Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hays plc

Director's & PDMR disclosure of interests in shares.

The Trustee of Hays Employee Share Trust purchased 2,837,851 shares in Hays plc
on 14 June 2006 at a price of £1.522803 per share.

Following the transaction Hays Employee Share Trust owned 2,849,874 shares in
Hays plc.

The following Directors and PDMR's are deemed to have an interest in some of these
shares as a consequence of their participation in certain employee share
schemes:

RA Lawson

DR Waxman

P Venables

NR Cox

RD Hetherington

RB Smith

A McRae

N Heap

L Charles-Jones

AR Yapp

Released by

SE Bort

Deputy Secretary

Hays plc

020 7628 9999.