Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
24 March 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Fidelity International Limited (FIL)

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:

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


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


24 March 2005


12) Total holding following this notification


85,358,963


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification


5.04%


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 24 March 2005


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