Result of AGM

HAYS PLC

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2012

RESULTS OF THE POLL

Hays plc held its twenty fifth Annual General Meeting today, 7 November 2012, at the Royal College of Physicians, 
11 St Andrews Place, Regents Park, London NW1 4LE at 12 noon. All resolutions were duly passed on a poll. The 
results are shown below.

POLL RESULTS

The results of the poll are as follows:

                                                    Votes                     Votes        Votes 
Resolution                                            For     % For         Against     Withheld
                
1.   To receive and adopt the Directors'                                                             
     and Auditor's Reports and the                                                     
     financial statements for the year                                                      
     ended 30 June 2012                     1,072,992,244     99.12       9,510,123       86,313         
                                                                                           
2.   To declare a final dividend for                                                       
     the year ended 30 June 2012            1,081,653,104     99.91         921,356       14,220         
                                                                                           
3.   To approve the Directors'                                                             
     Remuneration Report                    1,059,948,272     98.19      19,534,121    3,106,286      
                                                                                           
4.   To reappoint Pippa Wicks as a                                                         
     director of the Company                1,080,427,202     99.81       2,081,118       80,360         
                                                                                           
5.   To reappoint Alan Thomson as a                                                        
     director of the Company                1,080,431,349     99.81       2,076,804       80,527         
                                                                                           
6.   To reappoint Alistair Cox as a                                                        
     director of the Company                1,080,474,605     99.81       2,035,948       78,127         
                                                                                           
7.   To reappoint Paul Venables as a                                                       
     director of the Company                1,080,477,591     99.81       2,030,362       80,727         
                                                                                           
8.   To reappoint William Eccleshare                                                       
     as a director of the Company           1,080,406,310     99.81       2,102,380       79,990         
                                                                                            
9.   To reappoint Paul Harrison as a                                                       
     director of the Company                1,080,405,398     99.81       2,099,203       84,079         
                                                                                           
10.  To reappoint Victoria Jarman as a                                                     
     director of the Company                1,080,424,235     99.81       2,089,824       74,621         
                                                                                           
11.  To reappoint Richard Smelt as a                                                       
     director of the Company                1,080,388,618     99.80       2,116,321       83,741         
                                                                                           
12.  To reappoint Deloitte LLP as                                                          
     Auditor of the Company                 1,081,853,529     99.94         659,150       76,001         
                                                                                           
13.  To authorise the directors to                                                         
     determine the Auditor's                                                               
     remuneration                           1,081,575,563     99.93         729,244      283,873        
                                                                                           
14.  To authorise the directors to                                                         
     allot Ordinary shares in the                                                          
     Company                                1,059,782,175     97.90      22,772,478       34,027         
                                                                                             
15.  To authorise the directors to                                                         
     disapply pre-emption rights *          1,082,104,399     99.97         362,738      121,543        
                                                                                                 
16.  To authorise the Company to                                                           
     purchase its own shares *              1,071,207,774     99.87       1,417,603    9,963,303      
                                                                                           
17.  To authorise the calling of a                                                         
     general meeting with 14 clear                                                         
     days' notice *                         1,046,559,607     96.67      35,995,078       33,995         
                                                                                           
18.  To approve the 2012 Performance                                                       
     Share Plan                             1,009,254,694     94.01      64,266,638    9,067,347      

Special resolutions are indicated by an asterisk.

The total number of votes cast was 1,082,588,680 which represents 73.94% of the Company's issued share 
capital (77.42% excluding shares held in Treasury in respect of which no votes were cast).

The total number of shares in issue at the close of business on 5 November 2012 was 1,464,096,566 
(1,398,296,896 excluding shares held in Treasury).

The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting, which 
is available at hays.com/investors.

In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R, copies of the resolutions other than those concerning 
ordinary business passed at the Annual General Meeting have been submitted to the National Storage 
Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at Hemscott.com/nsm.do.

Neil Tsappis
Deputy Company Secretary

7 November 2012