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Hays PLC 05 October 2004 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) Name of company Hays plc 2) Name of director Denis Ralph Waxman 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest Own name 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) Denis Ralph Waxman 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary Exercise of Executive Share Options 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 16,880 8) Percentage of issued class minimal 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 10) Percentage of issued class N/A 11) Class of security Ordinary 12) Price per share Option price 69.25p 13) Date of transaction 4 October 2004 14) Date company informed 4 October 2004 15) Total holding following this notification 2,986,094 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 0.17% If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes 17) Date of grant N/A 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable N/A 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option N/A 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number N/A 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise N/A 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification N/A 23) Any additional information N/A 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Stefan Bort 020 7374 6028 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Stefan Bort Assistant Secretary Date of Notification 5 October 2004 http://www.hays-plc.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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