Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC
21 January 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:                                21 January 2008

Number of ordinary shares purchased:             375,000

Highest price paid per share:                    101.25p

Lowest price paid per share:                     97.5p

Volume weighted average price paid per share:    100.2p

Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 56,601,193 of its ordinary
shares in treasury and has 1,407,495,373 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).


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