Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
11 July 2003


                                                     SCHEDULE 10

                                      NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1)        Name of company:
           Hays plc

2)        Name of shareholder having a major interest:
           FMR Corp and Fidelity International 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:
          Non-beneficial holdings of:

          FMR Corp and subsidiaries; and

          Fidelity International Ltd and subsidiaries

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

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:
           10 July 2003

12)       Total holding following this notification:
           54,612,512

13)       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
           3.14%

14)       Any additional information:


15)       Name of contact and telephone number for queries:
          S J Charnock

          Secretary

          01483 302203

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

          Secretary



           Date of notification:                   11 July 2003





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