Treasury Stock

TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES

In accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 12.6.4, the Board of Hays plc
advises that on 4 April 2007 it transferred 6,654,521 Ordinary Shares currently
held in Treasury for an award to participants under the `Hays plc Performance
Share Plan'.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 107,926,178 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,456,170,388 (excluding treasury
shares).

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