Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
28 July 2005

                                  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 (602,067); A/C 923363 (1,662,369); A/C 775237 (950,446); A/C 942199 
(4,503,305);
A/C 942229 (4,574,715); A/C 942217 (4,411,578); A/C 942205 (3,719,326); 
A/C 942175 (3,873,480); A/C 942187 (1,884,456)
A/C 775245 (6,241,006); A/C 130007 (423,195); A/C 357206 (39,425,257); 
A/C 866203 (2,470,000)
A/C 904332 (295,019); A/C 754612 (8,162,487); A/C 361602 (231,000); 
A/C 282605 (7,551,850); A/C 360509 (2,402,328)
A/C766793 (1,172,760); A/C 824434 (384,847) A/C 924422 (1,394,032); 
A/C 969995 (3,817,530)




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

28 July 2005


12) Total holding following this notification

100,153,053


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.14%


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 28 July 2005


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