Directors' Notification of Dealing in Shares

Hays PLC
8 May 2000

        Transfer of Shares in Satisfaction of Save As You Earn Options

                           Hays plc (the Company)

The Company announces that on 5 May 2000 44,731 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 Savings-Related Share Option Scheme (the Scheme).

The transfer value of the aforementioned shares is as follows:

Option Price     No. of Shares     Transfer Value

0.565                30,247           £17,089.56
0.875                11,099            £9,711.63
1.1025                1,700            £1,874.25
1.94                    662            £1,284.28
2.765                 1,023            £2,828.60
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                     44,731           £32,788.32
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Following this transaction, the Trust holds 9,372,420 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 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 Scheme.

Name of contact and telephone number for enquiries:  Ms S Hall
                                                     01483 302203