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: Sale 792,497 shares        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                   Majedie Asset  
obligation:                                                             Management   
                                                                        Limited     
                                                                             
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):                       
                                                                             
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold             2 December 2009 
is crossed or reached if different):                                         
                                                                             
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       7 December 2009 
                                                                              
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                         Below 5%    
                                                                             

8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                               
Class/type   Situation previous to   Resulting situation after the triggering  
of shares    the Triggering          transaction                               
             transaction                                                       
if possible                                                                   
using the    Number of  Number of    Number Number of voting    % of voting    
ISIN CODE    Shares     Voting       of     rights              rights         
                        Rights       shares                                    
                                                                               
                                            Direct  Indirect    Direct Indirect
                                                                               
GB0004161021 69,667,268 69,667,268                   68,874,771        4.98%   


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                
                                                                              
      68,874,771                                   4.98%               
                                                                           

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                     
                                                                                


Proxy Voting:                                                     
                                                                  
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                     
                                                                  
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:      
                                                                  
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:  
 
 
13.                        Majedie Asset Management Ltd is a discretionary Fund Manager.  
Additional                 It invests funds on behalf of its clients on a segregated basis as   
information:               well as through its pooled vehicle Majedie Asset Management       
                           Investment Fund Company.                                          
                                                                               
14. Contact name:          Sundip Shihn Singh                        
                                                         
15. Contact                                                                    
telephone number:          020 7618 3917