Total Voting Rights

Hays plc                                    

                           Voting Rights and Capital                           

In conformity with the Transparency Directive's transitional provision six we
would like to notify the market of the following:

At 12.10pm on 22 December 2006 Hays plc:

  * had 1,564,096,566 issued ordinary shares of 1p each admitted to trading.
    Each ordinary share carries the right to one vote in relation to all
    circumstances at general meetings of Hays plc;
   
  * held 102,322,280 ordinary shares in treasury. The voting rights of treasury
    shares are automatically suspended.
   
Accordingly, Hays had total voting rights of 1,461,774,286.

The total voting rights figure (1,461,774,286) may be used by shareholders (and
others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest
in, or a change to their interest in, Hays plc under the FSA's Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Alison Yapp

General Legal Counsel & Company Secretary

Enquiries: [phone]

22 December 2006