Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 09 November 2004 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 UBS Investment Bank. Ordinary shares: Date of purchase: 09 November 2004 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 1,000,000 Highest price paid per share: 120p Lowest price paid per share: 118.25p Volume weighted average price per share: 119.4528p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 3,300,000 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,732,591,122 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares). This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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