Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC

08 November 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 on the London Stock Exchange through UBS AG as part of its treasury share purchase programme announced on 7 September 2023.

Date of purchase:	7 November 2023
Number of ordinary shares purchased:	300,000
Highest price per share (pence per share):	99.45p
Lowest price per share (pence per share):	98.50p
Average price per share (pence per share):	98.9093p

The Company intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase and settlement of these shares, the Company will hold 14,202,344 of its ordinary shares in treasury and will have 1,586,230,748 ordinary shares in issue (excluding 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/6937S_1-2023-11-7.pdf

Hannah Shepherd

Deputy Company Secretary

Enquiries: [phone]

LEI code:  213800QC8AWD4BO8TH08

 

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