Holding(s) in Company

SCHEDULE 10                                  
                                                                               
                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES                   

1) Name of company


Hays plc


2) Name of shareholder having a major interest



Morgan Stanley Investment Management Ltd (A member of the Morgan Stanley Group)


3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

Discretionary Investment Management by Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Limited.

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
Number of shares held by each of them

Registered Holder               No. Of Shares Held 
Chase Nominees Ltd              53,104,673         
Mellon Nominees                 25,154,774         
Northern Trust Nominees         7,023,410          
State Street Nominees           91,566,958         
Deutsche Bank                   12,590,978         
Societe Generale                248,071            
Royal TST                       1,442,573          
Total                           191,131,437         


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

Not advised


6) Percentage of issued class


Not Advised


7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed



Not Advised


8) Percentage of issued class


Not Advised


9) Class of security


Ordinary 1p shares



10) Date of transaction

25th July 2006


11) Date company informed


26th July 2006


12) Total holding following this notification

191,131,437


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

13.047%


14) Any additional information


15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries



Maninder Dhiman

Company Secretarial Assistant

020 7614 9423


16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Stefan Bort

Deputy Company Secretary

Date of notification 26th July 2006

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