Director Shareholding

Hays PLC
20 September 2000

Hays plc (the 'Company')

The Company has been notified that on 19 September 2000 the Hays Employee
Share Trustee (Jersey) Limited (the 'Trust') purchased 604,544 Ordinary shares
of 1p each in the Company at a price of 414.926p per share.  The following
directors of Hays plc are potential beneficiaries under the Hays employee
Share Trustee (Jersey) Limited:  R E Frost, J R Cole, K P Charlton, N A
McLachlan, R J Morgan, D C Tibble, X F E Urbain, D R Waxman and G J Williams.