Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
19 April 2002


                                        SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)        Name of company:
           Hays plc

2)        Name of shareholder having a major interest:
           Legal & General 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:
           As in 2 above.

4)        Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each
          of them:
          HSBC Global Custody Nominees Ltd:

          A/C  886603 (3,752,776); A/C 775245 (7,865,318); A/C 252605 (792,192); A/C 360509 (1,300,128); A/
          C 357206 (36,717,580); A/C 130007 (496,801); A/C 904332 (146,800); A/C 866203 (1,279,000)

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:
          12 April 2002

11)       Date company informed:
          18 April 2002

12)       Total holding following this notification:
          52,350,595

13)       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
          3.01%

14)       Any additional information:


15)       Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
           Stephen Charnock   01483 302203

16)       Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
          making this notification:

          Stephen Charnock

          Group Secretary

          Date of notification:                   19 April 2002






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