Director Shareholding

Hays PLC
1 December 2000


Hays plc (the Company)

Notification of Directors' Interest in Shares

The Company announces the subscription by Hays Share Scheme Trustee Limited as
Trustee of the Hays Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the Trust) on 1
December 2000 for 268,244 ordinary shares in the Company (the Shares) at a
price of 350p per Share for the purposes of satisfying the exercise of options
under the Hays plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme and the Hays UK
Sharesave Scheme (the Schemes) in due course.  On 1 December 2000 the Trust
transferred £938,854.00 to the Company in respect of the Shares and at a
meeting held on 1 December 2000 a Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company resolved to allot the Shares to the Trust.

The Trust is a discretionary trust under which all employees of the Hays Group
are potential beneficiaries.  Each of the Executive Directors of the Company
is for Companies Act purposes regarded as interested in all of these Shares. 
Despite the technical interest in all the Shares each Executive Director will
only be entitled to receive from the Trust the number of Shares to which he is
entitled on exercise of any option held by him under the Schemes.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:       S J Charnock
                                                          01483 302203