Director Shareholding

Hays PLC
12 December 2003

                                    Hays plc


Following the approval of the Hays plc Long Term Co-Investment Plan ('the Plan')
at the Company's EGM held on 19 November 2003, invitations to participate in the
Plan were issued to the following Directors on 10 December 2003:
     Name:                          Maximum number of Ordinary 1p shares each 
                                    Director may commit to the Plan:
     J W Martin                     67,070
     D R Waxman                     78,090

Directors must confirm whether or not they wish to commit shares to the Plan no
later than the Commitment Date of 10 June 2004.

S J Charnock

Group Secretary

12 December 2003




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