Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Lloyds TSB Group Plc                      

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Lloyds TSB Group Plc and its subsidiaries

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited (Material)
                                              101,884,582

Lloyds TSB Private Banking  (Material)             
                                                1,100,063

Lloyds TSB Jersey Offshore  (Material)
                                                    3,100

Lloyds TSB Registrars           (Material)
                                                  784,126

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them
Various nominee accounts


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



Not advised

6) Percentage of issued class



Not advised



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



Not advised




8) Percentage of issued class



Not advised



9) Class of security



Ordinary 1p shares



10) Date of transaction



Not advised



11) Date company informed



23 March 2006



12) Total holding following this notification



103,771,871


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



6.988%


14) Any additional information



15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries



Sarah Anderson

Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7614 9419

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 23 March 2006