Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
04 May 2004


                                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:


6)        Percentage of issued class:


7)        Number of shares/amount of stock disposed:
          4,778,539

8)        Percentage of issued class:
          0.27%

9)        Class of security:
          Ordinary 1p shares

10)       Date of transaction:
          Not advised.

11)       Date company informed:
          30 April 2004

12)       Total holding following this notification:
          68,788,319

13)       Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification:
          3.98%

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:                   4 May 2004



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