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 18 May 2007 it transferred a total of 174,899 Ordinary Shares
currently held in Treasury to satisfy awards as follows:

Hays plc 1995 Executive Share Option Scheme: 104,171 shares

Hays plc 2003 Long Term Co-Investment Plan: 5,000 shares

A further 65,728 shares were also transferred to satisfy the 1x matching share
element of the Hays plc Deferred Annual Bonus Plan (`DAB').

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 109,467,421 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,454,629,145 (excluding treasury
shares).

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