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SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company Hays plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Aviva plc and its subsidiaries 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 As in 2 above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the Number of shares held by each of them Morley Fund Management Limited: BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited 13,603,088* BT Globenet Nominees Limited 23,200* Chase GA Group Nominees Limited 29,759,725* Chase Nominees Limited 1,936,243* CUIM Limited 11,319,484* *denotes beneficial interest 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired N/A 6) Percentage of issued class N/A 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 4,198,569 8) Percentage of issued class 0.29% 9) Class of security Ordinary 1p shares 10) Date of transaction 27 July 2006 11) Date company informed 31 July 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 56,641,740* (*Beneficial Interest only) 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.87% 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 Assistant Company Secretary Date of notification 31 July 2006

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