Completion of Disposal

Hays PLC
04 February 2004

                                                                 4 February 2004

                                      HAYS PLC

    COMPLETION OF LOGISTICS DISPOSAL AND RESIGNATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Hays plc is pleased to announce that today it completed the sale of the trading
operations and certain assets of its logistics division to companies formed by
Platinum Equity, LLC.

As a consequence of the completion of the sale and as previously announced with
the transaction on 26th November 2003 Xavier Urbain has today resigned from the
Board of Hays plc.

Further enquiries:

Hays plc
Colin Matthews, Group Chief Executive                [phone]
John Martin, Group Finance Director                  [phone]

Brunswick                                            [phone]
Jon Coles


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