Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hays PLC
16 December 2005


Hays plc

Long Term Co Investment Plan ('the Plan')

The Remuneration Committee of Hays plc have approved the following invitations
to Directors and Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility:

                                                    Invitation   Matching Shares
DR Waxman                 Director & PDMR           183,501      917,505
NR Cox                    PDMR                      69,859       349,295
N Heap                    PDMR                      68,255       341,275
RD Hetherington           PDMR                      78,365       391,825
A McRae                   PDMR                      57,069       285,345
RB Smith                  PDMR                      77,580       387,900


The invitations were issued on 14 December 2005 in accordance with the rules of
the Plan and release of the Matching Shares in full, in December 2008, is
subject to the meeting of the performance criteria as detailed within the rules
of the Plan.


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