Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 08 September 2005 Hays plc Purchase of own shares Hays plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of £0.01 each on the London Stock Exchange via ABN AMRO Bank NV. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 8 September 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 2,000,000 Highest price paid per share: 129.75p Lowest price paid per share: 129p Volume weighted average price paid per share: 129.23p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 146,354,168 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,589,536,954 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange ESU

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