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 notification obligation:               The Capital Group Companies, Inc.                                                                
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):                           See Schedule A                 
                                                                                            
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or 
reached:                                                                        14 March 2013 
                                                                                                    
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                               15 March 2013                  
                                                                                            
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                 Below 6%                    

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      Number of voting      % of  voting rights     
using              of            of           of shares   rights                                        
the ISIN CODE      Shares        Voting                                                                 
                                 Rights       Indirect    Direct     Indirect   Direct       Indirect   
                                                                                                            
Ordinary Shares    85,807,142    85,807,142   80,252,000             80,252,000              5.737%
(GB0004161021)                                                                                       
                                                                                                        
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                   
                                                                                                      
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                  
                                                                                                      
Type of financial       Expiration  Exercise/               Number of voting        % of voting       
instrument              date        Conversion Period       rights that may be      rights            
                                                            acquired 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 financial  Exercise    Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights  % of voting rights   
instrument         price       date       Conversion    instrument refers to                          
                                          period                                                      
                                                                                  Nominal      Delta   
N/A                                                                                            
                                                                                                      
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                         
                                                                                                      
Number of voting rights                            Percentage of voting rights                        
                                                                                                      
80,252,000                                         5.737%                       
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the            
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                
                                                                                           
See Schedule A                                                                            
                                                          
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:                Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International, Inc. 
                                           ("CGII")and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC") will 
                                           no longer report relevant holdings separate. With effect from
                                           1 September 2012, the holdings under management will be reported in 
                                           aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 
                                                
14. Contact name:                          Vivien Tan                                    
                                                                                          
15. Contact telephone number:              001 [phone]                            

Schedule A

As of 14 March 2013

Hays PLC

                                                Number of shares  Percent of   
                                                                  outstanding  
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG")                                      
holdings                                                                     
                                                                               
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds   80,252,000        5.737%       
                                                                                 
Capital Research and Management Company         80,252,000        5.737%       
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