be held on 9 November 2011.

Certain of the PDMRs today sold the number of shares shown below to meet the
tax liability on the vested element of the PSP Awards, dividend equivalent
shares and brokerage costs, or for other purposes, at a price of 72.3 pence per
share.

                      GRANTED       VESTED      DIVIDEND         TOTAL
                          PSP          PSP    EQUIVALENT        SHARES      SHARES
NAME                    AWARD        AWARD        SHARES      RELEASED        SOLD
 
Alistair Cox*         440,559      220,279        45,313       265,592     138,385
Paul Venables*        317,643      158,821        32,669       191,490      99,775
Nick Cox              221,655      110,827        22,797       133,624      69,624
Sholto Douglas-Home   129,370       64,685        13,304        77,989      40,636
Nigel Heap            204,134      102,067        20,995       123,062           0
Steve Weston          192,307       96,153        19,779       115,932      60,406
Alison Yapp           146,853       73,426        15,103        88,529      46,128
Tim Cook              192,307       96,153        19,779       115,932     115,932
James Cullens         167,832       83,916        17,261       101,177     101,177


PURCHASE OF SHARES

On 18 October 2011, Mrs Angela Thomson, a person connected with Alan Thomson,
Chairman and PDMR, purchased 25,000 Ordinary Shares of 1p each in the Company
at 72.2 pence per share.


As a result of the above transactions, the directors' interests in the
Ordinary share capital of the Company (excluding share options and unvested
incentive shares but including shares held beneficially under deferred bonus
arrangements) now stands as follows:

Alan Thomson: 100,000 shares
Alistair Cox: 2,286,039 shares
Paul Venables: 1,496,509 shares

For further information in respect of this announcement please contact Neil
Tsappis, Deputy Company Secretary, Hays plc, [phone].