Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
20 June 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

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

BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd (10,200,436), BT Globenet Nominees Ltd (23,200), 
Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd (45,120,759), Chase Nominees Ltd (1,714,730), 
CUIM Nominee Ltd (8,544,168)




5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired







629,840







6) Percentage of issued class







N/A







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







16 June 2005




11) Date company informed







20 June 2005




12) Total holding following this notification







65,603,293







13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification







4.00%




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 20 June 2005


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