Holding in Company

Hays PLC 15 October 2001 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Hays plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest The Capital Group Companies, Inc 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 by: Capital Research and Management Company Capital Group International, Inc and their subsidiaries 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Capital Guardian Trust Company (26,237,549); Capital International Limited (9,174,762); Capital International S.A. (7,918,444); Capital International, Inc (3,996,200); Capital Research and Management Company (39,763,823) 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 Not advised 8) Percentage of issued class Not advised 9) Class of security Ordinary 1p shares 10) Date of transaction Not advised 11) Date company informed 12 October 2001 12) Total holding following this notification 87,090,778 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.02% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries S J Charnock Group Secretary 01483 302203 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification S J Charnock Group Secretary Date of notification 15 October 2001

Companies

Hays (HAS)
UK 100

Latest directors dealings