Holding(s) in Company

TR-1 (i) NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

Hays plc

2. Reason for the notification                                          State  
                                                                        Yes/No 
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights                                Yes   
                                                                               
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result           
in the                                                                         
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are                
attached                                                                       
                                                                               
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights                               
                                                                               
Other (please specify):                                                        
                                                                               

3. Full name of                     Aviva plc & its subsidiaries               
person(s) subject to                                                           
the notification                                                               
obligation (iii):                                                              
                                                                               
4. Full name of                           Registered Holder:                   
shareholder(s) (if                                                             
different from 3.)     BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 11703,762*  BT Globenet  
(iv):                                   Nominees Ltd 23,200*                   
                                                                               
                       Chase GA Group Nominees Ltd 33,778,296* Chase Nominees  
                        Ltd 1,414,308* CUIM Nominees Ltd 9,378,005* *denotes   
                      direct interest BNY Norwich Union Nominees Ltd 1,306,310 
                       BONY Londres IIS 615,000  Chase Nominees Ltd 3,370,987  
                           CUIM Nominee Ltd 1,157,582 Vidacos Nominees Ltd     
                           13,815,984 DLI Sustainable Futures Fund 130,000     
                                                                               
5. Date of the                              2 August 2007                      
transaction (and date                                                          
on which the                                                                   
threshold is crossed                                                           
or reached if                                                                  
different) (v):                                                                
                                                                               
6. Date on which                            3 August 2007                      
issuer notified:                                                               
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that          4% to 3% Change at Direct Interest Level         
is/are crossed or                                                              
reached:                                                                       
                                                                               
8. Notified details:                                                           
                                                                               

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of Situation previous to     Resulting situation after the triggering    
   shares        the Triggering                    transaction (vii)                
 if possible    transaction (vi)                                                    
  using the                                                                         
  ISIN CODE                                                                         
                                                                                    
                Number     Number     Number     Number of voting      % of voting  
                  of         of         of          rights (ix)          rights     
                Shares     Voting     shares                                        
                           Rights                                                   
                           (viii)                                                   
                                                                                    
                                      Direct     Direct    Indirect  Direct Indirect
                                                  (x)        (xi)                   
                                                                                    
Ord 1p Shares 78,518,465 78,518,465 56,317,571 56,317,571 30,395,863 3.90%   1.41%  
                                                                                    
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B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

    Type of     Expiration     Exercise/         Number of voting       % of   
   financial       date       Conversion        rights that may be     voting  
  instrument      (xiii)     Period/ Date        acquired if  the      rights  
                                 (xiv)              instrument                 
                                              is exercised/converted           
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               

Total (A+B)                               
                                          
Number of voting rights % of voting rights
                                          
76,713,434              5.31%             
                                          

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are
effectively held, if applicable (xv):

 see section 4 above. 
                      

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:                                see section       
                                                             4.                
                                                                               
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:                   
                                                                               
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting                       
rights:                                                                        
                                                                               

13. Additional         Figures are based on a total number of voting rights of 
information:           1,445,924,368                                           
                                                                               
14. Contact name:                                                              
                                                                               
15. Contact telephone                                                          
number:                                                                        
                                                                               

Annex Notification Of Major Interests In Shares (xvi)


A: Identity of the person or legal entity subject to                           
the notification obligation                                                    
                                                                               
Full name (including legal form for legal entities)      Maninder Dhiman       
                                                                               
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)   141 Moorgate London   
                                                        EC2M 6TX               
                                                                               
Phone number                                             0207 614 9423         
                                                                               
Other useful information (at least legal representative                        
for legal persons)                                                             
                                                                               
B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)                              
                                                                               
Full name                                                                      
                                                                               
Contact address                                                                
                                                                               
Phone number                                                                   
                                                                               
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship                         
with the person                                                                
or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)                        
                                                                               

C:  Additional information

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