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



Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd (A member of the Morgan Stanley Group)


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

Discretionary Investment Management by Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Limited.

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

Registered Holder              No. Of Shares Held 
Chase Nominees Ltd             67,413,870         
Mellon Nominees                10,530,736         
Northern Trust Nominees        15,320,809         
State Street Nominees          91,058,282         
Deutsche Bank                  5,984,611          
Societe Generale               237,506            
Total                          190,545,814        


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not advised



6) Percentage of issued class


Not Advised


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed


Not Advised


8) Percentage of issued class


Not Advised


9) Class of security

Ordinary 1p shares



10) Date of transaction

25th May 2006


11) Date company informed


1st June 2006


12) Total holding following this notification

190,545,814


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

12.895%


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

Alison Yapp

Company Secretary

Date of notification 1st June 2006

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