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:
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02 July 2008
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Number of ordinary shares purchased:
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50,000
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Highest price paid per share:
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83.00p
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Lowest price paid per share:
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79.50p
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Volume weighted average price per share:
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80.8111p
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Hays intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.
Following the purchase of these shares, Hays holds 86,727,390 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 1,377,369,176 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).