Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
18 February 2005

                                  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 Limited, 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
Limited

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

Chase Nominees Limited (60,717,711); Mellon Nominees (25,176,045); Northern
Trust Nominees (12,937,199); Salomon Smith Barney (65,146,512); Deutsche Bank
(4,987,865); Societe Generale (843,057); Royal TST (590,399)




5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired


N/A


6) Percentage of issued class


N/A


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


17 February 2005


12) Total holding following this notification


170,398,788


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


10.068%



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 18 February 2005


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