Result of AGM

HAYS PLC                                    

                            ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                             

                                     2007                                      

                              RESULTS OF THE POLL                              

Hays held its twentieth Annual General Meeting today at Grocers' Hall. A poll
was held on each Resolution.

All Resolutions were passed.

1. POLL RESULTS

The results of the poll are as follows:

Resolutions                                 Votes       Votes       Total Votes
                                                                               
                                            For         Against                
                                                                               
1. To Receive/adopt accounts for year to 30 962,516,822 5,734,754   968,251,576
June 2007                                                                      
                                                                               
2. To declare a final dividend for the year 968,242,835 7,829       968,250,664
ended 30 June 2007                                                             
                                                                               
3. To approve the board's report on         662,225,095 219,942,501 882,167,596
remuneration                                                                   
                                                                               
4. To re-appoint A R Cox                    967,686,332 512,917     968,199,249
                                                                               
5. To re-appoint P S Harrison               965,990,187 2,228,917   968,219,104
                                                                               
6. To re-elect R A Lawson                   964,296,738 3,932,313   968,229,051
                                                                               
7. To re-appoint D&T as Auditors for the    966,575,438 1,663,812   968,239,250
Company                                                                        
                                                                               
8. To authorise Directors to agree          967,594,547 639,045     968,233,592
remuneration of the auditors                                                   
                                                                               
9. Authorise the Directors to allot         967,440,400 764,680     968,205,080
Ordinary shares of the Company up to the                                       
aggregate nominal amount of £4,751,779                                         
                                                                               
10. Empowers the Directors to allot         967,606,853 565,4685    968,172,318
Ordinary shares of the Company, as if the                                      
pre-emption provisions of Section 89 of the                                    
Companies Act 1985 did not apply.                                              
                                                                               
11. Renews the company's general authority  968,090,276 120,017     968,210,293
to repurchase up to 213,830,083 of its own                                     
shares in the market.                                                          
                                                                               
12. Seeks shareholder approval for the      953,901,217 11,518,972  965,420,189
amendment of the Company's Articles of                                         
Association.                                                                   

2. RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO UK LISTING AUTHORITY

Hays plc has today submitted to the UK Listing Authority prints of Resolutions
(9, 10,11 & 12) passed at the Annual General Meeting on 15 November 2007
concerning items other than ordinary business.

These documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility which is situated at:-

The Financial Services Authority

25 The North Colonnade

Canary Wharf

London E14 5HS

15 November 2007