Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                              
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares                                          
to which voting rights are attached:                                               Hays plc
 
                                                                                           
2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                  
                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        Yes      
                                                                                            
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights 
are attached.                                                                                   
                                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                   
qualifying financial instruments                                                            
                                                                                             
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                            
                                                                                            
Other (please specify):                                                                                   
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the                    Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)         
notification obligation:                                                                    
   
                                                                                         
4. Full name of shareholder(s)                              N/A                       
 (if different from 3.):                                                                    
                                                                                            
                                                                                            
5. Date of the transaction and date on                                                      
which the threshold is crossed or reached:                  30 November 2012                

                                                                                            
6. Date on which issuer notified:                           04 December 2012                
    
                                                                                        
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:             L&G (Below 3%)                 
 

8. Notified details:                                                                                   
                                                                                                       
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                    
                                                                                                       
Class/type of    Situation previous          Resulting situation after the triggering transaction      
shares           to the triggering                                                                     
                    transaction                                                                        
                                                                                                       
if possible     Number       Number                      Number of voting        % of  voting rights   
using             of           of                             rights                                   
the ISIN CODE   Shares       Voting       Number                                                       
                             Rights      of shares       Direct   Indirect        Direct   Indirect  
                                                                                                       
Ordinary 1p         55,219,272                                  Below 3%                            
                 (as on 14/08/2009)                                                                    
 
                                                                                                      
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                    
                                                                                                       
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   
                                                                                                       
                                                             Number of voting                          
                                                             rights that may be                        
Type of financial       Expiration   Exercise/               acquired if the         % of voting       
instrument              date         Conversion Period       instrument is           rights            
                                                             exercised/ converted.                     
  
                                                                                                     
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments
                                                                                                       
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                   
                                                                                                       
Type of financial  Exercise    Expiration   Exercise/    Number of voting rights  % of voting rights   
instrument         price       date         Conversion   instrument refers to                          
                                            period                                                     
                                                                                    Nominal     Delta  
                                                                                                       
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                          
                                                                                                       
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                         
                                                                                                       
                                    Below 3%                                                           


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)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) 
                                                                                          
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) 
                                                                                          
                  Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( Below 3% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)                   
                                                                                          
Legal & General Investment Management          Legal & General Insurance Holdings               
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)           Limited (Direct) (LGIH)                          
                                                                                          
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions            Legal & General Assurance Society                
Management) Limited  (PMC)                     Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)                           
                                                                                          
                                               Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct) (LGPL) 
                                                                                          
                                                                                          
Proxy Voting:                                                                             
                                                                                          
10. Name of the proxy holder:                               N/A                              
  
                                                                                        
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease         N/A                              
to hold:                                                                                  
   
                                                                                       
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold           N/A                              
voting rights:                                                                            
 
                                                                                          
13. Additional information:                 Notification using the total voting rights    
                                            figure of  1,398,828,475                      
 
                                                                                         
14. Contact name:                           Angela Hayter (LGIM)                          
 
                                                                                         
15. Contact telephone number:               020 3124 3851