Director/PDMR Shareholding

HAYS PLC

24 September 2007

HAYS PLC DEFERRED ANNUAL BONUS PLAN (`DAB')

In accordance with rules of the DAB and approval by the Remuneration Committee
of the director's bonuses for the accounting period ending 30 June 2007, the
following directors and PDMRs have deferred part of their bonus into the DAB.
Accordingly the following awards of Deferred Rights have been made:

Name                 Director or PDMR        Deferred Rights Matching shares
                                                                           
P Venables           Director & PDMR               91,104            91,104
                                                                           
L Charles-Jones      PDMR                          16,901            16,901
                                                                           
N Cox                PDMR                          53,450            53,450
                                                                           
N Heap               PDMR                          37,369            37,369
                                                                           
A McRae              PDMR                          33,802            33,802
                                                                           
A Yapp               PDMR                          18,353            18,353
                                                                           
                                                  250,979           250,979

Hays plc will award, in September 2010, up to one matching share for each Deferred Right 
invested by participants subject to achieving pre-determined performance
conditions over a three year period detailed in the circular to shareholders
dated 16 March 2007.

For further information in respect of this announcement please contact Stefan
Bort on 0044 (0) 207 628 9999.

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