Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hays plc - Share awards

In accordance with DR 3.1.4(R)(1)(a) Hays plc ("the Company") wishes to notify
the following changes in the interests of Directors and persons discharging
managerial responsibility ("PDMRs") arising out of the grant of conditional
awards of ordinary shares in the Company ("Shares") under the share plans
listed below.

Deferred Annual Bonus Plan (`DAB')

In accordance with rules of the DAB and approval by the Remuneration Committee
of the directors' bonuses for the accounting period ending 30 June 2008, the
following Directors and PDMRs have deferred part of their bonus into the DAB.
Accordingly the following awards of Deferred Rights have been made:

Name                 Director or PDMR        Deferred Rights   Matching Shares
                                                                              
Alistair Cox         Director & PDMR                 839,160           839,160
                                                                              
Paul Venables        Director & PDMR                 296,467           296,467
                                                                              
Nick Cox             PDMR                             63,330            63,330
                                                                              
Sholto Douglas-Home  PDMR                             28,068            28,068
                                                                              
Nigel Heap           PDMR                             58,324            58,324
                                                                              
Alison Yapp          PDMR                             48,130            48,130
                                                                              
TOTAL SHARES                                       1,333,479         1,333,479

Hays plc will in October 2011 award up to one matching share for each Deferred
Right invested by participants subject to the satisfaction of the three
following performance criteria:

The vesting of one third of the Shares under the matching award will depend on
achievement of a target based on the Group's cumulative Earnings Per Share
("EPS"); the vesting of one third of the Shares under award will depend on the
Group's Cash Conversion target being met; and the vesting of the final third
will depend on a target relating to growth in International Net Fees (rather
than International Net Fees as a percentage of total net fees as anticipated in
the Directors' Remuneration Report). The award will be measured over a three
year period. The EPS element of these awards will only vest in the event that
the Remuneration Committee is satisfied that Hays' operating profit performance
over the three year period outperforms that of a comparator group of companies
over the same period.

Performance Share Plan ("PSP")

The following awards have been granted to Directors and PDMRs under the PSP in
respect of the financial year 2008/09:

Name                     Director or PDMR  Number of Shares under PSP Award
                                                                           
Alistair Cox              Director & PDMR                           440,559
                                                                           
Paul Venables             Director & PDMR                           317,643
                                                                           
Timothy Cook                         PDMR                           192,307
                                                                           
Nicholas Cox                         PDMR                           221,655
                                                                           
James Cullens                        PDMR                           167,832
                                                                           
Sholto Douglas-Home                  PDMR                           129,370
                                                                           
Nigel Heap                           PDMR                           204,134
                                                                           
Stephen Weston                       PDMR                           192,307
                                                                           
Alison Yapp                          PDMR                           146,853
                                                                           
TOTAL SHARES                                                      2,012,660

The number of Shares stated above is the maximum available to each Director and
PDMR on satisfaction in full of the applicable performance criteria. These PSP
awards, which will normally vest in October 2011, are subject to achievement of
the following performance criteria:

The vesting of one half of the Shares under award will depend on achievement of
a target based on the Group's cumulative Earnings Per Share ("EPS") and the
vesting of the remaining one half of the Shares under award will depend on
Group's Cash Conversion target being met. The award equates to 50% of base
salary and will be measured over a three year period. The EPS element of these
awards will only vest in the event that the Remuneration Committee is satisfied
that Hays' operating profit performance over the three year period outperforms
that of a comparator group of companies over the same period.

For further information in respect of this announcement please contact Stefan
Bort, Deputy Secretary, Hays plc, [phone].

                                                         Draft: 13 October 2008