Result of AGM

HAYS PLC                                    

                            ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING                             

                                     2006                                      

                              RESULTS OF THE POLL                              

Hays held its nineteenth 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   91,6431,366     607,422     917,038,788
June 2006                                                                      
                                                                               
2. To declare a final dividend for the year   980,214,823     0           980,214,823
ended 30 June 200                                                              
                                                                               
3. To approve the board's report on           955,898,091     5,217,962   961,116,053
remuneration                                                                   
                                                                               
4. To re-appoint P Venables                   978,341,919     1,498,513   979,840,432
                                                                               
5. To re-elect L M S Knox                     976,355,817     3,698,732   980,054,549
                                                                               
6. To re-elect D R Waxman                     980,059,458     64,011      980,123,409
                                                                               
7. To re-appoint D&T as Auditors for the      966,032,439     3,648,103   969,716,542
Company                                                                        
                                                                               
8. To authorise Directors to agree            979,264,522     920,349     980,184,871
remuneration of the auditors                                                   
                                                                               
9. Authorises the Directors to allot Ordinary 974,281,106     5,558,833   979,839,939
shares of the Company up to the aggregate                                      
nominal amount of £4,871,037                                                   
                                                                               
10. Empowers the Directors to allot Ordinary  979,775,499     166,803     979,942,302
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 to 978,789,636     1,250,254   980,039,890
repurchase up to 219,196,666 of its own                                        
shares in the market.                                                          
                                                                               
12. Seeks shareholder approval for the        979,178,396     744,124     979,922,520
renewal of the International Sharesave                                         
Scheme.                                                                        

2. RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO UK LISTING AUTHORITY

Hays plc has today submitted to the UK Listing Authority prints of Special
Resolutions (10 & 11) passed at the Annual General Meeting on 15 November 2006
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 2006