Treasury Stock

HAYS PLC                                    

                          TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES                          

In accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 12.6.4, the Board of Hays plc
advises that on 26 January 2007 it transferred 51,622 Ordinary Shares currently
held in Treasury to satisfy the maturity of the Hays plc UK Sharesave Scheme.
51,622 shares were transferred at 109p.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 103,364,406 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,460,732,160 (excluding treasury
shares).