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
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited (19,603,724), BT Globenet Nominees Ltd (23,200)
Chase GA Group Nominees Limited (58,983,170) Chase Nominees Limited (3,439,953), CUIM Nominees Limited (17,545,983)


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



N/A



6) Percentage of issued class



N/A



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



7,046,023



8) Percentage of issued class



0.48%



9) Class of security



Ordinary 1p shares



10) Date of transaction



14 June 2006



11) Date company informed



15 June 2006



12) Total holding following this notification



99,596,030


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



6.76%



14) Any additional information







15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries



Sarah Anderson

Company Secretarial Assistant

0207 614 9419

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

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 16 June 2006