Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC 21 November 2005 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: 21 November 2005 Number of ordinary shares purchased: 600,000 Highest price paid per share: 118.50p Lowest price paid per share: 118.00p Volume weighted average price per share: 118.4167p Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury. Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 124,945,496 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,524,151,070 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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