Holding(s) in Company

TR-1:               Notification of major interests in shares


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of                  Hays Plc       
existing shares to which voting rights are attached:                         
  
                                                                           
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                          
                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                            Yes   
                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result         
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights           
are attached                                                                 
                                                                             
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                             
                                                                             
Other (please specify):______________                                        
                                                                             
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification     Legal & General Group 
obligation:                                               Plc (L&G)       
                                                                             
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):    Legal & General Assurance    
                                                          (Pensions Management)
                                                          Limited (PMC)         
                                                                             
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the         3 August 2009     
threshold is crossed or reached if different):                               
                                                                             
6. Date on which issuer notified:                         5 August 2009     
                                                                             
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:           From 3% - 4% (L&G)  
                                                                             

8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                               
Class/   Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering      
type of  the Triggering          transaction                                   
shares   transaction                                                           
                                                                               
if                                                                            
possible Number of  Number of    Number of  Number of voting    % of voting    
using    Shares     Voting       shares     rights              rights         
the ISIN            Rights                                                     
CODE                                                                           
                                            Direct     Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                               
ORD      54,489,271 54,489,271   56,361,772 56,361,772           4.07          
GBP 0.01                                                                       
                                                                               

B: Financial Instruments                                                      
                                                                              
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                          
                                                                              
Type of     Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may  % of   
financial   date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is  voting 
instrument             Period/ Date  exercised/ converted.             rights 
                                                                              

Total (A+B)                                                                   
                                                                              
Number of voting rights                     % of voting rights                
                                                                              
      56,361,772                                   4.07               


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                               
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)                        
                                                                               
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH)               
(Direct and Indirect)                                                          
                                                                               
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM)                
                                                                               
  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (56,361,772 - 4.07% = LGAS, LGPL &  
                                     PMC)                                      
                                                                               
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)  Legal & General Insurance    
Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (51,959,522 - 3.75% =   Holdings Limited (Direct)    
PMC)                                              (LGIH)                       
                                                                               
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)   Legal & General Assurance    
Limited  (PMC) (51,959,522 - 3.75% = PMC)         Society Limited  (LGAS &     
                                                  LGPL)                        
                                                                               
                                                  Legal & General Pensions     
                                                  Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)     


Proxy Voting:                                                       
                                                                    
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                      N/A
                                                                    
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:       N/A
                                                                    
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:   N/A
 
                                                                   
13. Additional            Notification using the total voting rights figure of 
information:              1,382,071,984                    
                                                                               
14. Contact name:         Helen Lewis (LGIM)                  
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone     [phone]                     
number: