Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hays Plc

                                                               14 December 2006

Director & Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility Share Dealings

Following the maturity of the 2003 invitation of the Hays Long Term
Co-Investment Plan the Remuneration Committee of Hays plc approved a matching
award of one times committed shares in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

As a consequence the following Director & Persons Discharging Managerial
Responsibility' shareholdings have increased as follows:

Name        Status      Ordinary      Ordinary      Increase in   Number & % 
                        Shares of 1p  Shares of 1p  holding       Shares held
                        acquired      Sold                                   
                                                                             
DR Waxman   Director &  87,836        36,373*       51,463        3,267,096  
            PDMR                                                  (0.22%)    
                                                                             
NR Cox      PDMR        40,324        16,669*       23,625        172,453    
                                                                             
                                                                  (0.0118%)  
                                                                             
NS Heap     PDMR        40,707        40,707        -             129,080    
                                                                             
                                                                  (0.0088%)  

Shares sold were at 155.1p per share on 14 December 2006.

*Shares sold were to satisfy UK Income Tax and employee National Insurance on
the award.




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