Director Shareholding

Hays PLC
18 February 2005

Transfer of Shares in Satisfaction of Save As You Earn Options





Hays plc (the Company)





The Company announces that on 14 February 2005, 280,980 ordinary shares in the
Company (Shares) were transferred to employees of the Hays Group by the Hays
Share Scheme Trustee Limited (the Trust) in satisfaction of options held by them
under the Hays plc UK Sharesave Scheme (the scheme).



The transfer value of the aforementioned shares is as follows: -


Option Price £       Number of Shares      Transfer Value


 1.0900                280,980               £306,268.20

                       280,980               £306,268.20



Following this transaction, the Trust holds 1,528,400 Shares.



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 Company 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 an option held by him under the scheme.





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