Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Hays PLC
15 June 2000


Hays plc (the Company)


Notification of Directors' Interest in Shares


The Company announces that at a meeting held on 15 June 2000 the Board of
Directors of Hays Share Scheme Trustee Limited as Trustee of the Hays
Qualifying Employee Share Ownership Trust (the Trust) resolved to subscribe
for 1,375,075 ordinary shares in the Company (the Shares) at a price of 393p
per Share for the purposes of satisfying the exercise of options under the
Hays plc Savings-Related Share Option Scheme and Hays UK Sharesave Scheme (the
Schemes) in due course.  On 15 June 2000 the Trust transferred £5,404,048.28
to the Company in respect of the Shares and at a meeting held on 15 June 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