Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0050M

Hays PLC

18 May 2022

 

Hays plc

Transaction in own shares

Hays plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Company, the following number of its ordinary shares of 1p each on the London Stock Exchange through UBS AG as part of its £75 million share buyback programme announced on 28 April 2022.

Date of purchase:	18 May 2022
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	310,000
Highest price per share (pence per share):	124.40p
Lowest price per share (pence per share):	121.60p
Average price per share (pence per share)	122.9346p

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 1,662,518,685 ordinary shares in issue (excluding 16,358,090 treasury shares).

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 as it applies in the UK (the Market Abuse Regulation), a full breakdown of the individual purchases is attached to this announcement.

http://www.rns-pdf.londonstockexchange.com/rns/0050M_1-2022-5-18.pdf

Chris Winters

Deputy Company Secretary

Enquiries: [phone]

LEI code: 213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08

 

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