Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
21 October 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company



Hays plc



2) Name of shareholder having a major interest



Aviva plc and its subsidiaries


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



Morley Fund Management Limited:
BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited                             14,472,527*
BT Globenet Nominees Limited                                   23,200*
Chase GA Group Nominees Limited                                72,058,968*
Chase Nominees Limited                                         2,540,610*
CUIM Limited                                                   17,063,951*

*denotes beneficial interest




5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired



137,645



6) Percentage of issued class



0.009%



7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



N/A


8) Percentage of issued class


N/A



9) Class of security


Ordinary 1p shares



10) Date of transaction


19 October 2005



11) Date company informed



20 October 2005



12) Total holding following this notification




109,159,256


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



7.03%



14) Any additional information




15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries





Sarah Anderson

Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7614 9419


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Stefan Bort

Assistant Company Secretary

Date of notification 21 October 2005



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