Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Hays plc

2. Reason for the notification                                           State 
                                                                         Yes/No
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                YES   
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments 
which may result in the acquisition of shares already 
issued to which voting rights are attached       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                                        
                                                                               

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification         Lloyds TSB Group 
obligation (iii):                                                    plc       
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):                    
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold          N/A       
is crossed                                                                     
or reached if different) (v):                                                  
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                    N/A       
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                      N/A       
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               

A: Voting rights attached to shares

  Class/type of      Situation      Resulting situation after the triggering   
      shares        previous to                transaction (vii)               
 if possible using      the                                                    
  the ISIN CODE     Triggering                                                 
                    transaction                                                
                       (vi)                                                    
                                                                               
                   Number Number   Number    Number of voting     % of voting  
                     of     of       of         rights (ix)         rights     
                   Shares Voting   shares                                      
                          Rights                                               
                                                                               
                          (viii)                                               
                                                                               
                                   Direct     Direct   Indirect Direct Indirect
                                               (x)       (xi)                  
                                                                               
  Ord 1p Shares                  82,256,371 82,256,371 918,060  5.662%  0.063% 
                                                                               
   GB0004161021                                                                
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

    Type of     Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting       % of   
   financial       date       Conversion        rights that may be     voting  
  instrument      (xiii)     Period/ Date        acquired if  the      rights  
                                 (xiv)              instrument                 
                                              is exercised/converted           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                               
                                          
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
                                          
83,174,431              5.725%            
                                          

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):

     
     

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:      
                                   

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to                           
the notification obligation                                                    
                                                                               
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)      Maninder Dhiman       
                                                                               
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)   141 Moorgate London   
                                                        EC2M 6TX               
                                                                               
Phone number                                            0207 614 9423          
                                                                               
Other useful information (at least legal representative                        
for legal persons)                                                             
                                                                               
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)                              
                                                                               
Full name                                                                      
                                                                               
Contact address                                                                
                                                                               
Phone number                                                                   
                                                                               
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship                         
with the person                                                                
or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)                        
                                                                               

C:  Additional information