Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3966A

Hays PLC

31 July 2008

 

Hays plc

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Purchase of own shares

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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:                                                   31 July 2008

Number of ordinary shares purchased:               50,000    

Highest price paid per share:                               81.50p

Lowest price paid per share:                                79.125p

Volume weighted average price per share:        80.5952p

Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 88,084,736 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,376,011,830 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

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