Director Shareholding

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

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