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 17 May 2011 it transferred 8,635 Ordinary shares held in
Treasury to three participants (non-PDMR's) to satisfy the maturity exercise of
options at 98p per share under the Hays plc International Sharesave Scheme.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 79,874,603 Ordinary shares in Treasury.
The number of shares in issue is 1,384,221,963 (excluding treasury shares).

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