Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
20 January 2003


                                         SCHEDULE 10

                        NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)        Name of company:

           Hays plc

2)        Name of shareholder having a major interest:

          Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd, a member of the Morgan 
          Stanley Group of companies

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 Morgan Stanley Investment 
          Management Ltd

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

          Chase Nominees Ltd (76,277,378); State Street Nominees Ltd 
          (70,425,642); Mellon Nominees (36,758,684); Nortrust Nominees 
          (15,437,228); Deutsche Bank (7,131,114); SG Nominees Ltd (Societe
          Generale) (640,933); National Australia Bank (460,860); Union Bank of 
          Switzerland (398,735); Royal Bank of Canada Nominees (307,956); 
          Sumitomo Trust (173,120); Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschilds 
          (129,850); Toyo Trust Bank (125,030); Japan Trustee Services Bank 
          (24,996)

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:

          20 January 2003

12)       Total holding following this notification:

          208,291,526

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

          12.00%

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:                    20 January               2003





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