Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
05 September 2003


                                                     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 Nominee (UK) Ltd:

          A/C 914945 (636,617); A/C 923363 (612,369); A/C 886603 (4,956,925); 
          A/C 775245 (7,945,418); A/C 770286 (200,000); A/C 357206 (49,309,377); 
          A/C 866203 (2,370,000); A/C 904332 (146,800); A/C 754612 (1,390,000); 
          A/C 360509 (1,959,328); A/C 766793 (36,260); A/C 924434 (39,804); 
          A/C 924422 (18,600)

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:
          2 September 2003

11)       Date company informed:
          4 September 2003

12)       Total holding following this notification:
          69,621,498

13)       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
          4.01%

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:                   5 September 2003





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