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:                  RONALD EDWIN FROST                              
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              N/A - following acquisition voting rights are
crossed or reached:                        held directly, as opposed to indirectly (as
                                        previously notified), which has triggered this
                                                                         notification.
                                                                               
                                           3%, 4%, 5% by virtue of direct holding (see
                                                                           section 9).

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      80,000,000  80,000,000   80,000,000  80,000,000  0         5.81%   0%                              
Shares of 
GBP 0.01 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           
                                                                             
80,000,000                             5.81%                                 

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 acquisition 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                    
                                                                            Withers LLP
                                                                             
15. Contact telephone name:                                               020 7597 6127