Holding(s) in Company

Form TR-1 with annex. FSA Version 2.1 updated April 2007

 

For filings with the FSA include the annex
                                          
For filings with issuer exclude the annex 
                                          

 

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares
                                                

 

                                                                               
                                                                               
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares   Hays   
to which voting rights are attached:                                    Plc    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)                                            
                                                                               
                                                                            Yes
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
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 notification       Legal & General Group  
obligation:                                             PLC (L&G)              
                                                                               
                                                        Legal & General        
                                                        Assurance (Pensions    
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):   Management) Limited    
                                                        (PMC)                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold 27 January 2009        
is crossed or reached if different):                                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                       28 January 2009        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:         From 4% - 3% (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       Number of  Number of   Number of  Number of voting    Percentage of  
possible shares     voting      shares     rights              voting rights  
use ISIN            rights                                                    
code                                                                          
                                                                              
                                           Direct     Indirect Direct Indirect
                                                                              
Ordinary 58,512,097 58,512,097  54,885,434 54,885,434          3.98           
                                                                              
GBP 0.01                                                                      
                                                                              
 

B: Financial Instruments                                                       
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
Type of     Expiration Exercise/    No. of voting rights that may   Percentage 
financial   date       conversion   be acquired (if the instrument  of voting  
instrument             period/date  exercised/converted)            rights     
                                                                               
                                                                               
 

Total (A+B)                                        
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
Number of voting rights Percentage of voting rights
                                                   
54,885,434              3.98                       
                                                   

 

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)                                         
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Lega & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited                                        
                                                                                               
(LGIMH)(Direct and Indirect)                                                                   
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)(LGIM)                                 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
 Legal & General Group PLC (Direct)(L&G)(54,885,434 - 3.98% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC                 
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited        Legal & General                
Insurance Holdings Limited Direct)(LGIMHD) (49,866,783 - 3.62% =                               
                                               (Direct)(LGIH)                                  
                                                                                               
 (PMC)                                                                                         
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management)                      Legal &                   
General Assurance Society Limited                                                              
                                                                                               
Limited (PMC) (49,866,783 - 3.62% = PMC)                               (LGAS &                 
LGPL)                                                                                          
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)                                                      
                                                                                               
(LGPL)                                                                                         
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                               

 

Proxy Voting:                                                     
                                                                  
                                                                  
                                                                  
10. Name of 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. Additional           Notification using the total voting rights figure of  
information:             1,375,765,327                                         
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
14 Contact name:         Helen Lewis (LGIM)                                    
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone    [phone]                                        
number:                                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

 

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website.