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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 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange HOLEAKPAEFLSEFE

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