Holding(s) in Company

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer                                                              
of existing shares to which voting rights are                                      Hays PLC                            
attached:                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                
2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):                                       
                                                                                                                
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                        Yes    
                                                                                                                
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may 
result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights 
are attached                                 
                                                                                                                
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to                                       
qualifying financial instruments                                                                                
                                                                                                                
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                                                                
                                                                                                                
Other (please                                                                                                   
specify):                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:                  The Capital Group Companies,Inc.
                                                                                        
                                                                                                                
4. Full name of shareholder(s)(if different from 3.):                              See Schedule A               

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed 
or reached:                                                                        11 April 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:                                                  12 April 2013               
            
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                                    Below 5%     
                                                                                        
8. Notified details:                                                                                            
                                                                                                                 
A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Class/type of    Situation previous         Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                
shares           to the triggering                                                                              
                 transaction                                                                                    
                                                                                                                
if possible       Number         Number         Number       Number of voting            % of  voting rights      
using             of             of             of shares    rights                                                 
the ISIN CODE     Shares         Voting                                                                           
                                 Rights         Indirect     Direct         Indirect     Direct       Indirect    
Ordinary Shares   71,587,333     71,587,333     69,087,333                  69,087,333                4.9389%
(GB0004161021)                   
                      
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments                                                                             
                                                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                            
                                                                                                                
Type of financial   Expiration   Exercise/              Number of voting            % of voting        
instrument          date         Conversion Period      rights that may be          rights             
                                                        acquired if the                                
                                                        instrument is                                  
                                                        exercised/ converted.                          
                                                                                                                
N/A                                                                                                          

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial                                   
Instruments                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                                                            
                                                                                                                
Type of financial  Exercise    Expiration   Exercise/      Number of voting rights       % of voting rights    
instrument         price       date         Conversion     instrument refers to                                   
                                            period                                                                
                                                                                          Nominal       Delta   
N/A                                                                                                      
      
Total (A+B+C)                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                
Number of voting rights                             Percentage of voting rights                                 
   
69,087,333                                          4.9389%                               
 
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the            
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:                                
                                                                                                           
See Schedule A                                                                            

Proxy Voting:                                                                             
                                                                                          
10. Name of the proxy holder:                                                             
                                                                                          
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease                                       
to hold:                                                                                  
                                                                                          
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:                                        
                                                                                             
13. Additional information:                Due to a company reorganization, Capital Group International, 
                                           Inc. ("CGII") and Capital Research and Management Company ("CRMC")  
                                           will no longer report relevant holdings separate.With effect from
                                           1 September 2012, the holdings under management will be reported
                                           in aggregate by the group's parent company, The Capital Group 
                                           Companies, Inc.                       
                                                                                           
14. Contact name:                          Vivien Tan                                    
                                                                                          
15. Contact telephone number:              001 [phone]                            
                                                                                          
Schedule A

As of 11 April 2013
 
Hays PLC

                                                Number of shares   Percent of   
                                                                   outstanding  
The Capital Group Companies, Inc ("CG")                                      
holdings                                                                     
                                                                              
Holdings by CG Management Companies and Funds   69,087,333         4.939%       
             
Capital Research and Management Company         69,087,333         4.939%       
                                                                             
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