Transaction in Own Shares

Hays PLC
25 April 2006

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 ABN AMRO Bank NV.

Ordinary Shares:

Date of purchase                                          25 April 2006
Number of ordinary shares purchased:                            100,000
Highest price paid per share:                                      163p
Lowest price paid per share:                                       163p
Volume weighted average price paid per share:                      163p

Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchases of these shares, Hays holds 82,120,458 of its ordinary
shares in treasury and has 1,481,976 ordinary shares in issue (excluding
treasury shares).



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