Treasury Stock

HAYS PLC                                    

                          TRANSFER OF TREASURY SHARES                          

In accordance with the provisions of Listing Rule 12.6.4, the Board of Hays plc
advises that on 9 February 2007 it transferred 17,308 Ordinary Shares currently
held in Treasury to satisfy the maturity of the Hays plc UK Sharesave Scheme.
2,125 shares were transferred at 151p and 15,183 shares were transferred at
109p.

Following this transfer, Hays plc holds 105,302,000 Ordinary Shares in
Treasury. The number of shares in issue is 1,458,794,566 (excluding treasury
shares).

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