Holding(s) in Company

TR-1:                Notification of major interests in shares



1.Identity of the issuer or the underlying                                     
issuer of existing shares to which voting                             Hays Plc                       
rights are attached:                                                           
                                                                               
2. Reason for notification (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 person(s) subject to the                              Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)
notification obligation:                                                       
                                                                               
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different                          Legal & General Assurance      
from 3.):                                                             (Pensions Management) Limited  
                                                                      (PMC)                          
                                                                               
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which                         02 February 2009               
the threshold is crossed or reached if                                         
different):                                                                    
                                                                               
6. Date on which issuer notified:                                     04 February 2009               
                                                                               
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:                       From 3% - 4%(L&G)              
                                                                                


8. Notified details:                                                         
                                                                             

A: Voting rights attached to shares                                                    
                                                                                       
Class/type Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction  
of shares  the Triggering                                                              
           transaction                                                                 
 if                                                                                    
possible   Number of  Number of  Number of  Number of voting      % of voting rights   
using the  Shares     Voting     shares     rights                                     
ISIN CODE             Rights                                                           
                                            Direct     Indirect   Direct     Indirect  
                                                                                       
ORD        54,885,434 54,885,434 55,181,238 55,181,238            4.01                 
GBP 0.01                                                                                       
                                                                               
   
B: Financial Instruments                                                          
                                                                                  
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction                              
                                                                                  
Type of          Expiration  Exercise/           Number of voting     % of voting 
financial        date        Conversion  Period/ rights that may be   rights      
instrument                   Date                acquired if the                  
                                                 instrument is                    
                                                 exercised/                       
                                                 converted.                       
                                                                                  
       

Total (A+B)                                                                    
                                                                               
Number of voting rights                % of voting rights                      
                                                                               
     55,181,238                                 4.01                  
                                                                               
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or   
the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:               
                                                                             
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group)                                                                                                      
                                                                             
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings)                             
Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)                                        
                                                                             
Legal & General Investment Management Limited                                
(Indirect) (LGIM)                                                            
                                                                             
    Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) (55,181,238 - 4.01% = LGAS, LGPL & 
                                    PMC)                                     
                                                                             
Legal & General Investment Management   Legal & General Insurance Holdings   
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)    Limited (Direct) (LGIH)              
(50,162,557 - 3.64 % = PMC)                                                  
                                                                             
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions     Legal & General Assurance Society    
Management) Limited  (PMC) (50,162,557  Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)               
- 3.64 % = PMC)                                                              
                                                                             
                                        Legal & General Pensions Limited     
                                        (Direct)  (LGPL)                     
                                                                             

 

Proxy Voting:                                                                
                                                                             
10. Name of the proxy holder:                    N/A                         
                                                                             
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will    N/A                         
cease to hold:                                                               
                                                                             
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to     N/A                         
hold voting rights:                                                          
                                                                             
 

13. Additional information:      Notification using the total voting rights  
                                 figure of 1,375,765,327                     
                                                                             
14. Contact name:                Helen Lewis (LGIM)                          
                                                                             
15. Contact telephone number:    020 3124 3851