Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company



Hays plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest



Aviva plc and its subsidiaries


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18


As in 2 above

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
Number of shares held by each of them


Morley Fund Management Limited:                 
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited  14,374,797* 
BT Globenet Nominees Limited        23,200*     
Chase GA Group Nominees Limited     31,506,024* 
Chase Nominees Limited              2,173,464*  
CUIM Limited                        11,320,718* 
Kadoorie McAuley International Ltd  350,000*    
*denotes beneficial interest

5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


2,978,920


6) Percentage of issued class



0.20%


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A


8) Percentage of issued class


N/A


9) Class of security


Ordinary 1p shares


10) Date of transaction


13 October 2006


11) Date company informed


16 October 2006


12) Total holding following this notification


59,748,203*
(*Beneficial Interest only)


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


4.09%


14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

Maninder Dhiman

Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7614 9423


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 18 October 2006