Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC

23 May 2023

 

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 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Company, the following number of its ordinary shares of 1p each through Jefferies International Limited as part of its £75 million share buyback programme announced on 28 April 2022.

Date of purchase:	22 May 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	77,705
Highest price per share (pence per share):	113.8p
Lowest price per share (pence per share):	112.5p
Average price per share (pence per share)	112.9190p

The purchased shares will be cancelled.

Following the purchase and cancellation of these shares, the Company will have 1,591,944,176

ordinary shares in issue (excluding 11,294,429 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/2556A_1-2023-5-22.pdf 

Hannah Shepherd

Deputy Company Secretary

Enquiries: [phone]

LEI code:  213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08

 

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