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    No     
in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are  
attached                                                                     
                                                                             
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                        No  
                                                                             
Other (please specify):______________                                   No  
                                                                             

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification                   CEDAR ROCK CAPITAL LIMITED  
obligation:                                                   
                                                                             

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):                  Nortrust Nominees Limited
                                                                        BNP Paribas Securities Services    
                                                                        BNY Mellon Nominees Limited
                                                                        State Street Nominees Limited   
                                                                             
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold             3 June 2011  
is crossed or reached if different):                                         
                                                                             

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                       7 June 2011  
                                                                             

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                         5%       
                                                                             
        
8. Notified details:                                                             
                                                                                 
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                           
                                                                               
Class/type            Situation previous to the       Resulting situation after the triggering transaction       
of shares             Triggering transaction    
if possible
using the             Number of      Number of        Number      Number of voting       % of voting rights   
ISIN CODE             Shares         Voting Rights    of          rights
                                                      shares 
                                
Ordinary                                              Direct      Direct    Indirect     Direct   Indirect
Shares of                                                                               
GBP 0.01 each         59,442,538     59,442,538       70,403,081  70,403,081             5.09%
GB0004161021                                                                   
  
B: Qualifying 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       exercised/                     rights      
                                     converted                                  
                                                                                
                                                                          
                                                                                
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments  
                                                         
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                           
                                                                         
Type of       Exercise Expiration Exercise/   Number of voting     Percentage of
financial     price    date       conversion  rights instrument    voting rights
instrument                        period      refers to                       
                                                                   Nominal Delta
                                                                               
N/A                                                                            
                                                                               

Total (A+B+C)                                                                
                                                                          
Number of voting rights             Percentage of voting rights              
                                                                             



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. Additional information:     
                               
14. Contact name:              
                               
15. Contact telephone number: