Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8145U

Hays PLC

19 May 2008

 



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:                                                                19 May 2008

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                                    400,000

Highest price paid per share:                                                    113.75p

Lowest price paid per share:                                                       111.0p

Volume weighted average price paid per share:                    112.67p

Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 68,921,003 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,395,175,563 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

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