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 6 September 2007 it transferred 23,415 Ordinary Shares
currently held in Treasury to satisfy awards under the `Hays plc 1995 Executive
Share Option Scheme'.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 128,548,783 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,435,524,368 (excluding treasury
shares).

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