Holding in Company

Hays PLC
21 September 2000



Schedule 10 - Notification of Major Interests in Shares

1   Name of company:
Hays plc

2   Name of shareholder having a major interest:
Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Ltd, the combined asset management
operation of Hill Samuel Asset Management Ltd and Scottish Widows Investment
Management Ltd.

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:
Discretionary investment management on behalf of Lloyds TSB Group plc, Lloyds
TSB Bank plc and Scottish Widows Group Ltd.

4   Name of registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of
shares held by each of them:
Not advised

5   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired:
Not advised

6   Percentage of issued class:
Not advised

7   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
-

8   Percentage of issued class:
-

9   Class of security:
Ordinary 1p shares

10  Date of transaction:
Not advised

11  Date company informed:
21 September 2000

12  Total holding following this notification:
52,080,933

13  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
3.011%

14  Contact name for queries:
Stephen Charnock
Group Secretary

15 Contact telephone number:
01483 302203

16  Name of company official responsible for making notification:
Stephen Charnock
Group Secretary

17  Date of notification:
21 September 2000

Additional Information:

Announcement required following aggregation of the funds of Hill Samuel Asset
Management Ltd and Scottish Widows Investment Management Ltd.