Treasury Stock

Hay plc ("the Company")

TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES

In accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 12.6.4, the Company hereby
notifies you that on 16 March 2010 it transferred 16,525 Ordinary shares held
in Treasury to one participant (non-PDMR) to satisfy the early exercise of an
option under the Hays plc Sharesave Scheme.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 80,375,257 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
The number of shares in issue is 1,383,721,309 (excluding treasury shares).

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