Holding(s) in Company

Hays PLC
02 August 2005

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

Hays plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

Lloyds TSB Group 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

Lloyds TSB Group Plc and its subsidiaries

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited     (Material)      107,287,509

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership Limited (Non Material)       53,531,133

Lloyds TSB Private Banking                         (Material)        1,270,903

Lloyds TSB Jersey Offshore                         (Material)            3,100

Lloyds TSB Registrars                              (Material)          889,120

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 applicable - Change in percentage holding because of reduction in issued 
share capital of Hays plc due to treasury share buy back programme.




6) Percentage of issued class



Not advised




7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



Not applicable - Change in percentage holding because of reduction in issued 
share capital of Hays plc due to treasury share buy back programme.




8) Percentage of issued class



Not advised







9) Class of security



Ordinary 1p shares







10) Date of transaction


Not advised







11) Date company informed



2 August 2005






12) Total holding following this notification



162,981,765




13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification



10.018%




14) Any additional information



Lloyds TSB Group plc have not purchased new shares on the market, this Change in
percentage holding is because of reduction in issued share capital of Hays plc
due to treasury share buy back programme.





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 2 August 2005


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