Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC 28 September 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Hays plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Legal and General Investment Management Limited 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 (670,717); A/C 923363 (1,662,369); A/C 775237 (421,400); A/C 942199 (2,545,164); A/C 942229 (2,827,693); A/C 942217 (1,942,102); A/C 942205 (3,219,326); A/C 942175 (3,305,983); A/C 942187 (1,884,456) A/C 775245 (7,231,918); A/C 130007 (481,195); A/C 770286 (700,000); A/C 357206 (43,884,999); A/C 866203 (2,470,000) A/C 904332 (232,800); A/C 754612 (4,820,400); A/C 361602 (191,000); A/C 282605 (4,675,000); A/C 360509 (2,387,728) A/C766793 (476,260); A/C 824434 (229,804) A/C 924422 (710,232) 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 27 September 2004 11) Date company informed 27 September 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 86,970,546 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.01% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Sarah Anderson Company Secretarial Assistant 020 7374 6029 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Stefan Bort Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification 28 September 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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