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     14 June 2007   
is crossed                                                                     
or reached if different) (v):                                                  
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                               15 June 2007   
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:               Dropped Below 5% 
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type Situation previous to    Resulting situation after the triggering   
of shares     the Triggering                   transaction (vii)               
    if       transaction (vi)                                                  
 possible                                                                      
using the                                                                      
ISIN CODE                                                                      
                                                                               
             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   74,349,182 74,349,182 71,349,182 70,414,748 934,434  4.858   0.064  
  Shares                                                                       
                                                                               
  0416102                                                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

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
                                          
71,349,182              4.922             
                                          

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

1,100 shares are held by Lloyds TSB Offshore Ltd, part of Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 
a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.                             
                                                                               
928,334 shares are held by Lloyds TSB Private Banking Ltd, part of Lloyds TSB  
Bank Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.                   
                                                                               
796,138 shares are held by Lloyds TSB Registrars Ltd, part of Lloyds TSB Bank  
Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.                        
                                                                               
69,623,610 shares are held by Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, part 
of Scottish Widows Plc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds TSB Group Plc.     
                                                                               

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