Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares                             
                                                                   
                                                                               
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying                               Hays Plc                       
issuer of 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            No    
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights             
are attached                                                                   
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic                 No    
effect to qualifying financial instruments                                      
                                                                            
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                No                

Other (please specify):                                                         No      
                                                                               
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification               CHAINPOINT LIMITED                              
obligation:                                                                    
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3):                                                         
                                                                                
5. Date of transaction (and date on which                            29 March 2011
the threshold is crossed or reached if                                                          
different):                                                                    
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer                                              29 March 2011
notified:                         Amended notification resubmitted on 6 April 2011                
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are                                   Less than 5%, 4%, 3%                   
crossed or reached:                                                            

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                                                                          
use ISIN code Number of    Number of    Number of   Number of voting   Percentage of    
              shares       voting       shares      rights             voting rights    
                           rights                                                      
                                        Direct      Direct  Indirect   Direct  Indirect
Ordinary                                                                           
Shares of 1p  79,999,900   79,999,900   0           0       0          0%      0%    
each                

GB0004161021                                                                         

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

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments   
                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                            
                                                                                
Type of      Exercise     Expiration   Exercise/    Number of       Percentage of 
financial    price        date         conversion   voting rights   voting rights 
instrument                             period       instrument                  
                                                    refers to                   
                                                                    Nominal   Delta
N/A 
                                                                            
Total (A+B+C)                                                                

Number of voting rights                Percentage of voting rights           
                                                                             
0                                      0%                                    

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the 
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               
                                                                             
Prior to the acquisition and disposal, the voting rights were held in the    
following chain of controlled undertakings:                                  
                                                                             
  * Chainpoint Limited (Direct) (79,999,900 shares - 5.81% = Total Position) 
  * Ronald Edwin Frost (Direct) (100 shares - 0.00007%)                      
  * Ronald Edwin Frost (Indirect) (79,999,900 shares - 5.81% = Total position)    
  * Ronald Edwin Frost (Direct) (2 ordinary shares of £1 each - 100% in Chainpoint 
    Limited = Total Position)                                     
                                                                             
Following the disposal herein notified Chainpoint Limited ceases to be a shareholder 
in Hays plc and Ronald Edwin Frost holds the 79,999,900 shares directly, together 
with his pre-existing direct shareholding of 100 shares.  

Proxy Voting:                                                                

10. Name of 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 information:                                                      N/A
                                                                             
14. Contact name:                                                 Christopher Groves                    

15. Contact telephone name:                                            020 7597 6127